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19-11-2011, 11:42 PM
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I was driving my xr8 along the m4 today at about 100km/h when from nowhere in front of me a bucket appeared on the road and bam I hit it. I hit the anchors to minimise the impack but didnt swerve as a car was alongside. Anyhow bam... It went flying. Dont think anything was in it fortunately.
I sped up and there was one ute up ahead which I took plenty of photos. There was no other utes around so I presumed it was him. Then I got home to inspect the damage. My foglight was non existant and a scrape mark on the front left. I was furious. Fortunately it mostly buffed out and just the smallest of nicks remains. The foglight was in the cavity behind bar and clicked back into place after undoing plastic underneath. If the damage was substantial who would I claim against. Is the local council responsible was obstacles on the motorway? The motorist ahead that I beleive fell off his ute? Or my bad luck? Not so long ago I guy in front had a bbq on his ute. The metal bbq lid flicked off and was like a bullet flying through the air, just missed my windscreen, thought it must have hit my car but didnt? What is it with people not securing their load properly and then leaving the damage behind them. |
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19-11-2011, 11:44 PM
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Happens all the time..
Sadly unless you see it fall off the vehicle its hard to prove. Thats why we all have insurance!!
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19-11-2011, 11:46 PM
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Two threads in 10 minutes, bored?
I'd say, unless you could stop the guy and get them to admit fault in writing, it's pretty much bad luck. How close behind this guy were you?
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19-11-2011, 11:50 PM
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Omg !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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19-11-2011, 11:52 PM
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My gosh you post some crap on this forum, but this HAS to take the cake.
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19-11-2011, 11:53 PM
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No chance of holding any one responsible. Get damaged fixed and move on.
This reminds me of a time at band camp, that we all played our instruments backwards. And it was so funny!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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19-11-2011, 11:55 PM
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Must've been a bloody small BBQ to have a lid the size of a bullet.
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19-11-2011, 11:56 PM
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19-11-2011, 11:57 PM
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On a scale of 1-10, what colour was the bucket?
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20-11-2011, 12:00 AM
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It wasnt giants cai intake was it?
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20-11-2011, 12:06 AM
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20-11-2011, 12:08 AM
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So want I really want to know is, how far did your car kick the bucket?
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20-11-2011, 12:12 AM
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Even inanimate objects are taking potshots at poor Hulk.
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20-11-2011, 12:13 AM
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20-11-2011, 12:20 AM
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If it was yellow and you hadn't hit the anchors perhaps the bucket may have stuck in your air intake and you could say it was a modificaton to your body kit, and then start a thread about it.
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20-11-2011, 12:25 AM
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20-11-2011, 12:28 AM
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Whats your point?
I hit a bucket that I saw fly off the back of a ute, I didn't start a thread about it. |
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20-11-2011, 12:34 AM
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One would think no damage would happen after hitting a bucket, even at 100kmph. Unless it was one of them metal ones. Sucks.
Go ye olde automobiles...
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20-11-2011, 12:35 AM
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Unfortunately Hulk, it is impossible to pin the blame on someone unless, as has been noted above, you saw it fall from the vehicle. Glad to hear damage was very minimal though.
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20-11-2011, 12:37 AM
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My car kicked the bucket!!!
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