Hairdresser loses control while painting his nails

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For sale on e-bay if anyones interested [image]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/Evosal/exiges2.jpg[/image]

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hope his nails were ok though!
looks painful,how much on ebay?

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Its up to �5600 at the moment Item no 4632814847 ( not sure how to do a link to e-bay )

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Interesting quotes from the advert - anyone know if this was a trackday incident?

[color:“blue”]Unfortunatly the car did not make it around a corner and went up a small embankment which caused it to overturn. No other vehicle was involved and there was no impact.

A leading Lotus specialist has advised me that the car needs a number of new body panels and that the pillar to the windscreen requires replacement. From visual inspection they did not believe that the chassis or suspension including wheels were damaged.

As far as I am aware the engine and gearbox are unaffected.

I have not informed my insurance company because due to the circumstances of the accident i was not covered.

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‘There was no impact’ I like that bit. What about one careful owner, or never been tracked

Tim.

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I am no Lotus Specialist, but even I could have told him it needs some new body panels and a new windscreen!

Aaaaah what about some speculation on why he wasnt insured. I reckon he was wearing a clown outfit, and as a result of wearing a clown outfit and using the car for commuting to clown gigs, wasnt insured.

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This definitely sounds like a trackday incident. I wonder where it happened. No having trackday insurance up to now has certainly kept my demons in check on the track!

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How do you know he’s a hairdresser? Met him at a hairdressers’ meeting, have you?

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Calling Junks!

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He has posted it for sale on MLOC as well.

http://www.midlandslotus.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=8178&hl=

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if it was a trackday incident, then at least it died an honourable death…not sure anyone should be knocking the owner?

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Bugger! if only my moulds were finished for s2 Exige

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if it was a trackday incident, then at least it died an honourable death…not sure anyone should be knocking the owner?

I agree - Sorry if I sounded like I was knocking the owner. This could happen to anyone. It just reminded me of the risk I had been taking by not having trackday insurance.

'tis a good way for a car to go though!

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if it was a trackday incident, then at least it died an honourable death…not sure anyone should be knocking the owner?

I agree - Sorry if I sounded like I was knocking the owner.

Didn’t sound like you were having a go to me.

I have always used trackday insurance. I might be able to replace the car if I wrote if off, but I would be so angry with myself for having gone off track in such a big way that knowing someone else was going to foot most of the bill (there is quite a high excess) would just be enough of a silver lining to calm me down again.

Don’t forget its not just about how you control your car or drive well within your limits.

I remember loosing the car when one of my toelinks went. It was a massive spin. Luckly I was at Elvington and there was nothing to hit - many other circuits and I could have been having a conversation with the armco or concrete wall.

I also remember spinning in Pesky’s car at Redgate - on someone elses oil.

These things happen if you do enough trackdays…insurance only seems like a good thing if you think when rather than if you are going to claim.

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Yeah, I’ve hit oil on a couple of occations, wakes you up, and the outcome is a complete lottery.

If it was on track I would be interested to know where and how it happened though, ‘forewarned is’ and all that.

Ian

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Bugger! if only my moulds were finished for s2 Exige

Well if you’re going to do them soon then isn’t still a chance for making some profit to fund their creation?

Ian

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I’ve already though about it but racing isn’t cheap

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If you read the MLOC thread its nothing to do with a trackday off. It was a friend driving it who wasnt insured fully comp only 3rd party. Ouch!

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Also… if it were a trackday offing, there would be plenty of people to contradict his claim it was a road accident.

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I wasnt trying to take the piss out the owner, I just thought the advert was “strangely” worded. Why not just say what the problem is / was?

I do wonder though, you let a mate have a drive, he rolls it… nobody else is involved, do you say you were driving and all is well, or say it was your mate and lose 15k?