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 Post subject: Another one bites the dust
PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 8:31 am 
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I write with great sadness to say I wrote the Zee off yesterday.

We are all OK, but my pride is dented.

Lynne and I are very upset to loose our car.

Lets hope the insurance looks after us.

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Sorry to hear ... glad you're OK ... hope the monetary loss will be limited and you can find a nice replacement ...

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 9:24 am 
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:cry:

Thanks Gary - i think this picture depicts my emotion.

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What, may I ask, happened??? :(

I'm sorry to hear about that.

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Damn. Am I starting the curse again? I thought I gave that ghost up. Hope the insurance does their job. At least your are ok even though that doesn't make things better.


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 1:19 pm 
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Sorry to hear. Wish you Good Luck for insurance and replacement.

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Thanks for your comments guys.

To explain simply what happened - I was driving on a road I know quite well. It was wet and I had been travelling at reasonable speed, but as I approached a bend I eased up to approx. 40, no prblem for the bend. But as I went round I drifted big style. I ended up a soil bank on the side of the road, by this time I had stop moving, only to roll off the bank onto the roof.

Sh!t, (sorry I swore) even with the car on the recovery truck completely wrecked, it still looked stunning.

As I said we are lucky, we are perectly OK - very upset.

Daniel my 6 year old was also with us. Luckily it hasn't bothered him. He jumped out (after I undid his seat belt) and was fine. Later he cried, but in those tears he said he wanted his Camaro back.


I will keep you informed with what happened.

At least I have experience of modding one Camaro, next please. IN the mean time, you please give me some more ideas what else I can be doing!!!!

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Very glad to hear that the family wasn't hurt! And I'm sure the insurance will help you continue on with the next vehicle. Good luck and stay safe.

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will you be able to recover some of the mod parts? Probably easier than shipping from the states ...

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Man that's horrible to hear. Do you think you be able to get any pics of it? I sound perverted but I'd like to see just how bad it was.

Glad you and your family are well despite the wreck.


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:shock: :( :( :(

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One of the guys I was with has some piuctures of it upside down. I'll try and post them in the near future.

I have been asking about recovering the parts, 2 things: 1) are they damaged? and 2) the insurance assessor will start and kncok down the money I get!!!!!

I'm still working on getting the most so I'll keep you posted.

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Gut wrenching.

Come on, everybody, now we have to talk him out of a Holden HSV!


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I was recently up there in central England, Manchester and north of Manchester, Swindon/ Salisbury, Stratford on Avon, London and some other places.

Go with what will make you most happy and satidfied in the long run, whatever it is.

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Jagsy, you are lucky you did not drive a Camaro Convertable.

I alwasy hated the roll over protection bars on convertables and always thought that the chance of a roll over is very little.

But as you see.....

German automobile club ADAC has just tested convertables in a roll over crash test: In a Mazda MX5 without any protection bar one has only little chance to survive.

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Yes, I would question myself before I bought a soft top - it would definately have to have a roll cage fitted.

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And a "For Hire" roof bar. He he. How's that HSV?


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