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Close MAJOR disaster
#822404
28/04/2009 19:00
28/04/2009 19:00
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MattyB
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Put the car back in the garage WHEN.... a full paint pot fell off a shelf! Everything seemed to go in slow motion and it landed missed the car and didnt even open. PHEWWWW 
Ex Coupe Owner - Unfortunate Peugeot driver!
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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#822443
28/04/2009 19:53
28/04/2009 19:53
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symonh2000
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symonh2000
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Put the car back in the garage WHEN.... a full paint pot fell off a shelf! Everything seemed to go in slow motion and it landed missed the car and didnt even open. PHEWWWW My dad did something similar a while back, luckily his head stopped the paint falling on the car.
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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29/04/2009 08:07
29/04/2009 08:07
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SimonCoupe
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SimonCoupe
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Our next door neighbours have a bungalow, and last year had all the ridge tiles repointed. Unfortunately the mortar is now dropping off, and after heavy rain I quite often see 3-4" pieces on the driveway - obviously having slid down the roof and bounced off their cars. I havent noticed any dings, but would never want to park any of my cars there!!
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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#822652
29/04/2009 08:46
29/04/2009 08:46
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sediciRich
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sediciRich
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Not really coupe but - One of my friends has a garage at a nice marina in Portsmouth, one of his friends had bought her other half an Aston Martin DB9 for his birthday. She asked to hide it my mates unused garage. no problem hardly anything in it. In went the DB9. He opened the garage later to see that a ladder from the roof had fallen off and landed on the new Aston!! Luckily friend of a friend paint shop did a perfect job of tidying the mess. Thats bad luck.
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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#822655
29/04/2009 08:51
29/04/2009 08:51
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Marco20valveT
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Marco20valveT
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not about my coupe but my old (54 plate)punto,,
we where having double glazing fitting in a house we where renavating, i pulled up on the drive and got out, 5 secondsa later i heard a massive BANG....some one in the top window knock out a large bit of window frame and it landed across my bonnet and wing.
i watched it happen and yes its all slow motion....
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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#822730
29/04/2009 10:32
29/04/2009 10:32
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peanuthead
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peanuthead
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wow i would have cried oer the aston getting damaged.
i can't imagine being bought a db9 for my birthday, thats some biorthday present.
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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#822861
29/04/2009 13:09
29/04/2009 13:09
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circolo
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circolo
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Hmm. An Uno Turbo disaster?: I had the car on axle stands on the driveway, as I needed to work on the suspension on the UT. All was fine, and went indoors for lunch, hear a massive racket outside, and ran out to find my sheepish looking neighbour around the UT, which was now propped up on only one stand on it's offside rear. Havng fallen off the others, as the neighbour had been leaning on the car. That said, there was hardly any damage, just a coupe of scrapes under the bumpers, and I was pretty glad that I hadn't been underneath the car when it had happenned, as I'd obviously not put them on properly, if it fallen so easily... 
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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#822887
29/04/2009 13:45
29/04/2009 13:45
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elder81
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elder81
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My dad was working on a customers car outside the garage. His customer screamed, he sat up.
Another car had beenreversing and not seen the car or my dad! His head was squashed inbetweeen the bumpers of each car.
Other than pretty bad shock he was unharmed!
Pretty damn close to a disaster if you ask me!
Oh and he didn't hear the end of it for weeks!
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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#822907
29/04/2009 14:04
29/04/2009 14:04
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peanuthead
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peanuthead
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bloody hell thats close. head being crushed by two cars is scary stuff.
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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30/04/2009 18:06
30/04/2009 18:06
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Guzbod
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Guzbod
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Oh and he didn't ear the end of it for weeks!
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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#823758
30/04/2009 20:37
30/04/2009 20:37
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blueshift
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blueshift
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Hmm. An Uno Turbo disaster?: I had the car on axle stands on the driveway, as I needed to work on the suspension on the UT. All was fine, and went indoors for lunch, hear a massive racket outside, and ran out to find my sheepish looking neighbour around the UT, which was now propped up on only one stand on it's offside rear. Havng fallen off the others, as the neighbour had been leaning on the car. That said, there was hardly any damage, just a coupe of scrapes under the bumpers, and I was pretty glad that I hadn't been underneath the car when it had happenned, as I'd obviously not put them on properly, if it fallen so easily... I don't like axle stands - they scare me. I had a car one once (about 20 years ago now) it was a big heavy Aussie V8 Ford. Anyway I had the axle stands under the front wishbones and it fell off. No damage, but I haven't used axel stands since. I realise I was using them the wrong way, but it not like they come with an instruction manual - you find out you're doing it wrong when the car falls off. I much prefer ramps for getting under a car. They feel so much safer.
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Re: Close MAJOR disaster
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30/04/2009 20:47
30/04/2009 20:47
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symonh2000
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symonh2000
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I always use axle stands, they are fine as long as the car is on level firm ground, the wheels are chocked, and the are on a strong part of the car. I don't like ramps, as they are usually too steep and scrape the bumpers, they are also heavy and bulky compared to stands. And I didn't even mention the difficulty in getting the wheels off with the car on ramps. 
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