Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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http://pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=23741
the fact it happes whilst going past residential houses makes it even more impressive for me
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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fucking hell that was a good save
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gez bay
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Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: South Wales drives: Vxr
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thats some skill, thats nuts how he kept that
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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I bet he damn near swallowed his bucket seat!
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xa0s
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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Nice save
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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Awesome save. id bin a little less calm than those 2 were about it lol
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Co-driver was just chilling
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
Location: Lancs
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Co drivers reaction, or lack of it, was class.
Clearly about to pitch off through someones front window and never even batted an eyelid!!
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N7 THD
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Registered: 22nd Oct 08
Location: Kent
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amazing driving!!
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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a fair bit of luck invloved too
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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No such thing as luck.
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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i heard scoobies make good drivers out of bad ones
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gez bay
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Registered: 14th Feb 08
Location: South Wales drives: Vxr
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quote: Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
i heard scoobies make good drivers out of bad ones [/quote
+1
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Twitch
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Registered: 3rd Nov 09
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That was amazing. his arms moved so fast to correct that it was almost like they were doing it before he could think!
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Ingham
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Registered: 9th May 08
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quote: Originally posted by Ben G
No such thing as luck.
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Chester Drives:Scirocco tdi bluemotion
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quote: Originally posted by CorsaDave
Co drivers reaction, or lack of it, was class.
Clearly about to pitch off through someones front window and never even batted an eyelid!!
theres nothing he could do so he just say there very calm and let him do it, dont think i would be calm tho
April 08 feature car
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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i do believe luck exists....
Sometimes you just 'do' the right thing, other times the thing you instinctivly do might not work out.
Yes the driver has skill - you can see that as he KNOWS what he needs to do... but the road is narrow, kerbed, drains etc.
Would the outcome have been the same if the slide happened 5m further on and had occured on a slightly different bit of tarmac/drain???
To me thats luck. Another day there could have been sweet FA he could have done to save it from clipping a rear wheel on a kerb and rolling.
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
Location: Lancs
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I did something similar, only at about 1/10th speed in a van on some ice.
4am driving along a straight piece of road van suddenly heads towards a wall, I shit it and steer out of it, only to find myself now heading towards a parked car, thinking I was probably better off hitting the wall. Steered out of that one, heading back towards the wall when suddenly it snaps back into line and carries on it's way.
Definately think that was a case of luck, if it was down to me I think I'd have been wildly going from one side to the other until I ran out of road, reactions aren't too crash hot at 4am after about 4 hours sleep.
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
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I saved from a similar slide and thought I was a good driver but I was doing 15mph in the snow
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