spud101
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Driving down the a13 towards Southend this evening to go to a friends party I was at the 40mph avg camera works area and I spied this little 07 car weaving in and out of the traffic, I was doing bang on 40 and clicked the cruise off as he came belting up behind me, he swerved into lane 2 and got flashed by the bloke on my right and then he just swung into my line smacking my off side front right wheel and wing. I caught a look in as it was passing and there was 4 lads in it all drinking bottles of beer.
I told the phone to call 999 and kept repeating the reg until the I could give it the operator and then told her where I was and what had happened. She said she'd notify etc. and I should pull over to check for damage. I got to the BP garage and pulled in, other than what looked like a minor scuff nothing looked that bad but I was shaking with adrenaline. I had a sweet tea and some chocolate and thank my lucky stars I was taught to drive in the military with a lot of focus on controlling your vehicle under stress but it was really scary.
Anyway, I plodded on (I had a friend with me and she was also shaken up) and intended to check the damage out in the morning. The police said they'd be done for failing to stop etc. and I thought that was that but about 6 minutes before the restaurant at this roundabout there was this almighty 'pop' and the front end dropped! Air Susp. Inactive came up on the dash and to be honest I thought I'd had a blow out but when I pulled over and checked they were all fine. Anyway, the front is on the bump stops and her backside is in the air so I think something's happened to one (or both) of the front bags.
Personally I didn't really notice or feel the 'bump' but my friend said it was really loud and scared her, I was trying to keep the car on the road at the time and it wasn't my first attention.
I'm surprised how little external damage there appeared to be but worried as to what has happened under the covers. Anyone any ideas? I've never had an accident before (I'm 43 and been driving since I was 17). Well. Other than rolling a 5 month old E class in the highlands of Scotland on a patch of black ice but that's the RAF's fault as they taught me to drive in a front wheel drive car that you drop down a gear in black ice whereas it's the last thing you do in a rear wheel drive car. Oops! Needless to say she was written off but that's the only 'accident' I've ever had.)
Car's being recovered by the insurance etc. but I was looking for some advice as I'm not too keen on some bodgy shop getting her and not knowing a thing about air suspension etc.
I told the phone to call 999 and kept repeating the reg until the I could give it the operator and then told her where I was and what had happened. She said she'd notify etc. and I should pull over to check for damage. I got to the BP garage and pulled in, other than what looked like a minor scuff nothing looked that bad but I was shaking with adrenaline. I had a sweet tea and some chocolate and thank my lucky stars I was taught to drive in the military with a lot of focus on controlling your vehicle under stress but it was really scary.
Anyway, I plodded on (I had a friend with me and she was also shaken up) and intended to check the damage out in the morning. The police said they'd be done for failing to stop etc. and I thought that was that but about 6 minutes before the restaurant at this roundabout there was this almighty 'pop' and the front end dropped! Air Susp. Inactive came up on the dash and to be honest I thought I'd had a blow out but when I pulled over and checked they were all fine. Anyway, the front is on the bump stops and her backside is in the air so I think something's happened to one (or both) of the front bags.
Personally I didn't really notice or feel the 'bump' but my friend said it was really loud and scared her, I was trying to keep the car on the road at the time and it wasn't my first attention.
I'm surprised how little external damage there appeared to be but worried as to what has happened under the covers. Anyone any ideas? I've never had an accident before (I'm 43 and been driving since I was 17). Well. Other than rolling a 5 month old E class in the highlands of Scotland on a patch of black ice but that's the RAF's fault as they taught me to drive in a front wheel drive car that you drop down a gear in black ice whereas it's the last thing you do in a rear wheel drive car. Oops! Needless to say she was written off but that's the only 'accident' I've ever had.)
Car's being recovered by the insurance etc. but I was looking for some advice as I'm not too keen on some bodgy shop getting her and not knowing a thing about air suspension etc.
