Last nite I was driving home from a mates place i cum around a corner and a dog sprints out infront of me, I hit the brakes and swerved and because the chassis rail was rusted out it collapsed and sent me sliding sideways into a box kerb, ext thing i know Im upside down and trying to undo my seatbelt. me and my mate got out OK. our friends were about 2 minutes behind us, soon as they seen the ute they run out of da car and tip it bak on its wheels, we towed it back to my mates place but it didnt go 2 good as i had no steering and the rhf wheel was sideways and locked up.

The panel damage isnt to bad its just all the bog has fallen out and off, the roof is crushed a little bit, the chassis rail is pushed through the floor, and the right hand side has a few dents and scratches other than that though every thing else as in lights and that are good so yeh.

Shoot!! Another ute bites the dust!! Good to hear every1,s ok!! But rusted chassis rail??Whoa.

by the sounds of the ute condition... you were very lucky...

got any piccies, sounds like the poor girl is heading for a strip right before it gets droped of at the wrecking yard

Yeh im surprised the ute didnt snap in half theres that much bog and rust in it.

oh well just need a new shell now

if the ute was that bad to snap the chassis rail it shouldnt have been on the road to start off with....imagine if you actually hit something hard

personally i like feeling safe in my car

Quote:This is why we have annual vehicle inspections in NSW.
It scares me to know that there are an unknown number of cars like this cruising around in some other states. Death traps just waiting to become somebody's coffin.
There aught to be a law says I, but I'm glad that everyone is OK. [this time]

but these same laws would also be the ones that would take my car off the road for having GTR brakes and 15s and such

but surely if you knew that your CHASSIS RAILS were rusted you wouldnt drive it....being what holds the car straight and all

When I bought it over the phone the guy could of told me when I asked is ther any rust the chassis was about to snap in half but he just said there was a little bit in the tray.

when it got here and i had a look, the stabaliser bar was hanging off one side and when you moved the steering wheel the steering box would move on the chassis with the bolts done up

we need pics