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Old 26-09-2009, 08:37 AM   #1
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Everyone likes sidewards action around a bend, crossed up, smoke out the back, lots of fun.
Then there are the guys that drive better than professional and do it in the wet on suburban street.

Bus +1
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Not that's not mid-drift, that's bent.

Person in back would be dead for sure.


Minor panel repairs on bus.

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Old 26-09-2009, 08:47 AM   #2
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thats one bent falcon
high performance car, low performance driver?
that WON'T buff out.
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Old 26-09-2009, 08:49 AM   #3
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Edited.


That actually appears to be blood on the back seat in the close up photo.
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Old 26-09-2009, 08:49 AM   #4
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If the impact was on the drivers side the bloke with the tattoo sleeve (who i am assuming to be the driver) may not be lucky enough to be sitting on the footpath looking sheepish

I hope he learns his lesson

That is a massive impact

PS: his MONSTA per the bulge wont buff out
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Old 26-09-2009, 08:52 AM   #5
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muppetry

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Old 26-09-2009, 08:53 AM   #6
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one word, lets make it two, fn tool.
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Old 26-09-2009, 09:42 AM   #7
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Pretty Good Looking Front Cut He Still Has There,,haha
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Old 26-09-2009, 09:55 AM   #8
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What a tool, rule no1 of driving like a knob in suburban streets... look for buses !!
I live on an intersection with a roundabout and know that sooner or later some jackoff will come through my fence... they just can't help themselves.
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Old 26-09-2009, 10:21 AM   #9
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He was only person, lucky rear hit bus, otherwise he'd be dead.


Oh not high performance car IMO, only XR6 N/A


Rule #1 of driving like a knob in suburban streets - DON'T
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Old 26-09-2009, 10:23 AM   #10
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Looks like a LWB Fairlane now.
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Old 26-09-2009, 10:29 AM   #11
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I saw this exact same thing a few weeks ago but it wasn't a xr6, it was a VN p plater. And the bus won again!
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Old 26-09-2009, 10:48 AM   #12
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I reckon he was doing 80 (if not more) to nearly split it in half
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Seems as if as soon as the drift lube hits the road, everyone's in Tokyo!

I learnt my lesson at the top of my street. Coming home when its wet, those corners are like driving on ice. Years ago in my 74 Corolla I ended up doing a 180 degree turn, also managed to do it in a front wheel drive Colt from giving it a little too much round the corner in the wet, now in the Falcon all I do is just let it glide with my foot on the brake, and don't accelerate out!
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wow, that is an impact and a half!
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Old 26-09-2009, 01:18 PM   #15
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Looks like a LWB Fairlane now.
That's exactly what I thought when I saw it too.

Oh well, if anyone asks about "control blade" suspension; there it is.
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Old 26-09-2009, 01:22 PM   #16
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He was only person, lucky rear hit bus, otherwise he'd be dead.


Oh not high performance car IMO, only XR6 N/A


Rule #1 of driving like a knob in suburban streets - DON'T
Let's see.
Home job on the extractor installation (gasket goo)
Stupidly dumb and moronic oversize amplifier cables (how many amps? 60,000?)
Dirty coolant
Stupid homebuilt airbox
Low power steering fluid.
Dirty engine
Monsta written on a V8 boss bulge for an NA6
In summary; tool

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Old 26-09-2009, 01:31 PM   #17
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he looks like he is 50 years old too, is he reliving his younger days or what?

where was that stack?
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Old 26-09-2009, 01:35 PM   #18
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Damn lucky someone wasn't killed. Fool!
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Old 26-09-2009, 01:39 PM   #19
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ltd, mate, how many people on these forums have large power cables for their amplifiers, aftermarket air boxes, and dirty engine bays. Must make all of them tools too.
I know the bloke is a for what he has done, but your list is stupid.
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Old 26-09-2009, 02:03 PM   #20
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where was that stack?
Carrum Downs, SE Melb.
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Old 26-09-2009, 02:04 PM   #21
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The Authorities should finish it off in the Crusher....with all the people that where in the Bus in attendance to wittness the crushing.
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Old 26-09-2009, 02:07 PM   #22
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.. wait, no P-Plate.. wow, the authorities have been lying to me.
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The Authorities should finish it off in the Crusher....with all the people that where in the Bus in attendance to wittness the crushing.
Only after I pinch the front wheels off it :
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Old 26-09-2009, 02:17 PM   #24
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How do you think it happened?? Muppet slide around a corner, not looking out for any traffic past the corner, and Mr Peninsula collected him??

On another note, I used to travel on those buses all the time in my younger days. Nice to know they're nice and safe!!

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Now we know what a Falcon version of a Crewman would look like.
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Old 26-09-2009, 04:39 PM   #26
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he looks like he is 50 years old too, is he reliving his younger days or what?
Naa mate, he is 26.
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Am i the only one that thinks that the first picture makes it look a bit like a "Crewman" perhaps wat a twin cab falcon ute could look like
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Am i the only one that thinks that the first picture makes it look a bit like a "Crewman" perhaps wat a twin cab falcon ute could look like
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I'm sure we've all seen some quite major accidents (or more correctly crashes - not really an accident if it was caused by an error in judgement)
With the amount of extremist comments that have already come out in this thread, I can't really see any discussion leading anywhere apart from the obvious downhill slide threads of this nature generally take.
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