Stop complaining and move abroad
Stop complaining and move abroad
it adds to the experience. just think of it as free, random autocross. with fur.Originally Posted by drakkie
Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
This is a 'roo bar: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...5&d=1129336322Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine
We have it on our car for no other reason than to stop 'roos on cross country trips, and thankfully haven't had to use it yet. I've heard stories of guys that hit 3 on 1 road, others that make a game of hitting them, removing the pest from the road.
Bad luck IB4R, but glad to see noone is injured or significantly damaged, from all accounts you got out of that one very lucky.
yep "bull bars" over here.Originally Posted by Sauc3
But after a huge growth in people adding them to 4x4s - and no bulls on OUR roads the government took the reasonable steps that they were causing too many deaths and injury on the roads.
So new "people friendly" bars like on the LR were developed.
Still lots of people over here who are anti them.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/...28?page=4#1023
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
For us, our previous and current insurance readily acknowledged our damages were caused by random roo strikes (the blood & gore & fur was still embedded in the cars, after all) but both still deemed them as being at-fault collisions. What can you do?Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine
In many areas of Oz roo strikes are no joke a serious problem and it really does disuade people from travelling around especially at night with dawn/dusk the worst times. After four hits we eventually decided to move. The 7 year drought has also tended to draw them out of the parched paddocks and onto the ungrazed road verges in search of food. There are about 20+ million Eastern Grey roos just in NSW alone and they are nocturnal and extremely hard to discern in the headlights. Or if you're really lucky they just bound out of nowhere and slam into the side of your car. One launched out of the unseen and did a $7800 touchdown on the roof of a mate's Landcruiser ute. In most of my wife's encounters she didn't even have time to lift off, let alone brake from 115 .. so just BOOM .. then it all goes quiet and you've lost lights while hopefully rolling to a safe stop as you leave a trail of steam and bits 'n pieces of what's left of your car
An elderly neighbour of mine incurred $18k of damage while cruising carefully at only 90km/h one night in her shiny new C-Class
At these levels of impact the less sophisticated trigger settings on early-type airbags can pose their own set of dramas, as you can imagine. You're right to recognise the shift in priorites re selection of vehicle type & design especially the slope-nose issue. Roos have a high COG and many of the time they're airborn even before you hit 'em
I'll never forget the story told by a truckie workmate of mine who was Interstating a Kenworth. One minute he was peering through the night gloom on a 10 hour run, kinda dazed like you get on a long trip, when all of a sudden half the windshield's gone and he's being attacked and scratched and clawed and bitten in the pitch-dark cabin by something! Somehow he managed to keep control and pull up .. it was a ruddy great PELICAN that had flown through the screen
Last edited by nota; 02-09-2007 at 05:06 AM.
Do you guys ever get cases where one would break through the windshield and kick the hell out of the driver or passenger thus killing them? I've heard of it happening twice with within the past 2 or 3 years, and its really rather scary and freaky thinking that you can get your face kicked in by an animal like that.
John says:
so i had to dump acid into the block tank today
i'm afraid to fap
cause i got it on my hands
at least Kangaroo's are smarter than dears.over here deers just jump in front of the car from no where and smash the front end .i have seen alot of bad crashes just because the deers.lol.
Last edited by mehrshadvr4; 02-09-2007 at 11:04 AM.
^Yes, dears are some stupid animals.
How big is the average roo?
Go n-ithe an cat thu, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
When you go Home, Tell them for us and say 'For your tommorrow, We Gave Our Today.'
Originally Posted by mehrshadvr4Never knew letterheads could cause so much damage out on the roads!Originally Posted by Mr.Tiv
Ohhh, you meant this thing...
That's a DEER.
Rockefella says:
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David Fiset says:
so is mine
David Fiset says:
do want
See, that's not fair. They look so cute and fuzzy. But they're not very forgiving to crash into.
Why can't they have the same structural properties as marshmallows?
F*ck you. I haven't slept in a week.Originally Posted by Rockefella
Go n-ithe an cat thu, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
When you go Home, Tell them for us and say 'For your tommorrow, We Gave Our Today.'
I've been up all night, and I'm going to sleep now. It's even.Originally Posted by Mr.Tiv
Rockefella says:
pat's sister is hawt
David Fiset says:
so is mine
David Fiset says:
do want
I can't sleep; I can't lay down.Originally Posted by Rockefella
Go n-ithe an cat thu, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
When you go Home, Tell them for us and say 'For your tommorrow, We Gave Our Today.'
I sleep when I'm standing. You always have to be ready for battle.Originally Posted by Mr.Tiv
Rockefella says:
pat's sister is hawt
David Fiset says:
so is mine
David Fiset says:
do want
That's what a gun under the pillow is for...Originally Posted by Rockefella
Go n-ithe an cat thu, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
When you go Home, Tell them for us and say 'For your tommorrow, We Gave Our Today.'
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