Slightly bruised

[vaughan]

This will teach me not to leave my precious parked on the street. There's some dumb drivers out there :!:


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[AMDave]

That's excruciatingly bad luck.

It looks like the door panel was the only one affected, so hopefully that's the extent of the damage. It doesn't look like a high impact so the pillars, fore and mid, should be fine (cross fingers).

Check the neighbour's bumpers for silver paint, take a photo & send the address to the insurance company.

Then, after it is fixed, secretly put raw prawns inside their curtain rails. (Shhhhh!)

[Strongbow]

apart from the bruising it still looks like an awesome mobile! is that a Holden?

...and what's all this about raw prawns in curtain rails??? :shock:

[vaughan]

looks like an awesome mobile! is that a Holden?

Ford XR6Turbo.

http://www.ford.com.au/range/falcon/models/xr6turbosedan.asp

[NeoGen]

It should be a crime to do a thing like that to such a pretty car... oh well, fact of life is that the worst stains always land on the best shirts. :roll:

[Beerknurd]

that sucks

[Ototero]

What a bummer. There should be a "right to kill" if you catch the person.

Or "2 eyes for an eye".

It won't put your car right, but it will make you feel better.

[mitro]

slighty off-topic: You Aussies get the absolute coolest cars. :D Here in the US they finally imported the Holden Monaro (sold here as the Pontiac GTO, and in the UK as a Vauxhall) a couple years ago and its sales have absolutely flopped and is to be discontinued here. Which is ridiculous because it a brilliant car and dirt cheap here. Unfortunately unless its a 4-cylinder front wheel drive, the idiots in US auto industry (and I guess the car-buying public is as much at fault) don't even TRY to sell it.

[Strongbow]

The holden is a right bruiser of a car (the 6.0 v8 VXR especially)! ...it's not doing too bad here as it is so much cheaper that it's competitors, rough round the edges but a right laugh to drive apparently! (a bit like an Aussie then! Only joking! ...or am I ;) ) ...I'm surprised it doesn't sell well in the US especially as it has a thumping big V8 in it!

Never heard of an XR6 turbo though! ...sounds as mad as a hatter when pushed as I've just read an Aussie road test http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_reports/xrt_xr6t.htm

Have you checked your neighbours cars yet???

[Lagu]

Hi

Any here as has test drove or own a Volvo or SAAB? I know in the USA these makes are sold.

Volvo has V70 Cabriolet and XC70, XC90, S40, S60, S80, V50, V70 models.
SAAB is the car as feels more like a sport car when driving it I think and can go very fast over 200 km/h but that can Volvo too.

Both makes have Turbo engines as is very modern and strong.

They have before been a genuine Swedish make but are now acquired by GM and Ford years ago but are still made in Sweden.

Especially Volvo was a good affair for Ford because Volvo generates money. SAAB has only give GM problems and not generate any profit.

I myself own a Volvo 850 GLT 170 Hp and very good to pull our caravan built in Finland by Solifer and is 5.40 m long.

Lagu :)

[Keith75]

Very sorry to see that Vaughan. I had my pickup parked at a friends house a couple years ago on the street. I go inside and hear a car flying by and a crash. The guy side swiped my truck but luckily my tires stick out and kept the damage to a minimum. He on the other hand lost his plastic bumper and license plate. :P