Guest DEREHAM SUPRA Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 6.00am get a phone call from the wife, she was driving thru some flood water where our estate joins the A47 and some p*ick in a 4+4 came bombing the other way and completely swamped her, just heard this morning that the engines totally f*cked. So if anyone know`s where i can get a recon engine for a mint black fiesta zetec-s i`d be greatful, then ontop of that i`m going back to our shop to pick my wife up, overtaking a lorry on the A47 at 80mph the back end gives a little wobble and just goes, got the car under control and managed to get over to the grass verge and pull up, take a look at the rear tyres and the near-side inner wall has come completely away from the tread, these are two week old dunlop sp sport 9000, AA won`t recover me as i`m on a " live carriageway" so had to pay for a local guy to come out, now awaiting for a new tyre. see thr top 3 pictures of the result. http://s57.photobucket.com/albums/g236/DEREHAMSUPRA/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Bloody hell. I hope you are going to kick up a major stink with Dunlop about this, you could be dead now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDriver Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 First time I see a dunlop tire fail, damn what a mess Hope you get 2 new ones for free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheekymonkey Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Nightmare mate, glad you're OK though. Am guessing the wife's car sucked in a load of water into the air intake? Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Surprised at the tyre tbh!! I have these on the rear and they are absolutely superb, although I have never twatted a grass verge with one.... What width are your wheels against your tyres? Sonds like they have deflated as a result of a knock and then disintegrated!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standardsupra20 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Unlucky mate, don't know where you can get those parts but as I'm just down the road in Barnham Broom thought I'd drop you a line, Good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DEREHAM SUPRA Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 The fiesta has two bent conrods but can get a ford recon engine for £1100, tyre suppliers have just sent the wrong tyre for mine 255/45/r17 instead of 255/40/r17 now got to wait until this afternoon for the right one, i`ve never hit anything with the front or rear tyres specially the inner wall, once the tyres replaced will take the damaged one back to the company who supplied and fitted the back ones originally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Thats very scary:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow_matt Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Hey mate, sometimes see you coming the other way on the A47 between East Winch and Lynn. Not a good day fella, chin up and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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