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11-09-2008, 09:10 PM
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http://members.ii.net/~leavellana/taxifail/0.jpg 3 higher res pics (300KB each) http://members.ii.net/~leavellana/taxifail/1.jpg http://members.ii.net/~leavellana/taxifail/2.jpg http://members.ii.net/~leavellana/taxifail/3.jpg Happened yesterday in Kings Cross, Sydney... don't know the story, but that's one pretty beaten up cab. edit: To be honest, this doesn't surprise me considering how frighteningly poorly some Sydney cabbies drive.
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11-09-2008, 09:31 PM
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Epic fail at that!
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11-09-2008, 09:32 PM
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Well, at least it makes the last Fairlane built just that little bit more exclusive.
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11-09-2008, 09:35 PM
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11-09-2008, 09:50 PM
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finding a parking spot in sydney must be getting really hard these days.
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11-09-2008, 09:54 PM
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11-09-2008, 09:56 PM
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Afterburner + skids =
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12-09-2008, 09:02 AM
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Christ how the hell do you get your speed up in kings cross to do that sort of damage?! usually its a 10-15km/hr crawl..
WAIT.. It'll buff out!
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12-09-2008, 09:08 AM
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12-09-2008, 09:16 AM
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He was only trying to push the button.
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12-09-2008, 11:36 AM
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I wonder how the hell he did this...
If it was the driver alone...how? You're in the city...you don't speed. There isn't the space, and the volume of traffic is too high. You take it easy. Astonishing!
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12-09-2008, 11:48 AM
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I guess you could call it a "Faillane"...
Sydney parking ranger in force in the last pic.
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12-09-2008, 12:02 PM
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12-09-2008, 12:08 PM
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12-09-2008, 12:19 PM
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hahaha no no, i was a home in the Gf's arms
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1992 EBII Fairmont Ghia 4.0l <---Click for the Gallery! Insta@mooneye_ghia White on bright red smoothies with thick whitewalls. Cruising around to some rockabilly |
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12-09-2008, 01:28 PM
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Red is nice Mark.
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Looks like the coolant and radiator needed replacing anyway.
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12-09-2008, 01:48 PM
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where'd the side on damage come from?
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12-09-2008, 02:45 PM
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12-09-2008, 09:43 PM
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Grange killer!!!!
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Oh nooo, not a fairlane!!!!
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12-09-2008, 09:56 PM
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i think he stuffed up.
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12-09-2008, 10:21 PM
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I nearly shat myself in a cab from Ashfield to Five Dock a few weeks back, this cab driver created a new lane and a new record speed considering the moderate-heavy traffic.
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13-09-2008, 07:38 AM
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loving the Xr8
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The side damage came from a phone booth behind the tree, hit that then into the pole..... work just down the road from there, closed Bayswater Rd in that direction for a while. No idea how he did it, or what we was doing but he was a taxi driver so enough said.
As for wardens, some would try give you one if your stopped at traffic lights some days in the cross if they could. Its a pain moving the car all day...... |
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13-09-2008, 07:42 AM
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The side damages looks to me like the firies might have popped the door with something, probably to get the passenger out. (I used to do that road rescue stuff)
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13-09-2008, 01:31 PM
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I wonder if the meter is still running? :hihi:
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17-09-2008, 07:59 PM
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Honestly, outside of Sydney I've never had a cabbie who's been anything short of great.
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17-09-2008, 08:02 PM
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Thats huge
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17-09-2008, 11:37 PM
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Doesnt matter where you go (especially in melb)there all the same,like this d&^khead i hit in a brand new cab going to get signwritten!
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18-09-2008, 02:05 AM
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It's a good thing there was a Towy nearby lmao
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18-09-2008, 02:29 AM
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talk about drumming up business
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18-09-2008, 06:13 AM
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We cannot use mobiles whilst driving - sending TXT is the WORST form of distraction. As a cab regualr, how i am still here is beyond me. That on baord taxi allocation system thingy would have to be one of the most distracting things in a cab. Some cabbies manage it well - others; well it is up there with SMS.
Just yesterday, a cabbie was repsonding to something..not looking ahead..at the last minute i had to yell at him as the traffic had stopped ahead..lucky no one was in next lane...i almost became theback passanger of the Corolla he would have inserted the Falcon into..
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Taxi meets it's match...
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