Dazza01

Oh dear, just crashed the scooby, going round Raleigh Island, (Nottingham) on way back from friends, put my toe down ever so slightly just before the bend, didn't see the diesel in the road and slid sideways into the side of a Vauxall Astramax van, nothing i could do to stop, we stopped exchanged details, and he commented that he thought these cars stuck like glue when going round corners, well normally they do providing there's no diesel in the road.

Nobody hurt in the ding dong, wife wasn't too happy about it tho, but as the chap says "Sh*t happens".

Kev / Adam see you 2moro at Scooby clinic, any chance of a hire car ??

pictures here
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Long time since i put a pic up,

JoanUK300

Not getting any pics!!!

Hope you are O.K and not too bruised anyway.

JoanUK300

oh yeah......got them now.....having another blonde moment!!!!!!

scoobynutta555

pics are coming up. Least youre ok mate and its only 'minor' damage. Could have been a lot worse. These wallies that allow diesel to spill should be banned from the roads.

Dazza01

Yer only minor damage,

more damage to my pride and pocket than owt else, as the wife causually shouted at me," u shoudn't have put u toe down there then it wouldn't have happened"

Are all woman this wise after a crash ??

2000 sport

iTrader: (1)

i had quite a nasty accident after sliding on diesel about 2yrs ago.. road closed for 2 1/2 hrs.. luckily avoided any other cars..

looks like you got away with it lightly really, hope it all goes back together well..

mines going in this week to sort out a couple of dings that people have done for me.. rear arch and boot lid after some idiot left a 8" dent accross it in a car park last week, the dent pushed back out, but left ripples..

SiPie

Report the diesel spillage to the police ASAP (if they didn't attend in the first place)

Glad you are unhurt

Dazza01

Good point Sipie, will do that now, and hope it stops someone else havin a ding dong.

Danny B

In all my years of driving I have never seen/experienced a diesel spill, excuse my ignorance but is this caused by people overfilling their tanks or a tanker with a leak??

SiPie

Either or DannyB but very common on roundabouts and it's a pure nightmare for bikers

I had a complete 360 spin on diesel on a slight bend at around 25mph (just getting started ) and I really couldn't believe how bad it was... got out the car almost in shock and there was the dirty feckin evidence on the road

Dazza01

Spillage reported, it would appear that the other driver called them as well, so they are getting it sorted

scooby_si

i'd come & lynch you for damaging me old mota but i'm not in a position to criticise since my current un is in an even worse state having a similar incident with crash barrier At least yours is but a flesh wound & wheels are all pointing in the proper direction & as everyone has or will say (wives included) no-ones hurt which is main thing just dont quote me on that when i get insurance quote next year
Any plans to get it sorted or a little too soon, insuarnce doing, other etc etc? I'll help where i can.
Si (it's that nasty boost guage putting you off i'll buy that back if you need sum cash lol i'll get me coat....)

+Doc+

Bad Luck m8, just good no one was hurt etc

misty

All women are wise after anything matey it's called hindsight!!!
dave

Wildman

****. Sorry to hear it. I just blew my turbo and I feel sick at heart. Hope it all end's well. Peter

moses

im so sorry to hear that dazza

Dazza01

Si, show us ur pic's then ? as for my boost gauge, No chance m8.

get ur coat and keep going boyo

u still got my box of tricks ?????

Dazza01

thx's peeps, off out down to drown me sorrows ofver a few beer's

scooby adz

noooooooooooooooooo scooby has to go to scooby hospital not a good thing because it cost money :

scooby adz

:'''(

bonkers

Unless they were behind the wheel at the time, in which case it was all the other person's fault and if you so much as hint to the contrary you're sleeping on the couch for the next month!

Bonkers.

PS Sorry to hear 'bout the accident Dazza - stuff like that makes you think, could happen to anyone.

i8gtmf

Thats bad news mate hope you get it fixed and back good as new asap.
Mine got bumped last weekend, was parked in a car park came back to it to find someone had scraped the back bumper and pushed it in and out of align slightly, nothing major but fecking annoying.
Hope it's not that green car curse thing people keep going on about

Dazza01

Bless scooby Adz, i explained to him what happened, showed him the car and said it was gonna cost an arm and a leg to repair............his reply was well you can have my arm and leg if it helps....................kids what can you say....luv em to bits

OllyK

Glad everybody was OK, hope you get it fixed soon mate!

Leslie

Sorry to see that Dazza, came off a bike once because of a diesel spill, unbelievably dangerous, especially with a bit of drizzle on it. Those who drop it should be made responsible for the damage caused if they get caught.

Les

Jiggerypokery

Diesel is extemely dangerous, I saw a spill when it was too late, luckily there was plenty of room and no cars about when I was completing my 360 degree spin. Wheel arches stank of diesel for a while after. No tyre screeching, just a well lubricated spin! No point beating yourself up over it, all you can do is inform the poilce as you have already done, so that others don't suffer the same fate. You can't really drive around every corner as if you're expecting the road to be covered in diesel, otherwise you'd be travelling at 5 mph everywhere.

Glad to hear you're ok and the car doesn't look half as bad as it could have done!

scooby_si

ah yeah had almost forgotten about the box i really should charge you rent but cause i'm feeling so generous & cause of yer prang i will accept payment in kind hmmmm VSD2 perhaps lol
I'll post pix of mine once the whole insurance thing is sorted........but erm worse than yours
Si

The_Lizard

Could have been worse.

scooby_si

yep not worse than his
Si (someones always gota go 1 better lol)
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