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Be VERY VERY Careful on the roads! - Saraj - 06-11-2017
reganlives cheers everyone, yeh someone was defo looking out for me to have such a lucky escape. theres no damage done to the car so lucky as well. just fitted a new bosch battery to the car. its so ****** cold outside that i'm numb lol. car starts how it should now which is good. after everything last nite i went and done my tyre pressures last nite as well lol
it really does open you eyes stuff like that, i was closed minded untill i lost it a few times in the is200, then made me really concentrate when driving then again i still wrecked it,
atleast you ok and the car is ok !
Be VERY VERY Careful on the roads! - reganlives - 06-11-2017
yeh i know what u mean mate but i've had a couple of moments when the back end has twitched and i've corrected it but this was nothing compared to anything like that mate, this was a major off and well to be spinning out of control basically over a motorway is just plain scary....i really dont wanna experience that again.
Be VERY VERY Careful on the roads! - Saraj - 06-11-2017
reganlives yeh i know what u mean mate but i've had a couple of moments when the back end has twitched and i've corrected it but this was nothing compared to anything like that mate, this was a major off and well to be spinning out of control basically over a motorway is just plain scary....i really dont wanna experience that again.
dont blame ya, dont blame you at all:ohmy:
Be VERY VERY Careful on the roads! - parthiban - 06-11-2017
Saw a car this afternoon with it's front about 5ft in the air after sliding straight into a post - sorry to say it but it was quite an amusing sight! Must have happened at very low speed as the car was barely damaged, the post had given way and bent slightly and the car had simply slid up it!
Not sure if that makes any sense, should have taken a pic
Be VERY VERY Careful on the roads! - widnes_is200 - 06-11-2017
what part of the 56 mate ? any were near widnes? glad u ok
Be VERY VERY Careful on the roads! - misstxangel - 06-11-2017
you very lucky glad your ok bet shaken though xx
Be VERY VERY Careful on the roads! - FirebirdPhil - 07-11-2017
You are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo very lucky mate - then you know that. Really pleased that you are OK. GET A NEW BATTERY
Be VERY VERY Careful on the roads! - toxo - 09-11-2017
We get a lot of threads on the MR2 forums around this time of year from people killing their cars in bad weather. There's an overwhelming theme running through all of them - people are driving well outside of the road conditions. Basic logic says that you shouldn't ever be driving in a situation where you can't regain control of the car if you lose it. Problem is, it usually takes people an accident or two to realise where the limits of control actually are. It's not bad driving (and that's not what I'm saying here) it's just not driving to the conditions.
Glad you and the car are OK, and hope you learn from the experience.
Be VERY VERY Careful on the roads! - reganlives - 09-11-2017
@ widnes: It happened just past the northendon exit mate
Bought my new battery on friday and fitted it the same day. My area is badly iced up and seems like there aint been any gritters out either. Anyway, I was going extremely slowly earlier today and turned into the road before my street and its that slippery that the car spun again lol...didnt hit anything tho...this was all at about 10mph lol...
Where on earth are the stupid gritters this year? If anyone went on the M60 yesterday they can confirm at what a mess it was near trafford centre. Is there a way to complain that the gritters aint been out?
Be VERY VERY Careful on the roads! - misstxangel - 09-11-2017
reganlives @ widnes: It happened just past the northendon exit mate
Bought my new battery on friday and fitted it the same day. My area is badly iced up and seems like there aint been any gritters out either. Anyway, I was going extremely slowly earlier today and turned into the road before my street and its that slippery that the car spun again lol...didnt hit anything tho...this was all at about 10mph lol...
Where on earth are the stupid gritters this year? If anyone went on the M60 yesterday they can confirm at what a mess it was near trafford centre. Is there a way to complain that the gritters aint been out?
they put out on the news that the council guys were happy that they had done the best where they were concerned with the gritting this time. think someone should show then the roads where i live in West Berks and from what i can see alot of other places too. Let them fall on there bums trying to de ice their cars on an ice rink. Think they forgot to do anywhere else only their own streets