supra-alex Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 northampton, was dropping off a friend after work, a journey he made for the first time tonight, and within the 1 hour from leaving work, dropping off his mate, the roads had iced up badly and there was a section of the road that the gritter missed !!! he lost it doin 50 in a 60 !! went down grass embankment and rolled into the tree bending it in half but thankfully he escaped without a scratch........a miracle. a passer by helped him escape from the p/s window, yes the electrics still worked. If something had happened to him i would have had to find someone else to play in our tennis match on monday which would have been a royal pain the arse. lucky lucky boy. I/you have been warned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 I managed to slide our Volvo across the road this morning. Leaving out village doing about 23-25 around a bend and she just went sideways / understeered towards the far side of the road. The Supra is staying at home today. Be careful out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTIN R Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Glad he was ok, it really is a case of taking EXTRA care on the roads. As with your mate it wasnt as if he was hitting the loud pedal extra hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
how_supra Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 nice warning - duly noted! very lucky not to damage himself though. Lucky fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 If something had happened to him i would have had to find someone else to play in our tennis match on monday which would have been a royal pain the arse. I can see the guy means a lot to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Thanks, always appreciate hearing these. Ill drop my speed and bye bye over taking and racing for a while! P.s glad your tennis match will be ok :phew: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scooby_Don't Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Tell your mate to take more care, does your tennis game mean nothing to him! Jeez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Last year when it snowed I got out of my car and shutting the door caused it to slide off towards another car in the carpark. It wasn't even a gargantuan hill just a very mild slope so yup be V V carefull out there people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Yep its that time of year again when we start to loose alot of Supra's from te UK roads. Saying that watching those boys drive in Iceland you would think it was a dry summers day. Sat on a coach the driver was going into sharp bends at 70k's but then he did have metal stud tyres abs assit and a rear brake control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 I can see the guy means a lot to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra-alex Posted November 19, 2005 Author Share Posted November 19, 2005 he is an integral part of my team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 slippy as fook up here, great fun though (at the moment!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 gargantuan I've always wanted to use that word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kghelmet Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 where did he do that in northampton, i just put mine sideways coming out of wellingborough tesco:innocent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra-alex Posted November 20, 2005 Author Share Posted November 20, 2005 where did he do that in northampton, i just put mine sideways coming out of wellingborough tesco:innocent: he was on the road to great billing, overstone the straight one off the round spinney roundabout where saab is/was? dont know the name of it ? i know tesco, wellingborough as well, did you do it near the roundabout at the top turning left onto london road ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kghelmet Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 how the hell did he do that there.i work on round spinney. i was sideways as you pull out of tesco on to the main road,and got told off by my 13 year old daughter how then tells her mum:complain: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra-alex Posted November 20, 2005 Author Share Posted November 20, 2005 how the hell did he do that there.i work on round spinney. i was sideways as you pull out of tesco on to the main road,and got told off by my 13 year old daughter how then tells her mum:complain: got no idea, unless your there its difficult to judge speed, handling, grip but he is a good careful driver, he just got unlucky with this patch of road that was missed by the gritter...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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