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worst accident damaged patrol i have seen

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:33 am
by jessie928
with trailer still, i wonder what the story was :shock:

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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:51 am
by GUtripper
Holy fcuk, thats bad.
Id guess and impact (head on) with a semi or something big.
Where did you see it?

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:13 am
by jessie928
GUtripper wrote:Holy fcuk, thats bad.
Id guess and impact (head on) with a semi or something big.
Where did you see it?
its at a salvage auction

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:23 am
by SLASH
That is insane. Makes you wanna drive slow. Salvage, you would think it would go straight to the recyclers.

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:49 am
by lewie
shotty the spare :P

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:14 am
by Simo63
Jeezus Jes .. that's bad ... must have hit a truck or train head on to do that sort of damage. Obviously a fatal .. at least one .... but anyone else in the car would be hard pressed to survive you would think.

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:15 am
by ludacris
:shock: At least the wheel cover is salvagable. :shock:

Cris

Re: worst accident damaged patrol i have seen

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:43 pm
by Simo63
jessie928 wrote:with trailer still, i wonder what the story was :shock:

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I'd say by the looks of it, the car is loaded with household items (is that a washing machine or a dryer??) Certainly looks to be full of household items so maybe leaving home? Then maybe leaving home in unhappy circumstances .... then maybe driven into oncoming truck in an act of self harm?

Purely guessing but whatever the reason, the result is big.

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:56 pm
by toaddog
Was there much claret inside when you took the pictures

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:01 pm
by bogged
jessie928 wrote:
GUtripper wrote:Holy fcuk, thats bad.
Id guess and impact (head on) with a semi or something big.
Where did you see it?
its at a salvage auction
oh yea shit loads there thats useable!!

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:01 pm
by Simo63
bogged wrote:
jessie928 wrote:
GUtripper wrote:Holy fcuk, thats bad.
Id guess and impact (head on) with a semi or something big.
Where did you see it?
its at a salvage auction
oh yea shit loads there thats useable!!
Might have a good ZD30 in it :D

Hang on there is no such thing .. sorry

Re: worst accident damaged patrol i have seen

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:09 pm
by KIWI
Simo63 wrote: I'd say by the looks of it, the car is loaded with household items (is that a washing machine or a dryer??) Certainly looks to be full of household items so maybe leaving home? Then maybe leaving home in unhappy circumstances .... then maybe driven into oncoming truck in an act of self harm?

Purely guessing but whatever the reason, the result is big.
That would have to be one of the most inconsiderate dumb ar$ed comments to even make.
Why even post crap like that?

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:19 pm
by bogged
GUtripper wrote:Holy fcuk, thats bad.
Id guess and impact (head on) with a semi or something big.
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Re: worst accident damaged patrol i have seen

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:02 pm
by PacMan
Simo63 wrote:
jessie928 wrote:with trailer still, i wonder what the story was :shock:

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I'd say by the looks of it, the car is loaded with household items (is that a washing machine or a dryer??) Certainly looks to be full of household items so maybe leaving home? Then maybe leaving home in unhappy circumstances .... then maybe driven into oncoming truck in an act of self harm?

Purely guessing but whatever the reason, the result is big.
Do they sell cars here in oz, where people died in?
Because i think nobody got alive out of it.
Hopefully this car wasnt driven when the accident happend.

greetings
Chris

Re: worst accident damaged patrol i have seen

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:35 pm
by Simo63
KIWI wrote:
Simo63 wrote: I'd say by the looks of it, the car is loaded with household items (is that a washing machine or a dryer??) Certainly looks to be full of household items so maybe leaving home? Then maybe leaving home in unhappy circumstances .... then maybe driven into oncoming truck in an act of self harm?

Purely guessing but whatever the reason, the result is big.
That would have to be one of the most inconsiderate dumb ar$ed comments to even make.
Why even post crap like that?
To piss people like you off obviously :D

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:43 pm
by KIWI
And I'm sure you'd find it amusing if it were someone you knew involved in the accident? If it does happen, please post it up here so I can do the same.

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:46 pm
by Bingham
Simo63 wrote:
bogged wrote:
jessie928 wrote:
GUtripper wrote:Holy fcuk, thats bad.
Id guess and impact (head on) with a semi or something big.
Where did you see it?
its at a salvage auction
oh yea shit loads there thats useable!!
Might have a good ZD30 in it :D

Hang on there is no such thing .. sorry
i could have got a spare! kidding i got 750 on mine now and got a good feeling this one might hit 120 000 km before blowing up!

And yes those pics are an eye opener...

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:50 pm
by chunks
Look at the front left tyre, looks like its had a blow out. Could have happened at high speed and then lost control and went head on with something big. Weird thing is it doesn't really look like anyone was in the car, wouldn't it be all cut open from the jaws of life when they were trying to get them out?

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:53 pm
by KIWI
chunks wrote:Look at the front left tyre, looks like its had a blow out. Could have happened at high speed and then lost control and went head on with something big. Weird thing is it doesn't really look like anyone was in the car, wouldn't it be all cut open from the jaws of life when they were trying to get them out?
Certainly has that look to it

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:57 pm
by Simo63
KIWI wrote:And I'm sure you'd find it amusing if it were someone you knew involved in the accident? If it does happen, please post it up here so I can do the same.
Actually no I don't find it amusing. Where did I say I found it amusing? You must be a fit person with all your jumping to conclusions. Either that or you knew the assumed deceased?

Like I said it's a big accident and I hope nobody was in the car at the time it was hit. I was merely responding to Jes's first question "I wonder what the story was". I've seen many bad accidents in my time and to do that much damage to the Patrol would indicate a combination of lots of speed, no braking at all and a direct hit. Of course you can be unlucky but rarely do all three of these elements combine without intent.

