My new MR2 Turbo

looks like it went backwards into a lamp post. did the back end decide to play in the snow?

like this

happened on a saturday lunch time a couple of week ago.

me and girlfriend kate were nipping to the shops as she wanted to take something back to primark. was 1 minute from kates house and was going round a long sweeping bend, not sharp or anything, a bend id been round a million times, was doing about 50mph off boost and in 4th as the engine was stone cold as we'd only just set off. it had just snowed a bit, but no snow was on the road, was damp tho, but the car felt fine going round the corner. then halfway round the corner, while chatting to kate about which other shops she wanted to go to, the back end went. totally unexpected. couldnt belive it. got opposite lock on straight away but it was too late it was sliding towards some bushes. the bushes luckily spun us round just in time to go backwards into a tree! the car looks perfectly fine except the boot lol! airbags didnt go off. by the time we hit the tree alot of speed had been shrugged off, but the 200sx's crumple ever so easily at the rear, and with an impact speed of about 15mph directly backwards into a tree, u end up with the picture above!

neither of us were injured, both just got out fine.

the most annoying thing about it is the fact i was driving like a normal human being.
if i was dicking about, being a prat then i could accept it

ahh well, i'll just buy a R34 gtr next time lol

Dunc

do you mean 15mph or 5mph? as 50 seems a bit extreme

nope, i mean i was doing 50mph. Its a JCway, so obviously 70mph road. I was only doing 50mph as i was only pootling along! the road was only wet, there wasnt loads of snow about.

when we hit the tree we were prob doing about 15mph

Dunc

oo right that explains it

have u since replaced the car?

sorry, i should have made myself clearer

nope, not replaced it yet. i still have the fabia vrs to use, my van for my business and the girlfriends car if need be, plus i have a UT sat doing nowt but is insured and moted lol!

will replace it, but not sure with what! not really thought about it!

Dunc

*cough* punto *cough*

yeah i know what you mean. its just really bad luck mate, there is nothing you can do to avoid it or be prepared for it, when your luck runs out things go horribly wrong very quickly.

I know your pain Dunc, almost exactly the same happened to me in the snow to. Completely lost it driving normally, then crunch bye bye alloys on the kurb But new ones will be here on Friday
Love the Mr2, looks very slick, cant believe it about the suspension though, some people just need to be sorted out really!

oh and on a side note, crystal clear front light sets fitted to make it look alot sharper and some proper 40mm lowering springs on their way to me as we speak

oh and numberplates to go on after mot have arrived too ... quite small remote/penknife in there to give idea of size lol

mini poo

lmao new springs arrived now no pics yet though, they just red springs anyway lol

got no work done today as just slept

Lovely dog poo you have there Alex!

Plan on taking a "spin" at combe on the 19th

wont be sorted by then lol and 18th is my birthday so i'll be either drinking, drunk, or sleeping

started taking the old exhaust off of my old turbo yest, going to get the auto sol out and polish up all of the pipework... bearing in mind its all on show along the back it should look rather good

The Nur Spec exhaust that's going on: