Simocento
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I duno about everyone else.....but driving to work in the snow for me, has been a little challenging.
This morning spotting a clear road from my flat, I assumed the worst was over.
So I took the quicker residential route to work avoiding the longer main road route.
But no, my plan failed! 2 roads in and I came across a stretch of snow and ice laden road - it was not looking good
kicking myself for not going the long way I persevered at a 15mph crawl praying the car would keep grip.
Up ahead approaches a car , quite far over, but then so am I due to parked cars. So I start to turn the car slowly left to give us both some space, the other car doing the opposite.....all great I thought.....until I started to straighten up...and I could not..and well that was that - I just started gliding towards the left with no control, no nothing - I was headed for a parked car with the owner literally about to get in it. Our eyes met with shocked faces as we performed some kind of slow motion ballet ending in my nearside wing embracing her rear wheel arch - it could have almost been sexual but we were both screaming for the wrong reasons! All I could think of was 'bye bye no-claims, bye bye any money I have'
Anyway....as it happens her car was completely unscathed (Ford KA) she shrugged and uttered "it's not even my car it's a courtesy one - don't worry about it"
Excellent I thought, and was blessed with a new found euphoria that lasted all the way to work....and until I parked up and thought....hang on, maybe I should have a look at my car!
As it happens it's was not bad, but still annoying and a little upsetting
So anyway, aside from sharing my morning with you I thought I would ask peoples opinions on how to best fix the following, this was the damage done:
So how's driving in the snow been for you?
/Simocento
This morning spotting a clear road from my flat, I assumed the worst was over.
So I took the quicker residential route to work avoiding the longer main road route. But no, my plan failed! 2 roads in and I came across a stretch of snow and ice laden road - it was not looking good
kicking myself for not going the long way I persevered at a 15mph crawl praying the car would keep grip.
Up ahead approaches a car , quite far over, but then so am I due to parked cars. So I start to turn the car slowly left to give us both some space, the other car doing the opposite.....all great I thought.....until I started to straighten up...and I could not
..and well that was that - I just started gliding towards the left with no control, no nothing - I was headed for a parked car with the owner literally about to get in it. Our eyes met with shocked faces as we performed some kind of slow motion ballet ending in my nearside wing embracing her rear wheel arch - it could have almost been sexual but we were both screaming for the wrong reasons! All I could think of was 'bye bye no-claims, bye bye any money I have' Anyway....as it happens her car was completely unscathed (Ford KA) she shrugged and uttered "it's not even my car it's a courtesy one - don't worry about it"
Excellent I thought, and was blessed with a new found euphoria that lasted all the way to work....and until I parked up and thought....hang on, maybe I should have a look at my car! As it happens it's was not bad, but still annoying and a little upsetting
So anyway, aside from sharing my morning with you I thought I would ask peoples opinions on how to best fix the following, this was the damage done:
- 1 inch scratch, top of the wheel arch, but only gone to the undercoat.
- Fist size, but not deep dent in the middle of the wing above the wheel arch. It's not easy to see so its quite a soft dent.
- The edging that wraps under the wheel arch (where it meets the plastic liner) is slightly bowed out, with a little paint flake.
So how's driving in the snow been for you?
/Simo
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