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Old 09-10-2008, 02:53 PM   #1
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Old 09-10-2008, 02:55 PM   #2
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Nice work! Did the bags go off?
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Old 09-10-2008, 04:04 PM   #3
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Nice work! Did the bags go off?
No - they did not deploy - all ok in the car - seems like it can be repaired but not 100% on that yet.

All i got was the call, Dad hit a tree can you pick us up, apparantly very lucky not to take out several cars, but by avoiding them and a stobey pole the tree had the last laugh.
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Old 09-10-2008, 04:13 PM   #4
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small car, small tree?? because I cant see a thing.

im gathering it was a focus hitting a tree
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I generally find that a circular saw works well on small trees.
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Old 09-10-2008, 04:16 PM   #6
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small car, small tree?? because I cant see a thing.

im gathering it was a focus hitting a tree
Black (06/07) focus.
Left front damage - headlights, guard, bumper.
looks to be on the other side of the road.

(I sometimes can not see pics as well)
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im gathering it was a focus hitting a tree
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Old 09-10-2008, 05:05 PM   #8
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Another foot or so to the right and he would have missed!!!
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Old 09-10-2008, 08:20 PM   #9
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Another foot or so to the right and he would have missed!!!
The tree probably stopped her from opening the house up hehind (in the pic) for a pre scheduled open inspection, as she was heading straight for the house, hit the tree and spun it perfectly up onto the footpath.

The drivers side rims and tyres are shagged as they hit the medium stip, blew the fron tyre right out and the rear has a huge bubble in the wall.

from the marks id say lucky it did not roll. still only a car and they can be fixed.
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Old 09-10-2008, 08:32 PM   #10
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still only a car and they can be fixed.
and the tree can be replaced as well : as long as you can walk away...
On another point raised earlier about air bags, there was a report recently in the Canberra Times where an air bag went off on a blokes ute. Apparently scared the beejesus out of him. Ford sent up a rep to inspect the vehicle but it is reported there was no body damage anywhere. Have not seen a thing about this since the original article.
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The tree probably stopped her from opening the house up hehind (in the pic) for a pre scheduled open inspection, as she was heading straight for the house, hit the tree and spun it perfectly up onto the footpath.

The drivers side rims and tyres are shagged as they hit the medium stip, blew the fron tyre right out and the rear has a huge bubble in the wall.

from the marks id say lucky it did not roll. still only a car and they can be fixed.
Next time you see her, let her know it's probably a good idea to drive on the black stuff. Less trees.
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Old 10-10-2008, 12:55 AM   #12
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it will buff out. sorry vtech musta kicked in yo!
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Bummer, bit off a mess. What was she tring to dodge in the first place to cause this accident ?
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Old 10-10-2008, 08:01 AM   #14
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it will buff out. sorry vtech musta kicked in yo!
Hahahaha yo :
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Next time you see her, let her know it's probably a good idea to drive on the black stuff. Less trees.
Yep, she lives at home so will pass on your thoughts :

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it will buff out. sorry vtech musta kicked in yo!
No mate it was the kenne bell from blue power development (focus division)

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Bummer, bit off a mess. What was she tring to dodge in the first place to cause this accident ?
No mate clipped the side of the roundabout, with a dodgey camber on the road, small gap ( raodway ), trying to miss cars it all went wrong from there, over in nano seconds.
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No mate clipped the side of the roundabout, with a dodgey camber on the road, small gap ( raodway ), trying to miss cars it all went wrong from there, over in nano seconds.
Ahhhhhh, fair enough !. Had the same thing happen to me back on my P plates in my old XE years ago, except i'll admit i was being a hoon trying to pass through a round about at 100km (young and stupid I was), had 'billet' rims on the car, clipped the curb at 100km+, ripped pretty much the whole left suspension/steering rods/ etc etc clean from the car. The front left wheel and my car ended up on the nature strip. Suprisingly there wasn't a mark on the rim/it wasn't even buckled !, yet it ripped the whole front end out long with it, and tought me a serious lesson !.

I hope there isn't too much damage to fix on the car, gl with it all , cheers.
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