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Old 23-06-2006, 20:45
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i used to feel like that before i mashed my pulsar
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Old 27-06-2006, 18:38
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Yes same here Jon.

I was in Blackpool a couple of years ago and an RS Turbo did decide to use me instead of his brakes. He was only doing 20 ish and I hardly noticed him hit.

There was no damage at all to my silvia apart from a little crack in the bumper paint (due to the bodyshop mongs not putting plasticiser in the paint).

Silvias are very strong cars, so even if one does hit you, there's a good chance it won't do too much damage.

Now, if someone goes into the back of my Discovery, I'd be quite amused as I peel their front end off my large metal bumpers and tow bar
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Old 27-06-2006, 21:42
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Hi
I think I would be mortified if something happened to mine. I ve had her a long time and spent a fair bit keeping her in the condition she is in now.

When I had the re-spray done in 99. 6 months after this I ended up with two minor parking dents, due to rather inconsiderate B$*£$.!!eds not being able to manover there cars proberly. One in the rear lower pannel from a Volvo estate I d parked next to. & the other, front passenger lower wing pannel to back of bumper, happened a few weeks after in only a half hr period while I was parked outside my mates house.

In all the years prior to this being usded as my every day car I had not received one dent. However, as soon as she's all shiny again. Paint wasn't broken & has been fixed since, but its the principal of it.

That's very much one reason why she is a sunny day car these days.
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Old 27-06-2006, 21:55
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I've had my s12 since 2001. Havn't always had it on the road due to uppgrades and such. Now it is time to take care of all the rust and respray and make it really good looking.
I then found a cheap s12 which I bough thinking I could use it until the main s12 is finished this way I won't miss it too much.
The s12 I bought had a bad engine and I swaped it and there whare lots of electrical failiures so it took me almost 6 months to fix it.
So had the extra s12 in trafic for about 2 moths and a Volvo hit me in the middle of an intersection.Because of heavy trafic I got stuck there, and apperently the Volvo driver didn't care.
The s12 was totaled and I got a letter from the insurance company that it was my fault because I was speeding and didn't stop for a red light.

Don't think I ever want to finish my main s12. If I do, I will build a force feeld arround it.
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Old 27-06-2006, 23:19
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Don't think I ever want to finish my main s12. If I do, I will build a force field around it.

I do get worried about those yummy mummys in there cars, oblivious to any other cars right of way.

I do 80 miles a day in it in rush hour.

Can you build me a force field?
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Old 28-06-2006, 15:14
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my mate just resprayed his s13 about 2 weeks ago, then yesterday he came out of work to find dents on the nearside wing, lightcover and bonnet + a few little scratches......it wasent a car, and looks like a cyclist has bumped/fallen onto it typical........but he works in a spray shop and he reckoned the bonnet was not quite a colour match anyway, but how unlucky
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Old 28-06-2006, 15:35
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One week after mine was sprayed I parked it in a car park to find someone had put a big dent in the front wing. Careless w*nkers!
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