94 replies to this topic

[theotherjonnymac]

Glad to see you are on the mend

[jaylin]

Those pic's are not a nice sight! Very very best of luck with your recovery.

[ianrm]

So glad you survived all the best for your long road to recovery.

[L315H]

Blimey, glad your ok dude. Have a good rest and get well soon...

[almar]

Hope you have a quick recovery

[boghouse]

Wishing you a quick recovery mate...Oh and if you ever need any orthopaedic help give us a shout as between me; my colleagues and my better half we know a lot of good surgeons/ physios. Gotta say the VX looks to have protected you "reasonably" well for a head on.

[southpaw]

Very glad to hear that you are ok after seeing those pics Get well soon!

[smithers]

Lucky man Glad to hear the other participants were ok as well. All you need to do now is perfect those wheelies in the chair - get cracking

[Wazzer]

Just glad you and everyone else is ok. Hope your recovery is smooth.

[iceman]

Gosh Nick. You sure have taken a large piece of lady luck's cake there and stuffed it. I guess bones knit and meld, flesh and skin rejuvenate and scars fade and add character but that fragile candlelight of life can all too easily be snuffed out by the merest of jolts or blasts from life's cruel wind. I'm so happy to see that light that is you is still burning bright. This looks to have the fingerprints of a fate that refused to see you pay the piper all over it and i am more than aware that this could all too easily have been a thread about the loss of a vx-er as well as a vx. Wishing you strength for as quick and as painless a recovery as is humanly possible. I know from personally suffering massively traumatic injuries myself also, that there are many more painful steps ahead of you, we're with you every step of the way. Best regards... ..icey.

Edited by iceman, 14 February 2009 - 02:08 AM.

[Cookies220]

Ouch bloody ouch! All the best for your recovery mate.

[forgotmepassword]

Wow....that looked nasty. Good thing you can't remember too much about it. Glad the ladies in the Clio weren't hurt badly and that you, although badly injured, should be back to pre accident shape within the year. You should be pulling off some pretty nifty moves in the wheelchair in that time.

[Simply the Best]

I am very sorry to see this Nick - I remember meeting you at the Midlands meet just the weekend after you bought the car; you let your mom drive back from the Waterman. You are indeed very lucky to be alive; cars can be replaced, but people can't Get practicing going sideways in that wheelchair - I knew someone from on my beat that had a motor fitted to theirs; it could do 40mph!!! Damn thing needed a licence - used to have us in stitches seeing the old guy go down the road on it (his son fitted the motor ... and it 'probably wasn't legal' ). I hope to see you at some of the meets when you have made a recovery - best of luck with it and take the very best of care Thinking of you N x

[malcz]

OUCH !! Best of luck with the recovery.

[VXTlover]

Phew and mega-ouch! I wish you a speedy recovery.

[Muncher]

Phew and mega-ouch! I wish you a speedy recovery.

Hope you get well soon buddy. This is one of the prime reasons I have a 4 point harness, hopefully it's never really required...

[danger7]

Wishing you a speedy recovery and I hope you are out and about soon. God bless Ian

[jonnyboy]

Crikey you have been lucky it seems! One thing thats always surprised me when these things crop up is the usual "oh these are tough little cars" comments. They are not tough cars! They are made out of rice paper! The word "disitergrate" often crops up with VX crashes and we've heard of a couple of fatalities over the last year or two. Something everyone should bear in mind when driving them.

[LazyDonkey]

Crikey you have been lucky it seems!

One thing thats always surprised me when these things crop up is the usual "oh these are tough little cars" comments. They are not tough cars! They are made out of rice paper! The word "disitergrate" often crops up with VX crashes and we've heard of a couple of fatalities over the last year or two. Something everyone should bear in mind when driving them.

eh? He walked away from a head on collision and you're saying it isn't a tough car?

The bodywork disentergrates yes but that aborbs energy as it does so and you wouldnt really expect fibreglass to do anything more. I've been on the forum almost 5 years now and I can safely say im confident that there are many many people who owe their life to the car and that i wouldnt be any happier in an NCAP 19 star car surrounded by airbags.

Crash any modern car and it will look a real mess afterwards due to all the crumple zones etc - the glassfibre does the same thing.

[hopper2k]

OMG Mate.. When you see the car you think whoever was driving that is maybe not around anymore to tell the tale so really glad your ok and everyone involved was ok, good luck in getting everything sorted buddy.