Rolled Fabia near where I work

devonutopia · 17-07-2007, 16:17

Another one gone....

Whilst reading the Exmouth Journal (car was in having alignment done at the time) I spotted a black fabia elegance on it's roof, and an article about it. Apparently it rolled (no clue as to why) on a straight bit of road, and the driver was unconcious hanging in the seatbelt. I think it probably clobbered a traffic island.... Anyway - when I get home I'll take a photo of the article - I nabbed the page out of the paper.

Sad thing is, I'm now really hoping it surfaces in a local scrapyard....

ScoobyChris · 17-07-2007, 16:29

Wonder if it was my old one? How ironic would that be - Jase getting his old Fabia Mk1 interior back from the scrappy!

Chris

devonutopia · 17-07-2007, 21:13

I doubt it, but I think it was a similar spec. Here's the article on it. Sorry, but I can't be bothered to scan it, so just took a piccie.

Tom_vRS · 17-07-2007, 21:25

Love the way people thoughtlessly go to the rescue

And I quote - "I asked another driver who stopped to turn off the ignition because I was worried it was going to burst into flames"

blackmagic · 17-07-2007, 21:37

On a similar note, while in the Lakes recently I saw a picture in a shop window in Ambleside of a red fabia sat on a wall. The caption underneath the picture read: Kirkstone Pass December 2006. The reg number appears to be PG05 EBO.

Tom_vRS · 17-07-2007, 21:38

Thats a forum members car IIRC - wonder if he knows its in a shop window!

***Neo_VR*** · 17-07-2007, 21:56

One day someone will find a different way to crash a furby

blackmagic · 17-07-2007, 21:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom_vRS

Thats a forum members car IIRC - wonder if he knows its in a shop window!

Who does it belong to?

gadgetman · 18-07-2007, 10:33

Not a Skoda, but to those who know the M25 around Leatherhead, there's a concrete deviding wall between carriageways. I've seen a car perfectly balance on it - and it's at least 4 or 5ft tall!

The question has to be, how the f.... did they do that?

Decron · 18-07-2007, 16:38

I still can't figure out HTF you can put one on it's roof.

Chrispy · 18-07-2007, 16:44

The only way I can think of is hard cornering and clipping the side of a wheel on something like a kerb etc to flip it up.

Someone managed it in an old Tigra outside our house a few months back. It's a 30 limit too - a bog standard road. Dunno how he did it but he ended up, belly in the air on the pavement. C0ck.

Basil · 18-07-2007, 16:53

OK, how about a poll - how often have you rolled a fabia?? (didn't know they could be smoked tho' tbh...)

Are they easy cars to roll over?? Always thought that big SUV's with their high centre of gravity were worse....

- Worried that I'm gonna roll over on the way home from work tonite Bas

RallyInfo · 18-07-2007, 22:39

Saw a SEAT Ibiza roll while looking in my rear view mirror - I was sitting at a set of traffic lights. Very easy done, just clipped the kerb and over he went. Served him right...he didn't thank me after I let him into my lane less than five minutes earlier lol :-/

(He was uninjured)

Emily-Elizabeth · 18-07-2007, 22:44

Jason, is that the road that you go on to get to that famous bloke's golf course?

30mph straight?

devonutopia · 18-07-2007, 23:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emily-Elizabeth

Jason, is that the road that you go on to get to that famous bloke's golf course?

30mph straight?

No - It's the main A376 into Exmouth - just by the speed camera, on that downhill bit with the Exmouth written in flowers on the grass nearby... Maybe he was aiming for the camera?

Emily-Elizabeth · 18-07-2007, 23:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by devonutopia

No - It's the main A376 into Exmouth - just by the speed camera, on that downhill bit with the Exmouth written in flowers on the grass nearby... Maybe he was aiming for the camera?

Ah, after the tescos.

I miss Exmouth

devonutopia · 18-07-2007, 23:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emily-Elizabeth

Ah, after the tescos.

I miss Exmouth

Nope, wrong again!

It's the road that goes past the Marine Camp, goes into Exmouth past the BP at the top of the hill, then descends in past the speed camera on the left pointing into town - that's where it happened. You can see the taller houses set back from the road, and those creamy coloured walls on the right side of the road.

Emily-Elizabeth · 18-07-2007, 23:15

Gotcha!! LOL

Exmouth looks very much the same in a lot of places.

Harry_vRS · 18-07-2007, 23:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neo_VR

One day someone will find a different way to crash a furby

Sorry Colin but I did do my best.

anonymouse · 18-07-2007, 23:30

Knew I shoulda fitted the Eibachs - now I'm in the News

On a serious note - Hope the guy was alright.

devonutopia · 18-07-2007, 23:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harry_vRS

Sorry Colin but I did do my best.

Me too!

17-07-2007, 16:17	#1
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,059 Images: 5 Thanks: 76 Thanked 346 Times in 289 Posts	Rolled Fabia near where I work Another one gone.... Whilst reading the Exmouth Journal (car was in having alignment done at the time) I spotted a black fabia elegance on it's roof, and an article about it. Apparently it rolled (no clue as to why) on a straight bit of road, and the driver was unconcious hanging in the seatbelt. I think it probably clobbered a traffic island.... Anyway - when I get home I'll take a photo of the article - I nabbed the page out of the paper. Sad thing is, I'm now really hoping it surfaces in a local scrapyard.... __________________ Jason - Mongrel owner! WOOOOF! Grrrrr Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

17-07-2007, 16:29	#2
ScoobyChris Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Andover Posts: 18,193 Thanks: 15 Thanked 335 Times in 289 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work Wonder if it was my old one? How ironic would that be - Jase getting his old Fabia Mk1 interior back from the scrappy! Chris __________________ Holding up the traffic in a little Italian..........

