Ford Focus hits towbar.......crunch !!!

Hello thank god my wife & myself were in the disco & not her subaru ,on monday about 5.15 pm the rush hour traffic was building up as normal, I was crossing this traffic lights junction the a big van braked hard in front of me to let this guy turn right which was about 30 feet past the lights, I just glanced into the rear view mirror then " BANG " this car run into the back of the disco AAAAHHHHH..............I made sure wife was OK got out ,went to check the driver was ok ,just glanced to see his damage " GULP " looked to see mine nothing I could see ,so we moved into the side to have a better look at the damage. He needs new headlights, grill ,bumper, bonnet not sure what else .Looked at mine I need new towbar cover nothing else I could not believe it, just goes to say " DONT DRIVER FASTER THAN YOUR ANGEL CAN FLY " ......


Wilson

Hurry for the towbar!! And i'm taking mine off tomorrow hmm.
Just goes to show that they aint just there for towing..

Well I Think the towbar saved alot of damage ...keep your towbar on. just incase there,s a ford focus wanting to fight with it...



Wilson

I'ts not coming off permanantly I'm off to driffield lro show on sunday and wiill be using the offroad course, and the towbat SERIOUSLY hinders departure angles, iits caused me to get stuck a few times.

OK got you , I hope you have a great day ,my grandsons 1st birthday today so we're having a B.B.Q sat. so hopes the weather's good for us both .

Wilson

The forcast looks pretty good all weekend all through the uk so looks like our luck miight be in! should have some good pics for the site next week, fingers crossed x

Hey keep the tow bar a vauxhall cav hit the back of my disco and it's now scrap,For me the damage was a split tow ball cover and the tow socket cracked.

had a similar experience recently. having been rear ended 5 times in 4 years, (twice by police cars) written off twice, hospitalised once and a hit and run, I decided that it was time to buy a landrover. (perhaps it was the thought that it was aluminium and not magnetic)

Honest Guvner! 4 months after purchasing my disco I was rear ended again by a pretty young thing making a mobile phone call whilst hurtling towards my back end at a roundabout. I have to say what a pleasure it was to be rearended once again. I barely felt the shunt but GOD I HEARD THE BANG!

Peugeot 206 jambed about 1/3 length under the tow bar, water and steam p***ing all over the place plastic bumper/skirt bent like a large V both headlamps Fooked. It totaly disintergrated The bonnet was rolled up like a tin of sadines. She managed to put paint all over my tow ball but apart from that there was NO DAMAGE! It just goes to show the death traps people ride around in. This was approx a 35 mph shunt!

Also just for good measure there was a police vehicle 2 cars behind who saw the whole thing He just put the blue p**s pot on, got out and said do you just want to sort it out then? I smiled and said Fooking right bud!

I have sisnce considered having a slogan air brushed onto my disco's bumper

(YOUR SKID STOPS HERE!)

are you a proffesional bull****ter or just a bad amateur

this thread is almost 2 years old ffs

well why are you reading it if that is such an issue. No not a bull****ter just a honest jon who has had some bad experiences from other poor drivers.