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Posts: 17 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0  | Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky On the way to work last Wednesday in my panda 100HP, slid on some black ice and it decided it would like to have an argument with a near dry stone wall... to which the wall won owing to the fact it was backed up by an entire hector of banked field. The car bounced off deciding that what it really needed was a sun-roof so it decided its best course of action would be to turnover. fortunately for me it missed its mark on the top of the car, hitting the front closer to the passenger side where is skidded. It finally stopped right in the middle of the road on with me on my roof wondering what the hell had just happened. I really just wanted to show some panda drivers just how strong the car really is! I managed to walk out of it without a scratch! probably more luck than judgement for the roof however when it hit the wall front on there must have been a hell of a force generated as i was driving at approx 45MPH. This was taken care of without the slightest deformation in the cab! I'm really, really sad to see the car end up like this because it was one hell of a good drive but at least I managed to walk away from it...
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Posts: 607 Thanks: 21 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky Looks like a real nasty one, glad to hear you are ok! Nice to see the little Panda holding up strongly after such a big impact.
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| BLUES+TWOS! PANDA+UNO!   | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky any crash you can walk away from is a "good" one, but you have really pushed the limit on that one!!! glad you're ok 
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| Speed Reader of the Year!   | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky Ouch! What reg was it? Airbags deploy? | ||
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Posts: 17 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky
 , well, not until it hit the wall anyway...yeah they did, i cant remember them deploying but they must of worked well. Really cant praise the panda safety highly enough!
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Posts: 6,949 Thanks: 263 Trader Rating: 0 Drives: | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky
 As long as you're OK it's fine all is good. Cars can be replaced, people can't.
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Posts: 72 Thanks: 4 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky Condolances on the Panda but glad you're OK. Also great safety for such a small car.
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Posts: 548 Thanks: 18 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky OUCH!  I know the feeling, mine wasn't nearly as bad but it made mine into a 3 wheeler for a while Glad you're OK and it's only a car at the end of the day that can be replaced RIP your Panda.
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Posts: 228 Thanks: 3 Trader Rating: 0  | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky You gonna get another ?
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| Mr Pedantic  | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky I love that you prefixed this thread as Styling!  Sad that it's been smashed, but it's replaceable.
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Posts: 951 Thanks: 64 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky What a brave little Panda!  Glad you're ok
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Posts: 284 Thanks: 14 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky Crikey!!!You are one lucky, lucky sod!! Somebody was obviously looking out for you!! How you feeling now?
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Posts: 17 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky
OK thank you, that was the thing really I walked out without a scratch! All I got was a whiplash based injury to my lower back. I can live with that. I do keep looking at the photographs, shaking my head and wondering how the hell I got out of it at all.
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Posts: 17 Thanks: 1 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Its gone to the big tow truck in the sky
I was considering getting a Diesel panda but I thought the dealer was asking too much for it.They also had another 100hp in the showroom. It was black and looked absolutely gorgeous but the dealer, a family friend, wasn't too keen on selling me it saying: "You've had one lucky escape... In the end I'm forced to admit I've joined the darkside and bought a grande punto 1.9D sporting. People are telling me that it will be safer, but as I keep saying the Panda did an astonishingly good job I would buy one like a shot in the future, absolutely loved driving the blue one.
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