my cars a wreck

by **tezza bear** » January 31st, 2008, 8:52 pm

My wife was driving to bring me lunch at work when she was involved in a 5 car pile up at the traffic lights on South Gippsland Highway just down from Freeway Ford. She suffered minor injurries but the car is a riteoff.It took them about an hour to seperate the van from my ford.

by **BlackED_Sprint** » January 31st, 2008, 8:54 pm

dude that fekkin sux!!!!
hope the missus and everyones ok?
shame about the car tho, looked alright.

by **Schmee** » January 31st, 2008, 8:57 pm

damn thats a shame Terry hope everyone was OK....

by **G3R3N** » January 31st, 2008, 8:57 pm

Damn man.. What a shame that is. Hope your missus is gonna be alright..
Where to from here vehicle-wise?

by **LUXO_8** » January 31st, 2008, 9:00 pm

shit man, not good, car looked sweet too

hope all are ok

by **holmsy** » January 31st, 2008, 9:02 pm

sucks man. hope ya get enough money from insurance to cover the rims and subs etc as well. not just enough to get a crappy stock falcon.

by **braiden** » January 31st, 2008, 9:04 pm

Shit, that sucks. Insurance?

by **tezza bear** » January 31st, 2008, 9:06 pm

gerendasi wrote:Damn man.. What a shame that is. Hope your missus is gonna be alright..
Where to from here vehicle-wise?

thanks fellas .misses is ok ,very sore though.as to Where to from here vehicle-wise 2 feet & a heart beat till we get a pay out i spose.

by **Nikk O'lass** » January 31st, 2008, 9:07 pm

fark that

by **tezza bear** » January 31st, 2008, 9:16 pm

Nikk O'lass wrote:fark that

what really shits me is we just spent about $2000 on the car over xmas & $300 on brake discs & pads last week

by **Damo** » January 31st, 2008, 9:19 pm

are you going to keep the wreck ?

by **tezza bear** » January 31st, 2008, 9:27 pm

Damo wrote:are you going to keep the wreck ?

probably.Got to wait & see what the assessers say

by **[Sterling]** » January 31st, 2008, 9:29 pm

theyd say its farked mate, thats shit az, did someone just forget to stop? good to hear the misses is ok.

by **LTDHO** » January 31st, 2008, 9:34 pm

Wow, that's farked.

Sure is a lot of damage there!

Hope everyones OK.

by **private9** » January 31st, 2008, 9:37 pm

Glad to hear everyone's ok - shame about the car but, looked nice as!

by **tezza bear** » January 31st, 2008, 9:41 pm

kester94EF wrote:theyd say its farked mate, thats shit az, did someone just forget to stop? good to hear the misses is ok.

dammmm i was hoping a bit of bog & spray putty would have fixed it

the woman who was behind the truck said he didn't brake till late & its a 80km area & he was loaded with at least a couple of ton of gravel & pushed our car forward about 4 car lengths.

by **nothin suss** » January 31st, 2008, 9:43 pm

Oh my dude... praise the big sized cars, would have been trouble in a excel or something!

Hope the missus is all good.

by **tezza bear** » January 31st, 2008, 9:44 pm

private9 wrote:Glad to hear everyone's ok - shame about the car but, looked nice as!

do you want to buy that power steering pump back or can i get a refund

lol

by **tezza bear** » January 31st, 2008, 9:46 pm

nothin suss wrote:Oh my dude... praise the big sized cars, would have been trouble in a excel or something!

Hope the missus is all good.

if it was a small car it would of been very bad

by **Schmee** » January 31st, 2008, 9:53 pm

main thing is everyone is allright the road where it is, is shit as, always nice slippy when it rains a bit

dont forget when the assessor tells you what your car is worth you can always haggle to get more from him get some adds from carpoint, trading post etc with cars in similar conditions to back up your case and give it to him straight that it was his client( the insured and their insurance company) at fault and all you want to do is replace the car with one in similar condition and its going to cost xxxx and show him the adds

also because it is your car look into buying the wreck back or at least ask what the salvage price on the car is, to get all your stuff out of it stereo etc im sure a few people around would be interested in either buying it off you, or strip it for parts

by **tezza bear** » January 31st, 2008, 10:00 pm

Schmee wrote:main thing is everyone is allright the road where it is, is shit as, always nice slippy when it rains a bit

dont forget when the assessor tells you what your car is worth you can always haggle to get more from him get some adds from carpoint, trading post etc with cars in similar conditions to back up your case and give it to him straight that it was his client( the insured and their insurance company) at fault and all you want to do is replace the car with one in similar condition and its going to cost xxxx and show him the adds

also because it is your car look into buying the wreck back or at least ask what the salvage price on the car is, to get all your stuff out of it stereo etc im sure a few people around would be interested in either buying it off you, or strip it for parts

ok kool thanks for the tips this is all new to me.

by **tezza bear** » January 31st, 2008, 10:02 pm

Schmee wrote:main thing is everyone is allright the road where it is, is shit as, always nice slippy when it rains a bit

dont forget when the assessor tells you what your car is worth you can always haggle to get more from him get some adds from carpoint, trading post etc with cars in similar conditions to back up your case and give it to him straight that it was his client( the insured and their insurance company) at fault and all you want to do is replace the car with one in similar condition and its going to cost xxxx and show him the adds

also because it is your car look into buying the wreck back or at least ask what the salvage price on the car is, to get all your stuff out of it stereo etc im sure a few people around would be interested in either buying it off you, or strip it for parts

do u want that power ariel back i nver got around to putting it in lol

by **Schmee** » January 31st, 2008, 10:02 pm

no worries Terry happy to help where I can if you need any more advice drop me a pm or give me a call you still have my number..?

by **tezza bear** » January 31st, 2008, 10:17 pm

Schmee wrote:no worries Terry happy to help where I can if you need any more advice drop me a pm or give me a call you still have my number..?

yup me does thanks mate

by **Rollin** » February 1st, 2008, 12:01 am

Oh ouch

It's a 5.0 as well isn't it? Sucks that another e-series has bitten the dust, esp on in such apparent good nick, and a 'rarer' 5 litre. :cry:

I'd imagine your missus will wake up with a bit of a head/neck ache tomorrow too, judging by the size of that hit - looks like it even buggered up the front of the truck a bit, and there ain't no crumple zones on them! Great to hear she is ok, looks like the Falcon took the hit like a champ - do the doors still open and close OK or are they totally cactus?

