BluKoo
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
Location: Stonehaven (Scotland)
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Whether it was your fault or not, how many cars have died whilst in your ownership? Either written off, or just run into the ground and then scrapped?
Can you redeem yourself by claiming to have saved a cars life by restoring or fixing up?
I've written one car off.
I reversed into another car at about 5-10mph and split the boot floor of my £400 Ford Escort. 
I like to think i've saved the life of another Ford Escort though.
One day, my timing belt snapped. Engine fucked. Probably would have counted as an insurance write-off, but I managed to get hold of another engine and stick that in. So the car was saved from the scrap heap. 
What's your stories?
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Corsa B c20xe....
Not even that bad, but was put down as a cat b.
Sold it to some lad so he could have the engine, he's now got the engine in a white corsa b LS..... so sort of still going 
Car that crashed into me was a shitty saxo, so no real loss there.
Written a golf cart off, regarding a forest and a lake, but we won't go into that one.
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Col004
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Registered: 25th Jun 03
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Played chicken with a Toyota Hilux and lost...
Not a write off but abit of a run down shell...Turned this...
To this....
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smcGSI16V
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Registered: 26th May 03
Location: Farnborough Drives: Thurlby 888 CDTi No.98
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2 I have killed.
My 1st car a mini 850 had a head on crash at 30mph wrote it off.
My 2nd car a nova I crashed into the back of a police car, repaired it then a year later it was rotten as a pear (I shoved a broom a lump of 2x1 thro the inner arch) so scrapped it.
No photos as this was 12 years ago.
[Edited on 07-08-2009 by smcGSI16V]
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Back of a police car! Gutted  What did you do?
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BluKoo
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
Location: Stonehaven (Scotland)
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Written a golf cart off, regarding a forest and a lake, but we won't go into that one.
quote:
Originally posted by Col004
Played chicken with a Toyota Hilux and lost...
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg164/col004/Image909.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg164/col004/Image908.jpg
Not a write off but abit of a run down shell...Turned this...
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg164/col004/Image832.jpg
To this....
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg164/col004/7F2X9241.jpg
Ouch for the first one, but a massive yay for the second.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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I killed my MK6 Fiesta
Now looks like this:
Gonna be stripped completely bare tomorrow and scrapped
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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I saved my 306 twice, then left it to die the third time. 1st time was when I got it, was someone's work hack, had 8 previous owners that had done various stuff, such as put venoms on it etc! First save was to sort it out aesthetically. Then I cooked the engine due to an old rad giving way, so I saved it with an engine swap. Lastly turbo popped, too many other negatives at that point so I stripped it and sent it packing to the scrappers!
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Just one but it was bought with a smashed arse for parts for £50 so really none!!
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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saved quite a few
Killed a gsi corsa with mot and tax
Broke it
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smcGSI16V
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Registered: 26th May 03
Location: Farnborough Drives: Thurlby 888 CDTi No.98
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Back of a police car! Gutted What did you do?
she was parked on double yellow lines. It was winter, a frosty morning and a sunny day with a very low sun.
I came round the corner into the sun and couldn't see shit, pulled over to the side of the road and the dumd ass pig was parked there and I drove into the back of it.
I didn't get done for it altho she tried to claim whiplash which failed as I only hit her at about 5 mph. Only needed a new wing (which never got painted and stayed black primer for the year) light and indicator for the nova.
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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not crashed any car.
saved my old blue nova for about a year, lots of welding new full front end etc, but sold it and the new owner scrapped it
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DamoC
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Registered: 6th Oct 07
Location: Sawtry, Cambridgeshire
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killed 4 , and im now saving 1
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Richardhhha
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Registered: 29th Sep 07
Location: Croydon, Greater London
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killed my GLS
nd now its like this
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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I think i wrote off 4 vx220s in one go. someone else killed my corsa.
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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aparently i wrote a volvo off with my corsa the bloke who drove in to me was adiment it was my fault and i had written his car off according to the garage he took it to
[Edited on 07-08-2009 by Matt L]
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x14xe ry
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Registered: 11th Nov 08
Location: Gravesend, Kent
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the corsa i got now 1st enigne blew up then it was wrote off brought it back and last night cambelt snapped i dont no if i should get it fixed or move on i seem to get all the bad luck with it
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Mattb
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Registered: 2nd Feb 03
Location: Under your sisters bed
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ive killed -
3 corsas
3 calibras
2 cavaliers
mazin
saved 1x corsa however..
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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I've written a car off but someone put it back on the road.
Stripped two for bits -
1993 SRi
1996 Sport
Currently in the process of saving -
White GSi
Poomerang
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DizzyRebel
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Registered: 2nd Jan 09
Location: Lincoln
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My mk3 golf met a roadsign on the A46.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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i wrote my old corsa off and brought it back. was a cat c when put back on the road.
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Killed one - type r at the ring
revived the gsi's condition but wouldnt really say I saved it
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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rustyarchs
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Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: scotland
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my cars by me
escort diesel - blew the engine
clio 1.8 16v - blew the engine
rover 827si - died naturally
rover 820si - took out 60 odd feet of barrier
fto - head on smash
porsche 944 - torched
astra mk2 gte - road rage
my cars by others
fiesta mark 1 supersport - got smashed up with an axe
white clio 1.4 - got torched
bmw 540i - got torched
saved
murdoch my mini
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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My first white corsa merit i saved from the scrappies by giving it too my dad's friend who welded it and I think prep'd it for rallying
My punto died of fiat natural causes and then got fixed, died again and got fixed, died AGAIN and got fixed and died a final time and i gave up left it sitting at a garage for two weeks they turned they key and hey presto the lump of shite had fixed itself, it then was passed on to someone else where it lasted the next 9 months of its mot fine and then was scrapped
Lost control of my sxi on ice and it was a cat c, went to scrappies someone bought it and fixed it...... apparently i still own it tho  never recieved any letter saying the usual thanks for letting us know you are no longer the owner etc etc
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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ian thats probably the best photo of you ive ever seen
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