i wanna joke and say something like 'that'll t-cut out' :lol:

but jeez... that is a serious accident and you are lucky to walk away from that.

obviously tin top cars are more protective and safer when cars go upside down, but think of the probabilities of it happening again?

i think i know 2 people who have ever rolled their car, never known anyone who has rolled their car twice.... but i know plenty of people who had had accidents and plenty who have had bad ones head on etc, and when it comes to those kind of crashes, the tf is extremely safe.

i am just glad you are okay... and get those underfloor pipes tidied up

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Wow, at least you did it properly.

Glad that you wernt hurt and you look to be bloody lucky.

 

OMG.... has the car been lifted by a hurricane ?

Good to read you are OK. Sad to know you don't continue with the F/TF ownership.

 

Bloody Hell - I am glad you got out of that one in one piece.

P

 

Man alive, that is one serious bump.
:yikes:

Glad you're okay, I suspect you'll relive that over the coming few days, shock is a funny thing.

Again, very glad a fellow MG-er is okay.

Stay safe,
Rob

 

So... do you think they'll write it off?

I fear this will be the end of my F/TF ownership. Even if I can put aside the vulnerabilities of a convertible that I have been confronted with, either my mother or wife would murder me if I suggested getting another. It's been fun.

Woow I've seen plenty of cars get flipped and I must say it's fared a lot better than most, I would be well pleased with the way its stayed in such a solid striaght lump and with the door opening easily is a testiment to its strength

 

Oh my god...thats one scary looking accident. I've been in three accidents (all caused by erroneous drivers hitting me) but nothing was as bad as that...

Thank goodness you were okay...just goes to show how much force the windscreen surround has been designed to take.

 

My God.


Thank god your orite, that looks nasty. you did a propper job.

As they say cars can be replaced, humans cant.

 

Very lucky........... glad you walked away relatively unscathed.. would put me off for life I think......

 

Jeezzzzz that's bad! I'm glad you are ok.

 

You are very lucky the survive tbh. If that had been a soft top on it the chances are you would of died. Id imagine you were quite shooken up about it. At least your ok. As said you can replace a car but you cannot replace a human. Was there any other cars involved ?

 

You are very lucky the survive tbh. If that had been a soft top on it the chances are you would of died.?

To be fair, the hard top doesn't add anything really, its only fibreglass. Roll hoops are fine, but grass is really the worst thing to roll onto as they'll just sink into the earth or dig into it anyway.

Anyway, glad you're OK and I don't blame you for feeling vulnerable in a softtop, it is the trade off you get with them. That said, the TF/F is a very strong performer in a roll over, just as long as you're not too tall, because, as you said, the two points that tend to support the car are the head rests and the windscreen surround.

 

Lucky you got out of that un-scathed Villager.Looks one hell of a mess.I dont think best panel beater and 5kg of filler is gonna be able to sort that one.Pity you couldnt of whipped those wheels and brakes off while it was upside down. Just glad no-one was hurt in that one anyway. Point out if car saved you,they must be as safe as tin top driving.:lecture:

 

Wow, can't believe you walked away from that!! Good to hear the car protected you; I wonder how much difference a hard top really makes in that situation (isn't it just a skin without any real residual strength?)

 

Very pleased you are ok also pleased at the way the car protected you in what must have been a very scary time as looking at the photos you have ended up a considerable distance from the roadway.

 

I hope you are playing the lottery this week.

 

i don't think it has much strength per say but all adds to the protection, if you land on something sharp/solid it will come into its own whereas a soft top would rip and anything else to come would have its way with you.................

any chance of any close up/different angles of the hard top?

 

OMFG!!



You certainly caught some air during that crash!!

Very glad you walked away. Sometimes life rears it's head and reminds you how precious it really is, and I suspect you're feeling that now...

The TF did it's job well. You got out virtually unscathed.

An incident like this might put some people off driving for life,.....but it certainly won't put me off driving my TF....

......quite the opposite in fact.

You rolled yours at 60+mph and walked away. That gives me confidence in it's integrity........besides life is to be lived and enjoyed.

 

So glad to read you are okay after that.

As said, says something that the car came trough it so well, convertable or not. Either was, important thing is nobody was hurt. Wow.

 

As others have said...just so relieved you got out ok. That's one tough little car!!

Out of interest, which road were you on, I drive round north west a lot with my job, so just wondered.

Hope you've got back in the driving seat (of something) again by now...don't let it put you off...the car crumpled...you didn't...that's why they're designed the way they are.

Take care & drive carefully everyone
x

 

Glad your ok, all the best sorting a new one out.

 

Jeez,.......glad your'e ok though. Your'e a very lucky guy.

I guess theres going to be a big surge on Roll Hoops......I know thats what I'm going to save up for.

Lucky too, you went in between those trees. Hope it hasn't put you off, and again, glad your ok...

 

Glad you were able to walk away from such a horrific crash.

The car protected you well.

 

I still can't believe you walked away from that. Although saying that the car has kept its shape quite well.

I remember being really shaken after someone smashing me up the back at 40 so god only knows what you must be going through.

Glad to see your ok though and don't blame you for chucking in the convertible. If it was me I'd probably chuck in driving!

 

I echo everyone else in that I'm glad you're ok mate....from past accidents with our F/TF's.....they are supremely safe places to be in a bad accident.

I wouldn't let it put you off future ownership...no cameraderie in any other mass produced car like ours :broon:

 

I hope you realise your head gasket has probably gone as well. Stock answer to everything.

To my mind these cars are as tough as old boots, which is bourne out by the fact you walked away unscathed, from what was obviously a horrific situation. She protected you as well if not better than a tin top would have. in these circumstances.

I can only add my condolances at the loss of your lovelly car, and my extreme happiness, that you are safe and at least physically unhurt. I imagine this will come back to haunt you time and again, but looking on the positive side, you are still around to have the heebie jeebies.