Strenght of the E-Series.

[Ratchet]

Some idiot the other day slammed into the back of my wagon.
Was pulling up at a set of lights which were red, he wasnt paying attention and locked it up and slammed into the back of my car.
His was a proton of some sort.
Anyway, his front was all crumpled in and losing its bumper and steaming case it ruptured the radiator.
I go round to the back of mine expecting dented panels and broken lights.
All i get was a small scratch on the bumber and cracked tail light.
Go the E-SERIES.

Tanks I tell ya.

He was insured and am taking it to the AAMI centre in Moorabbin on Wednesday morning to get it repaired.

Any other stories of accidents where your e-series survivied almost unscathed.

[tezza bear]

Our accident was alot worse but i thought the old EB done well for what hit it. Even though it was a right off i reckon if it was any other make of car my mrs wouldn't have walked away...... 10ton plus of truck hitting the back of our car at 60km+ if it had been a newer smaller car i'd hate to imagin what the out come would have been especially if our kids were in the back....

[Dezza]

Back when I was in first year uni, I was on my way to my first exam. I stopped at a set of lights, only to hear a screeching sound, and had a 2WD Hilux slam into the back of me. I waited for the lights to turn green and drove forward to pull into the service lane. As I did I looked in the rear view mirror and the whole front end was caved in. I got out, and saw the Hilux pull up behind me with coolant gushing out. He struggled to get the driver's door opened as the guard had been pushed back into the door. Naturally I expected the worst. I was quite surprised when I went around the back and saw this:


Cost of repairs to the Hilux: $8000
Cost of repairs to the EA: $900

It's also had 2 front-enders, which hasn't killed it. Besides the radiator and a couple of clutch fans, all the mechanicals have survived what have been very heavy accidents

[serial_fool]

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Yeah.

[Phillis]

Back when I was in first year uni, I was on my way to my first exam. I stopped at a set of lights, only to hear a screeching sound, and had a 2WD Hilux slam into the back of me. I waited for the lights to turn green and drove forward to pull into the service lane. As I did I looked in the rear view mirror and the whole front end was caved in. I got out, and saw the Hilux pull up behind me with coolant gushing out. He struggled to get the driver's door opened as the guard had been pushed back into the door. Naturally I expected the worst. I was quite surprised when I went around the back and saw this:


Cost of repairs to the Hilux: $8000
Cost of repairs to the EA: $900

It's also had 2 front-enders, which hasn't killed it. Besides the radiator and a couple of clutch fans, all the mechanicals have survived what have been very heavy accidents

so what damage was there?!

[Commando]

I nearly got air off a wombat once

[Frost]

There not so tough.... haha...

I had a semi frontal impact in teh XR. Me V 2wd rodeo. Both stat writeoffs, rodeo got a smashed front headlight and bullbar pushed back, but it twisted the chassis something shocking (Appently common after frontal impact)

[Dezza]

so what damage was there?!

When I got rear ended it was just the bumper and a dent under the left taillight

With the front-enders, first there was this

Then this


Both the front-enders were my fault. The first one was in 2002, the 2nd one last year. After that first one, I didn't even get a wheel alignment! The suspension alignment was still perfect!

[Phillis]

you can just polish that out...

i know its kinda off topic but its a testimony to old cars beings tougher than the new....

when i was driving my VK wagon, i had a schmuck in a VS GTS run square up my ass at 60ks. he mounted my towball, and because it was lowered, the towball pierced the top of the radiator and was mounted on my towball. something like a few hundred for his radiator and $2k+ for his genuine holden GTS front bar. $3k for his total repairs. i got a new rear bumper from the wreckers for $10 and i was done

[Eb Barbie]

Last night as I was backing out of my car park at the shopping centre, the lady behind me decided to back out at the same time, both of us rear ending each other. It wasnt a bad hit, just enough to make a thud sound and we both came out without any damage (altho it was enough to shake me up for a minute)

[BillyED]

<insert joke about women rear ending here>

[Eb Barbie]

<insert joke about women rear ending here>

Please dont

[ClassicAU]

I wrote off a VR Dunnydoor last year when he nose to tailed me on the Calder heading to the drags one night. It was bad traffic, so I was almost stopped when he hit me. Just wasn't paying any attention what so ever. The front of his car was a mess, and I managed to escape with a scratched tail light and bumper, and a dint on the boot lid. Heavy duty tow bar FTW!!

[YBHVE4]

about 2 weeks ago i was parked on little colins waiting for the mrs to finish work when a had a fairly hard nudge to see a guy with a S2000 missed the brake and hit the accelerator.

I ended up with a minor scratch thanks to the tow bar....LOL

S2000....pissing out coolant, front bar on the floor when he reversed and who knows wat else.

[YBHVE4]

oh...forgot to add too....hitting a medium roo at 80k's and only having a crack front bar and grill.

[krisisdog]

Our XF got rear ended by a chick in a nissan/datsun bluebird doing about 120 odd, we were doing about 60. New tailight, realign bumper and a bit of paint and we were good to go. No twisted chassis, no farked door jams, just one written off bluebird lol. it was well n truly farked as well, had to get out the rear hatch as all the doors moved lol.

[EDFalcon]

i know its kinda off topic but its a testimony to old cars beings tougher than the new....

New cars are designed to crumple to ensure the safety of the occupants its nothing to do with old cars being "tougher".

[YBYAVL]

Our accident was alot worse but i thought the old EB done well for what hit it. Even though it was a right off i reckon if it was any other make of car my mrs wouldn't have walked away...... 10ton plus of truck hitting the back of our car at 60km+ if it had been a newer smaller car i'd hate to imagin what the out come would have been especially if our kids were in the back....

i seen that exact thing happen to a VL in hampton park, squashed between 2 buses....the funniest thing was the number plates on the VL....EZYTOC (Easy To See)....