After dropping my friend off at home at 2 this morning, i continued to drive home,.

Earlier in the day i had topped my oil up. and picked my girlfriend up from work and drove home.

anyway, driving down the a580 (lancs to the locals) got up to a sensible 60mph (there were cops all over the place) and i heard a rattle, wtf\'s that i thought to myself, \"not a problem already, iv only had the car a month\"

then.......






....... BANG!!!!



















stupid numpty me, forgot to put the bonnet down propperly

annoyed isnt the word

yup, slammed them on, pushed the bonnet down, luckily though, the shape of the bonnet allows you to see throught the bottom, just

pulled into a layby, pushed it down, drove off, very very slowly, and up it came again, so pulled in again, sat onit, till it cliked into place, and then drove home.

pushed biggest dent out of the roof, but still some fairly big ones left.

got smacked in the head by the interior light and alarm console, and little flakes of glass, but no scratches. i always think it could have been alot worse and could have had a windscreen in my face:S

insurance is picking it up tomorrow and taking it to their garage. thankfully although still annoyingly, i will only have to pay the 400 excess for \"own fault damage\", still alot and sucks but least i wont be paying for it all:ohmy:

Happened to me once as well Mark frightened the crap out of me..lucky the car wasn\'t mine cos I had just sold it to a mate who had been looking around the engine and forgot to close the bonnet properly..he picked up the tab on that one not me luckily..sorry to hear this mate I know its the last thing you need at the mo with the cost of things ..mortgage repayments and bills etc..:( how did Hillary take the news..no cuts a bruises have you from the rolling pin..;)

she just said its one \"L\" in Hilary:P :woohoo:

not great, but what can you do, its happened now.

just hope they dont take so long to fix it.

no bruises.....yet:cheer:

not looking good peeps, got a call from the repair guys today, looks like it may be a total loss

i feel :X and mightely peeved:(

Red-Devil wrote:

not looking good peeps, got a call from the repair guys today, looks like it may be a total loss

i feel :X and mightely peeved:(

How come that car is completely repairable ..guess its down to the insurance company though..they make me sick to be honest ..you see many cars written off in breakers with little or no damage and classified as cat D/E ..whats the plan now then Mark ..stilo time again maybe ..

that or another 147, i really liked it:(

would have to either a 1.8 or jtd stilo thoughB) in yellow:P

I would go for the 1.8 ..nice and simple to get some decent power from that engine with minimum fuss..just watch out for the dreaded variator if you do ..don\'t really fancy a jtd ..the price of derv is due to go sky high again shortly ..mark my words..

all alfas have variators so, what ever i get it will have one:P