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Postby mx5ideways » Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:33 +0000

I was driving my rs to ballincollig today at lunch time to collect something for my brother and as I was just going into a bad bend a van comes around the bend lifting and in the middle of the road leaving me with two choices- hit him and right off my car or hit the wall on the left (there was no run off just a wall off the road), I hit the wall and kept thumping off it until I came to a stop, thought I was after wrecking the whole side of the car but thankfully it was just the alloy that got all the damage, it's in bits :evil: , my steering doesn't seam right either but hopefully it's just the tracking, so pissed off, van driver drove off and I never got a reg, and before anyone asks I wasn't speeding but at the same time wasn't going slow either.
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Re: F/€king van driver

Postby mx5ideways » Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:34 +0000

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1990 Eunos Roadster 1.6: cusco coilovers, carbing front and rear strut braces, 1.8 brakes, performance engine and diff mounts, stage 2 cerametalic 6 puck 1.8 clutch with lightweight JUN 1.8 flywheel, 1.8 LSD, GReddy manifold, Garrett T25 turbo, ARTech down pipe, E-Manage blue ecu, Altezza injectors, FMIC. Zoom engineering center console, carbon fibre bonnet, garage vary front lip, lightweight garage hundred one hardtop, carbing 6 pt cage.
1999 mx5 1.8 RS: XYZ drift spec Coilovers, reversed Ssr dori dori mesh wheels, wide arches, custom bonnet with s15 vent, rx8 spoiler, carbon rx7 sideskirts, full Arc induction kit, heated electric leather rx8 seats.
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Re: F/€king van driver

Postby eyore » Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:02 +0000

So sorry to hear that Keiran, main thing is you are ok , just think what might have happened and the poor car can hopefully sorted without too much expense.
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Re: F/€king van driver

Postby mx5ideways » Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:07 +0000

I know, got some fright, waiting for the bang, knew I wasn't going to fit between the van and wall, I'm going to have some job trying to find one of them wheels :(
1990 Eunos Roadster 1.6: cusco coilovers, carbing front and rear strut braces, 1.8 brakes, performance engine and diff mounts, stage 2 cerametalic 6 puck 1.8 clutch with lightweight JUN 1.8 flywheel, 1.8 LSD, GReddy manifold, Garrett T25 turbo, ARTech down pipe, E-Manage blue ecu, Altezza injectors, FMIC. Zoom engineering center console, carbon fibre bonnet, garage vary front lip, lightweight garage hundred one hardtop, carbing 6 pt cage.
1999 mx5 1.8 RS: XYZ drift spec Coilovers, reversed Ssr dori dori mesh wheels, wide arches, custom bonnet with s15 vent, rx8 spoiler, carbon rx7 sideskirts, full Arc induction kit, heated electric leather rx8 seats.
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Re: F/€king van driver

Postby Steve » Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:24 +0000

Ouch! Sounds like you were v.lucky!

Check out this link :
http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_from=R40 ... Categories

www.Wheels.ie also have them in black but worth asking about others.
http://wheels.ie/wheel-details.aspx?ID=1459
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Re: F/€king van driver

Postby mx5ideways » Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:36 +0000

Steve wrote:Ouch! Sounds like you were v.lucky!

Check out this link :
http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_from=R40 ... Categories

http://www.Wheels.ie also have them in black but worth asking about others.
http://wheels.ie/wheel-details.aspx?ID=1459

Thanks Steve, how do I change the language to English? there used to be an easy way to do it on the laptop but I'm not sure how to do it on the iPad
1990 Eunos Roadster 1.6: cusco coilovers, carbing front and rear strut braces, 1.8 brakes, performance engine and diff mounts, stage 2 cerametalic 6 puck 1.8 clutch with lightweight JUN 1.8 flywheel, 1.8 LSD, GReddy manifold, Garrett T25 turbo, ARTech down pipe, E-Manage blue ecu, Altezza injectors, FMIC. Zoom engineering center console, carbon fibre bonnet, garage vary front lip, lightweight garage hundred one hardtop, carbing 6 pt cage.
1999 mx5 1.8 RS: XYZ drift spec Coilovers, reversed Ssr dori dori mesh wheels, wide arches, custom bonnet with s15 vent, rx8 spoiler, carbon rx7 sideskirts, full Arc induction kit, heated electric leather rx8 seats.
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Re: F/€king van driver

Postby back_in_black » Fri, 02 Dec 2011 7:43 +0000

Sounds like a really close one kieran! Do you think the van driver knew what happend? Hope you can get a wheel handy enough.
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Re: F/€king van driver

Postby leamyj » Fri, 02 Dec 2011 9:13 +0000

Lady luck was smiling on you Kieran, glad you weren't hurt.

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Re: F/€king van driver

Postby johnc55 » Fri, 02 Dec 2011 1:27 +0000

Glad you were not hurt. Hope you can get sorted ok and not too much damage.

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Re: F/€king van driver

Postby Steve » Fri, 02 Dec 2011 2:42 +0000

mx5ideways wrote:
Steve wrote:Ouch! Sounds like you were v.lucky!

Check out this link :
http://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_from=R40 ... Categories

http://www.Wheels.ie also have them in black but worth asking about others.
http://wheels.ie/wheel-details.aspx?ID=1459

Thanks Steve, how do I change the language to English? there used to be an easy way to do it on the laptop but I'm not sure how to do it on the iPad



Try this :
http://translate.google.com/translate?s ... es&act=url
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