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[ArticMonkey]

If you're going to do it then do it properly. Now I know why JG and techie never drives their VX's.

[jasesaint]

Thanks for the .org

 

I think the 'Insurance Engineer' has only made his judgement via pictures I emailed. I concur with others on here that it should be Cat B and never see the road again, not much left to dismantle.

 

I had NO scratches at all, the missus said to me later that night, oh look you have go a scratch on your finger! - Nope darling, I checked the if the oven was warming up last night and that's how I got that mark!

 

PS. Rossco - that's my favourite picture - it's Christmassy!

Edited by jasesaint, 29 January 2014 - 12:50 AM.

[village idiot]

Christ... I'm glad you are okay.... gives me a bit of a cold sweat now thinking back to last Friday when my back end shimmied on a straight section of wet m27. I guess I had a very very luck escape from what could have happened.

[wrightster]

Bloody hell mate!! so glad you are ok, spinning my VXR on the mway was what prompted me to sell mine

[Zuber]

Good to see you walked away unhurt.

 

Lessons:

 

Easy on the power in the wet.

Lotus actually built an important bit of the car properly. Reassuring.

[bunsenburner]

Wow, glad you're okay. I can't recommend highly enough a Walshy day to understand what your car needs from you when it's on (or beyond) the limit.

[RabnaKS]

http://www.copart.co...hType=onSaleNow

You can have buy back, unbelievably I'm amazed it can be salvaged but then again, it'll be amazing to see what it goes for?

[hainesy]

Just seen this, glad your ok mate, could have been so much worse!

[Sparky1975]

I only live 2 min away from copart and have been to look at the car, I track a standard 220 na and am toying with buying this for the engine etc, what does everyone think it's worth. And if I won it jasesaint would you sell me the key if you still have it

[moospeed]

Wow, glad you're okay. I can't recommend highly enough a Walshy day to understand what your car needs from you when it's on (or beyond) the limit.

Good advice, it can be a 'saver' in some situations however reading the OP I wonder if it would've done the trick. I've done a few Walshy days and it's certainly taught me a lot but reading some of these similar stories I'd still have my doubts. Luckily (touch wood) I've never had to call on it in an emergency situation but I did recover an S1 from a slow-speed icy slide once that I wonder if I'd been able to do before...

[Sparky1975]

Just sold on Copart for £2900. Unbelievable

[Defcon5]

Will someone turn a profit on that?

[FLD]

Its a cheap SC conversion for someone.