Josh's Posi Blue Furio R.I.P - Final Few Photos From Before Crash.

[JoshFurioBrookes]

Originally Posted by Llardy

Needs lowering

It's actually a fair bit lower now due to flat tyre/fucked wheel.

[rich112]

Glad your ok mate, looks nasty there but good you and the other people came out of it.

[JoshFurioBrookes]

Originally Posted by rich112

Glad your ok mate, looks nasty there but good you and the other people came out of it.

Cheers man, I know you often see cars looking like this and people having much worse injuries.

[miss_murder]

Glad your ok bud real shame about the car but that can always be replaced you can't, hope you get another

[JoshFurioBrookes]

Originally Posted by miss_murder

Glad your ok bud real shame about the car but that can always be replaced you can't, hope you get another

Cheers man, yeh I know, I was pretty lucky tbh.

I think if I do get another saxo it wont be till November/December and it will have to be another Furio. Will go for either blue, silver or icelandic grey.
If I dont get a saxo then I'm swaying towards a C2, as long as you get them low enough then they look cool, and they can pull off 16" wheels, which opens the door to so many more wheels than the saxo.

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by JoshFurioBrookes

Got some pictures of how it looks now.

I'm probably going to need to cut up the front passenger arch to get the wheel off and get to the coilovers, as you can see, its doubtful that the passenger side survived.

My drivers seat has collapsed one side, the whole dash has moved a couple inches backwards and the glovebox is now almost vertical when you reach into it. There is a dip all the way around the sunroof where the whole car has twisted slightly.
The wheel that took the impact is also kaput.




I'll be stripping the car for anything that is worth anything next week, then once I've decided whether or not I'll be eventually getting another saxo, I'll put a forsale thread up with remaining parts.

Pics like this make me want to move to a safer car lol. i mean just look at it.

[JoshFurioBrookes]

Originally Posted by Prickle

Pics like this make me want to move to a safer car lol. i mean just look at it.

I know. I didnt grab a picture of the other car. (10 reg Vauxhall Agila) but the damage to the front would of made it just a tad past the point of Cat C tbh...that is until the fire fighters cut the roof off it. (They didnt want to risk any injuries when getting the elderly lady out as she said she had pain in her hip).

[m11ler]

Originally Posted by Prickle

Pics like this make me want to move to a safer car lol. i mean just look at it.

Exactly what i thought when i looked at it.. made me cringe alot. And i dont even have an airbag. Hate to think about it tbh, makes me realise how lucky you were josh

[Pricklep]

Originally Posted by m11ler

Exactly what i thought when i looked at it.. made me cringe alot. And i dont even have an airbag. Hate to think about it tbh, makes me realise how lucky you were josh

Its taken a canny hit!

Cringe worthy indeed.

[JoshFurioBrookes]

Originally Posted by m11ler

Exactly what i thought when i looked at it.. made me cringe alot. And i dont even have an airbag. Hate to think about it tbh, makes me realise how lucky you were josh

Yeh man, the way the car looks pretty mangled. I might get a couple pictures of the corner because it's quite hard to explain it. My seatbelt tore through my shirt!

My drivers seat has completely collapsed on one side so I cant sell that. I dont hold much hope for the coilovers, but the shocks and springs should still be ok as they are pretty strong.

I'll be putting some final ASW pictures up in a day or two, then I'll let this thread dissapear into the depths of sax-p. Dont really want to dwell on it much more. But I'm sure a newbie upping his post count will bump it up in 5 years time!

[m11ler]

You still able to get lifts to shows etc?

[Simon0014]

Mate I'm surprised and also very bloody glad you're ok minus the wrist! I know I said before but now seeing the pictures of the damage it's even worse than I expected! You are very lucky to get out of that with such a minor injury! Someone is clearly looking out for you up there!!

[JoshFurioBrookes]

Originally Posted by m11ler

You still able to get lifts to shows etc?

Yeh man, Rich (who was with us up lakeside, and helped out with my car alot) has a quiksilver and has a load of parts waiting to go on, so it should be low on starmag 2's by FCS. Until I get a car sorted I'll be in his car.

Car wise, whenever I can get one I'll probably either get another saxo, a C2 or a 1.4 or 1.5 honda civic.

Will probably stay French tbh, the civics are just wishful thinking!

[JoshFurioBrookes]

Originally Posted by Simon0014

Mate I'm surprised and also very bloody glad you're ok minus the wrist! I know I said before but now seeing the pictures of the damage it's even worse than I expected! You are very lucky to get out of that with such a minor injury! Someone is clearly looking out for you up there!!

I know man, however the interior doesnt look nearly as bad, most of it became unclipped from whatever it was clipped too, but nothing moved in a dramatic way which could cause serious injury to anyone in the car. I think thats because I we collided at a slight angle (their badge pretty much made contact with my passenger side headlight, so we both spun off in relative direction, meaning the force didnt all go straight through the car. But yes, I was pretty dam lucky!

[m11ler]

Originally Posted by JoshFurioBrookes

Yeh man, Rich (who was with us up lakeside, and helped out with my car alot) has a quiksilver and has a load of parts waiting to go on, so it should be low on starmag 2's by FCS. Until I get a car sorted I'll be in his car.

Car wise, whenever I can get one I'll probably either get another saxo, a C2 or a 1.4 or 1.5 honda civic.

Will probably stay French tbh, the civics are just wishful thinking!

Not the same rich with the mango on dishes im guessing? You on about one of the guys in your car that night? Glad you can still come along to the shows and meets anyway!

[JoshFurioBrookes]

Originally Posted by m11ler

Not the same rich with the mango on dishes im guessing? You on about one of the guys in your car that night? Glad you can still come along to the shows and meets anyway!

Yeh one of the guys in my car. Yep I'll still see you at the shows in the summer and maybe lakeside once he feels he is low enough to show his face.

[m11ler]

Originally Posted by JoshFurioBrookes

Yeh one of the guys in my car. Yep I'll still see you at the shows in the summer and maybe lakeside once he feels he is low enough to show his face.

Haha i know that feeling too well at the moment! And good to hear mate

[baker556]

Thats unlucky dude.

How fast were you travelling and how fast was the other car travelling 30mph +30mph ? = 60 mph ??

[JoshFurioBrookes]

Originally Posted by baker556

Thats unlucky dude.

How fast were you travelling and how fast was the other car travelling 30mph +30mph ? = 60 mph ??

Yeh about that, Police analysis indicated both cars were travelling within the reigon of 30-40mph. I expect we were both at about 35mph.

On a another note, may aswell type it now that im writing on here...

A guy from Quinn insurance came round today for the statement and to talk to me about it. He said he wouldnt be suprised if the police take 6 months or even as long as a year to get in touch about either the course or the court. Therefore this years insurance still stands so I'm on the look out for a bargain furio (as long as engine is good, and bodywork is fairly good) that I can whack on the majority of my parts. Then if in the future I do have 6 points on my liscence, it can just sit in the garage until I can afford to insure it.

[baker556]

So 60-70mph impact crash i actually think that's held up reasonably well tbh, not sure what johns on about..i would expect to see less of a car at that speed especially the calibre of a saxo.