(Dare I say it) Pity about the Grange too - that particular model in that colour is one of my least-disliked Holdens

Looks like it's been lowered a little too, though it could just be crash damage.

by **Commando** » February 1st, 2008, 5:56 am

Daaaaaaaaamn! I'm sorry to see that Tezza

by **tezza bear** » February 1st, 2008, 7:54 am

Rollin wrote:Oh ouch It's a 5.0 as well isn't it? Sucks that another e-series has bitten the dust, esp on in such apparent good nick, and a 'rarer' 5 litre.

I'd imagine your missus will wake up with a bit of a head/neck ache tomorrow too, judging by the size of that hit - looks like it even buggered up the front of the truck a bit, and there ain't no crumple zones on them! Great to hear she is ok, looks like the Falcon took the hit like a champ - do the doors still open and close OK or are they totally cactus?

(Dare I say it) Pity about the Grange too - that particular model in that colour is one of my least-disliked Holdens Looks like it's been lowered a little too, though it could just be crash damage.

Yes mrs Tezza woke up stiff & as sore as this morning. A lady that was behind the truck said he was doing at least 60km & she didn't see him brake & was loaded with gravel. took 2 men to get the passenger door open the other doors i think are wedged shut the guy in the van was taken to hostpital. Was talking to the guy in the grange he only just had it lowed & a few other mods done to it.

by **TUFED6** » February 1st, 2008, 8:40 am

Always wondered what an E-series hatchback would look like. Holy crap.

by **EDFalcon** » February 1st, 2008, 10:49 am

Sorry to hear mate but good that everyones ok...

What was the order of the cars?? truck, your car, van, grange, someone else????

by **tezza bear** » February 1st, 2008, 2:51 pm

EDFalcon wrote:Sorry to hear mate but good that everyones ok...

What was the order of the cars?? truck, your car, van, grange, someone else????

ok there was 4 cars parked at the traffic lights the truck hit our ford, pushed my wife into the van, the van was pushed the into the grange & the grange was pushed into some black car. The black car was gone by the time i got there so don't know what it was or how bad it was damaged. Our car was pushed about 3 car lengths forward & was stuck to the van took about 1 hour to seperate them.

by **simon5574** » February 1st, 2008, 7:02 pm

saw the wreck dude - just down from my work - bad to see :evil:

by **Airved** » February 1st, 2008, 7:18 pm

I pray that never happens to anyone I know. It's scary to think that could happen to any of us, anytime, anywhere. Good to see everyone was able to walk away from it though.

by **Rollin** » February 1st, 2008, 7:28 pm

E-series are tuff as fcuk! To transfer enough force through a van into a grange then into another car (esp while everyone has the brakes on) to do that much damage down the line, without the cabin folding up like a deck chair is impressive.

by **tezza bear** » February 1st, 2008, 11:10 pm

went down today to get some things out of the car got a few more pics.

by **Airved** » February 4th, 2008, 9:44 pm

Rollin wrote:E-series are tuff as fcuk! To transfer enough force through a van into a grange then into another car (esp while everyone has the brakes on) to do that much damage down the line, without the cabin folding up like a deck chair is impressive.

Built Ford tough!

by **OED666** » February 4th, 2008, 10:07 pm

farken... hope your other half doesnt have any lasting effects from the crash. the truck drivers head would have looked worse than the back of your car if it was me.

by **EdFairmontGhia** » February 4th, 2008, 10:42 pm

holy shit what a mess, glad to hear the missus is ok.

i hope insurance works out for ya....

by **Eb Barbie** » February 5th, 2008, 7:44 am

Shit cant believe how bad the rear end ended up! Glad to hear your missus is ok apart from being sore which is expected. Spewing about spending money on it xmas time. Hopefully all turns out ok.

by **tezza bear** » March 2nd, 2008, 10:38 am

Well still no payout yet but our assessor & solisitor put in a claim for $8000 for the car & $2000 for peronal items, stereo & stuff so hope they come to the party. But in the mean time we needed a car so we purchased a 92 EB XR6 its gonna be me work & toy car & when we get the payout we're looking at getting an EF/EL XR8, Fairmont Ghia 5L or NF/NL Fairlane 5L hopefully

. Well more about the XR6. Its a 5 speed manual, BA GTP wheels, lowered, tinted windows, electric windows, mirrors & 2 way sun roof, pacemaker extractors into 3" exaust with 5" dump tip sounds tuff as, mild head work, K/N filter, velour trim, spoiler kit, sony head unit alpine 10" sub & amp, keyless entry, alarm, immobilizer & seperate hidden kill switch. 243000 kays on the clock & pearl black paint job paid $6000 thought it was a bit dear but we thought it was worth it. hears some pics....

by **Fairmont888** » March 2nd, 2008, 10:41 am

looks tops, nice pickup

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