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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: jbcollier on Saturday,January 09, 2021, 04:13:08 PM
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Apparently:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-hrQcv8K/0/280f809b/O/large.Image_df56d3f2-b896-4da1-adf3-165803286d6b.jpg.6b801caf041ddd36fc27d8ddd01d4a53.jpg)
Slid off the road on a wet day. Didn't even crack the windshield!
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-HnBswCq/0/50baeac3/X2/large.RedimensionnerDSC_0152.jpg.4a93736baf2d21f533921902a06f179e-X2.jpg)
Even 47s get in on the fun...
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Lotus-Europa/i-nGw5Ds4/0/f834a82c/O/large.Type47-2.jpg.d54435efb5f836cad09ce5933bcb3119.jpg)
(I think the windshield cracked on this one though)
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Bummer!! Thankfully, there doesn't appear to be a lot of damage - at least, not as much as I would fear!
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I would seriously doubt it! I think we can ask Serge , he flipped his without a drivetrain.
Dakazman
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That Europa looks remarkably unscathed.
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Hopefully just new underwear and they were off again.
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It would be tricky turning the car the correct way up without causing further damage...
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Wow, an unlucky event with a lucky outcome. looks like you got away without major damage.
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No one here. From a French thread. They have a large French Europa gathering every year and this happened on a wet drive. Slid off the road and the wet grass and shape of the roadside bank did the work. Not sure how they flipped it back. There were a lot of them so they could just have picked it up.
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I saw a similar website from the Netherlands where a guy let his younger brother drive his Europa...He ended up flipping it and causing only minor damage.
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Is this one of the unsung advantages to Europas - that you can flip them over and not do much damage?!
As flimsy as the roof is, I'm surprised that the occupants didn't suffer any injuries (at least I hope they didn't!). I guess the 'B' pillar helps a lot there.
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I can't speak for the S2/TC/TCS cars but the S1 is enormously strong in the B-pillar area.
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I suspect cutting the sails down on the TC didn't impact the strength of the 'B' pillar significantly - at least in the vertical plane.