]Once again the white stuff has fallen once more and brought some vengeance this time it claimed my car driving along nice and gently on the slippy stuff approaching a corner and driver on the opposite side decided come my side of the road so i slammed on the brakes to avoid him but the back end came out managed to avoid him and gain control of the car it went smack into the kerb and bounced off i was not happy took it to the garage to see what damaged it done the wheel is further back than it was. It bent the wishbone and twisted the tie rod it was fortunate it didn't damage the steering rack thank f***k resulting cost £120 inc labour which i thought it ain't to bad but that's including the alloy so im stuck to find one so next plan is going to the scrappys and fingers crossed i might find one
That's sh1tty luck mate
I'm glad you're ok and it's a relatively cheap fix!
1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
it was just like sit back and watch the pound fly when you in a skid thanks for your concern what annoyed me was the other driver never stopped not even a pause he just kept going the arse
turbolag wrote:Think yourself lucky you weren't in a Shart car or something.
Seconded! It's like driving a go-cart in the dry let alone on ice!
1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
you got lucky on the alloy too! when i went sidewards into a kerb last year, i broke the edge of rim so deep that i risked the tyre coming off, and sheared the spring at the same time!
yippee its back reborn once more all i have to do now is take to get the tracking done and find a alloy on fraudbay then back to business another sodding i hate about it i went to put the spare wheel on so i could take to the garage went to use the wheel brace to undo the nuts the bloody things were tight and broke my wheel brace. I went to get the wheel bearing done last October and they probably used a zip gun to tighten the nuts with so im on a hunt to find a wheel brace
driving along nice and gently on the slippy stuff approaching a corner and driver on the opposite side decided come my side of the road so i slammed on the brakes to avoid him but the back end came out managed to avoid him and gain control of the car it went smack into the kerb and bounced off 
i was not happy took it to the garage to see what damaged it done the wheel is further back than it was. It bent the wishbone and twisted the tie rod it was fortunate it didn't damage the steering rack thank f***k resulting cost £120 inc labour which i thought it ain't to bad but that's including the alloy so im stuck to find one so next plan is going to the scrappys and fingers crossed i might find one 
