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ashley_r_84

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Bumbed my car:(
« on: January 15, 2011, 06:51:35 PM »
Parked on a pretty steep hill last night and got out of my car to talk to a mate. Was there for about 10 minutes when my car just started rolling backwards  :o   Rolled about 30m down the hill and hit a Ford KA at the bottom!
I am gutted, Doesn`t look like too much damage to mine tbh, needs a new year bumber but hopefully everything else is ok. Although it may have done a bit of damage in the boot too...It looks like the boot lock has been pushed back a bit and is now rubbing on the plastic trim just inside the boot. It hit the other car at a fair speed and smacked it back about 6ft so front bumber etc looked a bit of a mess (even more so than normal) :whistle:
Handbrake was on full but clearly it doesn`t like hills :thumbd:

Anyway its a good job the KA was at the bottom as if it wasn`t, my AGP would have ended up bouncing down some steps and out into the rush hr traffic on the main road...So at least there was a little bit of luck on my side.

I am absolutely gutted about it.
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Re: Bumbed my car:(
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2011, 06:57:18 PM »
That's bad! I learnt my lesson too, after a drive it's best to leave it in gear too. As the brakes cool they shrink causing the handbrake to become slack. Happened to mine on the Welsh meet do you remember? Luckily we were standing in front.

You must be so annoyed, i hope you don't get hassled by the insurance now

ashley_r_84

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Re: Bumbed my car:(
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2011, 07:03:57 PM »
Yeah i forgot about that on the meet, its a right pain in the arse tbh.
Insurance have been fine though, Phoned them up last night and sorted it out. I`ve gotta take it to Nationwide for an estimate and they`ll order all the bits in so should hopefully be sorted sooner rather than later :thumb:
I was supposed to be driving up to the Autosport international car show in birmingham tomorrow, Was gonna give it a bit of a blast with the TMC box on but now it looks like i gotta take my dads Focus :thumbd:

Oh and i`ve left it in gear out there now lol.

Cheers
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