ya live and learn, hey mate!. You seem pretty cool about it ?!?!?

Is this your first car?

My first car was a 253 LX Torana. I wrapped it around a tree after 6 months It was FUBAR, big time!

Always the way... the car infront usually gets almost no damage... the car behind will break something important (dizzy, radiatior, oil filter...)

One discrepancy with a previous post there Will..... you say you were doing 40 down that road.... THEN you say you locked up for 15 metres and hit at around 30 kays???? Me thinks you were doin more than 40.


You need to learn and practise some basic roadcraft and racecraft.

Firstly, not only do you watch the car you are following, but you watch the car HE is following too. This is the first way to avoid chain collisions.

Secondly, say: A THOUSAND AND WUUUUN - A THOUSAND AND TOOOOOO.

Thirdly - if your brakes are locked, back off a bit - let the wheels rotate so you can steer out of any situation. THIS is a hard skill to learn AND do.... but it pays off.

Ive had a few times where I would have ended up in a guard rail.... going way too fast into a corner, aiming for the rail - locked em up... and actually took my foot OFF the brake. The car turned away just in time. Any other sunday driver would have ended up bending their ride.

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it it is all too hard you could always get a commordore as it has abs

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without wanting to sound like a smart arse...
locked brakes or panic braking isnt necessilary the quickest way to stop, or avoid a bingle. (yeah i know its a bit late telling you now) .. its hard to mentaly overide the natural inclination to try and push the brake pedal through the floor in a potential accident situation.
next time you have your willy out practice stepping on him more genitaly oooops thats gently..
sorry to hear the bad news but it coulda been worse and you survived to tell the tale..
thats the main thing..If thats the worst stack you ever have youll be cheering..

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Yeah i didnt really know what the fck i was doing; just needed to pull up in a hurry.
Nathan... yep i usually follow those rules but ah.. crap happens.
JAM... theres not much use in crying over spilt milk as they say.. yep my first car and you live and learn. Sorry to hear about the torana.
danidad.. yep it could have been a lot worse. yeah just panic-ed and did all that i could.

crap happens.
I'll keep you up to date with the repairs. whenever they will start.
yeah got quotes for around 1500 so i'll have to rob a bank or something.



Drive carefully.
Big willy.

as much as it suck and it does, to put a positive on a negative, it looks like metal under the paint (as opposed to bog) so at least there arent any nasty surprises there for the pano's to give excuse for a rise in the cost of repairs!! how did the other car fare, did the mini come out on top?

Mini came out second best... Falcon only has some paint off the bumper

Yeah on the guard its all metal, but the front valance has a little bit of bog in it... wait and see i spose.

OUCH!!! thats gota hurt!

hope to see it back soon mate.

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Did I hear "roundie front"? Oh, that was in my head!

Good idea, no?

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that didn't happen with some one i no
he was in front and the guy behind him ended up with a broken indercater light
and a scratch on the bumper
and the guy i no ended up with about $1000 dolla damage

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Hmm its not a bad idea.
Maybe i could get a front cut from a mini place.
Rover front- uses same hinge mount spots as clubman.
MAAAAAAAAAYBE.

my sister ran up the back of a mazda 121 in her gemini, the gem had a little dent in the bonnet and the 121 was written off

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interesting...

thanks again william for making all the mistakes for us so we can learn the easy way

all tho.....nah.. .never mind

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so are you going to replace the ricer front end with a hi-po front end like you did with the jun BL?
my first instinct is to swerve rather than brake.. you learn that when you have no brakes on every mini you have owned.
it actually saved me running up the back of a friends supra turbo when we were racing the uphill on old norton summit road.