I wrote off Jan's Zed on Thursday. Got a few cuts and bruises and big pain where the seatbelt diagonal was.

 

On the A64 on the Malton bypass. There's a long drag up an incline, then it goes into a right hand bend and just before the bend ends starts on the downward descent. About 500 yards further on is a layby where a camera van hides sometimes.

 

I came up the long drag slowed to about 50 - 55 foe bend and was looking for the camera van when I hit an unsalted outside lane full of snow and slush and ice.

 

Well it started to slide I corrected but I must have over corrected or something because it went off the road and the all hell broke loose It demolished a small tree with the back end the wheels dug in to the soft eart so the for from suspension offside was ripped out and wheel ended up at about 45 degrees from where it should be. The back end is out of of alignment as well after the argument with the tree It came to rest facing the right way in a very sorry state.

 

There are some nice bits on it that are worth salvaging It's a 98 version R NA Auto It's got a good engine and gearbox and the engine has all the earth straps done It's got the electric drivers and passenger seats from my Green Zed

 

Its got the Version R skirts and I want the interior cards if we can do a salvage. Insurance wise it's fully comp and we'll have to see how much they offer and how much we can buy it buy it back for.

 

All Very sad news

Example - system senses right rear wheel spinning up and cuts power to that wheel.

Left wheel still has some traction but then hits slippery surface. Before you know it you have a huge power bias to the left rear on a slick surface and off you go doing a pirouette.

 

I only know this as that's how I stacked my VXR8.

 

how would race logic traction control cut power to one rear wheel ?

My bad. Missed out the Race Logic part On your post.

Assumed you meant standard TCS with LSD.

I bet race logic traction control would save a lot of 300s from a early grave

Have you priced up the Racelogic yet dan?

I doubt it would have helped because I wasn't using any power at the point It started to slide. I think it was the fact that I was straitening out from the bend at the top of the hill so I was doomed as soon as one wheel hit the stuff. If I'd been going perfectly straight it might have been a different outcome

Am I the only one who rather vulturaly wants to see the damage :wack:

Am I the only one who rather vulturaly wants to see the damage :wack:

 

You're the only one that's admitted it publicly.... :ninja: :innocent:

Doesn't matter about the car the main thing is your ok mate.

Have you priced up the Racelogic yet dan?

 

I nearly had one the other day but wouldn't meet me half way in the end I will find one

Sorry to hear it Tony, glad you are ok(ish) that's the main thing