[Dunc]

Well, we had the classic receipe.... bit of rain the other night, followed by a sharp frost which froze the roads to glass then it thawed a bit in the morning..

I left the house at 7:15, the temp guage said 1degC... Got to the bottom of the hill, heading for the main road and hit black ice. Went straight ahead when I should have gone sharp left - Me and the Navara went over a dry stone wall and into a field 2ft below the level of the road

Amazingly, the air bags didn't go off, the motor is rather sorry but still straight - buckled an alloy, not a mark underneath, front bumper assembly is shot as is the crossomember, couple of shocks burst. Not a mark underneath on the chassis or the exhaust, both side steps are bent - So we must have flown over the wall

Fun bit - Had an impromptu chance to go offroading in a field while I mooched off to find the gate to get out

Painful bit - More than £4k worth of damage.... Nothing that can't be fixed though... Quite surprised that the Navara took it all quite well (relatively)

 

[harvey spicer]

3 s in a post about you doin £4 k of damage to your motor, ???

am i right to assume its someone elses truck Dunc?? :wink:

 

[Guest]

like you say dunc, the navara can be fixed ,you cant glad you are ok mate..

 

[Brian the Snail]

Goodness, me mate, if you wanted to off road all you had to do was ask so we can organise a local day

Really sorry to hear about this mate

 

[Dunc]

Harvey,
It is my motor, my insurance.

Thing is it could have been a lot worse - Fortunately I was on my own and nobody else was involved. I was very surprised how lightly the Navara was damaged considering it flew over a collapsed **** (using the **** as the take off ramp).

Its a bit ironic that its the first "new" car I've bought in almost 10 years and it didn't survive the year...

 

[harvey spicer]

in that case its good you can see the bright side,


seeing as your in Scotland and its new years eve , shouldnt you be drunk by now :wink:

 

[Dunc]

The best New Year thrash I ever attended was in a village hall in the Highlands - It started at 2am and ended at 7am when we all then went first footing..

 

[Black_Rat]

Bugger ! :shock: did you have the chance to switch to 4wd mode as you launched of the wall :lol:

Seriously though, good to see your OK. My first time in the rain in my Navara I slid straight through a round about after hiting the anchors too hard/late :roll:

Damo

 

[Dunc]

ha ha

Sadly, I did see it coming from about 30yds - Applied the brakes and the ABS came on which didn't slow me at all. Kept the foot planted on the brake pedal in a vain hope that I'd stop, tried to steer but no chance - Gracefully glided on... and UP!

ABS on ice - no use but then I guess thats obvious. I was surprised at the total lack of steering though.

Didn't need 4WD to get out of the icy field as it was grass - fortunately no coos in residence at the time!