Oops.. I pranged my car

You Yangs · 08-02-2005, 10:57 PM

I pranged my car today after my foot slipped off the brake and mashed the loud pedal while making a turn. I mounted the gutter knocked over a sign, ruined both front tyres and rims, the left suspension and wheel arch and one bruised ego. Its the first time in 13 years of driving that I have ever hit anything and man I feel like shit. I want to know if anyone else has done anything similar because I need to know that I'm not the only Doofus out there!!!
Don't worry I didn't prang the Ford!!

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M14A-Mclaren · 08-02-2005, 11:08 PM

I'm sure many people have done it, I probably never will though

As long as its not the Ford and no one was hurt.

Psycho Chicken · 08-02-2005, 11:10 PM

$7500 to mum's car the week I got my P's count? Wasn't my fault, but it still sucked!

LuvinmyEB · 08-02-2005, 11:11 PM

Sorry can't say I've ever done it. Although a lot of people seem to do things like that to my car, especially if they're white cars.

My sister on the other hand.. she's blonde, has a Toyota Corolla CSX and thinks the CSX means it's a performance car... an auto 1.6... okaaaaaaaay.

She's written off more cars than I can keep count of, I'm still trying to work out how she has a rating 1 with her insurance company.
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lv619 · 08-02-2005, 11:11 PM

Lol, i've almost done the same (not to the extent you did though) in my brothers VL commo. The ****en brake and accelerator are in an awkward position compared to a falcon (what i'm used to).

You Yangs · 08-02-2005, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

$7500 to mum's car the week I got my P's count? Wasn't my fault, but it still sucked!

Wasn't your fault eh! I've heard that before.
At least im being honest LOL

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Kryton · 08-02-2005, 11:23 PM

um well i killed my fence and my HQ in one shot. big dirt court + good times + doughnuts = 1 ****ed fence and 1 ****ed car. (car also had no doors or seat belts but it was kicking the tin fence with bare feet to seperate it from the car that did the most damage to me).

looking at a map on my first pizza delivery whilst coming up to a red light = not a good idea. our cars had to be driven apart (hooked on towball) although there was no damage to the other car. i quit that job after that.

Laminge · 08-02-2005, 11:27 PM

No Mate your not

My 1st car I did the same thing, 2 weeks old, straight into a tree, lesson learnt, never wear saftey boots whilst on Ps

btw was a VN, so call it fate!

You Yangs · 08-02-2005, 11:29 PM

I did pizza deliveries for 5 years and never hit a thing but I guess it had to happen sometime!!

Psycho Chicken · 08-02-2005, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by You Yangs

Wasn't your fault eh! I've heard that before.
At least im being honest LOL

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I KNOW NOOOOOTTTHIIIIIINKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!

**Charliewool** · 08-02-2005, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by You Yangs

I did pizza deliveries for 5 years and never hit a thing but I guess it had to happen sometime!!

You Yangs... Mate, from an old fart.... Secret is, To LEARN from it..We've ALL f***ed up! (And still do)
Mate, you are still here to talk about it... You are alive!
I have a 15 & 16 yr old... And,by christ it is SO scary hoping they aren't out doing what I was at their age!(car wise)

**Captain Stubing** · 08-02-2005, 11:57 PM

Had some minor bingles... 3500 to the front end of a work commodore

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My brother was driving me to my wedding in his almost new Turbo Laser (85). Showing off to my best man in the back seat, he hit this curve at about 90, not allowing for the extra 180 kgs of passengers, and wrote off his Laser into another one!
Then, when the insurance company decided to repair it, because there was only 400 of them made, his wife borrowed my dad's ute, and wrote off a $90 000 ambulance that was transporting a heart attack patient.

Is the sign going to be okay?

LUXO_8 · 09-02-2005, 12:03 AM

i almost ran up the **** of a car in my work's ute after my shoelace tangled around the accelerator not alowing my foot to go to the brake. so i stabbed the brake with my left foot instead.. it stalled, but it stopped....,
then as i was trying to untangle the lace from the pedal so i could go again, got blasted by the guy behind

that one woke me up! always check my shoelaces now before i drive.........

b2tf · 09-02-2005, 12:10 AM

Its not a writeoff is it? I hope not.

And yes, everyone has done it, so dont worry! Put it down to experience like i do whenever something stuffs up.

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Envious · 09-02-2005, 12:38 AM

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I'm sure many people have done it, I probably never will though

Famous last words...

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Charliewool is right tho You Yangs, cop it, learn from it and move on..

Sundeep · 09-02-2005, 12:41 AM

Closest thing I've done in 363 days of having my P's is run over a big **** off gutter in front of a packed KFC. Man that was embarassing, I didn't see the stupid thing because I was parked right next to it.

One badly scraped K-Frame and a very red face.

Sundeep

champsky · 09-02-2005, 12:56 AM

lol my eskis rear tyre blew out while going around a bend and it scared teh sh1t out of me as i was still on me P's, ended up taking out the sign on the medium strip and the only telegraph pole in the area :s

JADED6 · 09-02-2005, 02:49 AM

No crashes for me.
Felt like a tool once when...
Driving a fork lift (was about 18) I dropped huge industrial shelving (pallet racking) on the bosses Mercedes. Dented the bonnet and put a HOLE in the fender. That was after about 1 year of working there. 7years after that i still work there somehow :P

FRDGAL · 09-02-2005, 08:24 AM

The house I had in Dromana was off a main road and I had only just started to drive manual (about 3 weeks into it actually) and this guy came roaring up behind me and for some reason I panic'd and went straight into the fence and knocked the whole thing down. I've never driven a manual since lol.

