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02-03-2006, 09:15 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary, AB. Canada
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Is it just me or do these GT's seem to *dent* quite easy...
I mean, please don't tell me that's the pole it hit.. Surely it can't be? Plus there's no marks on the road.. |
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02-03-2006, 09:22 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: VIC
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it obviously wasn't "built ford tough" like our aussie utes
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02-03-2006, 09:31 PM
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Life begins at 40
 
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Location: Melbourne. Socialist capital of Victoriastan.
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There’s an exclusive club for people that have pranged these things. Here’s a few more.
Thanks for the link Gammaboy, that would be one slightly annoyed salesman. Cheers, Danny     
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02-03-2006, 09:34 PM
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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02-03-2006, 09:39 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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he certainly did a good job of messing a nice car up.
Does look repairable however... |
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02-03-2006, 09:48 PM
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Lol!!
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02-03-2006, 10:02 PM
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Seeme to be a consistant fault with the GT.
The nuts behind the wheel..... |
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02-03-2006, 10:03 PM
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Cuban... nothing like it
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What is that bonnet made of?
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02-03-2006, 10:04 PM
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Grinder+Welder = Race car
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Just because its on dealer or temporary plates doesn't mean its a demo :P He may well have picked the car up that night. The car at the start of the thread was wearing temporary plates too.
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02-03-2006, 11:55 PM
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Probably wasn't an original anyway, ****er driver was probably doing some thing stupid anyway.
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03-03-2006, 12:03 AM
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The 'Stihl' Man
 
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bloody twats..unbelievable!
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03-03-2006, 12:39 AM
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The damage is really pretty scary once you realize that the pole is aimed somewhere toward the passenger's crotch. The passenger must have had one leg on either side of the pole.  :
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03-03-2006, 11:30 AM
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What's green is gold
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sorry mate, looks like you better go get some bus tokens...
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03-03-2006, 12:28 PM
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Bad Music and Litre Bikes
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i reckon he was going for some fully sick air off that ledge there... but chickened out and tried to lean against the pole where all the other cool cars are...
or it was piloted by an idiot
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03-03-2006, 01:19 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Melbourne
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Hmmmm....we should start a tally of how many Ford GTs vs. how many Enzos have been written off since they started on the market. It'd be interesting to see those numbers IMO.
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03-03-2006, 04:10 PM
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Just goes to show, alot of money will buy you a fast car, but not driving skills.
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03-03-2006, 05:37 PM
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CRAZY ABOUT FORDS
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: MIAMI,FLORIDA
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Need A Lot Of Spray Paint My Friend And By The Way ,ouch!!!!!!!!!!
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03-03-2006, 06:14 PM
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Grinder+Welder = Race car
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They seem to be getting written off at an alarming rate too. Quote:
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03-03-2006, 06:28 PM
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i like to be stroked
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what a tool, could have done the big wind out on the freeway or something, im sure ford will not cover any costs, even tho it should have had traction control . lucky he didnt kill any golfers, maybe he just finished in the 19th hole
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03-03-2006, 06:29 PM
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i like to be stroked
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whould be called the widowmaker ford
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03-03-2006, 10:36 PM
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I guess this car won't feature on the new Falcon adds here?
Kid with slot car track...
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03-03-2006, 11:53 PM
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Grinder+Welder = Race car
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I had some severly modified slot cars as a kid though.
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"No, it will never have enough power until I can spin the wheels at the end of the straightaway in high gear" - Too much power is never enough....Mark Donohue on the Can Am Porsche 917. |
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04-03-2006, 12:03 AM
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Curry in a hurry
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Perth
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Looks like he got a hole in one.
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04-03-2006, 07:53 AM
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What a waste. Kinda reminds me of the brand new TS50 ordered by customer at a Ford dealership on the Mid North Coast I once worked for. The car came straight off the back of the delivery truck, filled with fuel, and then taken for a test drive by the bosses test pilot son . It wouldn't have been at the dealership longer than 10 mins. It was the last we ever saw of it. The car was destroyed among some tree's when he failed to negotiate a bend 20 mins later. The car was towed to the bosses garage, and eventually sent back to Tickford, who demanded the car back. The customer was not impressed, took his business elsewhere.
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20-07-2006, 09:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Tell you when i get there
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
What a waste AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH want that car. Well not that wrecked thing, but AHHHHHHH i need to call for an ambo this is tooo much. |
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20-07-2006, 11:09 PM
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Haltech 302w XW
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Location: BrisBane
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I'll have the brakes, wheels and driveline to put into an XB coupe please!
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20-07-2006, 11:18 PM
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Was V6corp
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At least the air bags worked.
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20-07-2006, 11:38 PM
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Exactly my thoughts....I think your spot on. Cheers
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21-07-2006, 01:50 PM
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I see you....
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I reckon its a write off. I reckon the cabin capsule would be distorted, of at least the floor pan buckled.
The pole cut all the way through to the bonnet and up to the firewall area which would have copped the full force of the impact. Both airbags have been set off which tells you it was a heavy hit. I've seen a BMW with a straight six that hit a yellow Macca's parking pole with a bit of speed. The pole went in just on the inside of the passenger headlight and stopped the car only when it the pole was that deep it would have been alongside the engine block resting on the cross member. It went a long way it and did a lot of damage but from the outside it looked very fixable. Would actually have been a ripper parts car. Heard of a similar thing when a taxi went up one of those yellow concredte tram track dividers. Barely bent a panel but underneath the car the impact forces has stuffed all the mounting points on the engine and trans and pushed the lot back into the firewall and buckled the floor. |
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21-07-2006, 04:50 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2005
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fair go..as if no one else has done similar well not in same car...
theres people on here who have not so cheap cars and damaged their cars showing off only dif is this car cost 1000 fold more and you could say same with the power it was gonna happen one day
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