...accident... my 340 die :(

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Wiktor
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...accident... my 340 die :(

Post by Wiktor »

Hello guys!
What can I say... tragedy...unlucky...
Two weeks ago I have an accident, I have run to skid and fall on foof.
My 340 now looks that:

This is the foto from the place of accident
http://www.volvo.tychy.pl/Matyas/300mania5.jpg


And there are photos how my 340 looks now

http://volvo.tychy.pl/Matyas/300mania1.JPG

http://volvo.tychy.pl/Matyas/300mania2.JPG

http://volvo.tychy.pl/Matyas/300mania3.JPG

http://volvo.tychy.pl/Matyas/300mania4.JPG

Now I dont know what to do... It's too expensive to repair my 340, and I havent got money for another 340 sm16

...goodbye "white pearl"...
sm49
Sorry for my english... I'm not good at it ;)

B172K Power ;)
340 ST27584 B14.3E from 15.VI.2004 to 01.II.2005
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340 ST15145 B172K from 10.II.2005 to 18.02.2006
Damaged
340 ST34056 B172K from 10.III.2005
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Post by Chris_C »

I'm really to sorry to hear it mate, but as long as you are ok, thats the main thing. Did you walk away from it? Or is the fact you posted 2 weeks later a bad sign?

It was a tight motor, but you'll be able to do it again
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Post by SteveP »

Sorry to hear that Wiktor - but I echo Chris by saying as long as you're ok...!
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Post by Wiktor »

...what can I say...Thanks God Volvo is a safe car, I have left my car by myself.
Sorry for my english... I'm not good at it ;)

B172K Power ;)
340 ST27584 B14.3E from 15.VI.2004 to 01.II.2005
Sold
340 ST15145 B172K from 10.II.2005 to 18.02.2006
Damaged
340 ST34056 B172K from 10.III.2005
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Post by 340cbr »

sorry to hear that...

it was a big accident? it seems so...

There are some cheap 300's... maybe you can afford one and transplant some things from yours
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Post by Wiktor »

It was big acident, when I have run to skid , I stop on the center of road. after about 1 minute about 10 cars run to skid too... It was terrible feeling you can't do anything...
I have blocked quite big road for about 4 hours.

You can download short movie about my 340 (use internet explorer)
http://volvo.tychy.pl/wypadek/Sentyment_0002.wmv
Sorry for my english... I'm not good at it ;)

B172K Power ;)
340 ST27584 B14.3E from 15.VI.2004 to 01.II.2005
Sold
340 ST15145 B172K from 10.II.2005 to 18.02.2006
Damaged
340 ST34056 B172K from 10.III.2005
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Post by foggyjames »

:( :cry:

cheers

James
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Post by Ronnie »

Gutted...

So you rolled it, drivers side took most of the impact too. That looks really scary. Glad you're OK. Listen mate, I don't mean to belittle your loss here, but fuck the car, rejoice that you are alive. You are worth a million Volvo's :D

Love the video tribute, very funereal, very moving!

You'll find a new car - strip all the mods out of the wreck, and fit them without any mistakes this time. Oh, and get a 360 next time! :D
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Post by d3k4y0 »

That's devastating, you had put a huge amount of work into that car, and it showed!
If you put it on it's roof, just thank god you were in a volvo and not a suzuki/renault/ford!
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Post by 340GLT »

So sorry to hear that mate.
I dread the day that something like that should happen to me and the car, but like everyone else says the car can be replaced maybe even better second time round!!!
Glad you are ok!!!!
Cheers Adam
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Post by MJ »

As everyone else says, thank goodness you're alright, and I'm really sorry about the car :(
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Post by Stuntman »

Sorry mate, but that's one of the reasons tha we drive Volvos, just in case something like this happens, as everyone else here has said it's better you ok than the car.
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Post by redline »

wiktor ,
what can I say but to echo what has been said already , your ok thats the main thing ,
I for one found a lot of the ideas you put into your car inspirational ,
its memory will live on in my redline as I am going to paint the door window frames black ,
as many have said , find another 300 and transfer as much over as you can , best of luck,
oh and just coz your cars gone for now , dont be a stranger here, the 300 is what brings us together but friendships continue long after the cars have gone.
(except in 5labs case of course lol )
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Post by foggyjames »

redline wrote:(except in 5labs case of course lol )
Haha, you bitch sm56

cheers

James
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'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
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Post by antiekeradio »

toooo bad, this! sm88


did the other cars topple over as well??

quite a mess.. as said; strip all the options off that are still OK.

do you have a welder? there's lots of cheap V300's over here that only need some underbody repairs.
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