A moral

[dantheman6554]

Back in the days of taking a car for a test drive after MOT,  19 year old lad working at a garage up the road from where i worked decided a customers TVR tuscan needed a "test run"  ,  too much lead on the right pedal and we all watched him take out a chaain fence backwards while loading  a tractor onto a lorry!      thatd be a ncie phone call to the boss!

[barrym381]

Back in the days of taking a car for a test drive after MOT,  19 year old lad working at a garage up the road from where i worked decided a customers TVR tuscan needed a "test run"  ,  too much lead on the right pedal and we all watched him take out a chaain fence backwards while loading  a tractor onto a lorry!      thatd be a ncie phone call to the boss!

similar thing happend when my young cousin took my 535i sport out  ended up in some poor womens garden after going backwards through her fence 

[mcgee9t2]

Simelar thing happend to a mates 206. the apprentice of the garage that was fixing it took it out spun it put it through. a fence. then took it back amd managed to repair all the damage over the next week withput the boss finding out. my mate got it home. noticed the panels didnt match up and were slightly diff colour and that the car didnt drive streight. found out that when it had gone off roading through a fence it hit a large bump and think he said managed to bend the chasis a little bit 

[Screech16v]

I was 17 at the time and my driving licence was 2 weeks old,said to my mate give us a go ,he said ok, about 10 seconds later, total right off ,he was proper chuffed 

[Horney]

Luckily these chaps have sorted things out. The driver who borrowed the car has sourced a mint shell and the car is going to be reshelled over the next couple of months. The owner of the car has been very chilled out about it with the opinion that he was partly to blame as he let James drive it. It also does seem on initial inspection that the LSD failed and locked up which caused the accident. It's a shame though as geniune BBR turbo MX5s are not that common.



Nick

[clipperjay]

Luckily these chaps have sorted things out. The driver who borrowed the car has sourced a mint shell and the car is going to be reshelled over the next couple of months. The owner of the car has been very chilled out about it with the opinion that he was partly to blame as he let James drive it. It also does seem on initial inspection that the LSD failed and locked up which caused the accident. It's a shame though as geniune BBR turbo MX5s are not that common.

Nick

Maybe thats why he let him borrow it Nick 

[Horney]

This thing had plenty of power for a car that weighs 900KG.



Nick

[JC]

so what did he hit to result in a reshell 

[Horney]

signage sideways and then onto a ditch. Front chassis legs and middle floor section are bent.

Nick

[mcgee9t2]

any pics yet