As I was having a wee "play" with a far superior car, thought it was a good idea to turn traction control off to give me the edge! . It was a little wet, yet decided to give it some beans off a roundabout. Whoops. Bloody wheels lit up, back end came out and spun 180 degrees. I'm totally ashamed of myself, but learnt a valuable lesson.

Lesson 1 - Turn the traction control off in the wet and you WILL die.

Later on in the journey, was cruising along the somewhat quiet, but wet M25 at the national speed limit in lane 3 of 3. The xenons picked up on something glistening in the road (glass) so I eased off, and ahead of me was a steaming silhouette. Hammered on the anchors and it was a Clio on its roof! :eek: I'm sure if I'd have had the standard lights the safe manouver of slowing down and stopping could have been a nasty abs assisted swerve!

Lesson 2 - xenons are worth every penny!

So - as the other 5 or so cars that must have seen it had decided they hadn't seen the accident, I pulled over 50m or so infront of it, popped the hazards on and jumped out. Me and my brother ran to the upturned Clio and inside was a young female driver, held in her chair by her seat belt. God knows how - but she was totally unhurt, not even a graze, but she was however very shocked. After some comforting we managed to hold her so she could release her seat belt and not fall on her head. Just as we got her out of the car, heard a huge screech as a 5 series BMW skidded to a halt about 10m before the car. He then got out "to help". Shouted at him to get away from the car as many other cars didn't seem to appreciate that hazards mean that there is a hazard and were locking wheels up all over the shop... Just as the guy gets to the central reservation, a silver furby went stonking into the back of the BMW!

Lesson 3 - parking behind an accident on lane 3 of the M25 on a wet evening is likely to get you rear ended - do the sensible thing and park some way infront if necessary!

After quite a palava of calling emergency services, watching **** head drivers swerve all over the M25 scaring me ****less, comforting a young female in my car, leaving statements with the police etc I finally got away.

The adrenalin that was pumping through my body was incredible! Was quite an experience I'd be very happy to never have to go through again. Was dreading the state of the Clio driver - it could have been terrible. I feel like I have done a good turn today anyway.

Here endeth todays lessons, thanks for listening! (I'm off to bed...)

Wow Tom... Busy indeed. Just back myself after a very long day, but did hear echos of your adventures earlier. Glad no one was hurt and yes, it does hit you hard in the stomach when it happens.

Both swmbo and I were fine, but pride was eradicated and I bawled into tears when I had the accident in furby mark 1, so you quickly get to learn what it's like in the wet. You learnt the lesson the "cheaper" way, and I hadn't been muddling about with ASR, but the rear does get a bit too light and skippy, particularly in the wet.

Hope you're already sleeping now :P

Bit confused. Did you cause all this Tom with your 180 spin?

Later on in the journey...

No, it was a separate incident...

:eek: Bloody ell..... lucky no one was hurt. Hope you introduced the silver furby to briskoda, bet that BM driver is a little ****ed!

Quite worrying this thread... you speak of ASR etc... worries me as i've come very close to rear ending couple of people... i've got standard brakes (i.e disks and drums) no safety other than ABS and they are total utter Ball aches. Really wish they would cost cut in the brake area.

Think that spin was seperate, earlier that day, from what I'm reading between the lines.

Glad no-one was hurt on that one, that could have been real nasty (I've seen too many nasty ones, unfortunately, on the M4 near Reading :( )

It really isnt easy to spin a furby.... so people who have managed it must be driving like muppets and shouldnt be allowed to drive.

Glad you had your head screwed on Tom otherwise it would have been a Furby sandwich on the motorway by the sounds of it!

I can't believe though, that no-one has asked the most important questio in all of this???

Tom - was the young female driver hot or not?

Tom - was the young female driver hot or not?

All I'm going to say is that it would be wrong to take advantage of a young lady under such circumstances!

(My brother liked her )

Really struggled getting to sleep last night. So many "what ifs" running through my head its unbelieveable. I guess I'm quite a sensitive person... had there been bloody faces etc involved I think I'd be needing councelling.

And standing in the central res of the M25 watching people frantically trying to slow there cars down from illegal speeds in the wet to avoid collision is positively the scariest thing I have ever had to witness. (Oh, and the Furby hitting the BMW confirmed the risk! (RIP Silver Furby).

