bye bye calais :(

PaRaDoX · #1 23-09-2007, 08:07 AM

sad weekend for me, yesterday my calais met its untimely death
towing my car up the hume fwy when a gust of wind from a passing semi hit us, we fish tailed @ 100km/h launching my car a good meter into the air, its got bent axels, broken bodykit, cut up sup frame, i think it cut thru the trans and exhust... my mum was driving, but luckily no one was hurt... it was just a freak accident.. the cars got alot of damage and wont be fixed

cxcxcxvcvcvc · #2 23-09-2007, 08:17 AM

that sux mate but at least no one was hurt!

matty88 · #3 23-09-2007, 08:20 AM

Damn man that's no good at all, loved your car mate, after all the effort you put into it.... I guess this can lead to a bigger and better project I suppose...

But, the main thing is everyone is OK, that's the main thing.

But still.....

Geez

cano1 · #4 23-09-2007, 08:22 AM

atleast no one was hurt. did the truck stop to help ya or see if you and your mum were alright????

PaRaDoX · #5 23-09-2007, 08:27 AM

yeha the trucky was nice he stopped for atleast a hour, gave his details as a witness, and about 15 other people stopped, even the officer said it was a freak accident

im not really phased tho... after we crashed i couldnt care less about my car lol, those wire ropes saved many peoples lives, it could have been a tragedy... after crashing were like, were ok... check... cars not going to explode.. check, *inspected 4wd*

*inspected trailer*..... *thinks* hrmm wheres my car.. few seconds later dust cloud settles and i see it still skidding along the wire ropes lol

im thinking i might go back in time and get a VL next ill see what happens....

PaRaDoX · #6 23-09-2007, 08:29 AM

ohhh i forgot to mention ITS OK, the rims didnt buckel or crack :P must be strong ones aye, tyres are ok soo the car is salvagable, might play swapsies with a VL (diff, suspension, turbo, etc)

ohh yeah the front bumper wasnt on the car either, either was the intercooler soo they're all perfect

lucky aye

when it came off it broke the winch line lol

Infus10n · #7 23-09-2007, 08:30 AM

unlucky mate.

what is the maximum legal speed when towing anyway? I thought it was slower then 100.

PaRaDoX · #8 23-09-2007, 08:42 AM

well the officer said from the skid marks we wernt speeding, soo it could have been around 90km/h?

it was a 110km/h zone tho and we werent doing that, it was a braking trailer aswell sooo i dunno, the officer inspected the marks and everything and didnt say anything about speed just said tandom trailers are notorious for this and he said we were lucky that no one was killed

AttaBoy · #9 23-09-2007, 08:42 AM

That sucks big time!!!! Lucky no one was hurt!!

Whats the go with insurance??

PaRaDoX · #10 23-09-2007, 08:45 AM

insurance needs to verify that i own the car, but they're pretty sure it will cover my car as it wasnt driving it was just collateral damage caused by the 4wd loosing control... soo looks like i might have insurance wanted to eat my car.. then ive gotta try and get it back before they take my car thats worth 6k in parts and give me 2k for it :P

adam69 · #11 23-09-2007, 09:43 AM

Sorry to hear about the accident,glad you are all OK.

VL_5SPEED · #12 23-09-2007, 09:50 AM

Devastated!!! But hey at least you might be upgrading to a VL

cruzncommo · #13 23-09-2007, 10:46 AM

sorry bout ya car mate =[ was tidy as, anywho...

how much for the mags shipped to 4650 qld?

PaRaDoX · #14 23-09-2007, 11:35 AM

not for sale, may aswell keep them as burnout rims now they're scratched hardcore

so now im without a car, 100km away from civilization... damn, flame me all you want but im looking at buying a tx5 turbo 5 speed as a daily and getting a vl to play swapsies with

Blown V6 Hatch · #15 23-09-2007, 11:53 AM

This may be a stupid question, but was it even tied/chained on??? Or were you just usuing the winch to hold it on??