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 colonel mustard
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 02:54 PM |
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Car damage....
[size=5]How fast would you have to be going, and what would you have to hit, to go from this....[/size]
[size=5]to this.......[/size]
[size=4]Found this on SBO, anyone know the story behind it??[/size]
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Dirtbag
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 02:56 PM |
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Yeah, the guy in the purple VW hit something : )
He fair buggered it, that's for sure.
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 03:29 PM |
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little old lady driving to church on sunday clutch stalled it in 2nd but it jumped into a morris minor
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colonel mustard
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 03:59 PM |
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oh well, at least she has a type 3 as her spare...
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 09:03 PM |
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bet he chipped a tooth on the steering wheel !!
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 09:06 PM |
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I think it's just another way of turning a bug into a short wheel base, nothing too serious.
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 09:08 PM |
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looks like he hit a brick wall! the damage is almost symetrical...
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Joel
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 09:29 PM |
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would you believe it was actually 90mph
Eric actually got pretty badly busted up in that prang thanks to a fault with his harness
you can see where he clobbered the windscreen
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 09:29 PM |
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How fast? Ummm, very.....
Don't think it's gonna buff out this time.
EDIT: Not surprised he got banged up at 145km/h !
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 09:32 PM |
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he definitely hit another car, have a go at the slight curve in the damage, also angle of lights and guards
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 09:39 PM |
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yeah another car spun out and kicked up huge a cloud of dust.
Eric couldnt see where it ended up and ploughed straight into it
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colonel mustard
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| posted on September 30th, 2009 at 09:47 PM |
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im just happy my damage isnt like that.
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| posted on October 2nd, 2009 at 12:04 AM |
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As long as he's OK, that's the main thing. Besides, it's only a stinking beetle. Who'd have one of those things......errr......hang
on....ummm....nothing : )
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| posted on October 2nd, 2009 at 10:18 AM |
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I Assume it was the full cage that prevented it being any more squashed up like a tin can?
I would like to be that well off with no crushed cabin after smashing at 150kph, none the less, i can simpathise for this guys whip lash...
I woke up with a crook neck this morning and rekon thats bad enough as it is!
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| posted on October 2nd, 2009 at 06:52 PM |
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posted by bajachris88
I Assume it was the full cage that prevented it being any more squashed up like a tin can?
I would like to be that well off with no crushed cabin after smashing at 150kph, none the less, i can simpathise for this guys whip lash...
I woke up with a crook neck this morning and rekon thats bad enough as it is!
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Yeah I was gonna say, it's got remarkably good crumple zones, the A pillars look fine, and no roof creasing (even if your legs are in the crumple
zones of beetle - as a side note I remember the owner's manual of my old '72 saying it had the latest in crumple zone technology).
You've probably all seen this video, but is probably a more realistic high speed beetle crash. Warning, you may wince or cry seeing this clip!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRbwTutw-Hk
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| posted on October 6th, 2009 at 10:08 PM |
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Dear Custom, please add a cage to the increasingly long list of to-do's for my car... ahh maybe one day once it actually looks like a car again
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| posted on October 7th, 2009 at 08:23 AM |
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I like this test between a 2009 and 1959 chev. It is to dispell the myth that if an old car crashed into a new car it would come off better as it was
built stronger and would crush the new car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xwYBBpHg1I
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| posted on October 7th, 2009 at 08:28 AM |
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Ouch.....pity they wrecked the somewhat pristine 59 though  ..................but it does prove a point!
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bajachris88
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| posted on October 7th, 2009 at 08:31 AM |
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haha, dad always tells me the story of his HQ kingswood vs. a 80's hyundia excel.... he certainly got better off than the written off excel. he only
got a dint! Mind you, completely different car and it was rear ended....
I would HATE to be in that Bel Air...that dude gets completely owned!
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| posted on October 7th, 2009 at 08:39 AM |
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Bloody yanks. What the hell were they thinking destroying a '59 chev like that? Who gives a crap if one is better than the other. I'm going to go
have a cry now : )
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bajachris88
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| posted on October 7th, 2009 at 08:42 AM |
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The fresh prince won't be happy....
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