Ok here's my little adventure for today. I was heading down a road i'm very familiar with and was turning left around a roundabout. Out from nowhere i see this kangaroo in the middle of the road and instinctively i swerve to the left off the road. i went over the gutter and into a ditch, missing a metal and concrete pole by about 10 feet. if i had been on the ball i could have swerved the other way onto grass but it all happened so fast. i had 3 passengers in the car.
here's the lucky part. no one was hurt, and there is almost no damage to the car whatsoever. small scratching under the front bumper and a little bit of cracked paint. barely noticeable.
take a look. its almost on a 45 degree angle :S
i had to be towed out. the check engine light was on for about half an hour but turned off. the cruise control stopped working but i just disconnected the battery for a few minutes and that fixed that. i'll probably have it checked anyway just to be sure but it still drives and runs fine. no damage to wheels or steering or anything
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Watch out for kangaroos....
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Ofey wrote: Shit!! The spirit of Rally lives on!!
Nevermind the Spirit in Rally, is there any Spirit left in Stalker, I reckon he did shit, so he's out of that for now.
As for your Avatar "Stalker", I reckon the Roo stalked you !!!
Similar thing happened to a mate whilst we were driving a Torana in 1976 through National Park late one afternoon, except this was a slow animal (huge TURTLE). Nedless to say, there was'nt enough sump left to talk about.
Hope your car is all "OK" , you and your passengers also.
Nevermind the Spirit in Rally, is there any Spirit left in Stalker, I reckon he did shit, so he's out of that for now.
As for your Avatar "Stalker", I reckon the Roo stalked you !!!
Similar thing happened to a mate whilst we were driving a Torana in 1976 through National Park late one afternoon, except this was a slow animal (huge TURTLE). Nedless to say, there was'nt enough sump left to talk about.
Hope your car is all "OK" , you and your passengers also.
glad everyone is ok, its funny how everyone tells you if there is an animal on the road NOT to swerve, but you just do. ive seen too many accidents like this (living in the country) and ive seen worse outcomes. so its good to see everyone is ok. you know, a car can always be replaced but a life cant.
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yeah well if i had hit the kangaroo it woulda caused more damage than it did so im pretty lucky in that respect. and it hasnt really shaken me or my passengers either. once we saw the everyone was ok and the car was ok we could all have a bit of a laugh about it. it was a pretty soft ride. these lancers are sturdy cars lol
Kangaroo's suck!
Good to see that the car is still okay, it could of been much worse!
I try not to swerve for kangaroo's animals now because I'd much rather hit it than hit a tree, if I feel I can safely swerve then I will, but going 80 on a hilly road I won't
Good to see that the car is still okay, it could of been much worse!
I try not to swerve for kangaroo's animals now because I'd much rather hit it than hit a tree, if I feel I can safely swerve then I will, but going 80 on a hilly road I won't
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Stuff goes wrong at random times I'm always so much more cautious driving through the hills now though.. I can't believe how lucky I was with the way I drove before and didn't hit a roo or a tree!
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