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Originally posted by Graham88
Well, what an eventful night!

This isn't gonna be a thread where I'll talk about how it wasn't my fault, how there was diesel on the road etc etc. Basically, I was driving like a dick, I crashed, I accept what I was doing wrong and I've paid for it in damage.

I was driving like a cock on the way home from work, it was wet, I was driving harder than I've ever driven, really pushing my car, more than I've ever done in the dry (Twat). Came onto a roundabout and it all happened so quickly from there. I entered it at about 50 (I've done it before and been fine, I just didn't account for it being wet and it was too late by the time I was entering to adjust speed) and as I steered around the roundabout the back just swung out, then I panicked, so I tried steering back quickly which wasn't happening without power steering, and as I did so it gripped and swung the opposite way and because my steering was to the left I would have needed to go full lock to the right, not gonna happen without power steering. Originally I thought I was gonna smash the front end, but it kept spinning and I thought I was going to miss the kerb and go off the exit, but my back wheel smashed against the kerb and it was the worst noise I've ever heard!

At that point I just thought "Shit", got out, saw a little ding in the alloy but wasn't too worried and went to drive off as normal. Drove about 10 metres down the road and back just started shaking all over the place as if I was trying to drive the handbrake on. Pulled over, took wheel off and it appears that the hub is bent very slightly, so my wheel has some mental camber. Snapped a clip on my arch so it's hanging off a bit but I couldn't care about that.

Drove it home as I wasn't far and I drove no faster than about 15mph as my back was trying to overtake the front. I'm pretty sure (and hoping) that it's just the hub, and the reason the back is so shaky is where the wheel is bent outwards, it's trying to steer right which is why back sticks out to the right. I'm hoping it's nothing drastic like the rear beam or coilovers! I've really no idea to be honest. I'll take pictures tomorrow as it's too dark but some suggestions as to what could be damaged would be lovely so I can read tomorrow afternoon.

Lesson to be learnt?

Get a car with power steering so I can drift easier

Or more realistically, don't drive like a bell end in the wet!

Essay over, I needed to vent that

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Originally posted by micra_pete

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Originally posted by Stu
Youve probably bent the rear beam matey, I did the same thing in my old Corsa.

Scrap yard - £80 or so a few hours to fit it!

It is a Corsa isnt it?

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Originally posted by Graham88
Ok, sorry Mr "I drive at the speed limit all the time and don't give it at all" Stocker.

And for your information, it was 3am, saw about 10 cars in total and wasn't endangering them

[Edited on 26-10-2007 by Graham88]

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Originally posted by loafofbrett
A corsa 'drifting'?

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Originally posted by VegasPhil
You want to buy a rear beam?

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