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by **miss-enzo** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:56 pm

.............or this could be u like it was me today

clip was kinda stiff a few weeks back, had planned to get new one fitted durin the service this week.
i opened bonnet today to check sizes for new bulbs closed it, checked it.... drivin down the rd overtook some car 2 mins later bonnet flips up and smacks off the roof (while still attached tot he hinges!) no damage to the windscreen (thanks feck cause theyre 1k for my car!) but the bonnet was mangled... no savin it
could have been a hell of alot worse i know but feck me i got some fright!!

unfortunaly Lee didnt take any of it on the car as he taut it inappropriate when i was hyperventillating in the front seat so the pics are only after if was taken off the car and jumped on to try and straighten it out!

WHAT I LEARNED TODAY: if u think sumit is kinda dodgy and needs replacin DO IT sooner rather than later

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:05 am

feck

that must have been such a fright,
At least nobody was hurt.

by **miss-enzo** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:08 am

fright doesnt cut it! was grand pulled into the side of the road calm as ever and then it hit me and i had sucha panic attack i mean that could have happened while overtakin! could have shattered the glass, could have been alot worse but jez horrible to happen all the same!

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:10 am

good thing you are okay .
could have been much worse.

happened to me as well in my golf ... nasty feeling!
now it's a good time to fit a carbon fibre or a modded one.

I immagine you driving back to the gaf .. with no bonnet :smt076

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:13 am

Good excuse to go with a tasty bonnet - http://www.hostileperformance.co.uk/HPi ... id=HPFTOVB

by **miss-enzo** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:16 am

EWWWWWWWWWWW^^^^^^^^^^^^ haha

by **Daz** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:18 am

Wow

Glad that your ok babe and that no-one was hurt (only your P&J) could have been a lot worse,

Daz...

by **Dragonheart** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:00 am

Tough break! Think if that happened me I prob would have got such a fright even slamming on the brakes would have been out of my mind! You def got away with the very least of damage. And at least everyone was ok.

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:42 pm

Scary stuff - good job you didn't panic and go off road!

by **steelroe** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:56 pm

Funny thing is I had a guy here today to do some work on his FTO and he was telling me about the red one he saw in limerick yesterday with the bonnet flipped up. Said you were lucky there was not more damage.

by CJ » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:20 pm

Lucky indeed, at least you managed to keep control of the car.

CJ

by **ftolam13** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:30 pm

by **Dean** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:32 pm

Windscreens are 1k?

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:48 pm

All I can say is; Get glass cover on your insurance..

Got mine replaced for free recently..well worth it.

by **miss-enzo** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:49 pm

steelroe wrote:Funny thing is I had a guy here today to do some work on his FTO and he was telling me about the red one he saw in limerick yesterday with the bonnet flipped up. Said you were lucky there was not more damage.

did he see it????

one thing i noticed is that other motorists dont givea flyin f**k about other ppl. i was pulled in for a bout 15mins before the lads srrived and not one person stopped or nethin! ppl are so ignorant if i was behind a car that happened too (and if i had someone in the car with me) id stop and make sure the ppl were ok!

by **steelroe** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:36 pm

Yep he was one of the ones that passed you but there was someone with
you at the time.

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