And the mentality of some people. BMW driver - waving your arms in the air while wearing a black coat in the dark isn't going to prevent an accident. You could be dead you fool I don't wanna have to shout that loud or panic that much ever again. :finger:

For some reason a guy in one of the newer 6 series seemed intent on suicide by cutting up a fuel tanker (!!) - he was in the left-hand-lane and cut across the lorry that was in the right-hand-lane (roundabout/lights). Those things have loud horns

I kept the guy behind me and decided to slow him down when he started to tailgate me (I refused to go faster as there was nowhere to go, it was unsafe, and I didnt want to cause an accident in particular - had there been room I would have shifted over). I ensured he did not make it through the next set of lights to distance myself a bit, then dropped it into the slow lane. He came shooting past doing easily 100 mph. Last I saw he shot across the lanes at the last second to turn into the city. Fortunately for me and many others, there is police around there who pull over the real idiots - he got pulled. For some reason the older BMWs out there, including the M-versions, don't appear to drive like muppets (well, no more than me, anyway ) - sure they have a bit of fun too, but nothing dangerous seen for a while now

Still glad that no-one got hurt, it could have been awful, regardless of the makes of the cars involved :(

Thats one reason why I always carry a high vis vest in my boot, a very cheap but very handy thing to have if you are unfortunate to be in an incident on the road like that.

For the sake of a few quid it could save someones life one day.

Thats one reason why I always carry a high vis vest in my boot' date=' a very cheap but very handy thing to have if you are unfortunate to be in an incident on the road like that.

For the sake of a few quid it could save someones life one day.[/quote']

I spend a lot of time wandering the highway as part of my job, and hence have a good selection of high vis wear normally available. However my case was in the house to make way for the petrol lawn mower in the boot!

Typical :thumbdwn:

Thats Murpy's law in action there......

I keep one stuffed in a cubby hole in the side of the load area along with jump leads, fire extinguisher, warning triangle, first aid kit and some other bits, I was a proper cub scout when i was a kid !

On a serious note, I have been caught out many times before so I make sure I can cater for as many eventualities as possible.

gladit didn't involve you. but......

you were stil in this other vehicle......and it had a petrol lawn mower in boot?

sorry to seem a bit dim, but, something rear wheel drive with enough power to light up rear wheels and spin has a boot? thats useable?

do tell........i think i might want one

gladit didn't involve you. but......

you were stil in this other vehicle......and it had a petrol lawn mower in boot?

sorry to seem a bit dim' date=' but, something rear wheel drive with enough power to light up rear wheels and spin has a boot? thats useable?

do tell........i think i might want one[/quote']

I think your a little confused mate! My car is a Fabia vRS. Had a lawnmower in the boot/hatch - the handles fold down in half over the mower...

The "spin" incident was me being childish. Gave it welly coming off a roundabout with the traction control off. Wheels lit up, understeer gallore, then snatched back, I over corrected and WHAY ended up facing the wrong way...

Thats Murpy's law in action there......

I keep one stuffed in a cubby hole in the side of the load area along with jump leads' date=' fire extinguisher, warning triangle, first aid kit and some other bits, I was a proper cub scout when i was a kid !

On a serious note, I have been caught out many times before so I make sure I can cater for as many eventualities as possible.[/quote']

I too am from Scout following "Be Prepared", but us Furby owners aren't blessed with cubby holes in the boot.

I do keep my Victrinox under the passenger seat, along with a torch and atleast 2 million KFC wet wipes!

I think your a little confused mate! My car is a Fabia vRS. Had a lawnmower in the boot/hatch - the handles fold down in half over the mower...

The "spin" incident was me being childish. .

i know u drive a furby vRS, don't worry.

i just re-read your post.

the "play with a superior car" relates to a bit of raceyness i guess, not driving a closet supercar.

as for being chidlish......as long as it was safe to do so and posed no risk to anyone else, feel free....lol

Always have my trusty leatherman Ti in the door pocket, an LED torch in the glovebox and I'm sure there are some KFC clean up wipes somewhere in there too.

And latex gloves, lots of latex gloves.............no I don't have a fetish for latex, I use them when handling oily crappy parts! :eek: But they would be handy if spilt claret is an issue.

You can never carry too much junk in yer car