Augeo wrote: » Chr1st.... Glad to see no injuries after that. Frightening speed for a tip. Was pub busy considering theres a lockdown over there?
James Bond Junior wrote: » Thanks lads, we are on a similar lockdown but my job is closed. I took a Hyundai Tucson/ix35 2.4 yoke from work to keep me going. I miss my V8, it feels slower than an SDI Golf! :pac:
James Bond Junior wrote: » Last Friday night around 2AM I was driving down the highway, 4 laner and it is essentially empty. We are on the way home from the pub, one of the only ones in the city. I have cruise set to a steady 120kmh and I have my wife and pal of ours with us, two of them are of course worse for wear but thankfully I am totally sober. About 3 mins before our exit we hear the most unmerciful bang and I look behind me to see a car smashing into a million bits. In I pull and an R32 Skyline pulls in behind me along with a bike and a Lamborghini Gallardo. The three of them have been racing and the Skyline driver was looking at the bike and not the road and hit me at about 160kmh. Needless to say I am slightly scared as Police often take the local's side over an expat and I have about 4 locals surrounding me and a wife and friend in the car locked which is arrestable being an Arab country and all. I needn't have worried anyway as the two bucks in the Lambo are doctors and want to bring me to hospital and the lad who hit me is more worried given that his license has expired. Police came and he admitted fault so all was good but how nobody wasn't killed or injured is beyond me. Fast forward a few days it turned out he had no insurance and the car was on Saudi plates but he just got his cousin to admit fault and went through his insurance. Also I am glad I went for a 2 ton Jeep over a car as you can see from the damage. My Jeep is being fixed by a 1st tier garage so hopefully will come back like new. [IMG][/img] [IMG][/img] [IMG][/img]
Tazzimus wrote: » That's some difference in damage, looks like you just reversed into something in a car park
colm_mcm wrote: » I assume the skyline walloped into the crash barrier after hitting the Jeep
CIP4 wrote: » He would of been hitting the crash bar behind the bumper which is steel fairly strong. Then as well you were doing 120kmh he was doing 160kmh so he hit you at 40kmh. I am not trying to downplay it I am sure it was still fairly scary and then being in the Middle East on top of it you would be worried definitely.
arleitiss wrote: » Why are races so common in Saudi? Isn't it very strict on laws?
Tazzimus wrote: » The skyline looks like it was going harder than 160 looking at the damage to it. Like I said, serious difference in the damage to each car
jmreire wrote: » It's a throwback to to the days when camel racing in the desert was the sport of choice, and it continues to this day. It just transferred to cars and road's. Saudi laws are based on a strict version of Sharia Law, but racing camel's ( or cars) and firing AK47's is not mentioned, unless some one is hurt. And they are by nature, very competitive.
James Bond Junior wrote: » Exactly, if we had gone into a spin it would have been different. I'm not sure but cars from that era weren't known for their strength. I have twin exhausts, one either side and the side he hit shoved the back box up in to right rear wheel well. I don't live in Saudi but I have heard locals there tend to kind of do what they want especially if royal in any way. Drifting and racing are HUGE here. I was to see James Deane in the Oman drift competition a few weeks ago and you would sweat Ronaldo was in town, EVERYBODY here knows who The Machine is! A common answer to when I tell people I am from Ireland is "Ahhh James Deane, The Machine!"
Austmcc wrote: » The Ford dealer not knowing that is unforgivable. Even you're not a car guy, your a sales person, you should know at least the product line you're selling. But ye that deserves a thread to itself. Being hit bubtue covid situation is awful. The whole country is gonna jump into economic crash again. But again another thread. Back to cars, have you done anything to the cupra? At the moment I'm only considering upgrading the tyres and a sports exhaust. Just picked it back up from the service and it's back to feeling proper and fresh. Only noticable change was they switched it from 5W-30 to 0W-30. Which at least makes sense to me. I still got them to explain themselves to see if they knew what they were doing. Any other points were expected or usual service items. All sorted for the first nct in a few months.
ILikeBoats wrote: » Question The estate I live in is still being built. The work vehicles - diggers, telehandler etc are up and down the road all day every day. They drop muck. When it's dry, the muck turns to dust. They and all other cars raise the dust along with the wind. My nice clean car gets covered in dust every day. Apart from being highly annoying - how best can I get rid of that dust? I've been using a microfibre towel and lightly pulling it across the surface, not sure is that great for the paint though?
ILikeBoats wrote: » Yeah but it's a daily occurrence so don't want to be dragging out the hose every day.
Big Nasty wrote: » Leaf blower.
Tropicalaa wrote: » If you got it sprayed the same colour as the dust?
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