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[jasesaint]

Apologies but this thread is pic heavy!

Last Sunday was off to sell silver hardtop. No other car available so fitted roof to car without trims and set off down M6.

About half hour into my journey I was in the middle lane behind 3 parallel cars on motorway, right hand lane cleared so proceeded to overtake.

Too much gas and a bobble over a cats eye sent rear of car towards central reservation, attempted to correct but in hindsight not aggressively enough - looking at videos on here.

All very tight in the outside lane and as I was still sliding towards barriers so had to brake, car spun so I was now going backwards down the motorway - BIIIIG trouble!

Struggled to scrub speed off and looked back through drivers window as I went across lanes on a trajectory off motorway at speed with no idea what was behind.

Braced and hoped for the best whilst completely blind....


Clipped the kerb at 45 degree entry angle, lifted over a ditch unawares into a tree! This section had no barriers. I consciously made an effort to keep curled up below the roll bar and the car begun to roll, mud is flying in and I am thinking nothing has hurt me yet. Roof had long popped off party-popper style!

I had eyes closed as mud and rolling continued, still aware that no glass or anything had hurt me. As car begun to slow and landed on wheels, I was amazed not to have a single injury.

Quickly exited the car and saw engine smoking so removed keys and got my touché to the hard shoulder. No other cars involved but a few pulled over to support.

So my car is gone, CAT C. Chaucer have been fantastic and paid out within one week.

Can't believe how lucky I am! I got engaged the week before and given fiancé her ring after resizing on the Saturday but could have been dead the next day.

I would have messed up a lot of my families lives as dad had helped me buy the car - so it is with heavy heart that my VX ownership ends. Only had one (NA then SC) for 9 months after hankering for one for years. Hubris messed it up but will be back once insurance and family circumstances allow. Still hoping to attend national and will be selling off my accumulated spares.

The tub is superb and I'm so lucky to hit the tree via rear crumple zone!






















DY51VXO / DY51 VXO

[Steve.i.am]

Christ what a mess. Main thing is you are not. Glad you're ok.

[techieboy]

FCUK ME.

 

Something was looking after you, that day.  

[haggi961]

Very lucky by looking at the pictures that your still here. Thanks god it's only the car and not yourself.

[Gedi]

fcuking hell, that's quite an accident!! It's very lucky that it didn't roll onto it's roof, in fact, the windscreen seems completely untouched.

 

So glad you walked away from it  

[VIX]

Very sad to see. Glad you are ok.

[Nelly Vx]

Holy sh*t jay !!! Terrible accident really shocking to see this bud glad and relieved to hear you are ok bud !!

[jasesaint]

Cheers guys! VERY lucky man!
 
Only lightly bruised right shoulder, where the standard seatbelt has kept me in! Stiff back of course but not a scratch on me.
 
No glass broke at all and the cabin held up superbly as shown - any other variable changed and outcome would have been grim.
 
Finished 15 foot away from that menacing concrete post and if I'd gone off 10 yards later I think crash barrier rising out of the floor would have been a ramp of doom.
 
Luckily the trunk and branches saved me - that is one tree I don't mind hugging!

[sharpz1984]

Looks worse than the images you showed me yesterday! Bloody hell mate you was lucky! The big man up there definitely has more planned for you!

[jackturbostage4]

Wow that's a lucky escape ! The car must be a cat b ?

[WrightStuff]

Holy hell christ look how far up that tree the car was launched.   I thought Gordons crash was bad!

You are one lucky boy. Glad you walked away. Buy a lottery ticket this week.

 

Planting your foot when its damp...you'll only do it once.

[Anarchy]

The way you described it in such detail I am surprised it was not just one big blur, lucky lucky escape and it looked so nice in the first pic.

[Zoobeef]

Youve done that properly!

[Defcon5]

Good effort there! The worst one I have seen previously is of a blue one, also crashed on the motorway, I guess it belonged to someone on here but I don't know who

Edited by Defcon5, 28 January 2014 - 12:05 AM.

[jasesaint]

Yeah Sharpz - hopefully long and sedate!

 

Jack - I feel it should be Cat B and luckily I think it will never see the road again as repair would be far too uneconomical.

 

Wrighty - living is my winnings and hear hear on damp roads!

 

Anarchy - car was lush, bought not built but still a dream car that I've messed up quickly. It was all vivid and so glad it wasn't forwards into a tree and I don't think I could have taken that psychologically and being jarred over a flimsy belt. Forced back into my seat was much nicer!

 

Aye Zoob - spot the noob! Doh!

[Captain Vimes]

Sorry to hear about the crash, the pictures look horrific. 

 

 

Hope you're not too sore and are able to put it behind you quickly.

[Dave E]

fcuking hell, buy some lottery tickets now Glade your OK, although I wouldn't have believed it if I'd just seen the photos. Sometimes when these cars go they go and there's little chance of catching them.

Edited by Dave E, 28 January 2014 - 12:18 AM.

[Dave E]

BTW, poor effort for not mentioning diesel at least once

[Claws]

Wow! Glad to see you walked away from that one unscathed! Tough little buckets

Edited by Claws, 28 January 2014 - 12:30 AM.

[Rusty789]

Whilst writing this Claws has literally said what I was going but I'm going to continue typing anyways!

 

WOW!

 

Didn't you like only buy this in December? Must be gutted!

 

Guess these cars are tougher than just a few bits of plastic bolted together after all!

 

Glad you're okay though, that's the main thing.