The best one though is my ex sister-in-law. She was driving through Safeway carpark and was fiddling with the stereo and didn't notice the parked truck and went straight into it. We never let her live it down lol.

BlueRaven · 09-02-2005, 10:29 AM

I can think of two silly driver error prangs I had, both of which were in my first car (within the first year of driving too). Since I got rid of that car, I haven't had an accident yet...although there were some close calls :P

Anyway, I was driving this little '78 corolla around a westfield chermside car park (if anyone has ever been there, they know how chaotic it is on a saturday) and I was getting so angry and annoyed...finally saw a car park and took to it fairly quickly.

Unfortunately for me...I took to it a little too quickly and sratched/dinted two panels of....none other than... an EF Falcon! I left a note, he called me and thanked me for being so honest and I paid his insurance company $570 odd bucks a few weeks later..

The second time I was training for a job (I hadnt realised at the time it was dodgy) and attempted to park my car in an undercover area. I realised that it was probably not an undercover park for us trainees, so I huridly revesed from my park.....into a wall.

Fortunately for me, the wall was made out of chalk-board and wood. I hurried out of there! I also never went back to that place after that day..

dogbreath_48 · 09-02-2005, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueRaven

I huridly revesed from my park.....into a wall.
Fortunately for me, the wall was made out of chalk-board and wood. I hurried out of there! I also never went back to that place after that day..

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Originally Posted by Sundeep

Closest thing I've done in 363 days of having my P's is run over a big **** off gutter in front of a packed KFC. Man that was embarassing, I didn't see the stupid thing because I was parked right next to it.

Sorry guys these are really funny....hope you cvan see the funny side now?

I've had a couple. My foot slipped off the clutch, but being a diesel landcruiser, didn't stall and went (kinda rolled before i got onto the brakes) into the car in front of me. stupid (shoulda stopped firther back), expensive (HSV VN wagon bumper, even though it was the tiniest dent i've ever seen on a VN), embarassing (outside a school at 3.30pm).
I also took out a trolley bay in knox carpark. It was right beside me (in the 'cruiser again, trayback) and i didn't see the last row of it behind the tray. Swung outta the space and ripped it clear outta the ground. Luckily the side of the tray got it and not the cab = no damage. I was outta there in a hurry...

It's all down to experience. These were both in my first year of driving, and even in eighteen months, i've can see that i've become a much better driver. These mistakes are nothing to stress about, just learn from em.

-Stu

Mike Gayner · 09-02-2005, 07:57 PM

Only prang I've ever had was when I was doing burnouts whilst extremely drunk on a public (but very very quiet) road. Drifted up a left hand bend, *** got too far out, overcorrected and went straight into a fence. Thankfully I was only in The Shitter. Mangled the front left guard and still haven't got it fixed. I paid for the fence obviously but I really couldn't care less about the dent in my car

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pauly85 · 09-02-2005, 08:49 PM

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jabba · 09-02-2005, 09:31 PM

My worst prang was in my AUII XR8 ute.It was raining and I was heading home after work. I had a work mate in the car and he was comenting on the exhaust note saying it sounded awesone when I was laying the boot in. So when I left the last toll both I realy got stuck into it. my passenger was saying "I got to get one of these things" and then I back of at 140km and change up to 4th and thats when the ute decided it was not going to go in a straight line anymore. I did about 5-6 full side ways fishtales and it was getting further out of control. So I touch the brakes lightly hopeing that the ABS might straighten up the car. NOPE did not work instead I was doing 360s, 5 in total. 4 on the road and 1 on the grass in between the the lanes. I took out 3 timber road reflectors and the Grand finally was I slamed into a massive road toll sign and ripped it of its footings. The sign said REDUCE SPEED . I dented all but 2 panels. No 1 was hurt In fact it was the smoothes prang I have ever been in. The car hit the toll sign side ways just infront of the front left wheel and tore the whole front bumber off and did not damage anything structual or suspension.

and just a not on how well these car are designed. the tow truck driver said that if I had of been in a Holden I would of ended up on the roof.

Matt

chippa6 · 09-02-2005, 10:24 PM

Tried to do a little bit of rally driving in my old laser a few years back - kept the handbrake up too long - fishies on gravel = sideswiping an embankment, front wheel pushed backwards touching the guard and a long walk to the local kiosk and sheepishly calling the old man in front of all the kiosk customers to bring a car trailer cause I crashed. Hmm i felt like i'd just been hit with a rolled up newspaper.

Ending up putting the chassis out 12mm - thats why the steering wheel wouldn't return or spin back to center.!

Chippa

AUIII XR8 MAN · 09-02-2005, 11:11 PM

Yes I last just on 13 years as well with damaging my car(got away with a few spin out with car facing the wrong but didn't touch anying) While heading home from work. I took my foot off the go pedal but the car just keep going. I slow it down to 30-40 km/h mark than relies that I had to turn a corner. This is when i really lost control of the car & ended up front on in a safty fence. Two week after i got the car back a truck in the left lane on the freeway lost it load & into the front of the car again. I hit the brakes, with another truck on the left & safty rail on the right i had no choise. This one really up set me. So you not the only one cheer up as you can fix the car easy but not your self.