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Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:00 pm
by krisisdog
Trees won:

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Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:06 pm
by LUXO_8
fark...wow!

who's is that?

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:10 pm
by LTDHO
How the fark???

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:10 pm
by chrispie123
that has to hurt

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:11 pm
by krisisdog
Mine/mums car.
I had to kick the windscreen to get out, happened at about 4am or so. Swollen elbow and a few cuts, I walked home which was around 3kms away on the Pacific hwy.... no one would pick me up lol. I was covered in blood so maybe that didnt help either haha

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:14 pm
by chrispie123
very lucky indeed

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:16 pm
by LUXO_8
how'd ya do it?.....being stupid or?

that could have been a WHOLE lot worse!...lol

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:17 pm
by krisisdog
LTDHO wrote:How the fark???


Dodged a roo. Went right, hard on the brakes, got off them came back left and it just spat me around into the trees

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:31 pm
by Misterel
**** would have felt that in the back seat!

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:32 pm
by krisisdog
Yeh, theres no rear quarters left at all.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:34 pm
by Dansedgli
Ouch, lucky.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:34 pm
by dylby1
:shock: lucky it hit the tree backwards

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:38 pm
by krisisdog
dylby1 wrote::shock: lucky it hit the tree backwards


Missed one thats about 5 times as big as the one in the boot by a metre or so too

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:45 pm
by dylby1
your a lucky f*ck. worst ive done is hit a fence at 50, just did panel damage

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 5:50 pm
by wicksy
wow **** ay, lucky it wasnt the envi ef then ay

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 6:01 pm
by grego
Holy Shit mate

your a very lucky person.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 6:20 pm
by krisisdog
wicksy wrote:wow **** ay, lucky it wasnt the envi ef then ay


I'd put money on it not have happening if I was in the green car, the amount of bodyroll I got with this car when I turned and hit the brakes was borderline ridiculous. That and the green car has a lot more traction/better brakes/suspension etc.

grego - yeh, you can look at it that way, I dunno whether to think like that or go the other way about it, getting myself into that situation.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 7:02 pm
by EFFalcon
ouch, certainly lucky to come out with minimal injuries.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 9:38 pm
by nommic
What the faaaaaaaaaaaaaark... that is epic! Take it easy for a day or two, get a checkup out to make sure you haven't done anything to your neck or back. The sudden stop can't have been good for you.

Can you make up a paint diagram or something to show the path the car took? Kind of curious how it ended up like that (wouldn't have asked if you were seriously injured or anything!).

Not sure if I should open this can of worms, but do you reckon a more modern car with ESP/DSC would've avoided the accident? I drove a Fiesta Zetec today for a bit of fun, my god, could not throw the thing away if I tried. Pushed to the limits it just kept bringing itself back under control in a smooth, non-intrusive manner.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 10:01 pm
by SnyperEB
First thing I thought when I saw the pics what how much ya had to drink. The I saw you walked home then I thought fvck must of been heaps. Hopefully not the story.

Bad luck. Good thing is your ok. Cars are replaceable :)

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 10:02 pm
by t1MMy
2nd last photo, if that tree were 5 feet to the left you probably wouldn't have been so lucky. Glad you're ok dude, looks nasty!

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 10:36 pm
by krisisdog
EFFalcon wrote:ouch, certainly lucky to come out with minimal injuries.

Yeh for sure, think I really might buy a lotto ticket tomoro :-P

nommic wrote:What the faaaaaaaaaaaaaark... that is epic! Take it easy for a day or two, get a checkup out to make sure you haven't done anything to your neck or back. The sudden stop can't have been good for you.

Can you make up a paint diagram or something to show the path the car took? Kind of curious how it ended up like that (wouldn't have asked if you were seriously injured or anything!).

Not sure if I should open this can of worms, but do you reckon a more modern car with ESP/DSC would've avoided the accident? I drove a Fiesta Zetec today for a bit of fun, my god, could not throw the thing away if I tried. Pushed to the limits it just kept bringing itself back under control in a smooth, non-intrusive manner.


Yeh I'll knock one up in a sec.
If the car didnt handle like a boat I'm pretty confident it wouldnt have ended up this way, we all know what stock suspensions like! If it were the green car I think I would have avoided it, and if it were a new car with driver aids I think I would have had a much better chance for sure.
If my elbow doesnt come good I'll go back to the docs, was meant to get an X ray done on it today but there was more urgent cases at the hospital so I just came back home.


