Well, here are the pics of my rollover from last weekend.
I didnt really want these circulating too much til i heard back from insurance etc, so i hadnt really made it public knowledge. a few of you knew, others didnt. doesnt really matter int'lly, but locally it could.
anyways, the rollover happened last sunday morning at about 10.00AM, on the notorious Gorge Rd.
came slightly too hot into a corner, which i didnt realise was very slippery(which means i was FAR too hot). The area is used by quarry trucks, and they drop silt into the bitumen, which is impossible to see. either way, came into the corner, and the front understeered once i was into the corner. i was faced with the dilemma of hitting a pack of little gum trees, one big ol gum tree, or leaving the road via a dirt embankment. i chose the embankment, and with what little control i had, managed to miss the trees. the car actually NEARLY came to a stop, but it dipped two wheels down the embankment, tilting the car and the momentum lifted it onto two wheels. the car teetered on two wheels for a sec, and the SLOWLY rolled onto its roof, and then spun 90deg to end up perpendicular to the road.
anyways, here are the flics, and its safe to say it will prob a write off, but insurance being how they are, i havent heard from them yet.
enjoy, and keep it safe.
keep the digs to yerself, i dont need to hear it, i know what happened and why, and im beating myself up over it. ie, im not 16 and i wasnt on bald tyres. and i know the road isnt the place for it, but if we all said we were sensible 100% of the time id say most of us were liars. just like men that dont masturbate. ;)
but il be back, bettter than ever.
oh yeah, i was FINE. a bit of belt bruise and a bit of a sore neck the next day, but mainly shook the **** up. my passenger was fine too. not even belt bruise. light weight sukkah. 93$ fine 'Failure to maintain control of vehicle', well, duh.
sad to see here go, but in all honesty, i had been thinking of selling up and starting another. at least i went out in class. im just glad it wasnt worse, and no one was hurt.
chrz, jake
I didnt really want these circulating too much til i heard back from insurance etc, so i hadnt really made it public knowledge. a few of you knew, others didnt. doesnt really matter int'lly, but locally it could.
anyways, the rollover happened last sunday morning at about 10.00AM, on the notorious Gorge Rd.
came slightly too hot into a corner, which i didnt realise was very slippery(which means i was FAR too hot). The area is used by quarry trucks, and they drop silt into the bitumen, which is impossible to see. either way, came into the corner, and the front understeered once i was into the corner. i was faced with the dilemma of hitting a pack of little gum trees, one big ol gum tree, or leaving the road via a dirt embankment. i chose the embankment, and with what little control i had, managed to miss the trees. the car actually NEARLY came to a stop, but it dipped two wheels down the embankment, tilting the car and the momentum lifted it onto two wheels. the car teetered on two wheels for a sec, and the SLOWLY rolled onto its roof, and then spun 90deg to end up perpendicular to the road.
anyways, here are the flics, and its safe to say it will prob a write off, but insurance being how they are, i havent heard from them yet.
enjoy, and keep it safe.
keep the digs to yerself, i dont need to hear it, i know what happened and why, and im beating myself up over it. ie, im not 16 and i wasnt on bald tyres. and i know the road isnt the place for it, but if we all said we were sensible 100% of the time id say most of us were liars. just like men that dont masturbate. ;)
but il be back, bettter than ever.
oh yeah, i was FINE. a bit of belt bruise and a bit of a sore neck the next day, but mainly shook the **** up. my passenger was fine too. not even belt bruise. light weight sukkah. 93$ fine 'Failure to maintain control of vehicle', well, duh.
sad to see here go, but in all honesty, i had been thinking of selling up and starting another. at least i went out in class. im just glad it wasnt worse, and no one was hurt.
chrz, jake
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