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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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14/12/2011 11:49
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Advice wise I'm grateful for anything, I don’t claim to know what I'm doing, like most things I make it up as I go along, even dealing with the trauma of rolling into a field after demolishing a hedge sideways. I don’t really want to say what make it is, it's somewhat controversial on the forums, but here’s a link to its car domain so you can see for yourself. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3846141/1997-mitsubishi-ftoI have the old Coop on there too so you can see there’s no favouritism. But the thing that hurts me the most is that I’ve just written off a car of which only 350 were ever made D= I’m going to drive the Coop to Halfords to get a foot pump, as her tyres are low, I’m nervous in her anyway because she’s not been used much and her brakes are terrible. Now I’m going to be bricking it as she’s a much faster ‘lump of metal’.
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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14/12/2011 12:08
14/12/2011 12:08
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I agree with Stan, put the kettle on and turn on the TV
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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14/12/2011 12:10
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well said stan and exactly what i was going to say. Its not worth jumping straight into another car and having something go wrong in that one.
have the day of give the coupe a checking over and then tomorrow start sorting stuff out
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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14/12/2011 13:51
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the one conselation I have in all this, is the extreme stunt bonus I would have got, had it been a computer game. It's very final, no middle ground, just good bye to mitsy, and hello to coop, who's seems to have stopped smoking! Looks like it was a blown turbo.
Update, Just got back from the hospital, they think I have a minor head injury and have said to expect headachs over the next 24hours, if there's no other symptoms i'll be fine.
Last edited by Solouko; 14/12/2011 15:32. Reason: Update:
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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14/12/2011 16:19
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Minor head injury? I'd say it's a major one choosing an FTO instead of a Coupé Glad you're ok though fella, and a real shame about your car - it looked great on the pics
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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14/12/2011 17:56
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Thanks Proccy, yeah, I only had the FTO while I was getting my coop back on the road, so i'm not that brain damaged But just been outside now shaking down new coop or twopé as she's been named. I was checking to see if anythign was wrong/broken. Tyres wer all low, no screen wash, screen wash motor broken, screen wash tube (under the wiper motor cover) had a hole in it, no antifreeze in the coolant and there's no radio... apart from the radio, I've managed to fix everything! So I'm back to having a turbo now... thank goodness for my shell rewards card! A fiat coupé is a fantastic silver lining to all this, and ironically, she's silver!
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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14/12/2011 18:04
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When you go to bed tonight and stare at the ceiling, you may also wish to count your lucky stars! Someone's looking out for you young man!
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: samsite999]
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14/12/2011 20:15
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Whoah!! You did well to get out of that. What a pity; the FTO looked great in the original pictures. I assume that she is now Category XXX.... just sort the Coupe out and smile again Good luck, Tim
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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14/12/2011 20:39
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Yeahm, thanks guys, and cyborg7, I know where to come to when things go wrong, when you need help/advice and when you just need to show how awesome you can be when you fail so dman hard =D
It is a shame about the FTO but it was really old, very high milage too and sadly nothing lasts forever and accidents do happen. Hopefully i'll have more luck with the new fiat, been working on her tonight and it feels good.
I dont know what catogory the car is, I'm lucky enough to not need the insurance on this one, Yes she was fully comp but the mony I'd get back from the car does not outweigh the loss of a full NCB discount! I've even got the money to fix the farmer's hedge!
I will also say this, the Police officer who turned up was the nicest person EVER, he was so understanding. I'm so thankfull for living round here, I think north wales has some of the nicest bobbies in the world!
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Theresa]
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14/12/2011 21:30
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What a mess , hope you realise how lucky you are mate, it could have been alot worse. Glad your OK and hope everything goes ok for you from here on in Ps. You must be really lucky to walk from that unscathed and to meet someone nice who works as a polis
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
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14/12/2011 22:12
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I will also say this, the Police officer who turned up was the nicest person EVER, he was so understanding. I'm so thankfull for living round here, I think north wales has some of the nicest bobbies in the world! I think he was probably more grateful you didn't injure any sheep girlfriends
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
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14/12/2011 22:26
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What a mess , hope you realise how lucky you are mate, it could have been alot worse. Ps. You must be really lucky to walk from that unscathed and to meet someone nice who works as a polis - yeah - if stan had found you, he would have weld sealed your doors and placed a 'Police aware!' notice with the added inscription.. 'should have joined the Coupé Club!' Good to see you're ok - sad to see your car like this but at least you have a great 'Houdini' story to tell in future years
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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14/12/2011 22:32
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Is that a reconstruction in your sig. animation?
Good you got out ok but I would still get yourself checked over!
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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14/12/2011 23:25
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I have NO idea how the steering wheel came off!
That might have been the cause of the accident. You did well to get out of that so lightly, and to get news on here so quickly. I often hurt myself just driving the coop so you must be made of stronger stuff than me The FTO did look lovely thought I quite like them and the GTO so for the car for you
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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15/12/2011 19:49
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I loved the FTO, but I love the coupé jsut as much, but for compleatly differant reasons, however, today was the first day with coupe as my daily driver. Now, the coupé does not handle corners as well as the FTO, and is a whole lot faster, and has so much turbo lag that driving too and from work in the dark with the pouring rain has been terrofying today!
But what's worse is when I was driving the company car too and from our suppliers today, half hour trip one way... I kept having flashbacks to the accident, remembering so much more as I was driving, very unpleasent.
Turns out today I did a much better job of controlling the car than I thought, seems that I managed a 4 wheel drift round the second corner and planted it in the hedge on the straight!
So It probably wasnt the steering wheel comming off, just driver error. =/
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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21/12/2011 22:12
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Sorry to see this has happened mate glad your ok, the FTO was a stunner, hope the coupes still going well for you.
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Re: Crash has left me back in the coupé
[Re: Solouko]
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21/12/2011 22:52
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Sorry to see this has happened mate glad your ok, the FTO was a stunner, hope the coupes still going well for you.
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