bogged on fraser

whoops.

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HOW THE F&*K? :ooo

Maybe if it was a dub... u would have had nooooo trouble 😀, sucky fo rthe car if the high tide came in, lol.

wow thats preety cool (not if it was your car though lol ) would like to have seen it happen. At least it wasnt a dub

hahaha thats gold..

I think that is Eli Creek. Quite a few cars get destroyed there. Basically people try to cross it and get stuck. If you get stuck below the high tide line then the tide will come and get you. I think the tide came over that car, pushed it onto it's side, sunk it into the sand, and then receeded again.

do u know if they got it out eventually? and how lol.

Think insurance would cover it?

Insurance? - I doubt it.

A lot of digging to get it out I imagine.

Here's a better one...

or two...


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That first one is a fake. I've seen it on a few forums now and even had it sent to me from England. Apparently the original pic has a sick turtle where the 4wd is.

Wat the moral of the story?

I need to know so i don't loose my pride and joY!

bajachris88 wrote:Wat the moral of the story?

I need to know so i don't loose my pride and joY!

learn were u going offroading first and make shore if u doing watercrossings its at the wright time in the tide as even half hour eather way can cause u this greef mayb even lose your car" lots of river crossings in tasmania like this

Oooh, this brings back horrible memories when I had trouble with the V8 Touareg at Indian Head during a test drive.

Luckily we discovered the computer was keeping us bogged down, and once we turned it off, we were out in a matter of minutes.

Scary stuff, though. Tide coming in and a $120,000 vehicle looking like a temporary reef with each passing minute.

Only problem at Fraser, is that most people don't help if you get stuck. The parasites sit there waiting to see if it will go under. They do the same for older vehicles, not just wanker luxury 4WD's. I thought it might have been the novelty of seeing a VW going under, but I was told it happens to anyone who gets bogged. I should have taken a picture of the crowd - there would have been enough bodies to lift it up and carry it out. It seems to be a sad culture developing on the beach.

I still shudder at what could have been though!

First one looks real to me

this ain't fake

VWMA Editor wrote:Oooh, this brings back horrible memories when I had trouble with the V8 Touareg at Indian Head during a test drive.

Luckily we discovered the computer was keeping us bogged down, and once we turned it off, we were out in a matter of minutes.

Scary stuff, though. Tide coming in and a $120,000 vehicle looking like a temporary reef with each passing minute.

Only problem at Fraser, is that most people don't help if you get stuck. The parasites sit there waiting to see if it will go under. They do the same for older vehicles, not just wanker luxury 4WD's. I thought it might have been the novelty of seeing a VW going under, but I was told it happens to anyone who gets bogged. I should have taken a picture of the crowd - there would have been enough bodies to lift it up and carry it out. It seems to be a sad culture developing on the beach.

I still shudder at what could have been though!

when all else fails, read the instructions

Me and my mates where hooning around near eli creek in a mates pajero and he tryed to get though eli at high tide and at about 10 aclock at night but it looked all good and not deep cuz the sand was getting stired up and making it look shallow the he dropped in and the bull bar went under and in good style he reved it out and let the clutch go and we made it though on about 1 1/2 cylinders

MUD BASHING ANYONE ?? wrote:Me and my mates where hooning around near eli creek in a mates pajero and he tryed to get though eli at high tide and at about 10 aclock at night but it looked all good and not deep cuz the sand was getting stired up and making it look shallow the he dropped in and the bull bar went under and in good style he reved it out and let the clutch go and we made it though on about 1 1/2 cylinders

Good old water cooled reliability!!!!! :P😂

bajachris88 wrote:do u know if they got it out eventually? and how lol.

Think insurance would cover it?

If you're driving on an area that requires the vehicle to be registered, your insurance would be "active".

not so sure anymore...

insurance companies have now bought in 'black spot areas' and its written in the small print....their tired of paying for ppl who go offroading without bothering to do any courses, or check how to read the areas right.

So if u get into trouble in a black spot, such as eli...u might just find ur insurance company isnt going to cover u...that its a black spot listed...

So before u head off for offroading double check with ur insurance company for a list of any area they will no longe rcover in their policy....

So people won't help you if you get bogged on Farse Island and the tide's coming in. That sucks major. I really dislike the way that our culture is going in some regards.

