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Baja Wes
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posted on July 27th, 2006 at 06:57 PM |
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bogged on fraser
whoops.
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posted on July 27th, 2006 at 07:08 PM |
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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.
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posted on July 27th, 2006 at 07:13 PM |
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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
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posted on July 27th, 2006 at 07:22 PM |
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hahaha thats gold..
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posted on July 27th, 2006 at 07:50 PM |
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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.
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posted on July 27th, 2006 at 07:53 PM |
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do u know if they got it out eventually? and how lol.
Think insurance would cover it?
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posted on July 27th, 2006 at 08:12 PM |
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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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posted on July 27th, 2006 at 08:29 PM |
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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.
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posted on July 27th, 2006 at 08:32 PM |
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Wat the moral of the story?
I need to know so i don't loose my pride and joY!
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posted on July 27th, 2006 at 09:14 PM |
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Quote: | Originally
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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
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posted on July 28th, 2006 at 09:23 AM |
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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!
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posted on July 28th, 2006 at 09:35 AM |
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First one looks real to me
Quote of the week
"Do I wish to send them to you again, nope, no interest can't be bothered really, to much hassle for little or no return."
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posted on July 28th, 2006 at 09:07 PM |
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this ain't fake
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Pay your debts, CxxT
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posted on July 31st, 2006 at 08:52 PM |
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posted by VWMA Editor
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!
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posted on August 1st, 2006 at 06:44 PM |
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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
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posted on August 1st, 2006 at 07:49 PM |
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Quote: | Originally
posted by MUD BASHING ANYONE ??
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
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Good old water cooled reliability!!!!! :P
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posted on August 1st, 2006 at 08:18 PM |
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Quote: | Originally
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do u know if they got it out eventually? and how lol.
Think insurance would cover it?
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If you're driving on an area that requires the vehicle to be registered, your insurance would be "active".
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posted on August 1st, 2006 at 10:20 PM |
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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....
dubless.
And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my
house???
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posted on August 3rd, 2006 at 05:53 PM |
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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.
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posted on May 9th, 2008 at 08:28 PM |
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posted by Baja Wes
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RE first pic..
It's a Toyota Surf..... Geddit??? SURF!!
atleast I think it's funny...
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posted on May 9th, 2008 at 08:50 PM |
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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...
What my garage isn't messy........Well chaos is a form of order isn't it?
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posted on May 10th, 2008 at 10:24 PM |
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Which first pic are you talking about? The Toyota?
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posted on May 11th, 2008 at 10:46 PM |
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Quote: | Originally
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RE first pic..
It's a Toyota Surf..... Geddit??? SURF!!
atleast I think it's funny...
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its not funny... its grave digging.... when a n00b come in and bumps a 2 year old thread
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posted on May 12th, 2008 at 06:57 AM |
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just dont drive on the beach keep those 4WDs for the tarmac
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posted on May 12th, 2008 at 01:21 PM |
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this ain't fake
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Is that you swimming Glenn?
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posted on May 12th, 2008 at 04:39 PM |
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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.
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posted on May 12th, 2008 at 06:23 PM |
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Quote: | Originally
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this ain't fake
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Is that you swimming Glenn?
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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
Pay your debts, CxxT
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posted on May 13th, 2008 at 05:02 PM |
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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!
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posted on May 13th, 2008 at 07:35 PM |
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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
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posted on May 13th, 2008 at 07:49 PM |
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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.
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