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 esqueeze
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Kombi's rolling over!
Went on hols up the northern coast of WA in my beloved kombi and was going round a corner when the back tyre blew out and the kombi decided to
roll over in the middle of nowhere Anyways since then everytime I mention the accident everyone goes on about how notorious Kombi's are for rolling over hmmmm Being an avid VW fan for a long time now I'm surprised I've never
heard of this until after the accident
Tim
PS Kombi had to be scrapped so am selling the WA license plates VDUBLU. If you interested pls email me esqueeze1@yahoo.com.au or call me on 0432857700
with offers. Cheers.
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| posted on December 6th, 2008 at 09:20 PM |
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I think all VW's had a bad rap due to the swing axle, I know i took my new stock beetle at 60 around a slip lane and almost rolled it :P
buss doesn't look that bad? any other pictures of the damage?
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| posted on December 6th, 2008 at 09:37 PM |
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I think all VW's had a bad rap due to the swing axle, I know i took my new stock beetle at 60 around a slip lane and almost rolled it :P
buss doesn't look that bad? any other pictures of the damage?
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Yeah I have a few others just need to downsize them then I'll post 'em. T
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esqueeze
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| posted on December 6th, 2008 at 09:53 PM |
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Drivers side
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| posted on December 6th, 2008 at 10:00 PM |
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poor little thing, should sell it off in parts :P
But i would have to be honest i would knock that roof out with a rubber mallet but thats just me :P hate to see another one bite the dust, im guessing the chassis is bent? Did it roll over or just fall on its
side?
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| posted on December 6th, 2008 at 10:25 PM |
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poor little thing, should sell it off in parts :P
But i would have to be honest i would knock that roof out with a rubber mallet but thats just me :P hate to see another one bite the dust, im guessing the chassis is bent? Did it roll over or just fall on its
side?
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Already sold it, I was in the middle of nowhere. Only things left are the VW badge from the front and the NO plate VDUBLU. 
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esqueeze
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| posted on December 7th, 2008 at 09:20 AM |
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It rolled over, did a perfect roll and ended up back on it's tyres lol
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| posted on December 7th, 2008 at 10:40 AM |
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ouch poor thing
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 01:46 PM |
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I got a headache |
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| posted on December 8th, 2008 at 02:05 PM |
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Hi
Very sad to see, the more VWs that leave the roads the less there will be in the future.
I think many vans besides VW would roll over in that situation.
I saw an L300 roll over going down a small hill in suburban Sydney when it braked and changed direction and he didn't hit anything to make it
roll.
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 02:09 PM |
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That's repairable. I've seen my uncle revive worse than this. Whole drivers side and new roof on a dual cab that had rolled onto it's side then hit
a tree.
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| posted on January 6th, 2009 at 09:23 PM |
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I have seen a '71 kombi on it's side. Was a slow corner, but inside tyre clipped a curb and sent it over.
Only other one I've seen personally.
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| posted on January 7th, 2009 at 07:30 AM |
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i certainly wouldnt fix it unless it was a samba or something, looks pretty buggered to me
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| posted on January 11th, 2009 at 05:10 PM |
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That is repairable my mate fitted a complete new roof to a 1969 bay when it did the same thing. Took him a weekend to replace.
Hope you put her back on the road
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| posted on December 4th, 2009 at 12:19 AM |
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any updates?
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| posted on December 4th, 2009 at 06:01 AM |
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posted by eraser
I think all VW's had a bad rap due to the swing axle, I know i took my new stock beetle at 60 around a slip lane and almost rolled it :P
Don't bag swing-axles please! VWs don't roll over by themselves, people cause them to do that.
Cheers, Greg
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| posted on March 5th, 2010 at 09:12 PM |
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think of the positive side, time for a chopped roof and a decent paint job to match your new roof line
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| posted on March 14th, 2010 at 12:37 AM |
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Personally, I think that old VWs have bad rep was because there was more of them around.
It could happen to any other car given the right circumstances.
It even happened to James bond's Aston Martin!! not many people complains about that 
Anyway Sorry for the bus... but it doesn't look too bad for a roll over
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| posted on March 15th, 2010 at 08:05 PM |
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RIP
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| posted on March 15th, 2010 at 08:11 PM |
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Im with greg, ive seen his car on two wheels going around corners,
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| posted on March 15th, 2010 at 08:15 PM |
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Bong water spilt everywhere.
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| posted on March 15th, 2010 at 08:46 PM |
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OK, it's been a while. Sadly I had a nasty lasceration to my arm in the crash so I wasn't in much of a mood to rebuild Otto at the time, the
rollover was about 1000KM from our home in Perth. Sold it to a Classic VDub specialist in Geraldton so hopefully it lived on in some way even if it
was the excellent mechanicals breathing life into another Kombi.
I was passenger, my GF was driving and she was impressed that I was so nice about her destroying my pride and joy. I couldn't really blame her, I
might have stood a chance of getting it back once the back end went but seriously; with a blowout n/s rear, on a tight bend, on an unsealed road in a
long vehicle with all of the weight over the back wheel, she really didn't stand a chance. I went on to marry my girlfriend, who is expecting our 1st
child any day now. The whole thing brought us closer and sealed our fate really.
Bong water was spilled everywhere, but I did manage to save some of my beer.
Now I have a 2004 Golf 2.0 FSI that I luv 2 bits despite the handbrake being in the wrong place and the slightly underplayed 110KW (but hey it's not
a GTI and def not an R32). It's been across the Nullarbor to Adelaide, it's missed a service and sucked it up like a true VDub, it handles and
brakes like it's stuck to the road with superglue. Friggin awesome.
Still have the plates if anyone is interested make me an offer.
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