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reuby_tuesday
Lessons Learnt.
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Well folks

Some advice for the future.

Dont drive a cab-over van or be overweight.
And thats not for good looks.

I had the privilage of dealing with a very messy MVA today involving a new toyota van and landcruiser. Drivers of vans dont fare well in head ons, and fat buggers tend to run out of steam.


Just thought that I would share that since I dont want to see that again any time soon.

Rock on folks

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i also learnt a lesson dont drive to fast on a road you dont know
cause i rolled my ute tonight and well i walked away without a bruise but with a totaled car and half a license thanks to the police who decided to get me for neg driving which was for failing to drive to the road conditions (60 along a dirt road )

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by datto1000wagon on 2008/6/8 22:30:21

i also learnt a lesson dont drive to fast on a road you dont know
cause i rolled my ute tonight and well i walked away without a bruise but with a totaled car and half a license thanks to the police who decided to get me for neg driving which was for failing to drive to the road conditions (60 along a dirt road )



Just thank your lucky stars that you came out unharmed.
You have to remember that one of the purposes of a cabin is to provide protection to the occupants, and if the ute is totalled, but you are fine, then it did its job.
And the police, well remember that they are doing their job too.
Look at it this way, you could be in hosiptal with every modern medical miracle hooked up to you with 5 people buzzing over you, or worse.

Sounds to me like you got a good deal.

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my lesson learnt
brakes are on the car for a reason.....
and the pin that holds the master cylinder to the pedal is important, who would have thought?
i ended up with my sedan humping an S10

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My lesson learnt is not to buy a car on eBay sight unseen and rely only on the photo's supplied by the owner. Bloody photo shop mongrels.

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by datto1000wagon on 2008/6/8 22:30:21

i also learnt a lesson dont drive to fast on a road you dont know
cause i rolled my ute tonight and well i walked away without a bruise but with a totaled car and half a license thanks to the police who decided to get me for neg driving which was for failing to drive to the road conditions (60 along a dirt road )



Just thank your lucky stars that you came out unharmed.
You have to remember that one of the purposes of a cabin is to provide protection to the occupants, and if the ute is totalled, but you are fine, then it did its job.
And the police, well remember that they are doing their job too.
Look at it this way, you could be in hosiptal with every modern medical miracle hooked up to you with 5 people buzzing over you, or worse.

Sounds to me like you got a good deal.

yeh i am really lucky but i have to buy another car as the ute only had 3rd party so im not to happy about that but thank god hiluxs are fairly cheap

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reuby_tuesday wrote:
Well folks

Some advice for the future.

Dont drive a cab-over van or be overweight.
And thats not for good looks.

I had the privilage of dealing with a very messy MVA today involving a new toyota van and landcruiser. Drivers of vans dont fare well in head ons, and fat buggers tend to run out of steam.


Just thought that I would share that since I dont want to see that again any time soon.

Rock on folks


thats messed up, I'm guessing by run out of steam you mean die? I hope i'm never first on the scene of something like that.

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Yeah my old man does accident towing for the RACV, generally picks up motorbikes and 4wds on the black spur, he's seen some horrible, horrible things.

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yeah stay away from cab forward vehicles.... especially kombis.... not nice at all.

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by Tyrie on 2008/6/9 16:41:07

thats messed up, I'm guessing by run out of steam you mean die? I hope i'm never first on the scene of something like that.



Yeah by 'run out of steam' I mean die.

Fit, healthy people are able to cope with trauma better than unfit overweight people. Their hearts can compensate better, organs such as the liver can release sugars and hormones to help the body cope with the drop in blood pressure and electrolyte levels.

Also, it

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