Am I going Mad?

[MSI64]

I have a question that someone out there in Fronty land may be able to answer.
After last weeks disaster where my wheel came off my Beast, I have had her fixed and all seems fine However!!!!

My Fronty now feels funny as if the steering is loose. Im also constantly listening for the smallest sounds. Is this normal after having a smash?
Am I being paranoid? Im even considering selling her as I dont seem to have as much fum driving her Please help me out someone

[Red Oktober]

perfectly normal ...especialy after a smash

[Sir-Doris]

Perfectly normal I would think. I loaned mine to a supposed friend and he crashed it 200 yards down the road. It took me a year or so before I started to forget about it. I get a similar feeling when I drive other cars and then drive the fronty again, except it only lasts for a couple of miles in that case.

[dandan]

I had a similar thing after a tyre burst whilst I was driving my ex's Corsa, on the M26 at 70MPH (honest). Ended up sideways with the nose buried under the central barrier and missing the drivers side wheel and everything attached to it. For about a year after no matter what car I was driving I was always "hearing" noises (no comment) and became overly cautious.

[millie18]

if you are still slightly over cautious just take it to another garage just to get the wheel checked ya its more money but it a good piece of mind you will have in return

[Drift]

Im paranoid about every noise any way

And there are lots

[dickycaz]

just turn up the stereo and relax and enjoy your truck

[andysd1]

Im paranoid about every noise any way

And there are lots

ste, the noise you make geting of the couch dont count

[Drift]

you can smell it that side of Kirkby

[Annamarie Oktober]

its that bad is it ..oh carl says yes it is ........but he's got room to talk about smells

[muddypluka]

i got shunted from behind while in quing traffic the guy was traveling at 40 +
now whenever i have to break hard im watching the rear view panicking itl happen again and that was jan last year 14 months ago
and if u think you hear noises welcome to fronty ownership its when they stop u need to worry
chris

[Rich2.4i]

i got shunted from behind while in quing traffic the guy was traveling at 40 +
now whenever i have to break hard im watching the rear view panicking itl happen again and that was jan last year 14 months ago

Same happened to me 13 years ago & i still panic a bit if i have to stop in traffic or to turn across the road & i can see something coming up behind me fast ......

i was driving a cav at the time & it ended up shorter than a corsa after i was hit by a BMW 5 series

[muddypluka]

i have to admit its not the most plesant experiance ive had but the frontie took it like a man i only lost a rear light lense it totaled the 306 that hit me and lifted the front of my truck onto a rover 75 ( the poor mans jag )
hd towbar and bull bar bore the blunt of the pressures and my neck of corse

[NiftyWolfie]

isnt one reason for owning a 4x4 that most accidents wont be as bad as if we was in a normal car ?

[muddypluka]

most defanatly saftey first self preservation is the name of the game
id be a foot shorter if id been in anything small like a clio or corsa
it dosent bear thinking about

[NiftyWolfie]

you a foot shorter? that would be small....ya right though safety of yaself and family comes first everytime

So if ya suspect a noise just have a quick check make sure nothing has allen off the fronty !

[Drift]

isn't one reason for owning a 4x4 that most accidents wont be as bad as if we was in a normal car ?

To be honest safety begins at the driver, the vehicle is a variating factor in the equation, you can be killed in any vehicle and you can be kill by any vehicle, the only mitigating factors are other peoples Acton's.

[Red Oktober]

my biggest accident was when i got my off side rear quarter cliped by an artic on a narrow(ish) A road ..
the mk4 escort estate i was driving ended up about half the size of an old mini atfer the lorry made the car spin around on the road then fly over a hedge ...wouldn't have been that bad but the road level was 20ft higher than the level of the field that i landed in ....

me and my mate walked away with just a couple of scratches ....we were very lucky ...as the same day a brand new pug 406 came off the A30 and the passenger was killed instatly and the driver never re-gained consciousness

[MSI64]

Thanks everyone for putting my mind at rest (and making me feel a little sheepish ) Im going to get her checked out, I love my fronty so Im going to work through the paranoia. Cheers all

[pidge]

i got shunted about two months ago some of you might have read and a cheque came through the door today for £3473.27 !!
my neck still hurts but i am going on holiday with it to relax for a week and do nothing!!