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02-09-2011, 07:54 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Driving into work this morning in my '74 AMC Javelin .. came up behind one of those small "tradie" trucks. Following him at 100km/h for awhile (I had no intention on overtaking 'cos he was doing the speed limit and we were about to come to a 60km/h zone. Suddenly I see "something" fly out from under the truck (no brakes, no swerving, etc) and I realise it's a dead roo. I braked, I swerved, but I still hit it on the passenger side. Bloody and guts throw all over the car to the point it's hard to see ...
I pulled into a carwash to wash of what I could and inspect the damage. Broken front spoiler, dented front valence panel .. and a a lot of blood and guts. Noticed when I got to work that there was still some under the back (fueltank, diff, exhaust) I hadn't washed off .. which will be nice in a few hours. |
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02-09-2011, 07:56 AM
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Oh yum. Lucky I just finished my breakfast!
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02-09-2011, 07:58 AM
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 Actually I'm glad I never finished painting this car .. I've had that many "incidents" with it that I couldn't be bothered continually fixing it up. As flat black it just looks like cr@p anyway .. |
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02-09-2011, 09:14 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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i'm sure these roos have a death wish or something. they seem to go out of their way to get in front of you.
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02-09-2011, 10:15 AM
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The Vengeful One
 
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Delicious!!!
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02-09-2011, 01:37 PM
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Location: Pt Lincoln far side South Oz
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cople of weeks the neighbor hood dogs will not be able to leave it alone. Couldnt understand why our dogs were trying to eat the trucks mudflaps
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02-09-2011, 04:35 PM
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arnt you the one who also hit a wombat in your octane xr6?
where the hell you living? worst luck ever |
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02-09-2011, 06:06 PM
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Location: Perth
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Look on the brightside....it didnt end up IN your car....
Though its a shame it happened anyway..
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02-09-2011, 06:12 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
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Don't you just hate it when they come through your windscreen??
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/ka...902-1jpv6.html
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02-09-2011, 06:30 PM
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02-09-2011, 06:40 PM
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nuthin like the smell of burning roo hair on your exhaust first thing in the morning..............back in tassi mate hita roo in his au xr6 , u could smell burning roo for about a month
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02-09-2011, 06:53 PM
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02-09-2011, 06:58 PM
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that is bad luck, or good luck it was`nt worse i guess, depending how you look at it, they are unpredictable buggers, our local council in their wisdom has made a vacant paddock in the northern reservoir area a nature reserve thing, i don`t think they intended kanga`s to be there but..... there is usually 3 or 4 roo`s floating around, of which one i had to brake in a hurry for a while ago, one of my mates does the lancefield to heidelberg run daily, he has those , i forget what you call them, like a little whistle thing mounted on the front of bumper of his car, er 2 actually , he swears by them., hopefully your pride and joy will be an easy repairer, good luck on that.
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02-09-2011, 09:00 PM
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02-09-2011, 09:22 PM
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The Destroyer
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he's coming right for us
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02-09-2011, 09:27 PM
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one day clever me ran over a plastic bucket... smelt like it was full of dog poo and baby sick.. beware of the plastic bucket trick.....
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