my appointment with the barrier!!!

[glenn]

this was the outcome of my appointment with the armco barrier at llandow.
didn't hit at high speed, but once it left the damp track onto wet grass,
the steel barrier was a certainty.
another 20 feet of grass and i might of got away with it.
main piss off was the engine jolted on impact and one of the steering rack bolts has put a pinhole in the sump, so that's got to come off to be welded.
here's a few pics,

[Dan318-is]

Glenn no!!

what is it with e30s this week?! mine is dead, craig has nailed his now youv wounded yours! this must be some sort of jinx!

hope it gets fixed soon mate

[eko]

gutted for you mate

[d6dph]

oh mate thats nasty. but if you were on the road it could have been a hell of a lot worse.

Still never good to see things like that!

[A1BMW325iSport]

gutted for you mate, hope you manage to get her repaired quick

[OllieB]

Devastating.....

Good luck with a speedy repair mate....

[fuzzy]

that looks quite bad mate, is that the track rod thats snapped? hopefully you havent twisted anything badly and it can be repaired.

[Wilson325i]

oh my god!!! i think death!! is out to get the E30's

[Dan318-is]

oh my god!!! i think death!! is out to get the E30's

It certainly is! mines written off, craig and glenn have both crashed, now this!

[smithy318i]

that looks quite bad mate, is that the track rod thats snapped? hopefully you havent twisted anything badly and it can be repaired.

The rack will need replacing as its snapped after the joint for the track rod end.

New wing,
Grille
bumper
maybe a headlight
sump

It looks pretty bad son! (mostly cosmetic?)
did you check the engine mounts yet?

[Cotty]

Ouch, looks nasty

[Dominitry]

Unlucky glenn i'm sure she'll be back soon and it's the only car i've ever seen at llandow that i could hear from the other side of the track!

[fuzzy]

i hit a barrier last week on the road, done similar damage to the body,but thankfully none underneath, got a new wing,bumper,front valance,2 grill parts, lights, light carrier and number plate, cost me about two hundred quid for parts and i fixed it myself, including spraying.

[bmw02rally]

Glen,

To be fair you did well keeping it on the black stuff for the time you did!!

Mega-squirt

[Jon_Bmw]

I'm sure with your skills Glenn you'll have her back to an even better standard before the impact in no time at all. It sounds a shame as it probably tarnished the excellent day, along with craigs off too. Like everyone else gutted for you mate.

[Chaos]

as long as your ok glenn then its ok, car can always be repaired/replaced - ppl cant.

annoying about the sump, without that itd have been fairly simple.

[Richy325iTouring]

got all the parts needed for glenns here (might even smoke a set of headlights for him as well if he wants)

justgive the nod and i can bring what i can get in the se up

[Adam318i]

Guys i know you and criag were on the track but its about this time each year that E30's start going to heaven and i think we all know why?

Its already been happening on the 200sx forum, so many are falling victim to the weather, so we all just need to slow down a little i think to make it through winter

Glenn that is shit luck mate, hope you get her all sorted and back on the road/track soon

Adam

[herman]

Sorry I missed it, been on wet grass myself but span back on the track. When you hit it you seem to go faster weird sensation and you just wait for impact in slow motion. Good news tho am breaking 318i let me know if you need any bits

[Hyperion]

Oh my, and u just got her sorted out.......i am so sorry dude.

note to self: dont drive e30 until "death" has p!ssed off.

[Emotechnik]

You should sort out what your doing with both anti-roll bar links on the car before you take it out again, and before you damage something like a brake pipe flexi!

Would be a good experiment to see the improvement in using the link to the strut instead to the bottom arm, it would give a more direct connection and take away the loss in leverage by going through the bottom arm.

Sorry to see the damage, but that's what a track day is for, finding the limits safely, OK finding this limit has cost some money, but you didn't go to the track without knowing the dangers, fair play to you, better than these idiots doing donuts in Tesco car park and endangering people by drifting on the road.

[Bob_S]

gutted buddy, hope it wont cost ya too much!

[jmc330i]

Hi Glenn.

Good to meet you yesterday and see the car in the flesh, just shame what happened. I hope your not aching too much.

Got a short Vid of you on track, just before the incident. Will post it up in the Vids section in a bit.

[zaust]

sorry to here that .
at least its repairable after all that hard work. i feel for you m8.

[glenn]

Hi Glenn.

Good to meet you yesterday and see the car in the flesh, just shame what happened. I hope your not aching too much.

Got a short Vid of you on track, just before the incident. Will post it up in the Vids section in a bit.

yes good to meet you too james.
only thing aching is the ego mate!
it's only metal, now where's that hammer
cant wait to see the vid, as i've not heard the car from the outside yet

[Simon13]

there will be 100 more written off this winter! always happens!

[johnono]

glenn, fuck!

[cossypowerpaul]

When did this happen, i cant leave you alone for 5 minutes

gutted for you mate it was going soo well

thanks for the ride dude its a truly awsome car- it will be hard to catch once its sorted

[Demlotcrew]

dude sorry to hear the news, but what happened?


Andrew

[Karan]

oops mate.....

glad engine is mainly ok!!

[craigieeb]

D'OH!!

well atleast you still around to fix it eh glenn

[CaesarBob]

Nightmare Glenn. Still, was always gonna be a bit hairy with that lump!

Hope you fix it soon.

[racecar]

bad luck m8
but i reckon you've demonstrated you got the skillsets to get this beast
back on track double quick