Another theory is that the driver went to sleep, put their foot down and drove straight into an oncoming truck ... there .. does that make you feel better? Please note I'm still not finding the thought of human life loss funny so don't go jumping to conclusions again.

Of course .. I'm finding you and your responses quite amusing though :finger:

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:01 pm
by Simo63
chunks wrote:Look at the front left tyre, looks like its had a blow out. Could have happened at high speed and then lost control and went head on with something big. Weird thing is it doesn't really look like anyone was in the car, wouldn't it be all cut open from the jaws of life when they were trying to get them out?
I agree as well, the tyre does look like it's had a blow out. And the pic showing the B pillar on the ground looks to me like it's been cut out using the jaws so I would suspect the car was occupied at the time unfortunately.

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:48 pm
by bogged
chunks wrote:Look at the front left tyre, looks like its had a blow out.
Could have been right rear fell off..
Nobody could tell how it happened, anyone of a trillion things...

maybe the dude fell asleep...

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:02 pm
by tweak'e
Simo63 wrote:
chunks wrote:Look at the front left tyre, looks like its had a blow out. Could have happened at high speed and then lost control and went head on with something big. Weird thing is it doesn't really look like anyone was in the car, wouldn't it be all cut open from the jaws of life when they were trying to get them out?
I agree as well, the tyre does look like it's had a blow out. And the pic showing the B pillar on the ground looks to me like it's been cut out using the jaws so I would suspect the car was occupied at the time unfortunately.
front tires probably blew in the collision. however what's probably more important is the missing right rear wheel. the other's, especially the front survived the impact but the rear didn't ??
could have easily had the rear rim come off and got thrown into the oncoming traffic.
could have been muiltable other things.
just hope its no one from here.

:(

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:15 pm
by zuffen
As a motor vehilces insurer for many years I had he odd occassion to deal with fatal crashes.

Let me assue you it is never easy.

Even 10 years after my last one I still feel the pain!

This was a biggie and salvaging parts may need to the use of latex gloves.

Re: worst accident damaged patrol i have seen

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:38 pm
by chunderlicious
PacMan wrote:
Do they sell cars here in oz, where people died in?
Because i think nobody got alive out of it.
Hopefully this car wasnt driven when the accident happend.
yeah they do sell them. when i bought a motor a few years ago from a wreckers in slacks creek, there was an au falcon that had hit a pole, ripped the boot/ rear end off, then rolled a few times completely crushing the cab flat with the door. never seen so much blood in my life, didnt even look like it was cleaned up at all. seats were red, floor was dried pools of blood.

didnt wanna drive at all for a while after that

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:19 pm
by Simo63
bogged wrote:
chunks wrote:Look at the front left tyre, looks like its had a blow out.
Could have been right rear fell off..
Nobody could tell how it happened, anyone of a trillion things...

maybe the dude fell asleep...
Actually now you mention it Bruce, isn't there a problem with GU's breaking wheel studs?

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:02 pm
by love ke70
Simo63 wrote:
bogged wrote:
chunks wrote:Look at the front left tyre, looks like its had a blow out.
Could have been right rear fell off..
Nobody could tell how it happened, anyone of a trillion things...

maybe the dude fell asleep...
Actually now you mention it Bruce, isn't there a problem with GU's breaking wheel studs?
GU and GQ with alloys like to launch wheels into into the scenery. usually wheel studs vanishing, and then breaking studs, not so much just snapping studs. i did a left rear, and so have a few other people i know of, but the common story tends to be right hand...


when mine came off, it wasnt hard to keep the car in a straight line..


and to chunderlicious, you should ahve said something, before a wrecker takes hold of a car they should be cleaned completely.

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:56 am
by garth
F#$k me! that's quite possibly the worst 4x4 wreck I ever seen, very sobering, makes you realise that even in a big truck with bull bars you are NOT invincible....

R.I.P

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:01 am
by KIWI
Simo63 wrote:
KIWI wrote:And I'm sure you'd find it amusing if it were someone you knew involved in the accident? If it does happen, please post it up here so I can do the same.
Actually no I don't find it amusing. Where did I say I found it amusing? You must be a fit person with all your jumping to conclusions. Either that or you knew the assumed deceased?

Like I said it's a big accident and I hope nobody was in the car at the time it was hit. I was merely responding to Jes's first question "I wonder what the story was". I've seen many bad accidents in my time and to do that much damage to the Patrol would indicate a combination of lots of speed, no braking at all and a direct hit. Of course you can be unlucky but rarely do all three of these elements combine without intent.

Another theory is that the driver went to sleep, put their foot down and drove straight into an oncoming truck ... there .. does that make you feel better? Please note I'm still not finding the thought of human life loss funny so don't go jumping to conclusions again.

Of course .. I'm finding you and your responses quite amusing though :finger:
Sorry, you are right, it was someone elses comment on first dibs on the spare wheel. Just don't see the need to make light hearted comments over something that may potentially have taken someones life.
I do however find the comment that someone could have done this deliberately a little overboard. Theres a difference between commenting on an accident, and possible suicide, but thats just me seeing it from the point of view as if it were someone I knew

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:00 pm
by bogged
Simo63 wrote:
bogged wrote:
chunks wrote:Look at the front left tyre, looks like its had a blow out.
Could have been right rear fell off..
Nobody could tell how it happened, anyone of a trillion things...

maybe the dude fell asleep...
Actually now you mention it Bruce, isn't there a problem with GU's breaking wheel studs?
more often Alloys.