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I supported Toymods
Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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RIP: My much loved baby
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Sat, 30 August 2003 08:43
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well, the excessive tail-happyness I was talking about was my downfall. Cruising the old pac, taking it fairly easy because I kinew the handling had changed with that weight removed from the boot, and I came up to the left hander outside pie in the sky.
Hit a bump/pothole, and that got the back swinging out. Now normally this is fine, back off a little and it slots back in nicely. So I do this, and for some reason it keeps swinging, turning into a big over-correct. unfortunately, there was no room to correct this one, as I was already close to the gutter. so up the gutter I went, and then up the embankment the left side of my car started to go. At this point I thought, in perfect clarity, "fuck, it's going to flip". Then the still-swinging back collected the beginning of the rock wall, spun the car out 90 degrees, and left me facing the rock wall blocking 2 of the 3 lanes of traffic.
Luckily a guy who lives next to pie in the sky heard the crash, came out.. said g'day, the usual. called a mate and a flat-bed towie. firt towie said 20 mins, then 15 mins later called to confirm 5 mins, then 20 mins later didn't show. tried to call him for another 10 mins - no answer. so called ABAL (highly recommended by the way, the guy was nice and careful) and they picked up the car (which was hard - look at damage assessment)
Damage assessment:
-Both front wheels now steer independantly of each other, and the steering wheel (which made the towie's job REALLY hard)
-front left wheel is half buckled under
-right rear has a flat and a 10cm graze on the rim, otherwise fine
-left rear has been ripped mostly off the chassis, and is pushed back into the mud guard.
-Point of impact was on passenger door & 3/4 panel, and it's pushed about 30cm in, in an area about 75cm long
-both left flares ripped off, and partly lodged in various parts of the chassis and wheels
-left 3/4 window is broken
-front bumper has damage
So basically, from the drivers side of the car, it looks absolutely perfect except for a flat tire.
from the back, it looks perfect
from the front, it looks like it's had a rough life, but fine
from the passenger side, it screams "WRITE OFF" - which is what it is.
being stripped for parts, and looking for another supra to put it in. any help would be much appreciated 
and just as I was really getting attached to it, wanting to make it absolutely perfect. *sigh*
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RIP: My much loved baby
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draven | Sat, 30 August 2003 08:43 |
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justcallmefrank | Sat, 30 August 2003 09:22 |
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BlackSupra | Sat, 30 August 2003 09:30 |
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draven | Sat, 30 August 2003 09:53 |
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justcallmefrank | Sat, 30 August 2003 09:55 |
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hotrolla | Sat, 30 August 2003 09:51 |
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manipulate | Sat, 30 August 2003 10:07 |
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draven | Sat, 30 August 2003 10:26 |
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justcallmefrank | Sat, 30 August 2003 11:03 |
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Mr DOHC | Sat, 30 August 2003 11:22 |
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draven | Sat, 30 August 2003 11:22 |
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Bugman | Sat, 30 August 2003 11:18 |
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RobST162 | Sat, 30 August 2003 11:30 |
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RobST162 | Sat, 30 August 2003 11:32 |
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draven | Sat, 30 August 2003 11:33 |
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RobST162 | Sat, 30 August 2003 12:29 |
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draven | Sat, 30 August 2003 13:23 |
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draven | Sat, 30 August 2003 11:21 |
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Stefan | Sat, 30 August 2003 12:45 |
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ed_ma61 | Sat, 30 August 2003 13:37 |
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draven | Sat, 30 August 2003 13:40 |
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ed_ma61 | Sat, 30 August 2003 13:49 |
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draven | Sat, 30 August 2003 13:51 |
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ae86slaver | Sat, 30 August 2003 13:56 |
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STR8 2.8 | Sat, 30 August 2003 15:19 |
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draven | Sat, 30 August 2003 20:44 |
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Lucid | Sun, 31 August 2003 01:21 |
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gtman | Sun, 31 August 2003 06:02 |
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draven | Sun, 31 August 2003 08:07 |
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justcallmefrank | Sun, 31 August 2003 08:10 |
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draven | Sun, 31 August 2003 08:13 |
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Bugman | Sun, 31 August 2003 08:16 |
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draven | Sun, 31 August 2003 08:24 |
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DiZ_ | Sun, 31 August 2003 08:41 |
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Alchemist | Sun, 31 August 2003 09:43 |
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draven | Sun, 31 August 2003 11:04 |
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Bugman | Sun, 31 August 2003 10:19 |
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draven | Sun, 31 August 2003 10:50 |
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Bugman | Sun, 31 August 2003 11:03 |
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Mazda626 | Sun, 31 August 2003 16:28 |
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draven | Sun, 31 August 2003 23:21 |
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Mazda626 | Mon, 01 September 2003 05:31 |
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Norbie | Sun, 31 August 2003 23:48 |
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draven | Mon, 01 September 2003 00:32 |
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Nark | Mon, 01 September 2003 00:23 |
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V8_MA61 | Tue, 02 September 2003 09:15 |
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7M-Brisbane | Mon, 08 September 2003 00:03 |
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Les | Tue, 09 September 2003 03:37 |
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draven | Tue, 09 September 2003 03:48 |
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Evil_Foetus | Thu, 11 September 2003 10:21 |
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draven | Thu, 11 September 2003 13:07 |
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Evil_Foetus | Sat, 13 September 2003 02:33 |
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draven | Sat, 13 September 2003 02:35 |
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Evil_Foetus | Sat, 13 September 2003 02:42 |
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draven | Wed, 24 September 2003 12:01 |
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RobST162 | Wed, 24 September 2003 12:47 |
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ZZT231 | Thu, 25 September 2003 10:50 |
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Evil_Foetus | Sat, 27 September 2003 02:44 |
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draven | Sun, 28 September 2003 16:06 |
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Allan | Sun, 19 October 2003 11:55 |
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draven | Sun, 19 October 2003 12:26 |
