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My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 12:26 am
by xr8boy
I've been looking for these pics for a while a just found them. I was the only one in the car
ABS failed. The pedal went rock hard could budge it and hit some trees head on at about 100km's, fliped end over end and landed on the roof down a 3m embankment. Walked away with out a scratch or even whiplash
I ve since spoken to an ex ford mechanic who has seen quite alot of abs failures of the nature
I like falcons.... this one saved my life




Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 12:43 am
by NUT347
Holey fcken shit matt!
When you told me about this I didn't think it was this bad! Faaaarrrrkkkkkkk!!
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 12:49 am
by nstg8a
yeah, thats fair farked all right, i wouldnt be wasting any money on lotto tickets for a while, youve used your luck up for a while id say
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 2:08 am
by holmsy
**** msn when did that happen?
thats fucked
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 6:30 am
by FairmontXR6
That's messed up!
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 6:40 am
by bentls
holy shit thats fucked.. i hit a tree at 70 its nothing compared to yours!!
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 6:45 am
by BBQBurner
so the brake pedal goes rock hard and you can't apply the brakes?
fucken scary shit

Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 7:04 am
by lawler
Dam thats fucked
Just wondering were you going to hard or did you just not think to go back gears and apply the hand brake
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 8:17 am
by KR1STO
faaaaaark!!! definately lucky to walk away from that mate...
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 9:15 am
by LOW_XR
your a lucky bastard mate. see that tells me to now stay away from falcons lol if that happens a bit

Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 1:50 pm
by xr8boy
Nut - words dont really tell the whole story ay
lawler - tried shifting down to 2nd but box wouldn't select gear and it was to late for the handbrake. The handbrake on an EB is hard enought to get in a carpark standing still let alone heading for some tree's at 100k's
holmsy - it was a couple of years ago cant remember when
lucky to walk away for sure i havn't bought a lotto ticket or even a scratchie since then. Kissed on the dick by an angel
The motor and gearbox where ok. They where the only two things that where salvagable. First thing i checked when i got home was if my intake manifold an TB were ok
This is the most fucked up e series i've ever seen
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 2:05 pm
by xr8boy
I can honesty say you realsise your mortality after something like this. You catch yourself thinking about it and thinking, ****, i could've died
It hit so hard in the front the centre of the diff hat where the watts link bolts to was smashed out the back
The bootlid was the only straight panel, i still have it up the back shed and one of the rims with a big chunk of alloy missing
I have a pic of it before the crash somewhere, i'm trying to find it
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 2:41 pm
by bigdell
it will buff out.
yeah thats bad thats very bad the entire car is ****.
dont know how you walked away from that
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 3:02 pm
by burnt turtle
xr8boy wrote:I like falcons.... this one saved my life
yes but it also caused the crash. your one lucky bastard thats for sure.
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 7:44 pm
by xr8boy
burnt turtle wrote:xr8boy wrote:I like falcons.... this one saved my life
yes but it also caused the crash. your one lucky bastard thats for sure.
I dont think it was entirely the falcon at fault, i have a suspicion that the abs modules don't like circle work. With all the wheels travelling at different speeds kinda confuses them. This isn't proven at all just a suspicion
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 7:49 pm
by xr8boy
bigdell wrote:it will buff out.
yeah thats bad thats very bad the entire car is ****.
dont know how you walked away from that
i don't know either. I'm 6'3ish and my head isnt far of touching the roof which is now considerably lower. All i had was a small cut on the top of my right hand where the A pillar came down on the steering wheel
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 9th, 2010, 8:33 pm
by bigdell
xr8boy wrote:bigdell wrote:it will buff out.
yeah thats bad thats very bad the entire car is ****.
dont know how you walked away from that
i don't know either. I'm 6'3ish and my head isnt far of touching the roof which is now considerably lower. All i had was a small cut on the top of my right hand where the A pillar came down on the steering wheel
that is crazy considering the damage.
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 11th, 2010, 8:33 am
by eb-baby
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 11th, 2010, 8:35 am
by eb-baby
Oh and it was in june/july 2006.
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 11th, 2010, 10:58 am
by MontXR
Holy Shit... You are one lucky bugger...
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 11th, 2010, 8:23 pm
by xr8boy
i found the before pic i have just have to scan it in... when the missus gets back
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 11th, 2010, 8:59 pm
by Jake
Fark

hope my ABS doesn't fail like that!
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 11th, 2010, 9:41 pm
by xr8boy
If your check ABS dash light is on and won't go off get it checked
Re: My Old EB XR8 Written off

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January 12th, 2010, 10:37 am
by huggiebear
thats crazy insane... i cant believe you walked away from there. i have seen some bad crashes but this one tops the lo i think