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#1 Teapot

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:31 PM

Sorry to say Huey now looks like this :xmas: I however have not a scratch :kiss:

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I was in a line of traffic on a downhill left-hand bend about a mile from where I live when the back end
came out very fast and Huey flipped on his offside. He then skated down the wrong side of the road for about 75 yards
in a shower of sparks. It was school chucking-out time so I was incredibly lucky there was a gap in the traffic
coming the other way. Right at the end he flipped back the right way up. I sat there listening to Chuck Berry
who was still singing "No particular Place to Go."

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Well, the door is a good fit now :D

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Hinges reshaped a bit. Front tyres brand new, rears still good tread.
Some guys in a van behind helped me bounce him into the side of the road. They picked up various bits including
a track rod and both wheelarches. I found his little door handle. :w00t:

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I called the local repair shop that has been looking after him but they couldn't fetch him because their trailer has been stolen!
Then the police arrived and insisted on calling their official recovery vehicle and he has gone miles away into Dorset. :D
I'm not sure what to do now, but I'll tell Adrian Flux about it tomorrow to see what they propose.
It may be the end of a great relationship.

#2 Guess-Works.com

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:32 PM

Ohh ya fecker...

That's gonna hurt always round, body soul and pocket

#3 leaky

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:34 PM

O NO. Thats such a shame iv been looking at pictures of that on here for a whole wishing I had a pick up like that. At least your ok.

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:35 PM

Oh bummer :kiss:

Sorry to hear about this, hope you manage to sort something out. Good to hear your fine, must have been a brown trouser moment.

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:35 PM

ball joint failure ?

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:35 PM

Oh Teapot, so so sad for Huey :kiss: but of course as always glad that you are ok., though I bet you must be pretty shaken.

Hope he is allowed to go to a mini hospital to be made all better, got my fingers crossed

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:39 PM

Oh No...

Thats awful..sorry to here thats scary..

That will hurt the pocket

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:40 PM

Damm thats makes me cry a little bit inside! Glad your okay tho!

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:41 PM

Thats unlucky mate
Looked really nice
Suppose it could be fixed
What spotlights are they by the way
Good luck with fixing it :kiss:

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:42 PM

That is terrible, hope you are ok, and hope he can be fixed.

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:42 PM

The main thing is of course that you are OK. Were you on your own?

You can't wirte him off.....I've seen worse pass an MOT.

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:43 PM

such a shame, feel so sorry for you :kiss: hope it gets fixed mate. glad to hear you are ok though ! :D

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:43 PM

The main thing is that you are ok and nobody else was hurt.

Fingers crossed you can get it sorted and back on the road.

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:45 PM

I know it doesn't help at all when people say it.

But it really is good you're okay.

Me and you are both proving Minis aren't as unsafe as a lot of people think!

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 06:46 PM

I know it doesn't help at all when people say it.

But it really is good you're okay.

Me and you are both proving Minis aren't as unsafe as a lot of people think!


At least he didn't hit the worlds most expensive gate though.




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