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...and the award for the Prize Muppet of the year goes to...

...Timothy Turbo!

 

You'll never believe this but...

 

Stacked me Z on the way home tonight! Gutted!

 

Mrs. Turbo is driving the Merc and we get to the A5, she comes flying past me so I take chase.

 

I come to round-a-bout and negotiate it with caution whilst watching my Merc rear lights(Oh they look so sexy) fucking off in the distance!

 

Anyway, get off the magic nice and slowly...wait until LuZipher is pointing in a straight line and then push the gas about half way down. Not alot happening at this point, road is more than saturated but then all hell breaks loose!

 

Car hesitates while the blowers spin up, then off we go at warp speed in a split second. Then it goes a tad Del Monte pear shaped to say the fucking least.

 

Nevermind fish tail...more like Blue whale tailing then I lose all control and Satan decides he wants to send me sideways off road, into a verge and some polite bushes and fencing decide to end the torment by stopping me dead!

 

FUCK ME!!! Never in my life, in all my time driving Turbo motors have I ever, ever lost it like that before! mad.gif

 

So I grab the mobile, ring the Mrs. and tell her in an emotional tone that "I've stacked it!"...blah blah and lots of "you stupid fucking wanker..." etc. ensue down the phone.

 

Five or six cars all pull up and stop, I can't get out of the drivers side due to the inconvenience of the bushes. So I scramble out the passenger side into about a foot of muddy verge.

 

Staring in disbelief at my car grounded and bush whacked!

 

Guy in a Fiat Estate stops and gets out asking if I'm OK? Yep, I'm fine but trust me when I say that at the point I hit the verge I was travelling at enough speed to honestly believe I was going to roll.

 

Anyway, Mrs. Turbo arrives and proceeds to announce using the 'F' word that I've just spent mega bucks getting it back on the road then realises that a small boy is hiding behind me! She apologises and then would you believe that a good samaritan arrives in...a Corsa with his girlfriend! Bless him.

 

Guy in the Fiat attatches a rope and poor Corsa lad gets his feet muddy pushing me out.

 

Then the miracle happens, we five or so stand in utter amazement that there is no major damage to the entire drivers side. Just a nice mud pack and a shit load of foliage and twigs covering me car.

 

So off I go after much thanking of both guys in Fiat and Corsa for helping me out of this shit hole of a mess.

 

Anyway, get home, car is driving fine but on closer inspection have damaged the drivers side sill which I'm preying isn't a major! But also the grounding has done some on the passenger side too! FUCK SAKE!!!

 

So will be up to Johnnies on Sunday and hopefully get some opinions on how bad it really is!

 

So what is the lesson? I will be arriving at Tesco car park in Holyhead bright and early tomorrow to configure my TC which is fully installed but not active. If it had been that sodding monstrosity of a "I've lost it big time!" wouldn't have happened!

 

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You really don't have much luck at the moment mate! Hope damage is not too severe

 

traction control - the saviour of many souls (and expensive repair bills)

 

Robb

JESUS MAN!

Glad you are all right firstly.

What is it at the moment with people trashing there cars?

Hope its only minor damage.

Well Tim you have been very lucky mate,you are not hurt and a dent in your sill,Nothing that a pair of Wingswest sideskirts won't fix wink.gif.

 

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Cheers Iain me old mate,

 

You are truly worthy of the Z award for being Z Trisha or Jerry Springer! LOL biggrin.gif

 

Not sure which yet mate? LOL biggrin.gif

 

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Jee`z Tim major glad you are ok, but what a bummer. Mate if you did`nt have bad luck you would have no luck at all!!. frown.gif

 

Car`s suck sometimes, get in yer sole and mess with it. Demons,Demons,Demons,at least you had Zed god looking after you this time, take it easy fellow,and I know there is a bit of mileage between us but if there is anything I can do to help (parts etc), mail me. Jeff TT

 

Ps Cars can be fixed, live long and prosper

Fucking hell man, glad you are okay, and I hope also that the mobile is okay on closer inspection.

