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Scarebird 01-31-2023 02:43 AM

Aussie TA crash - poor bugger
 
Aussie TV gets right to it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq3aFpxnbFA

7 news.com.au

Heybuck 01-31-2023 05:30 AM

Lets not say poor bugger till the truth behind this is revealed.

If he was "hooning", putting others in danger, then good riddance. Conversely, if this is an innocent event then indeed poor bugger.

Sadly the media are right onto the scare factor. "A 7.4litre muscle car". The cops and the Government are always looking for a means to reduce our simple pleasure. 999 out of a 1000 drivers/owners of our hobby cars are responsible people. Its that small percentage that can make it hard on the rest of us.

Anyway, it seems like no-one was severely injured. Or worse!!

OCMDGTO 01-31-2023 08:07 AM

That should buff out. Seriously, how fast was he going on that residential street to do that much damage?

Half-Inch Stud 01-31-2023 10:49 AM

Well, when 2-cars collide that badly and 1 was parked on a residential street, then the obvious problem was the car in motion had a throttle stuck open.

Longk ago my Q-JET sucked a Secondary throttleplate off the shaft, which provides WOT no matter what you do. Luckly i turned the key off and avoided damage. A motorcyclist (Sega 650) who happened to be alongside came to check to see what happened, and we investigated the matter, and soon on our separate ways, unharmed and yet wiser for the situation.

kingbuzzo 01-31-2023 01:12 PM

What a shame...

jhein 01-31-2023 01:44 PM

"An American muscle car". Sounds scary. LOL.

72projectbird 01-31-2023 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhein (Post 6404710)
"An American muscle car". Sounds scary. LOL.



"Hooning" "American Muscle Car" "7.4 Litre"

Jesus, the media down there really has it out for car guys.

ID67goat 01-31-2023 02:18 PM

Wonder how they know it’s a 7.4 liter? Isn’t 454 usually called a 7.4 liter.

Either way it looks like he was speeding down a narrow residential street like an idiot!

Lightfoot 02-01-2023 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ID67goat (Post 6404718)
Wonder how they know it’s a 7.4 liter? Isn’t 454 usually called a 7.4 liter.

And 455.

Oh Dear, the pollution!

Charlie Brengun 02-01-2023 02:57 AM

7.456 liter for a 455.. Or 7.5 liter when talking to the chevy guys with their tiny 7.4 liter big blocks.. 😜

It does at least appear that guy was doing something he probably should not have been doing.

Burgess 02-01-2023 10:26 AM

[QUOTE=72projectbird;6404714]"Hooning" "American Muscle Car" "7.4 Litre"


Don't forget to include: " A beast of a car" :blabla:

BILL BOWMAN1 02-01-2023 10:40 AM

No Mustangs over there to trash?

Bob Dillon 02-01-2023 10:41 AM

F'ing Aussies. :D:D

Hoon:

informal•Australian
noun
noun: hoon; plural noun: hoons
  1. a lout or hooligan, especially a young man who drives irresponsibly.
    "the whole family was wiped out because some drunken hoon had to drive his car"
verb
verb: hoon; 3rd person present: hoons; past tense: hooned; past participle: hooned; gerund or present participle: hooning
  1. behave in a loutish way, especially by driving irresponsibly.
    "she noticed people hooning around Ohariu Valley"
Origin

66sprint6 02-01-2023 10:50 AM

We get a lot of people wiping out cars here, usually late at night. Many supercars in 2022. A lot of them driven by rich kids. You do see the odd muscle car, though. Last year a guy had a nice '66 Chevelle that he lost control of and split the thing into three pieces. In the news article, they spoke of how powerful the car was.

kingbuzzo 02-01-2023 11:42 AM

I feel the need to crash a Falcon XB GT just by falconing around...always wanted to say that in context

https://www.cgiautomotive.com/wp-con...e-1024x488.jpg

Jay S 02-01-2023 12:26 PM

That looked crash looked like it had some really bad judgment behind it. But that news report seemed to think he was some kind of terrorists. Yikes.

Seems like we are surrounded by bad judgment, and often poor driving skills. Not a good combo.

Reminds me of the Camaro driver that falls out of his car during his burn out efforts, same caliber of skills and judgement.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XigUXvVR-xw

242177P 02-01-2023 01:03 PM

"The Passat was catapulted ..." Sigh. Journalism is dead.

S Courter 02-01-2023 08:03 PM

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Here is one that tangled with a dump truck in Michigan a few years ago. Freshly restored. No one as injured fortunately. Sad end to a nice car.


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