Mini Rolled At 40Mph Pictures
#1
Posted 19 May 2015 - 10:12 AM
http://www.theminifo...09-mini-rolled/
#2
Posted 19 May 2015 - 10:15 AM
Someone must like you upstairs for surviving that.
#3
Posted 19 May 2015 - 10:17 AM
Ouch? surprised how easily its crumpled down at 40mph, thought it would have faired better than that! Plenty of salvagable parts though. You had a lucky escape.
Edited by Italianjob, 19 May 2015 - 10:18 AM.
#4
Posted 19 May 2015 - 10:31 AM
Was just reading your other thread. No idea what car you should be looking for to be honest, but had to say seriously lucky to just walk away from that (as you know& will be told a thousand times). Hope it gets sorted with the insurance quickly, sure with a write off it should go through fairly easy.
Ouch? surprised how easily its crumpled down at 40mph, thought it would have faired better than that! Plenty of salvagable parts though. You had a lucky escape.
I was doing 15mph going into a turning after getting my daughter from school when got hit in the side (other car also trundling) and he pushed the whole of drivers wing in, couldn't believe how easily it did crumble at such a slow speed. My main reason for now having a "more practical" daily even though previously I would argue until I was blue in the face that she was just as safe as any other car out there.
#5
Posted 19 May 2015 - 10:46 AM
Best not show my Mum these photos!
Edited by Dzmarc, 19 May 2015 - 10:46 AM.
#6
Posted 19 May 2015 - 10:56 AM
What a mess. Nobody else injured I hope.
#7
Posted 19 May 2015 - 10:57 AM
#8
Posted 19 May 2015 - 11:13 AM
Looks like it had a hard impact on the passenger door area that may have contributed to the extensive damage.
I understand why the salvage company thought it was fatal.
Go buy yourself a lottery ticket
#9
Posted 19 May 2015 - 11:15 AM
Doubt you will be able to buy it back as it looks CatB to me.
#10
Posted 19 May 2015 - 11:19 AM
Ouch!
Glad you were able to walk away from it which is the most important thing and that no one else was hurt.
However, I am sorry to see your Mini in such a state.
#11
Posted 19 May 2015 - 11:26 AM
Wow, that really does make me think that the thread last week about fitting a roll cage after they had survived crash might not be quite the scare mongering I first thought!!
I escaped unscathed from a roll over at 40 mph about 22 yrs ago after hitting oil spill on bend in road and being flipped by the opposite kerb down an embankment - I was in an even older Mazda 626 (which didnt survive), but I count my lucky stars each day since then!
#12
Posted 19 May 2015 - 11:34 AM
If there was ever an incentive to fit a good roll hoop...
#13
Posted 19 May 2015 - 11:40 AM
They may class the blood as a health hazard and not be willing to sell you it back.
The issue with cages is smashing your head off them in a collision and them causing brain damage. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with this, but they're designed for when you're wearing a crash helmet.
#14
Posted 19 May 2015 - 12:09 PM
#15
Posted 19 May 2015 - 12:13 PM
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