My wrecked E85 si

[Rusky]

F me you are one lucky fella. Glad you are recovering but that is proper fubar
On the lighter side could you choose me some lottery numbers please.
All the best fella

[BMWZ4MC]

It looks like you have been really lucky their mate, as you say a few seconds later and it could have been a nasty one.

I hope you are recovering well.

Cheers Boris,

Of course, if he was really lucky, he would have been on a different road miles from where the girls crashed
John, I preferred it before your bodged front end modifications

[john-e89]

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John, I preferred it before your bodged front end modifications
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I know.....there was just one....tiny.....little.....dent....needed tapping out....

[craig3.2]

Glad you came out this ,looks and sounds like the z took some hit,but as said,it took it well given the speeds,and size of the car,front ends large proportion(in respect of its nearly 1/3 of the cars length), probably helped.
Had a 4x4 hit my ,then ,as new Seat Leon Choral years ago,and it looked very similar,with the crumple zones in the roof twist in a bit also.,....mine was only 6months old at he time,so I know how you felt,with the car being in such good condition and your p&j.

Glad you survived

[BSVA]

Wow, good to hear you're ok. Here's a pic of my first ever roadster after a run-in with a pickup truck.

[GuidoK]

That must have been a hell of a blow.
You're very lucky not to be hurt. Too bad the young girl got injured seriously.

Sets you thinking about other drivers.

[biggles]

Wow that’s a lot of twisted metal, did you even get a glimpse of it coming at any point? Sad to see such a nice car like that! You were unlucky to have been there in the first place just a few seconds either way and it’s a miss, but very lucky not to have been hurt at all must have been a hell of a shock!
Hope your on the mend now as well!

[Paulr]

The Fiat and the Z4 have remarkably similar patterns of damage. You were both very lucky I would say, particularly with the Fiat as there were not as many safety features back then - if any!

I was told that a modern drop top can often withstand a bigger impact than it's tin top equivalent as the shell is so much stronger with all the reinforcing needed. They tend to be heavier as well.

[hopz121]

Sorry to hear about the car mate, the main thing is you are ok.

Thats a serious shunt and you were very lucky to walk away.

Looks like the germans built 2 very strong cars.

Those girls learnt the hard way lets hope they learn for there mistakes.

[pvr]

Just think if you had the M at the time, you would have been further ahead and it might have been worse

Joking apart - not a good experience at all. Nor are your additional ailments I was just reading up on.

[john-e89]

Just think if you had the M at the time, you would have been further ahead and it might have been worse

Joking apart - not a good experience at all. Nor are your additional ailments I was just reading up on.

The irony is Paul had I been doing the speed limit, 60 on that stretch of road, instead of dawdling along at 50 as I was, I’d have been well past the junction when Thelma and Louise decided to ignore basic road laws and stop signs, so the moral of the story is; if you don’t want a nasty accident, drive like a nutter..!!

Oh how I love man maths....

[paddy wright]

Bloody hell John! Hope you luck gets better soon mate.

[Mr Tidy]

The irony is Paul had I been doing the speed limit, 60 on that stretch of road, instead of dawdling along at 50 as I was, I’d have been well past the junction when Thelma and Louise decided to ignore basic road laws and stop signs, so the moral of the story is; if you don’t want a nasty accident, drive like a nutter..!!

Sound advice OP.