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smashed_wombat Forums Junkie Location: Melbourne Registered: March 2004	ST162 vs. Tree - !!! ITS FIXED !!! Sun, 18 April 2004 07:22 Yesterday I was out for a drive along Bryson's Rd, Warranwood. It had just rained and i was about to learn an important lesson. It happened on this descending, blind corner type thing (kinda like the first half of the 'corkscrew' at Laguna Seca). The surface is pretty poor - the bitumen is missing on parts and the glazed tar is showing. I was on the brakes, and it was downhill so the rear of the car was pretty light. As i came around the apex there was a Landcruiser coming up the other way - he was just over the line in the middle of the road. I jerked the wheel to avoid him (mistake #1) causing the rear right to lock and the tail of my car to slide out. Then i over corrected it (mistake #2)and it started fishtailing. The car ended up going sideways into a tree on the edge of a gully. Luckily my 2 passengers and I walked away without a scratch and after we got it towed from the embankment i drove it home. It could've been so much worse - apparently 1 car a month goes off the road there. The last one missed the trees and ended up on its roof in the bottom of the gully~ I drive down that road often, but usually in the Rav which has better traction in the wet, and never noticed how bad that corner really was. My poor baby ; The chassis sill will be hard ( = expensive) to fix; As will this; Hopefully this can be beaten out and bogged up alright; Could anyone hazard a guess as to how much they reckon this'll cost to fix? I don't think the chassis is bent - the alignment was still good and the car wasn't crabbing on the way home. How much would a complete door (w/ trim) cost? All the electrics in mine still work so hopefully they can be salvaged. [Updated on: Thu, 20 May 2004 07:51] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	ST162 vs. Tree - !!! ITS FIXED !!!	smashed_wombat	Sun, 18 April 2004 07:22
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	smashed_wombat	Sun, 18 April 2004 07:35
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	Apollo	Sun, 18 April 2004 07:40
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	Les	Sun, 18 April 2004 08:23
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	Camry_omega	Sun, 18 April 2004 08:57
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	smashed_wombat	Sun, 18 April 2004 10:12
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	Caledwvech	Tue, 20 April 2004 06:22
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	Evil_Foetus	Sun, 18 April 2004 12:07
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	RobST162	Mon, 19 April 2004 03:53
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	smashed_wombat	Mon, 19 April 2004 08:52
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	TRD-ST162	Mon, 19 April 2004 14:01
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	ronin11	Sat, 24 April 2004 00:34
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	smashed_wombat	Sat, 24 April 2004 09:10
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	SetMeFree	Sat, 24 April 2004 09:12
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	sharmz	Sat, 24 April 2004 11:28
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree	smashed_wombat	Thu, 20 May 2004 07:39
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree - !!! ITS FIXED !!!	Arch	Thu, 20 May 2004 22:43
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree - !!! ITS FIXED !!!	stereomike	Sat, 22 May 2004 04:41
	Re: ST162 vs. Tree - !!! ITS FIXED !!!	dar_sbb	Sat, 19 June 2004 01:09

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