SnyperEB wrote:First thing I thought when I saw the pics what how much ya had to drink. The I saw you walked home then I thought fvck must of been heaps. Hopefully not the story.

Bad luck. Good thing is your ok. Cars are replaceable :)

Yeh I lost my phone in the crash, dad found it a few metres away in the bushes but there was not a hope in hell of me finding it after the crash. Only thing to do was walk home lol, theres no other houses on the highway I could have stopped in at.


Timmy, yeh that tree would have fkd me up for sure, it destroyed the back quarter of the car with ease.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 10:56 pm
by Dezza
Damn that's a nasty hit! I know everyone's said it but you're lucky you walked away from that one!

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 11:16 pm
by krisisdog
nommic wrote:Can you make up a paint diagram or something to show the path the car took? Kind of curious how it ended up like that (wouldn't have asked if you were seriously injured or anything!).


Its bodge as and doesnt make much sense but I tried lol

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Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 11:26 pm
by Frost
No point avoiding a kangaroo these days.

Glad to see your ok, I know what its like to roll a car and have no one offer to help.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 11:29 pm
by NUT347
Shit dude! Was that coming from coffs way or ballina?

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 20th, 2010, 11:36 pm
by krisisdog
Was heading out of South Grafton towards Coffs, its about 3 or so kms from town.
I know it would have been hard for people to see the state I was in but still they would have been able to see my arm covered in blood when I was trying to hitch a lift.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 9:13 am
by [Sterling]
nommic wrote:Not sure if I should open this can of worms, but do you reckon a more modern car with ESP/DSC would've avoided the accident? I drove a Fiesta Zetec today for a bit of fun, my god, could not throw the thing away if I tried. Pushed to the limits it just kept bringing itself back under control in a smooth, non-intrusive manner.

ESP is amazing, I took my mums 09 focus zetec on the last GOR Cruise, keept up with Adrian in his force 6 through the twistys you could feel the ESP working. Turn it off and it all turned to shit.
I think in this case if the car had ESP he would have straighten up easy and kept driving

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 9:38 am
by BROCKYB8
Hope you are ok mate .
Look after yourself and definatly go back to the doctor with that elbow .
Cars are replacable people are not .

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 12:17 pm
by LTDHO
krisisdog wrote:
LTDHO wrote:How the fark???


Dodged a roo. Went right, hard on the brakes, got off them came back left and it just spat me around into the trees

Next time hit the roo!

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 12:27 pm
by krisisdog
Yeh next roo I come across will end up dead I think

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 12:54 pm
by BROCKYB8
krisisdog wrote:Yeh next roo I come across will end up dead I think


Only if you hit it on its down hop.
because if it on upwards hop it will go throught the window and then you in trouble .

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 12:55 pm
by LUR3D
shiit man very lucky, well at least your ok

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 1:34 pm
by Bipolar
Wow man that's a win. Good to see you could walk away at all.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 5:47 pm
by bentls
yep ESP prob would have fixed this. another time in kesters mums focus we were testing ESP in the wet... swerving left to right as hard as we can with ESP on, no sliding, with ESP off, nearly lost it a few times lol

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 6:14 pm
by bigdell
BROCKYB8 wrote:
krisisdog wrote:Yeh next roo I come across will end up dead I think


Only if you hit it on its down hop.
because if it on upwards hop it will go throught the window and then you in trouble .

its not good when there is a roo in the car with you. and its worse if its survived. :epicfight:

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 6:22 pm
by glenneaux
Get a range rover. I remember driving up to Broken Hill as a passenger with my dad driving... he'd just barrel along at like 130km/h and call out roo, then a few seconds later... BANG.

Roos and cars = FTL

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 21st, 2010, 6:32 pm
by ELXR_96
Never try dodge them in the bush. Just run through roos

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 28th, 2010, 11:39 am
by Godzilla
Very luck to have survived that one.

Next time just line the roo up and go straight through it.

Re: Falcon vs Trees

PostPosted: June 28th, 2010, 8:56 pm
by EdFairmontGhia
Any news from the insurance yet??