My lucky escape, and the death of my baby

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:10 am

I've never been able to post in the "Ex-F owners" forum, but I can now...

Heres what I did last night

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww16 ... own001.jpg

Can you see where the power pole hit the underside of my car

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww16 ... own002.jpg

The scene

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww16 ... own003.jpg

before all this

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww16 ... own004.jpg

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww16 ... own005.jpg

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww16 ... own006.jpg

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww16 ... own007.jpg

I would have posted pictures directly but it doesnt seem to be working

What happened was a guy pulled out infront of me- I swerved too hard and went in a drain, hit a drive way, rolled and collected a power pole on the way.... lucky for me i hit it with the bottom of the car- roof i would have been dead.

I walked away with only scratches

lucky to still be here

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:32 am

Ow!!!

Wow, yea your lucky to still be alive! Are you not hurt on bit?

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:40 am

i have a tiny cut on my arm and the body feels a bit stiff but all in all good condition- im one of those lucky in an unlucky kinda way

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:49 am

Oh my god!! glad to hear your ok :/

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:56 am

Engine starts, anybody need any parts

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:07 am

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:08 am

Ouch! Man you're lucky!

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:26 am

wow that looks horrendous - glad to see you are ok mate - you must have a guardian angel!

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:37 am

at leat your still with us!

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:11 am

Looks like a project for Steven

But seriously glad your ok, amazing to walk away from that.

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:08 pm

Stu.13 wrote:

Looks like a project for Steven

But seriously glad your ok, amazing to walk away from that.

That looks like more than a 30 minute job.

Glad you are ok mate, i think anyone would have went into shock after that, fantastic that you walked away with just minor injuries.

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:51 pm

Dude consider yourself lucky to walk out in one piece! Break the parts... interior, lights etc

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 1:11 pm

oh my god !!!!

thats a bad one...glad you got out , shame about your car...but it is only a car your health is worth a million cars.

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 1:16 pm

glad yoru ok, where did you manage to do that? (i know you in NZ from your plate)

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 1:23 pm

You are one lucky B*stard despite losing the car!!!

Forget telling us where it happened tell us how you managed to do that?

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:46 pm

I don't think even Meguiars will get that out

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:08 pm

Glad you made it out in 1 piece.
In the end it is only a car, wich is nothing compared you anyones life.
The muscle aches will stop, the cut will heal too. The car is a lost one.

Rather the car then you mate.

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:54 pm

f*** hell mate......glad to see you got out okay!!

Did the car land on something then to bend it like that? Not sure what a power pole is? Is this the one you were gonna be KLZEing?

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:05 pm

Holy shit that's some major damage there!

How fast did this all happen, in speed I mean?

Good that your ok! Another proof of excelent
mazda enginering.

And dont get me wrong here, but now that you
are still ok and no injuries... Thats some proper
writing off there! Atleast you killed it properly!

Everybody will go holy F how did you do that, and
survive! :shock:

Must admit that pole damage could have been nasty
indeed.

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:03 pm

Haha, yeah, this car was the one I was going to put a klze into... I was so close to buying the engine- I'm glad i didn't now, obviously I didn't really need the extra power....

This all happened out west auckland- on simpson rd (i Know most of you guys wont know it)- Its a pretty dangerous stretch of road- there have been alot of accidents there.
I never thought I would stuff it up like that.
I was probably going about 100km when somebody pulled out infront of me- I swerved hard to miss them, and yeah, the rest is history.
I'm a very lucky guy to be here- and I really think I've learned my lesson this time- speed kills... if I had hit that other car somebody would have died that night, just not worth it aye.

Dunno what I'm gonna do now, not sure if I should get another lantis or something else maybe. Lantis would be the smartest option because I have so many spares its rediculous, more now with the addition of my car- but all my friends gave me flack over driving a girls car when i had it- even girls said they had manlier cars that me- really bruised my ego lol.... oh well, we'll see what happens

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:06 pm

My god you were lucky!!

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:13 pm

all i can say mate, is although you don't feel that lucky...you really really are, to have walked away from that. :shock:

**Posted:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:35 pm

glad your alright hun

cee.xx

**Posted:** Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:13 am

Jeeeeez, that's proper f*cked!!!

Really glad you're ok though :thumbright:

Mark

**Posted:** Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:43 am

james, what happened in the other accdent you had?
just talking to an old skool mate of yours over on another forum.
we (as in us uk'ers) dont know the road or area but why was you doing 100km in a so say 70km area?
just asking

**Posted:** Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:20 am

Ah shit, U flushed me out......
Yeah I was speeding, so I know this is my fault as well as whoever pulled out infront of me.
I tell u what tho, I've learned my lesson- I've had to many extra chances. I will drive ALOT more cautiously from now on.

But who do u know that I know Mazz??? I don't have any kiwi mates on this forum- who ratted me out lol

**Posted:** Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:48 am

lol no one on this forum

i am mazz, i know alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll :evil4:

or so i like to think :lol:

**Posted:** Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:21 pm

Ouch, good thing you're okay.

Lantis being a girl car?? Since when? Don't listen to that bull, they're just jealous!

**Posted:** Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:43 pm

Besides that, the girly car saved your life!

**Posted:** Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:24 pm

glad you ok mate

My lucky escape, and the death of my baby

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