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Road crash: just one since 1980, I was racing a 3 litre Capri in my race engined Austin 1300 until I understeered into a bridge.

Rally: 1st I end over ended my MK2 Escort after hitting a tree, 2nd was short of falling down a 2000' mountain drop in Lebanon, 3rd you all know.

Along the way there has been plenty of near misses. LOL

 

Understeer sucks..... :wink:

 

Understeer does wonders for the prostate....all of that additional pressure.

 

I wont need it unless I am helping pull someone out. :lol:

 

I got blindsided by some arsehole as I was leaving a parking space in my first Mini, in 1963. I had looked and no one was there, pulled out and the arsehole ran the light behind me and plowed into me. The cops wanted to cite me for "assured clear distance" but then they found that Mr. Arsehole didn't have a valid license, to boot.

I was 17 at the time, so I guess that's why the cops felt compelled to cite me until they found out about the other guy's penchant for not following the law.

 

Best line ever IMO!!!ostcount:beer:wink::cornut::cornut::cornut:

 

I remember coming up on that wreck just after it happened.

 

I made a left hand turn across oncoming traffic when I obviously shouldn't have.

 

As much as there was bad luck that day there was much good luck.

 

The other car in the accident was just a lady driving home from work not someone going for it. I don't see the day of the week playing any part in this accident. Just my .02....

 

Day of the week, not that much of a factor. But she was definitely "movin' with purpose."

 

Now, that there is definitely an accident!

 

Did this while pissed off and in a rush... never a good combination for driving. This happened in June.

I was backing out of an enclosed parking area with metal support beams, turned too sharply too quickly and caught the bumper in such a way that it ripped it off on the driver's side and grazed the hood. I wanted to take off my hood decals for awhile and considered the accident a good reason to just repaint the entire front end--rock chips and general sun-fading from the previous owner's lack of care. Ziptied the front bumper on and went home to inspect damage. A broken foglight and side marker.

Pics:
Looks great now, but the bodyshop that my coworkers recommended me to did a terrible job respraying it... scratches, fisheyes, orange peel. All fixed now, but it was such an unnecessary hassle for a stupid accident that happened below 5mph.

What bugs me though, is that they painted over the bumper underneath the lower grille, so now it's obviously fake.

 

Yeah you can pop off the bumper, remove that lower grill from the back and either tape it black, paint it black or cut it out and make it functional. I cut mine out.

In your pictures the repair looks great.

 

Yes. Even got video of the whole thing out there on the youtube. Lots of factors I could point to, but ultimately I F***ED UP. Never should have made the left turn until I had the clear view.

Good thing is there were no serious injuries (because nobody was riding with me).

 

Okay MINI enthusiasts have you ever wrecked your MINI or put it in the ditch by pushing too hard?


No...... I just don't do stuff like that....

 

Oh boy, I remember that day! Myself, I came close ditching it a couple of

times on some runs. Now one of those SAAB's (actually two) were a dif-

ferent story, one totaled one not so much!