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gijoe1313
14th December 2007, 22:20
Well, a little whiles back my car was being loaned out to a mate who needed some wheels. It was promptly sideswiped by a truck on the roundabout at Lambie Dr and Cavendish .. stoved in the left side, but is still "drivable". My mate's family were in the car in a funeral convoy they were attending.

Truckie was apparently all argie-bargie about how "it wasn't my fault" until he saw the kids crying in the back and the missus looking concussed.

All in the lap of the Otara Inspection Unit I guess, but it seems the truckie "merged" into the side of the car :oi-grr:

Initial damage assessment reckons it may be written off :doh: Looks like a down payment for the warchest on a CB900? :innocent:

Drum
14th December 2007, 23:20
Someone didn't obey the first law of the road?

Truck > Car > Bike

The Pastor
15th December 2007, 07:44
you missed > cyclist after bike.

Sucks for your car gijoe, but as you hinted a cb900 would be a great way at err saving the envrioment and doing your part for global warming, in that way you sorta have to buy the bike right?

gijoe1313
15th December 2007, 08:08
you missed > cyclist after bike.

Sucks for your car gijoe, but as you hinted a cb900 would be a great way at err saving the envrioment and doing your part for global warming, in that way you sorta have to buy the bike right?

Which is counter-balanced by my owning a two-stroker and working on bringing online two more of them! Save a tree, burn a dinosaur and eat a whale!

The Pastor
15th December 2007, 08:23
but only if the wale is low carb.

McJim
15th December 2007, 08:50
Woa! Sucks mate.

I remember my car getting swiped too...by a merc. Pics in the thread below.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=1085126#post1085126

I was in it at the time too.

gijoe1313
15th December 2007, 13:35
Woa! Sucks mate.

I remember my car getting swiped too...by a merc. Pics in the thread below.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=1085126#post1085126

I was in it at the time too.

I don't think mine even compares to yours! At least the bugger can still be driven! Just have the hori rubbish bag window on it!

EJK
15th December 2007, 13:46
Well, a little whiles back my car was being loaned out to a mate who needed some wheels. It was promptly sideswiped by a truck on the roundabout at Lambie Dr and Cavendish .. stoved in the left side, but is still "drivable". My mate's family were in the car in a funeral convoy they were attending.

Truckie was apparently all argie-bargie about how "it wasn't my fault" until he saw the kids crying in the back and the missus looking concussed.

All in the lap of the Otara Inspection Unit I guess, but it seems the truckie "merged" into the side of the car :oi-grr:

Initial damage assessment reckons it may be written off :doh: Looks like a down payment for the warchest on a CB900? :innocent:

Man that sucks! lol

but who cares? It's only a cage! :lol:

all the best for your CB900