crazymac
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Well, thats us home, thankyou once again Funky Kipper and MHM working in the background.
It turned out to be sucking air in on the fuel prime bulb on the diesel line, so we bypassed that and bled it through the injectors and up she came.
I stopped in Newtown to fill again as the diesel tank only has a max range of 100 miles, and filled again in Aberystwyth. We stopped for food in Aberaeron, then carried on.
3 miles south of Cardigan, I rounded a bend at about 40, back end came away from me, no chance to recover it before slamming into a tree still around 40 MPH!!!!
Centre impact, both airbags deployed, spun 360 after hitting the tree and ended up straddeling the white line facing the verge.
My daughter was screaming, we were on a bend, so I shouted at her to get out as she was obviously ok otherwise, I was worried about a car coming through and hitting us side on as there was no way the would see us to prewarn them.
We both got out, I sorted her with a car that came the same direction we had been travelling, then went up the road to stop any cars coming that way, while at the same time calling the police.
About 10 minutes in an Ambulance arrived on the way back to the base, they stayed to attend and check us over, police arrived minutes after.
On inspection of the road the police said that had it not been us it would have been someone else, there was oil/fuel all over the road both after the crash site and before, cop said I didn't stand a chance.
Thankfully we are both OK, airbags and seatbelts did their thing! We'll be sore tomorrow but the ambulance brought us back to Withybush Hospital where they checked us out and my Ex wife came out and picked us up and took us home. Daughter has had some calpol to preempt any pains, I take lots of painkillers anyway for an old knee injury so i've just upped the dose a little bit!! Time for bed now!!
So after all your work Funky Kipper and LZ International Rescue, I now have one total write off Landrover!!
It turned out to be sucking air in on the fuel prime bulb on the diesel line, so we bypassed that and bled it through the injectors and up she came.
I stopped in Newtown to fill again as the diesel tank only has a max range of 100 miles, and filled again in Aberystwyth. We stopped for food in Aberaeron, then carried on.
3 miles south of Cardigan, I rounded a bend at about 40, back end came away from me, no chance to recover it before slamming into a tree still around 40 MPH!!!!
Centre impact, both airbags deployed, spun 360 after hitting the tree and ended up straddeling the white line facing the verge.
My daughter was screaming, we were on a bend, so I shouted at her to get out as she was obviously ok otherwise, I was worried about a car coming through and hitting us side on as there was no way the would see us to prewarn them.
We both got out, I sorted her with a car that came the same direction we had been travelling, then went up the road to stop any cars coming that way, while at the same time calling the police.
About 10 minutes in an Ambulance arrived on the way back to the base, they stayed to attend and check us over, police arrived minutes after.
On inspection of the road the police said that had it not been us it would have been someone else, there was oil/fuel all over the road both after the crash site and before, cop said I didn't stand a chance.
Thankfully we are both OK, airbags and seatbelts did their thing! We'll be sore tomorrow but the ambulance brought us back to Withybush Hospital where they checked us out and my Ex wife came out and picked us up and took us home. Daughter has had some calpol to preempt any pains, I take lots of painkillers anyway for an old knee injury so i've just upped the dose a little bit!! Time for bed now!!
So after all your work Funky Kipper and LZ International Rescue, I now have one total write off Landrover!!
