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Title: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: AdamB on 04 January 2006, 14:49
The pictures below are that of a MK II Scirocco after the driver's door had been hit at over 100 MPH by an Escort RS Turbo. The car was sent spinning over 300 yards along the road.
All four of the passengers got out alive. The 2 on the passenger side got out without a scratch. The rear drivers side passenger had to be cut out, and lost one of his shoes, but had no injuries. The driver, who was thought to be dead by the police, was actually alive but unconscious and had only suffered a small scratch to the chest, and whiplash.
The police said that had they been in most other makes of car, then they would have all been killed.


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The accident happened over 13 years ago - I was the driver.
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: Judderi on 04 January 2006, 14:53
Wow cant belive you were all ok!

P.S were the chairs that colour origionally or was that a result of the accident?  :grin:
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: Chugadub on 04 January 2006, 15:29
 :shocked:

sheeeeeeeeeeeeet !

furry muff tho, you all got out - with or without shoes!

 :smiley:
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: Chantuz on 04 January 2006, 15:43
Wow thats lucky, a while back when my best mate stuffed his clio we were scavenging bits off it when we over heard these guys talking about a golf and a corsa involved in an accident. Both people in the corsa died instantly and the whole family in the golf weren't harmed at all!

God bless the VW!
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: S11EPS on 04 January 2006, 17:55
Ads, the car had a brown interior, it deserved to be wrecked.
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: Jet on 04 January 2006, 18:01
omfg.....! :shocked:

Jet
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: topher on 04 January 2006, 18:40
omg.. was the shoe okay ?
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: Dinky on 04 January 2006, 18:42
shoe was fine..but ads manicure was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident..it was that last chip,it just cudn take no more.. :cry:

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: GolfGTiMk216LoveIT on 04 January 2006, 20:22
fook me :shocked: miracle you walked away
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: Neaty on 05 January 2006, 14:43
crikey, a bit of build quality goes along way doesnt it!

We should go back to the way it was, build cars strong, not with crumple zones, they fold up like tissue paper these days!

i guy i used to knock about with crashed his mark 2 golf in style rolled it about 4 times and the copper said that if it was anything other than a golf then he would of been dead
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: jte on 05 January 2006, 18:35
That's increadible. :shocked:

I'm not sure I really want to know, but what happened to the escort driver?
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: AdamB on 05 January 2006, 18:41
He got a fine, and a lengthy ban. I heard he had decided to join the army and got his licence back.
I was more annoyed at the loss of the car though - I only bought it that morning!
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: [han] on 05 January 2006, 18:55
bastards (http://webpost.net/ma/mayzee/profanity.gif)
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: rud on 06 January 2006, 00:14
 :shocked: glad you was ok matey
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: Daz... on 06 January 2006, 08:34
Thats mental...over 100mph?!  :shocked:  Most cars would have just fallen apart straightaway...

How fast was you travelling when he got ya?

and is it wrong that i like the brown interior  :undecided:
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: S11EPS on 06 January 2006, 11:08
and is it wrong that i like the brown interior  :undecided:
Yes, it's very, VERY wrong.

Do you have an orange carpet and lime green curtains in your living room?
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: sellers on 06 January 2006, 11:48
fook me :huh:
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: gibby on 06 January 2006, 15:38
Far canal !  :shocked: :shocked:

Ads, I remember you telling me about this crash a while ago but I never realised it was that bad.  :shocked: :shocked:
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: Daz... on 06 January 2006, 16:15
and is it wrong that i like the brown interior  :undecided:
Yes, it's very, VERY wrong.

Do you have an orange carpet and lime green curtains in your living room?

You mean I can't have them either?!  :cry:
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: Dinky on 06 January 2006, 16:20
oh..but ads put that pic up off wen you went skiddin down the stairs..that ones sooo much better! :laugh:
ya just gotta love injuries... :nerd:

Dinx :kiss:
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: gibby on 06 January 2006, 17:11
oh..but ads put that pic up off wen you went skiddin down the stairs..that ones sooo much better! :laugh:
ya just gotta love injuries... :nerd:

Dinx :kiss:

lmao, I remember that one, that was funny. Stair boarding wasn't it ! :laugh:
Title: Re: VW's - Lifesavers!!
Post by: AdamB on 06 January 2006, 17:16
Yeah - tried to do a face first, diving surf down a flight of concrete steps, on a 4 foot inflatable mobile phone.
Not one of my better decisions - I'm starting to think I may be indestructable.......