Had a mishap 3 weeks ago - i lost control of my car on black ice and ended up rolling the car a few times this was after smashing thru a farmer's fence (he wasn't happy).
The car only stopped rolling because it hit a tree and the car ended up on it's roof - all in all a pretty scary experience.

Most of the accident i don't remember because i hit my head pretty hard, so what your reading now is what i was told happened.

This is the outcome (pics not the best but you get the idea):



Worst Damage:







I was a little hesitant putting the photo's up as i don't really like looking at them - to many painful memories saying goodbye to my scooby (Rather the scooby than me i guess).

 

treasure everyday you live after surviving that mate

lucky is an understatement

 

Ditto the above...
A few months down the line,when things have gotten themselves sorted and youv'e got a new scooby on the drive you can smile about it all.
Metal can be replaced-you can't,so(easier said than done!) put things into perspective and enjoy not being six foot under

 

Dont feel sorry for the car, it's doing its job (very well by the looks of things) my mate rolled three times, bent every pannel, pushed the roof down to dashboard level and still got out alive! A scooby is a hard nut to crack.
You walked away with a story to tell, how many other drivers in the same situation could tell the same story?

 

How much for the wheels ??

you did well to survive and I'd be proud to look at the pictures knowing that !!

 

it could of been worse, as you could not be here at all!!

that looks pretty bad, im glad your ok m8

lol @ pimmo2000

 

Count your blessings, getting away with 'just' a bang on the head is a result by the looks of things.
Where did the accident happen? I know the Workington area quite well.
All the best.

 

The road from Great Clifton Back into Workington (towards Stainburn) - i use the petrol station on that road, thats where i'd just been.

 

It's not a great distance between the petrol station and Stainburn.
You must be gutted, can't have been much road left before slowing into Stainburn
Bet you'll use the by-pass in future

 

look on the bright side you can update to a MY08 now

 

bud you are alive , can replace the car ! all the best .

 

If that's the bright side, what's the dark side?

JohnD

 

A mate of mine had someone pull out in front of him on a roundabout and he clipped the kerb trying to avoid her, the car flipped clean over (no, he wasn't speeding). He managed to bend EVERY panel except the roof, THAT was pristine as the car was in the air when upside down!

He was really gutted as it was his first brand new car, but he bounced back and moved on. Ultimately: it's a thing, you're not.

 

**** the bed mate, Sod the car glad you are ok!

Just shows they can take a right beating. Ive always thought they would crumple right up Subaru's.

Any plans on getting another one ?

 

We love them but at the end of the day they are just tin boxes. You live to get another and make it better than the last.

Count your blessings pal.

 

I did but not in a scoob, rolled an astra G van, walked away from that, it was in considerably better condition than that scoob! but thats a more modern car with stronger A pillars

Glad the OP got out of that one though, people rate scoobs as being very strong, unfortunately this isnt the truth it just depends on the type of accident and what you land on in most cases, and you were lucky that tree didnt hit anywhere too sensitive on the car but damn glad you survived in one piece

Tony

 

most people say they are weak ..

 

Alot of classic owners say they are strong, but its late 80's technology in these cars, in the new age they are late 90's technology and far stronger (because people think that its 4wd it strenghtens the body, its only a prop shaft and that can pop off!)

I think we should do a poll on this one but they are not strong at all! (hence why i said he was lucky )

Tony

 

Was it his left hand by per chance that was sore? broke my little finger on my left hand when i did mine....

Tony

 

Sorry for your accident, but your day could've been a lot worse had you not been here to start this thread.

 

Not nice, I sympathise with you but if that was the worst day of your life your having a pretty good one!

 

dont no if its any help but ive got some t-cut if you wanna borrow it myt not look that bad after

 

three weeks ago my scooby was totalled due to black ice - lost control of the car and ended up straight into brick wall - result 1 totalled scooby. like u all say its only a car but its damn upsetting , when you get out of the car and see the damage thats been done the police told us if we was travelling any faster we would have gone straight through the wall to which was a 100 ft or more drop and we wouldnt be here at all. so i know have 1 dead scooby on my drive but brightside is bought a new one

 

Wondered how long it would take for that comment - made me laugh cheers

Cars gone it's a write of, so i won't be seeing it again.

 

glad your ok m8

tell you what colin RIP would have been proud of that one

as the old saying go's 'get back on the horse' all 250+ of em

steve

 

Chin up mate, it's been said before, but as attached as we get to em, they're just metal and plastic! They can be replaced, you can't!

Dust yourself off, be grateful you're ok, learn any lessons you can from the incident and move on!

I'm reminded of a notice a theme park owner was reputed to have put up on the gates of the park the day after a fire burned the whole place to the ground. [I made up the name of the park, as I don't recall the actual name]

"Today is a worse day than yesterday, tomorrow will be a better day than today. Dreamland will be rebuilt. Admission to see the ashes, 5 bucks!"

 

I did "Golf" quite badly back in 1995, bad back and still flinch in certain situations, just be grateful that modern cars are so much stronger than they used to be.... whilst crumpling around you !

As stated, just be steady for a few months and chill, I bought a Mazda 323F V6, 18 months of "cruising" then the Impreza bug bit, at 2 years I chopped it in and started enjoying driving again.

dunx

 

very lucky mate, that car saved your life.

 

Car officially written of and i'll be receiving £4.5K cheque hopefully very soon, just got to decide what to spend it on

Doesn't seem like much but my car had 70K on the clock and it was a 10 year old car plus i paid less for it when i bought her