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Old 11-05-2006, 02:34 PM   #1
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i was coming home from school today when i saw a white EL or EF turn a corner with its back right door open then all of a sudden a dog rolled out of it my first thought was that they were dumping the dog but the driver then stoped to pick it up i then relised that the dog must have opened the door from the inside and fell out. i cant realy remember what the El or Ef door handels look like inside but could someone who has one tell me if it would be easy for it to happen or a hard thing to for a dog.

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Old 11-05-2006, 02:36 PM   #2
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: Thats strange...
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Old 11-05-2006, 02:41 PM   #3
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Dang thats a funny story.. Hope the dog was okay..
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Old 11-05-2006, 02:57 PM   #4
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He was probably going to get the big snip hehehe
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Old 11-05-2006, 02:58 PM   #5
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He was probably going to get the big snip hehehe
Funny you say that there is a vet just a few hundred metres away from where it happened LMAO i never thought of it that way
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Old 11-05-2006, 03:11 PM   #6
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Thats a ****er!!!
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Old 11-05-2006, 03:15 PM   #7
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Well I don't think it would be that easy to open.. but maybe the dog is a really clever one..

I just went and looked at my door handles in the back, he would have to be one smart puppy...

but that is a crack up .. especially the vet thing
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Old 11-05-2006, 03:24 PM   #8
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They are like a oval shaped wide triangle.

I know my dog when it was in the back of the EF would try to climb up to look out the window. Its paw normally rested on the armrest or the door handle.
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Old 11-05-2006, 03:47 PM   #9
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Maybe the driver didn't close it properly in the first place.
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Maybe the driver didn't close it properly in the first place.
That would be my guess to be honest...
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Old 11-05-2006, 05:18 PM   #11
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Yeah, what you didn't know was that they were driving to the vet.

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Old 11-05-2006, 06:02 PM   #12
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hahahaah thats a ****a
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Old 11-05-2006, 06:09 PM   #13
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Following a yellow 70's merc to work last week and the back drivers door flung open going round a corner dumping a laptop on the road, ouch! Not good for the hard drive...
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Old 11-05-2006, 07:25 PM   #14
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I was following a 4 door Sedan in Albury a very long time ago and as it rounded the bend the back door flew open and threw a little girl onto the road ( about 6 or 7 years old ).
The poor little bugger was so shocked she jumped up immediately and raced back into the car, I bet the real shock and hurt started a bit after that. My guess would be she probably did'nt shut the door properly being so young, car doors can be a bit heavy and stiff sometimes. This was before seat belts too in case anyone's wondering.
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Old 11-05-2006, 09:28 PM   #15
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I was taken for a test drive in a rough 302 3 speed manual (floor shift!) XB panelvan once, and when the potential seller took a corner hard I flew out the door!

Pity about the nasty hit behind the passenger door, because other than that it was pretty good ;)

I was nearly XB5L instead :P
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Old 11-05-2006, 09:40 PM   #16
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maybe the dog should join the circus
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Old 12-05-2006, 08:57 AM   #17
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I wonder if I could teach my wife to do that!!!!
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Old 12-05-2006, 08:59 AM   #18
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I wonder if I could teach my wife to do that!!!!

harsh.. very harsh
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Old 12-05-2006, 09:07 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by falcon91
I wonder if I could teach my wife to do that!!!!

Sit Boo Boo Sit,, Cant teach em to cook, how ya gonna teach em to do that
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I wonder if I could teach my wife to do that!!!!

Sit Boo Boo Sit,, Cant teach em to cook, how ya gonna teach em to do that
Bahahaha!

I hope your wife/gf doesn't veiw this forum! :
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Old 13-06-2006, 02:05 PM   #21
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I hope your wife/gf does read this forum. You would be in some real trouble.
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LOL. This thread is a classic.
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Old 13-06-2006, 06:41 PM   #23
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should have bought dog locks instead of child locks....
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Old 13-06-2006, 06:42 PM   #24
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Happened to me a few years ago in my XF, i went around a corner and my door flew open,

but my dog was undeterred, he just sat on the seat in the back lookin at the tree go by,

there was a problem with the part of the door that secures it and ya had to really slam it shut (almost glass breaking) to get it to stay shut. i had rope tying the door closed (door handle to door handle) for a week haha!
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Old 13-06-2006, 10:41 PM   #25
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i was in my old 1967 XR falcon with my 12 year old daughter in 1994 drove around a corner at about 30kmh and she had her hand on door handle when all of a sudden she fell half out the car luckily i managed to grab her with my laft hand by her jumper and stop car,very very scary moment.
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Old 15-06-2006, 09:37 PM   #26
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A while ago i had a XE falcon bush basher and as i came around a corner sideways and the drivers door flew open, i had my seatbelt on so i didnt fall out but damn it scared the s**t out of me.
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