I broke the wifes car :(

[andrew e]

I had a bit of an accident in the wifes car not long ago, Going around a roundabout, i sneezed, and hit a semi trailer parked just after the roundabout. Both airbags went off, luckily have my seat back far enough not to get wacked in the face, but the plastic bits on the steering wheel gave me some good bruises on the wrists.

The car was ONLY a 2000 commodore, but gee we had some memorys in that car. I bought it 3 1/2 years ago, writen off, and fixed it up for my expecting fiance at the time (a birthday present). She chose the colour (blueprint) and the body kit (vx ss), and i had it finished in time to be used as our wedding car. Then when #1 son was born, it bought him safely home from the hospital. It took us around victoria, and up to brisbane to get my mog diffs. Then last month, it bought my newborn daughter home from the hospital aswell.

Luckily i was alone in the car when i hit the truck, because if there was someone in the passengers seat, they would have been hurt.

Gee i feel bad for the wife, as the car meant alot to her, and unfortunately it is not repairable this time. The roof is buckled, and the shell is so badly twisted, i had to kick the drivers door open to get out. The gearstick even dissapeared through the floor.

She has now put me incharge of finding her a new car with the insurance payout, so i have to find hersomthing special. I'm thinking a caprice around 03/04 (she does not like p38s before you ask).


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[Benny_IIA]

She has now put me incharge of finding her a new car with the insurance payout, so i have to find hersomthing special. I'm thinking a caprice around 03/04 (she does not like p38s before you ask).




Sorry to hear about the crash, good to hear you ok.

If she does not like p 38s, how about a series:wasntme:

[andrew e]

Sorry to hear about the crash, good to hear you ok.

If she does not like p 38s, how about a series:wasntme:


she already has a series. An 'S' series. :D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

:eek:

remind me not to sneeze---:o

[Slunnie]

Man, I'm sorry to hear about the crash also. Nice looking jigger also.

Good to hear there were no serious injuries from the car or the wife.

[Bigbjorn]

Is the sofa comfortable, and how long do you expect to be sleeping there?

[willem]

G'day Andy,

Glad to hear you're all right! Sorry about the car. You might want to check with the wife about the Statesman, tho - they're a big thing to park!

Willem

[The ho har's]

what is wrong with a Disco:D there is a lot of us swmbo's out there driving them:angel:


Mrs ho har:angel:

[DiscoMick]

Yeah, use the money to get her a nice Disco. :cool:

[Disco95]

what is wrong with a Disco:D there is a lot of us swmbo's out there driving them:angel:


Mrs ho har:angel:

One word........FREELANDER

[Corgie Carrier]

Sorry to hear about the accident, glad your OK.

I just happen to have a BANANA :angel:



Neale

[lardy]

One word........FREELANDER

now now, no need to use that language in here disco 95 ....really.
But seriously the freelander has the tinyiest amount of legroom how would ya be putting a kid seat set up in that for two kids ??
I reckon a disco 2 would be the go, it has alot more going for ...a sexy diesel under bonnet ..ok a diesel probably isn't sexy to you lot i have issues it's plain hahaha

[procrastination inc]

take a good hard look at subaru. We have a forester that is amazingly reliable. Outback and liberty are nice jiggers if you need something bigger

[lardy]

take a good hard look at subaru. We have a forester that is amazingly reliable. Outback and liberty are nice jiggers if you need something bigger

good point these are great for school run and more economic and easy to park than most of the armoured personnel carriers out there on a weekday morning

[DiscoMick]

Nah, get her a Yaris!;):D (Am I allowed to say that on here?):angel:

[Redback]

Mate that looks a lot worse than how you described it, very lucky knowone was in the passenger seat, best thing is your OK and you get to find her something even better.

Good luck with the hunting, Baz.

[Defender=1st]

Gday mate, glad your ok. sorry to hear about the car

[andrew e]

disco, freelander whats the difference? There all just a poor mans rangie. :wasntme:



take a good hard look at subaru. We have a forester that is amazingly reliable. Outback and liberty are nice jiggers if you need something bigger

I dont mind the old scoobydoo, but the wife is not too fond of the wagon shape, hence the LWB sedan. I liked the adventurer aswell.

I had a look at a few caprice's this weekend.......... gee and you think rangies depreciate?

I think the way the wife and i both drive (with a light right foot), a 5.7L caprice would be similar on fuel as a subaru aswell. From what i am seeing, about 13-14L around the city, and 10.5-11L/100k on the freeway is normal. They are 30cm longer than the old coommodore too (before i hit the truck) so similar storage as a wagon.


Andy

[Slunnie]

disco, freelander whats the difference? There all just a poor mans rangie. :wasntme:




I dont mind the old scoobydoo, but the wife is not too fond of the wagon shape, hence the LWB sedan. I liked the adventurer aswell.

I had a look at a few caprice's this weekend.......... gee and you think rangies depreciate?

I think the way the wife and i both drive (with a light right foot), a 5.7L caprice would be similar on fuel as a subaru aswell. From what i am seeing, about 13-14L around the city, and 10.5-11L/100k on the freeway is normal. They are 30cm longer than the old coommodore too (before i hit the truck) so similar storage as a wagon.


Andy
That consumption is way heavier than a 3.0 H6 Outback and I don't have a light foot. I'm not sure what the first lot of H6's get as ours doesn't have an onboard computer, but the latter one does and I get about 10.0l/100km around town in that. On the highways it runs at something between 8-10l/100km depending on the terrain.

[Slunnie]

Sorry to hear about the accident, glad your OK.

I just happen to have a BANANA :angel:



Neale

Ahhhhhmmmmmm


Oh well, at least its not a gun in your pocket. :lol2:

[andrew e]

My sister used to have a 99 liberty, and that got some shocking fuel consumption when she owned it. Mabe it was just the car.

[BigJon]

If you are talking fuel consumption, my Dad just went to Sydney and back from Adelaide in his E270 (2.7 turbo diesel Mercedes sedan).

Averaged around 5.2 litres per hundred at the speed limit... :D

[andrew e]

If you are talking fuel consumption, my Dad just went to Sydney and back from Adelaide in his E270 (2.7 turbo diesel Mercedes sedan).

Averaged around 5.2 litres per hundred at the speed limit... :D

on my daily commute, i average about 3.5L/100 :D

[DiscoMick]

On my daily commute I average $3.70 for 16km.