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djhaddo1
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Hmm, I think I may leave a slighty bigger gap between me and the car in front in the future....

Already had a scare when a brake adjustment had the opposite effect. :oops:

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Seen my post in spotted?
http://forums.ausmini.com/viewtopic.php?p=88792#88792

Just happened to see a red mini & F250 parked next to each other.
Watch out guys, those F250s are HUGE and they're selling them over here now!

Don't worry about your breaking gap - worry about his :!:

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check out the number plate,,,the good Doc was just doing some CNC machining work :-)

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I woke up 3 days later in hospital... :shock: spent 21 weeks in there in traction.
We later salvaged the car, and I put the motor (997 with 1098 crank) into mine.. :lol:
BTW the speedo was stuck on 60MPH.. dunno if that's the speed we hit at, but check how far into the roofline the tree went..
If it was a telegraph pole not a (relatively) small live tree, I would be dead, mates.

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awdmoke wrote:
Watch out guys, those F250s are HUGE and they're selling them over here now!


i remember parking next to a big dodge truck...my roof was the same height as the walls of the tray...and it took up the whole parking space, right up to the lines on all sides, and next to a mini, well it looked pretty funny. its times like these i wish i had a decent camera on me, and at the time i didnt have a camera phone (useless anyway)

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there's one thing in our favour....

our cars can actually take corners

unlike this example from gorge rd on the 24th of april

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Cripes!!!

That has worse damage than mine.

Got any more smash up pics, Cushster?
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http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_01_12_a_suv.html

did anyone read this ..... scary
and ford is a rip off
he he he thats why i dont own one :)
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The benefits of being nimble--of being in an automobile that's capable of staying out of trouble--are in many cases greater than the benefits of being big.


what better way is there to describe our little beasts???

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