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(Message started by: PeteB on Feb 10th, 2007, 11:07am)

Title: Another one bites the dust....
Post by PeteB on Feb 10th, 2007, 11:07am
Happened yesterday morning, totally gutted hard to find a 2.0 MT75 aswell :(

:'(


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Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by Simmo on Feb 10th, 2007, 11:16am
Sorry to see that Pete...what a shame.  :(  Mike.

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by cossie_al on Feb 10th, 2007, 11:41am
Gutted for you mate :(
I would imagine its the same for us all but when I see a scorp bashed up like that I feel sick as a dog :'(
God knows how I would feel if it were mine!

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by Chieftain on Feb 10th, 2007, 11:43am
Know how you feel, nearly me last night when she whent ice skating, several seconds of clenched cheeks,

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by PeteB on Feb 10th, 2007, 12:24pm
Next week I wouldve have 4 years no claims too, back to 0 now no chance of getting insured on another scorp as it'll cost me 700+ just for TPFT

:(

So so gutted

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by Johnboy on Feb 10th, 2007, 3:04pm
:'(  Thats really bad news. Have you thought of not claiming on insurance and strip the scorp down and sell off part by part.
The engine/box, seats, lights etc. Must be worth something.

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by PeteB on Feb 10th, 2007, 3:07pm
Well the other chaps going to claim so I may aswell, plus I've no where to store her to strip her down :(

Pete

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by sector-9 on Feb 10th, 2007, 5:49pm
If it involves another vehicle and it's not your fault then try calling helphire - they sorted me good and proper when I got hit by another car - I'll never go to the insurers again myself.

Darren

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by Dave on Feb 10th, 2007, 7:37pm
:( :( :( Awful sight, very sorry to see that  :'(

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by mr._floppy on Feb 10th, 2007, 9:40pm
It's bad enough when the old  Scorps  reach the end of the line  due to failure or  old age  but  it  seems   sadder  when  our  numbers  are  reduced   by  accidents. :'(

      Don't know about you  but I find  my  ABS   makes  little  difference  in stopping  ability  in  slushy snow.

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by scorpio197 on Feb 10th, 2007, 10:41pm
Sorry to see that PeteB , :( .I hate to see a trashed scorpio,but its even worse to think you are not going to get another one .

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by jonnycab on Feb 11th, 2007, 12:52am

on 02/10/07 at 21:40:10, mr._floppy wrote:
It's bad enough when the old  Scorps  reach the end of the line  due to failure or  old age  but  it  seems   sadder  when  our  numbers  are  reduced   by  accidents. :'(

      Don't know about you  but I find  my  ABS   makes  little  difference  in stopping  ability  in  slushy snow.



[]...& the traction control & auto ice mode seems pretty useless as well.

Dropped a guy of on Thursday night & his driveway went down towards his house.

No car had been in or out since it had snowed that morning & there was 4 inches of virgin snow.

No problem going down, but getting back up was a nightmare. Had to keep taking runs at it, & eventually after about the 20th time & ten minutes I got back out onto the road.

The traction control just seemed useless on the now compressed snow....it just wasn't getting me anyware  ::)

So I took one last run up with the TC off and in D....& made it to the top....like I used to do it in the olden days in the Cortina....lots of wheel spinning  ;D

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by mr._floppy on Feb 11th, 2007, 11:10am
Yip,   you  can't   beat   the  superior rear wheel drive   8)

It seems,  RWD   is  gradually  making a comeback, with many  US models reverting to the  sensible  front wheels  for steering, rear wheels for power,  set-up.  

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by Matt on Feb 11th, 2007, 12:07pm
you wernt the only one to loose it in the snow, i lost the cossie on friday, no where near that bad i must admit, but i need two of the cougar alloys some members might remember i bought referbing and the rear tracking looked at...

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by Ultima2300 on Feb 11th, 2007, 7:22pm
Sorry to see that Pete, as you know, I'm a position to totally understand.

Glad you're ok.  We do seem to be able to walk away from these things.  

Good luck with the next one

Geoff

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by TiberiuS on Feb 11th, 2007, 7:56pm
Gutted for you Pete :(


Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by Geoff_W on Feb 12th, 2007, 3:47am
Sorry to find this Pete. Looks like the car deformed in all the right places just as it should but a real pain for you in any case.

Geoff

Title: Re: Another one bites the dust....
Post by PeteB on Feb 12th, 2007, 9:12am
Thanks for all you support, had to get away this weekend to get it out of my mind :(

Buuuuuuut on my travels I've picked up an M Reg TD model ;) I'll post some piccys later and be picking your brains :)

New thread here:
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Problems;action=display;num=1171300693

Cheers again

Pete



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