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  1. 14th January 2011, 12:47 PM #1
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    My Disco rolled

    Well, two months after I bought it....it's a write off.

    Was helping a mate get his L plate hours up on the Mitchell Hwy. Coming out of a long sweeping left hander he drifted a bit across the centre of the road, we both saw an oncoming semi (in it's lane), we both realised we'd hit it.

    My made swerved left (I knew as I saw how hard he turned that we'd had it), then overcorrected to the right (knew we'd really had it), the Disco hit a 4 foot deep 8 foot wide ditch on the opposite side of the road, did a wheels to roof roll.

    I said, 'I'm alive, you OK' - he said 'yep'. We undid our seat belts, fell onto the roof, I kicked the windscreen out & we both crawled out.

    Only injuries are glass cuts.

    Highly recommend Discovery 2 as a vehicle to crash in.

    Comprehensive insurance with NRMA - $2200 excess, am hoping that 'market value' means close to the amount I paid for it 2 months ago.

    One less Platinum edition TD5 Auto Discovery 2 on the road.

    Wreck will be auctioned in Newcastle (don't know when).Perfect spare wheel & tire. at least 2 rims should be fine. Engine probably A'OK. Someone in the area might want to bid on it.

    Spent a year looking for this vehicle....hugely bummed, my wife is bummed, my 2 year old is very disappointed, keeps asking 'big car?'

    That said,

    Any crash you walk away from is a good one,

    We haven't lost as much as those poor families in QLD.

    Pics to follow
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  2. 14th January 2011, 12:51 PM #2
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    Glad your Ok !
    It's not broken. It's "Carbon Neutral".


    gone

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  3. 14th January 2011, 12:55 PM #3
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    Holy geebuz shyte and bugger!!

    Glad you pair got out ok! ... Even more relieved that there was no altercation with that on coming semi!
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  4. 14th January 2011, 01:05 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco_Balls View Post
    Holy geebuz shyte and bugger!!

    Glad you pair got out ok! ... Even more relieved that there was no altercation with that on coming semi!
    Yeah, I'd rather have rolled at 80kph than hit the Semi at 180!
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  5. 14th January 2011, 01:13 PM #5
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    (Wishing I'd been able to take the King coils & the spare wheel off before the tow truck arrived)



    (Escaped with just a scratch...but gee flies really like blood)


    (That's my mate, he's feeling pretty miserable)



    So bummed, we'd really come to love the car - can't imagine anything matching it)



    Got the dvd player out with playschool DVD. Pretty relieved I hadn't taken my son on the trip! Note the blood on the drivers roof)



    (Heaps of crush room in a Disco. In a car with less head room we'd have some worse injuries)
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  6. 14th January 2011, 01:31 PM #6
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    Bloody hell.

    Glad you both came out of that ok.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VladTepes View Post
    Glad your Ok !
    X2! Terrifying stuff.......
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    The best outcome from this is that you and your mate are alive and intact, sucks that he wrote off your pride and joy, but you both walked away from it.

    Hope you get back on all fours quickly bud!
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  9. 14th January 2011, 01:50 PM #9
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    Geez! glad you're okay!

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