jim_supra Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 It has been snowing pretty badly yesterday and over-night, and has since frozen. was travelling to a mates and to get there i have to go down this narrow lane. Taking it really slowly i go round a corner, and the car slides sideways into the hedge! (the lane has no verges, the hedge is right on the edge of the lane) Luckily i was going slow enough so that the branches of the hedge stopped me, and i didn't go right into the hedge and cause some real damage. no dints or dings, just a lot of scratches all down the side of the car. bollocks!! it's gonna take a lot of T-Cutting hopefully they will come out or it's respray time. Take it Really Really easy out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 wow lucky escape mate, am sure a bit of wet and dry and polish will sort it out:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 glad all is ok mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben-san Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Oh geez... the sound of the branches probably made you cringe. Glad it's only superficial Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr keef Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 nightmare mate...hope it looks brand new again after a tad polish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTIN R Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Its easy done mate, hope it just needs some TLC rather than a respray:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 You lucky sod, glad it wasn't worse mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Got any piccies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Sorry to hear this mate - hopefully she'll buff up without any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supradibbs Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 damm sounds like you were lucky not to cause some real damage and you are ok thats the main thing,iam sure bit of elbow greese be right as rain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Mate you don't even have to be in the car for it to crash in snow. Last year the bit of snow we got I was papping my pants on an untreated road at less than 10 mph and a huge queue of traffic behind me as I slid all the way along the road. I put her in the work carpark (again an untreated surface) the force of me shutting the door when I got out pushed the car into a slide. Luckily there was no car in the slot next to mine and I managed to slip slide/run around and get between it and the nearest car. So yeah fellas take it real easy out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambertpig Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 god how hard do you shut doors db Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 Right, have got some pics of the scratches. The camera didn't show them up that well, and they looked alot worse than they do on the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 And here's some after pics. I have managed to get pretty much all the scratches out, except for some very faint ones. It took forever to T-Cut though! but looks better for it:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Monkey Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Must of been that good a job as I can not see any! Good work Lad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben-san Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 fantastic job Jim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markssupra Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 You were lucky, glad it wasnt worse. god how hard do you shut doors db Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 Cheers for the comments Guy's it was a very horrible moment hearing the branches scrape all over the side of the car! The worst bit though was driving away from the hedge as there was no traction so was scraping along very slowly indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Looks fabulous now, but I wanted photos of it in the hedges! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 Looks fabulous now, but I wanted photos of it in the hedges! Ha ha! sorry:p , as soon as it went into the hedge I had to drive it out! didn't wan't to though so i couldn't see the damage:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra-Dupra Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Ha ha! sorry:p , as soon as it went into the hedge I had to drive it out! didn't wan't to though so i couldn't see the damage:D Nice touch up work, but driving into the hedge was just an excuse for the misus to get a respray tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTIN R Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Good work mate:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_supra Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 Nice touch up work, but driving into the hedge was just an excuse for the misus to get a respray tho Lol!! Ain't got a missus at the mo' so don't need an excuse:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 god how hard do you shut doors db Not that hard. Thats the point really. Ice and supras aren't big bed buddies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Glad to hear all sorted Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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