Evo Jumps out the rollers!..
05 December 2010 | 01:52 PM
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Evo Jumps out the rollers!..
05 December 2010 | 02:01 PM
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From: South Yorkshire
Bloody ek they were lucky
I'm saying they were presuming noone was hurt?
Mick
05 December 2010 | 02:04 PM
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From: There on the stair
Poorly strapped down. I couldn't see anything holding it laterally at the front.
05 December 2010 | 02:09 PM
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bloodyhell! i thought at first it had **** loads of power but should have been strapped down at the front, i bet the owner was p1ssed off afterward
05 December 2010 | 02:24 PM
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From: whittlesey ,
i would be gutted.
still i bet the garage is as they would have to repair it lol
05 December 2010 | 02:27 PM
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Don't think I would be happy if it was my car, wonder who has to pay for it is the garage responsible or it it owners risk
05 December 2010 | 02:28 PM
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From: never far away from my impreza
someone wasnt doing there job right, like you said no straps holding the front end down,could have been worse and shot through the front wall !!!!
05 December 2010 | 02:30 PM
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From: South Yorkshire
Could of killed somebody even worse mate !!!!
05 December 2010 | 02:50 PM
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From: Nottingham
i would be pissed off in more ways then one if that happened to my car!
1) someone could have got hurt poss worse.
2) not having the car strapped down correctly (coyboys).
3) damage round the car, ok the garage could probably fix it but still i would know that the car had been damaged (fixed+repaired) could be a problem when to sell on
05 December 2010 | 03:08 PM
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From: Chichester, West Sussex
i like the way everyone just casually starts walking away!!
05 December 2010 | 03:17 PM
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From: Nottingham
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i like the way everyone just casually starts walking away!!
if they work there? they probably going to get the p45's
05 December 2010 | 03:22 PM
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05 December 2010 | 03:23 PM
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Holy Crap..
On the upside at least it wasn't a SUBARU....
05 December 2010 | 03:59 PM
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Holy Crap..
On the upside at least it wasn't a SUBARU....
I'd be pissed and they would have a LOT of explaning to do
05 December 2010 | 04:25 PM
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From: Swansea.In search of more power!!
Explain that to the insurance
05 December 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Very lucky, a costly mistake me thinks
05 December 2010 | 05:05 PM
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From: hastings
Mental, but just had the rear straps thats crap.
upside thats one less evo lol
05 December 2010 | 05:41 PM
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From: w,yorkshire
BLOODY HELL.
05 December 2010 | 05:45 PM
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From: C+K MOTORS
Oh dear i think the profit went straight out the window on that one
05 December 2010 | 05:46 PM
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From: yorkshire (mostly)
I had to sign a piece of paper (contract) when i had my focus rs RR stating that if anything happened it was my responsibility not theirs.
05 December 2010 | 05:50 PM
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From: Dover, Kent
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Oh dear i think the profit went straight out the window on that one
More like off the ramp and into the steel post more like
05 December 2010 | 05:54 PM
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More like off the ramp and into the steel post more like
Yeah you could put it like that as well
05 December 2010 | 05:55 PM
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I had to sign a piece of paper (contract) when i had my focus rs RR stating that if anything happened it was my responsibility not theirs.
^^^ Same here, gutted for the owner of the car though
05 December 2010 | 06:14 PM
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From: West Yorkshire
Looks like understeer to me
05 December 2010 | 06:34 PM
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From: Derbyshire
I would be sick to my stomach if that was mine , gutted for the owner !
05 December 2010 | 07:07 PM
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Looks like understeer to me
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05 December 2010 | 07:22 PM
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From: nowhere fancy
wonder if it was a write off as i should imagine the post into the side of the car as well as the front impact would cause some serious damage?
05 December 2010 | 07:27 PM
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From: In the garage
05 December 2010 | 07:31 PM
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From: MSOCs tyre and ROTA wheel dealer .Ruisliptyres@gmail.com
not properly tied down so what did they expect to happen lol
05 December 2010 | 08:23 PM
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From: Enginetuner.co.uk Plymouth Dyno Dynamics RR Engine machining and building EcuTek SimTek mapping
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zs_phil
I had to sign a piece of paper (contract) when i had my focus rs RR stating that if anything happened it was my responsibility not theirs.
Well, we don't expect customers to sign anything and have never damaged a car in 33 years of dyno tuning. If an accident had occurred, we'd pay for it of course.
I'd say there was an attempt to strap it down at the front end, you can make out something there, but it wasn't secure enough. I've been running 2wd cars for years without always strapping them down, but you certainly can't run 4wd's up without secure strapping at both ends.
It certainly wouldn't have gone anywhere far anyway, as of course the car has wheel speed, but no inertia. I definitely wouldn't want to find it parked on my foot!