R.I.P. Kia!

Kia...
Killed In Action, the name suits it now...

Right.. I was driving home from visiting my sister and her bf and was on the motorway, I came to "my" offramp when the car decided it did not want to go any further and hit a bit of concrete behind a reflective sign at close to 40 mph, I walked away without any marks...

I belive there was someone or something watching over me, I did not even get a mark from the seatbelt.

Pics to come I just have to work up the nerve to go back to where I left my car so I can take some pics...

I've also made up my mind not to get behind the wheel of another car until further notice, after all 2 wrecked cars in 7 years is enough!

I've lost all will to drive!

sorry to hear it mate these things happen, dont let it put you off though at least your okay

jason

Yeah well I'm not gonna drive until I'm ready however long that may take.

I feel for you i know how it feels i have got through 3 cars in 2 years you just got to get your confidence back and be carefull

thats not good, glad you're ok.

what was that then, less than a week of ownership?

6 days of ownership munkul
Thanks guys..
Pics as promised!

what a mess! the concrete won this fight hands down i see

Jason

Yes it did and the hole in the tyre is huge!
I'm guessing about £8-9000 in damages right there!
On a £600 car

Probably not worth spending the money on it then if it's going to cost that much plus it might not drive quite like it drove before aswell.

Yankee wrote:Yes it did and the hole in the tyre is huge!
I'm guessing about £8-9000 in damages right there!
On a £600 car

not that id advise you repairing that car at all but we have just put a Volvo V70 T5 2000 back on the road for 1800 and it was in a similar state using a donor car

Jason

This car is not getting fixed, I will however look into cars like vw caddy/opel combo/ford transit connect when the time is right

WOW stay away from the Combo's they are very unreliable from my past experience's with them

Will do!

Not a nice site to see

Even a worse site from the drivers seat.

glad to hear your ok mate and i stand by rybo on the combo, even a fiat van would be better

Thanks i agree Fiat vans are good easier to fix and look better

Did Fiat make a small 2 seater van?

Yes the Fiat Doblo and it looks good too they do different options init where you can have seats in the back or the box version van.

they also did van vrsions of the punto and the bravo although they are the same size as a car lol they also did the scudo which is the same size as the transit connect lwb

Googled those cars and don't like any of them, will take my time finding another car/van

Forgot to mension the Scudo good vans not had many issues with them only Diesel version though reliable engine.

Well I think the Ford Connect and VW Caddy looks lots better but that's just me.

I like both them too favorite out of them two has to be the VW Caddy new shape Suzuki Carry is a reliable van to look in to buying.

I'll have a look once I'm done playing on my xbox