Dr_Doom Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I was on my way home for work today at around 4pm today. Got to a section of road about 1 mile from my house just coming off a roundabout when half a tree came flying across the road! I instantly swerved and managed to miss it but ended up going straight up the kerb with both passenger side wheels!!.. I was less than a mile from my house so instinct told me ‘get home quick before your tyres go flat!’ I didn’t want to end up being towed or changing wheels.. Pulled on my drive absolutely sh*tting myself expecting to have blown both tyres and buckled the wheels! Luckily, turns out the tyres were fine & there was only two very minor kerb marks. No worse than the one’s already on the wheels. Phew!!.. I phoned my mate at the garage and took it straight down to get it checked over. Had it up on the ramps for a good half hour and everything seems to be fine. Tracking is a couple of mm out so I need to get that sorted at some point. We couldn’t do it there and then because the adjuster has seized up and they were closing for the night…. I’m just relieved that it didn’t do too much damage. I would have been gutted! When I did a similar thing in my Astra a couple of years ago it blew both tyres and bent the steering arms. I’m lucky I was driving slowly when I mounted the kerb! Take care everyone and avoid falling trees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 A nice movie moment to swerve from the falling tree eh? Ever seen Final Destination lol..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprasteve Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 lucky (or unlucky) sod. I drove home via some country roads to cut out the traffic and had to drive under a sparking electric cable. - I hesitated for a bit then remembered an episode of top gear when Richard Hammond sat in a golf and electrified it - he lived so i thought what the hell, dropped it a couple of gears and shot under it. ....i'm still here ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Supra Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Old dear was stuck on the A1 yesterday for hours due to falling trees. I just slept on a 6hr train trip and missed it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Doom Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 It was definitely a Final Destination moment! Thinking about it, better to go up the kerb than have a tree stump lodged in my forehead! Pretty sure it would of trashed my car if it had hit me, lucky there were no pedestrians… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 lucky (or unlucky) sod. I drove home via some country roads to cut out the traffic and had to drive under a sparking electric cable. - I hesitated for a bit then remembered an episode of top gear when Richard Hammond sat in a golf and electrified it - he lived so i thought what the hell, dropped it a couple of gears and shot under it. ....i'm still here ! The safest place to be in a lightning storm is in a car! Because of rubber tyres and the body of the car carries the electricity around (ie away) from you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Doom Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 Yep, i saw this on tv as well.. your car acts as a 'Faraday cage' which shields you from the electricity... Just make sure your not touching the windows and you'll be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 proper poop string moment that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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