17-07-2007, 21:13	#3
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,059 Images: 5 Thanks: 76 Thanked 346 Times in 289 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work I doubt it, but I think it was a similar spec. Here's the article on it. Sorry, but I can't be bothered to scan it, so just took a piccie. __________________ Jason - Mongrel owner! WOOOOF! Grrrrr Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

17-07-2007, 21:25	#4
Tom_vRS Briskodaholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Fenland, Cambridgeshire Posts: 11,518 Thanks: 675 Thanked 421 Times in 301 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work Love the way people thoughtlessly go to the rescue And I quote - "I asked another driver who stopped to turn off the ignition because I was worried it was going to burst into flames" __________________ 97/R BMW 328i in Boston Green.

17-07-2007, 21:38	#6
Tom_vRS Briskodaholic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Fenland, Cambridgeshire Posts: 11,518 Thanks: 675 Thanked 421 Times in 301 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work Thats a forum members car IIRC - wonder if he knows its in a shop window! __________________ 97/R BMW 328i in Boston Green.

17-07-2007, 21:56	#7
*Neo_VR* Om nom nom nom Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Manchester Posts: 12,408 Thanks: 77 Thanked 175 Times in 124 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work One day someone will find a different way to crash a furby __________________ ColGod the UberMod ,___, [O.o] /)__) -"--"- ORLY??

18-07-2007, 10:33	#9
gadgetman Go Gadget Octy! Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,305 Thanks: 203 Thanked 115 Times in 108 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work Not a Skoda, but to those who know the M25 around Leatherhead, there's a concrete deviding wall between carriageways. I've seen a car perfectly balance on it - and it's at least 4 or 5ft tall! The question has to be, how the f.... did they do that?

18-07-2007, 16:38	#10
Decron It's all good Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cwmbran - South Wales Posts: 3,530 Thanks: 65 Thanked 259 Times in 187 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work I still can't figure out HTF you can put one on it's roof.

18-07-2007, 16:44	#11
Chrispy I said HOT DAMN Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Normanton, West Yorks Posts: 1,753 Thanks: 38 Thanked 68 Times in 57 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work The only way I can think of is hard cornering and clipping the side of a wheel on something like a kerb etc to flip it up. Someone managed it in an old Tigra outside our house a few months back. It's a 30 limit too - a bog standard road. Dunno how he did it but he ended up, belly in the air on the pavement. C0ck. __________________ Silver '04 Fabia vRS. Jabba Custom Remap, Seat Surgeons Leather interior, Whiteline RARB, Cupra Console Bushes

18-07-2007, 16:53	#12
Basil Hardcore Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bahrain Posts: 3,241 Thanks: 191 Thanked 194 Times in 151 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work OK, how about a poll - how often have you rolled a fabia?? (didn't know they could be smoked tho' tbh...) Are they easy cars to roll over?? Always thought that big SUV's with their high centre of gravity were worse.... - Worried that I'm gonna roll over on the way home from work tonite Bas __________________ Fab vRS - Black Magic - PD160 intake - Forge FMIC - colour coded front grille -SLC Splitter - K&N Airfilter -SEAT Strutbrace - Jabba ARB - IC Waterspray (need to wire it in!) - 312mm TT brakes - Eibach Springs - Skoda Reversing sensors - Devonutopia Tuning (tm) Custom Exhaust (2 1/4" straight pipe) - Short shifter mod- 5 brake light mod - Helix Steel SMF + Organic Clutch + pressure plate - Peloquin LSD - TD stage 2 Hybrid - Washbrook remapped ECU - Uprated injectors - Cupra bushes -Poly-filled dogbone - Allard racepipe - Pirelli Dragons - Forge Rear Strutbrace - DIY SS upper boostpipe delete -Koni FSD's - elephant pipe CCV mod

18-07-2007, 22:39	#13
RallyInfo Briskodian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bangor, N.Ireland Posts: 237 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work Saw a SEAT Ibiza roll while looking in my rear view mirror - I was sitting at a set of traffic lights. Very easy done, just clipped the kerb and over he went. Served him right...he didn't thank me after I let him into my lane less than five minutes earlier lol :-/ (He was uninjured)

18-07-2007, 22:44	#14
Emily-Elizabeth Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 3,651 Thanks: 21 Thanked 22 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work Jason, is that the road that you go on to get to that famous bloke's golf course? 30mph straight? __________________

18-07-2007, 23:15	#18
Emily-Elizabeth Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 3,651 Thanks: 21 Thanked 22 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work Gotcha!! LOL Exmouth looks very much the same in a lot of places. __________________

18-07-2007, 23:30	#20
anonymouse Nuts Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 8,452 Thanks: 152 Thanked 259 Times in 193 Posts	Re: Rolled Fabia near where I work Knew I shoulda fitted the Eibachs - now I'm in the News On a serious note - Hope the guy was alright. __________________ "Stupidity, if left untreated, is self-correcting." - Heinlein

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