 

A hectic life you lead there Timmy.

 

jezz.

Timmy FFS that car is Jinxed!

 

Sell it and buy another.

 

Have a look under the bonnet m8, it isn't a '57 Plymouth Fury is it?

 

I know, we call call it Christine!

 

B...B...Bad to the bone.

 

Just as long as you're okay m8, only dented ego then?

 

I would have said the tell tale signs were there:

 

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Tim

 

[This message has been edited by TT Tim (edited 26-01-2002).]

 

[This message has been edited by TT Tim (edited 26-01-2002).]

Crickey Tim! Sorry to hear about your experience. Really glad that you're okay though - cars can be fixed/replaced, lives can't. Don't think that your side sill probs will be major, so long you didn't bend the chassis or put yer wheels out of wack due to the slide & grind - I'll say a little prayer to the Zed God for you wink.gif

 

Take it easy mate and be safe!

 

Cheers,

 

Danny

Glad to hear you are "both" alright.

Get that TC set up as soon as possible mate it's superb.

I'm thrashing the Z around in the rain these days.

Turning the dial to 15 or 20% slip gives me some idea of what my Z was like before I had it fitted but makes those slides totally controllable and it only does it when provoked. On the wet setting the rear end never even twitches.

Since i've upped the power on me Z i wouldn't dare drive it without the TC on.

 

Glad your alright Timmy. Sounds like the same thing that happened to me a few months back except my 200 is all sqwashed. My missus also used the 'F' word a lot when I phoned her after my accident.

 

Hope it works out for you at Jonnies keep us all posted.

 

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crazyeddie.co.uk

Well, well....

 

The day the aftermarket traction control will fail, will end-up in pretty interesting results....

 

Gniark gniark gniark !!

 

Henri

 

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1990 300ZX 2+2 TT (Z32) Auto Stage III

1992 300ZX 2+2 TT (Z32) Manu Stage VII

1992 Dodge Stealth 2+2 TT AWD Manual

 

Internet Z Car Club #1000

TwinTurbo.Net #4

Glad your ok mate hope you will still be able to make tommorow,if you need any help with anything thats in my capabilities just shout. Hope to see you as planned if any different let me know, e mail or phone Cheers Jamie

Ooooops.

 

Timmy. Glad to see your OK mate.

Don`t worry buddy it sounds like things will be cool.

I will arrange for a few Z docs to be hear on Sunday.

hehehe timmy, you could'nt resist the temptation of the voice from under the bonnet could you!!

EEEEVIILLL!!! EEEEVIILLL!!! I Tells ya, that there car be EEVILL!!! biggrin.gif

Glad to see you're ok Timmy, either sell that car, or have it exorcised.

dont worry mate ill give u quote tomo

its what i do,the price will be right

Glad to hear your allright Timmy.

 

What is is just lately with RWD supercars and crashes?????

 

Regards

 

RCD

....and I'll check the underneath to check none of the pipes have been damaged wink.gif All things considered, you couldn't have timed it better m8 biggrin.gif Glad though that everyone/everything is ok....

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

 

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Timmy - trust me, I know *exactly* how you felt, just lucky the car and you are alright (in that order biggrin.gif wink.gif )

 

As for craption control, that *caused* my stack, so don't rely on it too much...

 

Ah well, you're fine, and the car will be. You lucky, lucky bastard wink.gif

 

But Keith wasn't that the stock Supra TC ?

 

Not the Racelogic system, that Timmy had waiting to be calibrated.

 

Commiserations Timmy, but at least it seems that things are not too messed up.

Thaks guys, on chatting to Iain(Macca) it doesn't sound to bad! But as Andy has mentioned that doesn't mean that nowt is up underneath...hope not.

 

See most of you tomorrow...looking forward to it! wink.gif

 

Jamie,

 

Still on for about 12ish mate at the Shell station. Any later and I'll ring fella.

 

P.S. Tim Twin Tub...that pic is going in my wallet mate! ROFL biggrin.gif Made my day that and is so close to the truth.

 

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