Richard64

Unfortunatly the bugger driving the snow plought didn’t stop but kept on his oblivious way south and never managed to get his reg ( was a bit busy at the time). many thanks to all the other drivers who did, and to all the offers of help or lifts etc. As you say, most important thing is people - bits of metal can be mended easier than people. Having said that, all the damage to the car is a few scratches on the front bumper, quick insurance respray and back on the road again after getting the suspension checked out at the dealer. great car that looked after me that day.

Since this is my car, I thought I’d better put the record straight as to what happened..... Had travelled from Northamptonshire that morning, on the way to Maybole. had already travelled over the A712 - anyone who knows this road will know how bad this probably was. The car was fine on the standard Pirelli P7s, quite sure footed and not edgy at all. on reaching the A713, the road was OK - certainly a little slushy but fine for 30mph. on getting to about 4 miles south of Dalmellington, a snowplough came up the road, and I had to pull right over as he was taking all of his lane and most of mine, was travelling about 20mph as it had just started to blizzard. wether I caught a patch of black ice, or just put a nearside wheel on the verge, I do not know, but over the next couple of hundred yards or so, the car just took itself into the ditch very gently - you can see the gentleness of the wheel tracks in the snow in the photograph, at this point, I had - not surprisingly, no brakes or steering...... the car landed in the ditch at about 2mph, no one was injured, no airbags deployed, no glass damage - not even nearside door mirror, but the car took a week to recover due to the weather. I travel about 50-60000 miles a year as a service engineer - they don’t pay me enough to speed or take risks, and have been driving since 1983. have to say though, the Superb is the best car I’ve ever had as a company vehicle (and I have had a few........)