At Glamis in Sand Dune Heaven in Southern California the standers-by will watch you try to get yourself out of being bogged and if you can't do it yourself then they will help you out and wait around for the next hapless victim. They sit around with eskys and mobile barbeques under beach umbrellas at the known bogging spots and pass gratuitous comments and mock you, while you struggle with your bogged car, but they will eventually help you out. They just wait until another car's coming.

Baja Wes wrote:whoops.

[ Edited on 27-7-2006 by Baja Wes ]

RE first pic..


It's a Toyota Surf..... Geddit??? SURF!! 😂


atleast I think it's funny...

the thing that looks disturbing in the first picture is the water wake and waves in front of the car. Looks like a pretty good photoshop job but the wake looks like its going the wrong way??

I agree though in some areas people are destroying the beach culture and the same goes for bush culture. Too many self important's getting out now days...

Which first pic are you talking about? The Toyota?
-Staggers.

bajaphreaks wrote:RE first pic..


It's a Toyota Surf..... Geddit??? SURF!! 😂


atleast I think it's funny...

its not funny... its grave digging.... when a n00b come in and bumps a 2 year old thread

just dont drive on the beach keep those 4WDs for the tarmac

VWCOOL wrote:this ain't fake

Is that you swimming Glenn?

It's fake, I remember when this went around as email spam years ago, then the real pic went around where the car was in fact something like a sea turtle. Just tried a google search to try and find the real pic but to no avail.

squizy wrote:

VWCOOL wrote:this ain't fake

Is that you swimming Glenn?

Yep... That was a $119K BMW with 1300km on it... It floated for a minute or two... then... blurp!

The 'Surf-in-the-surf' pic might be fake but 4WDs sink all the time on Fraser etc

i work for an insurance company assessing cars like this, unless you are in an actual offroad event you are normally covered to my amazement!

I have seen cars sink at Eli Creek in a matter of minutes. there is a pic on here somewhere that I took of my uncle towing out a troopy ute with his dual cab. that was at Eli. It flows pretty quick and uneducated idiots see it and think" what a great place to park my car on the edge and go for a swim". Except the weight of the car and speed at which the water flows erodes the bank and the car then falls into the water. The Troopy ute was only a couple of weeks old and literally ended up almost on it's side in about 5-10 minutes.the 3 guys with it were panicking as they couldn't do a thing. We came up the beach and saw them waving madly so went over to help. Everyone out and throw the snatch strap on and plucked it out as the car started to tilt even more. Owner was nearly in tears and was so thankfull he offered 2 cartons and cash LOL. It was VB so we declined and told him to be carefull next time. Being that I am tour driver on Fraser in big buses I have seen rival companies get stuck at Eli because of stupidity and driver error.

Driving on the beach isn't as easy everyone thinks. I've been doing it for 15 plus years and am still learning things as the beach changes all the time.

Brenndan, I saw the very first Range Rover, !976 or so, was only weeks old, and is still on Fraser to date.

Another victim of Eli Creek.

The best way to get across Eli creek is at 90klicks and airborne! My mate nearly ripped the shitbar off out of the dash. T'was funny after the event.😂

Who's that strange Boozer man.

Howdy Lee

Marc

*waves* Hiya. I've been hiding in the shadows....

Not at Eli creek, but down to the axles while duning on Fraser Island.

Well all you will be happy to know I go to fraser every year and take great pleasure in helping people out of sticky situations. We sit at idian head for a bit watch the tourists go through if anyone gets really stuck we come down and help out.

So if you are in trouble look out for a green pajero, more that happy to help

good on ya mate. good to hear someone keeping the culture alive👍

Volkswagenboy wrote:Which first pic are you talking about? The Toyota?
-Staggers.

yes the first picture. look at where the general waves are going and then look at the waves at the car bonnet. seems to be backwards to me

Almost a waste of time sitting there in a VW offering help to peeps stuck in 4WD's. 85% of the time they will not accept it out of principle that you are not a 4WD and they think you will get stuck trying to get them out. My cousins are always happy to offer smart comments and sit and drink the day away laughing at others misfortunes who refues the help. Oh and of course I am the nominated driver to get back to camp and I'm the only one who doesn't drink!!

OK i'm sorry I'm digging this one up again but I have an answer on if the picture of the Toyota surf is real. Well I'm looking throught an old 4WD Monthly magazine(2005) at my Dr' surgery when there it is. Two photos one just after it's been pulled out and one of them shoveling sand out the back of it.