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22-07-2007, 06:11 PM
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Ouch. Sorry to see that happen to anyone and only a week after our hard work with the sound install too. Accident are unfortunaly part of driving.
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22-07-2007, 07:01 PM
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 .I'm glad you are ok. |
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22-07-2007, 08:34 PM
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Damn! Glad to hear your fine other than a bit of soreness... Remember it's only a car and its replaceable ( and upgradeable
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22-07-2007, 08:54 PM
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22-07-2007, 09:19 PM
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It's weird when you realise you're upside down and have to release the seatbelt hey! Glad you're ok, **** happens to all.
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22-07-2007, 09:30 PM
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Location: Melbourne, VIC
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Sean, glad you're OK mate. When i got your MMS I nearly crapped myself, that's why I called to maske soure you were OK.
As I said on the phone too, Stability Control would have made this write-off nothing more than 3 or 4 flashes of an orange light - DEFINITELY comes highly recommended from me having saved an occurrence like this once before in my Focus. It's always there backing you up in the event of something like a puddle or oil patch. All we care now is that you're OK and that the car did it's job so amazginly to keep you protected inside the passenger cell. I've seen a Fiesta smacked head-on at 60km/h with the engine snapped off and rolled under the firewall the way it's designed to. The side sindows weren't even broken and the door frames weren't event bent, driver simply got out sore but unharmed. They're tough little things and I know there' no other small car I'd rather be in, especially not a Barina... Anyway, best of luck with the finances mate, if you're hunting for a new car, keep Stability Control in mind as an important feature and definitely as already recommended, have a go at an Advanced Driver Training Day just to see how everything works and how things react in these kinds of situations. Catch you at AFD! Bring a piece of the car so it's there in spirit.
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22-07-2007, 09:33 PM
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ill bring the front bumper as a memorial
thanks matt. i wish i wasnt so large shall we say. otherwise i wouldnt of hurt my head when i fell from the roof lolz...
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22-07-2007, 10:00 PM
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Here's a famous lift-off oversteer video... the Peugeot 206 crash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbHBs11r2Ms
And here's some other random shots of Fiestas in their rooves...     Solid little bugger the Fiesta. I guess it's one way to get Altezzas and lowering... 
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22-07-2007, 10:11 PM
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Did anyone go "ayayayayayay"
Zetec, the Fiestas got 4-star EuroNCAP safety rating ay. |
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22-07-2007, 10:14 PM
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Far out when i read 'i had an accident' i was expecting something a little bit smaller than that. That is massve.
Glad to hear your ok mate and the car held up pretty well to.
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22-07-2007, 10:36 PM
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 QUOTE OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!
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23-07-2007, 10:12 AM
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Glad the car kept you safe.
I did have a couple scary times in the fiesta where the back got quite loose. I know its hard, but just keep off the brakes and keep the hammer down, steer out of it. As others mentioned, stability control is a life saver. Best of luck with the car saving
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23-07-2007, 04:32 PM
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lucky mate.....really lucky
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23-07-2007, 06:14 PM
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Sorry to see that Sean, it was such a nice car too. Scary to think that one minute you're driving and the next your hanging upside-down with the car on its roof! But as has already been said; the important thing is that you're OK.
ɐʇsǝıɟ uʍop-ǝpısdn d˙ı˙ɹ
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23-07-2007, 08:36 PM
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Lift off oversteer, Scary stuff, iremember when I got it in My fez.... Not nice
Ives what did you mean by Ayayayayayay? |
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23-07-2007, 11:31 PM
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bl00dy hell mate thats nasty...i know the feeling, it hurts to see ya baby all scrathed up...remember though it saved your life !
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23-07-2007, 11:36 PM
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i love the ride height of the rear wheel in pic 6 though.. is mad. good job no one was hurt!
2k excess?!?!?!?! sounds like Just Cars or Shannons insurance or something cos thats what i just had to fork out :*(
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23-07-2007, 11:42 PM
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Are they 16inch rims?? Can I buy one off ya!!! Seriouly I am glad you are OK. My wife and kids spend a fair amount of time in a Fiesta. Its good to see they stand up pretty well.
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24-07-2007, 09:19 AM
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just found out its a 2600 excess cause my parents didnt put me down on the car...
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24-07-2007, 09:19 AM
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'I had an Accident'... bit of an understatement! Best of luck for the future mate.
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24-07-2007, 03:41 PM
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gald your ok but.
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24-07-2007, 03:59 PM
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well just had some more bad news x2.
My dads aunty just died from cancer.. and i found out that the Smash Repairer didnt put the car in the locked compound and now some one has come around and stollen all my audio gear.. My week just keeps getting better and better.
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24-07-2007, 04:08 PM
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Sorry to hear about your dad's aunt.
And the tools that steal your audio, may a great curse be put down on him/her and his/her own family for at least 2-3 generations. |
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24-07-2007, 05:59 PM
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Don't mean to start anything but all this talk about lift-off oversteer is puzzling. I've only ever gotten lift-off oversteer in the fiesta once and that was when I tried hard to cause it.
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24-07-2007, 11:02 PM
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can you not get the smash repair company to reimburse you for their stupidity??? if the car was insured, does that include everything in it?? Sorry, but i've never had to deal with insurance claims before etc etc
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25-07-2007, 10:53 AM
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after many... interesting words with the smash repairers they said they will reimburse me for what was stolen.
They where meant to put the car in a secure compound..yet they didnt so they are liable.
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25-07-2007, 02:30 PM
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Geez, I don't get on the site for a few days and when I finally do, I am greeted by a very bent black Fez. As others have mentioned, thank God you were in a Fez and not a heap of crap Barina.
Mate, I've had some pretty low times in my life and I now treat them as inevitable stepping stones along the the road of life. You will come out of this a better, wiser person and very unlikely to ever be caught out by oversteer again!! Glad to hear it's only a few bruises Sean, as it could have been SO MUCH worse. Hope to catch up one day. Cheers Gaz |
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25-07-2007, 02:33 PM
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thanks Gaz. well at least you now know that you made the right choice when buying the Fiesta..
You should rest more easily as well, as you have the Ghia, you have Side thorax Airbags as well... So at least you know you are safe. Will catch up one day, when i finally get another car 
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25-07-2007, 02:56 PM
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Man your weeks sucks!At least your getting the money back but still....
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25-07-2007, 07:15 PM
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Looks like car held up pretty well all things considered, can't complain about that. Glad to hear your OK, as everyone else has said, cars can be replaced, lives can't.
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