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Incident in Neutral Bay

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Incident in Neutral Bay

Postby sirhc55 on Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:04 pm

Plodding away on some artwork for a client when, suddenly, there was a sound from the street that sounded like a thousand cardboard boxes being dumped.

Grabbed the camera (with 70-200m lens attached) and rushed to the street below.

This is what I saw:

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The chap with his head bowed and a hand on his shoulder is the driver - he was not hurt.

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Postby Glen on Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:23 pm

Single car accident? Knowing the corner it happened on, I would send the driver away and make him write 1,000 times "my 4WD is not a sports car".
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Postby gstark on Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:28 pm

Glen,

Exactly.

Some people seem to think that SUV stanbds for Sports Utility Vehicle.

Sports?


No way: we all know the correct meaning of the TLA is Stupid Ugly Vehicle.
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Postby Geoff on Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:51 pm

Lucky bugger to get out of it relatively unscathed. Silly bugger too! Good series Christopher.
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Postby the foto fanatic on Sun Apr 01, 2007 3:34 pm

Great to have a PJ on the spot!

Seems he was quite a lucky chappie to have walked away unscathed.

They have quite a high centre of gravity, those SUVs, and are not really designed for street-rallying.
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Postby ozimax on Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:12 pm

Come on Chris, 'fess up, you actually placed a banana skin on the road, then hid behind a bush with your camera... :)
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:32 pm

ozimax wrote:Come on Chris, 'fess up, you actually placed a banana skin on the road, then hid behind a bush with your camera... :)



:lol: :lol: :lol: I actually stuck my foot out and tripped the car :) :roll: :roll:
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Postby ozimax on Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:52 pm

Chris, I've done some detective work and this is what I came up with...:lol:

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Postby Killakoala on Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:28 pm

^Laughs at Ozimax.^

At least the driver survived the incident, to crash another day.
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:28 pm

Max - :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:31 pm

Ozimax, you've learned far too much from The Chaser...
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Postby NJ on Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:43 pm

great shots there! must have added some excitement to your day. That looks like a Nissan X-Trail, not the first time that has happened with those, they are very top heavy...
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Postby firsty on Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:51 pm

but that is the sports version of the Nissan X-trail..... can't you see that it has rear wheel steering
I only have the std steering model so mine will roll over on half a banana peel.... I wish I could afford the 4 wheel steer one
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Postby Bugeyes on Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:58 pm

nice but not quite as funny as that bozo who crashed thr Enzo Ferrari last week... oh and nice shots..
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Postby gstark on Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:14 pm

NJ wrote:That looks like a Nissan X-Trail,


A poorly named vehicle if ever I've seen one.

Surely they need to be referred to as the N-Trail.
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Postby the foto fanatic on Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:32 am

gstark wrote:
NJ wrote:That looks like a Nissan X-Trail,


A poorly named vehicle if ever I've seen one.

Surely they need to be referred to as the N-Trail.


You've got to have guts to make a pun like that!!! :lol:
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Postby gstark on Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:44 am

cricketfan wrote:
gstark wrote:
NJ wrote:That looks like a Nissan X-Trail,


A poorly named vehicle if ever I've seen one.

Surely they need to be referred to as the N-Trail.


You've got to have guts to make a pun like that!!! :lol:


Maybe I'll just leave that one where it lies ...
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Postby moggy on Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:41 am

gstark wrote:
cricketfan wrote:
gstark wrote:
NJ wrote:That looks like a Nissan X-Trail,


A poorly named vehicle if ever I've seen one.

Surely they need to be referred to as the N-Trail.


You've got to have guts to make a pun like that!!! :lol:


Maybe I'll just leave that one where it lies ...


I'm certainly not game to go there! :lol:

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