Scariest moment in a Westy!

[Arm]

Mr Mason here

I'll second that Windy

But maybe not as scary as Sloc hillclimb (Isle of Mann)

15 foot wide road, stone walls, 95 mph and suddenly car goes sideways.

Apply full lock but still travelling sideways.

Realise if I brake it will possibly only get worse, so against all instinct somehow managed to press accelerator further and got away with it.

Closest I've been to throwing up in my helmet though !

[oldman]

Them dam stones getting jammed under the throttle pedal and me not having the sense to press in the clutch....like something out of a Keystone Cop movie

[Fat Albert]

Giving the keys to my 20 year old...

The moment lasted for 45 minutes      

[nlash]

Going round what I thought was a dry bend at Edgehill, Warks at about 45-50 only to find the dry tarmac had turned into wet leaves. The car goes horribly out of shape and the Mini driver coming the other way takes to the kerb so as to give me enough room to take the bend sideways.

Managed to gather it all up though but had to stop in the first layby I could find and chain smoke 3 ciggies back to back!!

C'mon Rob... tell em about Staverton roundabout!

[david.c]

1st time I drove it in the wet, I came round a corner at about 50 (normally taken at about 70 in the dry) and the back suddenly snapped round     quick handfull of opposite lock and I think I've caught it   but then it flicks the other way some more opposite lock and I think I've got it this time     but then it flicks back even quicker     and I KNOW I've lost it        

Came to a halt with the aid of a bushy tree stump about 100 yards from the corner, at about 10 mph        

Taught me some respect    

David

[Thrustyjust]

sideways at the end of a dual carriageway at ,ur,can't remember how fast officer.Back wheels lock up,go sideways,over a chevron area all covered in stones,speed up to what seemed a fair old lick and went staright on into a curb,over the pavement and down a ditch.Car needed,new,wheel,suspension arms,sump,gearbox,chassis rails where the gearbox bellhousing impacted,floorpan and repairs to cracked nosecone.I needed a transporter home and a stiff drink.Thanks for insurance,was all repaired.

Other time was on the A4 towards Malborough on a frosty morning,trundling at 50mph.Black ice shoots me sideways,with screams from all on board crew,headed towards a grass ditch.Car came off ice at last second and was able to correct staright ahead.All during the usual life all flashing in front of you.Followed a reliant robin all the rest of the journey.

[AndyC_772]

Last Saturday afternoon - with the car in the garage and not moving at all!

I was trying to locate a coolant leak that only occurred when the engine was warm, so I had the engine idling. I need a carb set-up, so it idles rather slowly (600rpm) and occasionally stalls. After a couple of stalls I was getting frustrated, so I sat in the car and gave it a bit of gas to help my half-warm engine restart. Thanks to the misfire with which it was also suffering, this resulted in a certain amount of fuel passing into the warm exhaust manifold.

The engine started.

A few seconds later there was the most enormous bang and a cloud of black smoke appeared from the back of the car. Thankfully I have an underslung exhaust, or I'd be deaf in my left ear by now - the force of the blast was mostly directed out of the garage.

Memo to self: ensure car is firing on all four cylinders before attempting to pump extra fuel into engine

[higgsti]

wondering if you were going to pass out or throw up in my car and believe it or noti was taking it easy the tyres didnt screach once.my passenger ride when i bought the car was on a wet  icy november morn at similiar speeds,thats when i relized my hunting and sleepless nights had come to an end.i also didnt get to show you any evasive driving techniques that you asked about in an earlier post.anyway your welcome to sit in the passenger seat anytime dan:p

[amdaudi]

Driving back to Anglesey to re-spray my westy when Scooby cut me up at some roadworks. Red mist ensued and once the carrigway was back to 2 lanes I hoofed it past the offending vehicle only to find myself staring straight at the driver at 85mph. I took my foot gently off the throttle and the car snapped back and missed his drivers door by foot or so. Sh#t! get me outta here, foot down again and b***h broke away again at 90! Looked in my mirror and the scooby craped it and backed off. (not big or clever)  

[scruffythefirst]

[idiot]

coming back from france, although not in the westy (hang on i don't own one.... erm) down dual carigeway at normal 3am speeds, onto roundabout, wave at poor lady in white micra who i'm now facing going backwards at 70mph (honest officer) apply full brakes and close eyes.... bump onto curb and admire roundabout covered in tyre smoke.  crawl home at 5mph, no sleep for a week.

[/idiot]

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Scruffy

[darthurs]

wondering if you were going to pass out

I was close...

my passenger ride when i bought the car was on a wet  icy november morn at similiar speeds

You've got bigger balls than me.

anyway your welcome to sit in the passenger seat anytime

That's very kind of you.

I will have to repay the favour when mine is built.

Dan

[RICHARD+PHILIP]

week one of westfield ownership after previously owning a 998 Mini!

Travelling at speed home from a country pub with the brother + friends following and his gfy in the passenger seat. enter small roundabout at unbelievalbly high speed then plant the throttle! Result Huge tail out momment which I skillfully catch followed by huge tail out on the other side also caught unfortunatly now I'm running out of road with a 50 grand mercedes heaing towards me. brand new alloys catch the kerb and straghten the car.

Comment F**K me

gfys comment no thanks!

order for a quick rack went in the next day

[DickieB]

Richard

What about Aintree?

Dickie B

[david.c]

Result Huge tail out momment which I skillfully catch followed by huge tail out on the other side also caught unfortunatly now I'm running out of road with a 50 grand mercedes heaing towards me.

Sounds like mine Richard..............apart from the Merc coming the other way..............Oh, and the kerb to sort it all out    

David

[Nick M]

Some nunney in a red Lada pulled out in front of me a while back.

Clear road, sunny day, good visibility and I even had the headlights on just to help numpties see me...  

Driving along a long sweeping uphill bend, doing about 60-70mph, when I saw a red Lada stop at the T-junction at the top of the hill, about 1/4 of a mile away.  For some reason I thought he might pull out so I eased off the throttle slightly just in case he did.  Well, sure enough, he started to pull out but only at about 2mph !!!  He was leaving me less and less room to go in front of him and yet the gap behind wasn't opening quickly enough to go behind him !!  So I stood on the brakes, aimed at the middle of his car with a view to seeing which option was going to be safest (having ruled out turning into the T-junction as it had a squiggly little bend just after you turn left which could have been ugly...).

Anyway, I managed to *just* nip round in front of him (having closed my eyes and hoped there was nothing coming), pulled a quick hand-brake turn and went roaring off down the road after him.  Managed to pull him over just after the next roundabout and his sole defence was to wave his disabled card at me       I told him, in no uncertain terms, that maybe he ought to think long and hard about whether he should still be driving !!  I was *spectacularly* angry with him !!

Through all of this, SWMBO had been sitting quietly in the passenger seat.  She was actually quite pleased at my tirade, especially the bit about telling the bloke she was pregnant and that I'd do all manner of unspeakable things to him if there were any problems...  She confessed later that the sole thought going through *her* head was "oh no, not the car, don't let him damage the car !!"