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Lincoln Carter
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NSW
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 08:52 am, by:  Lincoln Carter (Dex) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It was a sad sad week last week... one of our beloved 32s has met its maker...

I dont know this bloke, or even know if he is registered here on central.... dont even know his name.... what i do know is hes is a friened of a good mate, and owned a 32... therefore a smart fellow... well kinda.

now wait for it.......

Apparently on Croudace St Newcastle (a 50km zone) the 32 had reached the speed limiter at 178!! lost it, hit the curb.

i'm not sure what happened next... havn't seen any photos, but apparently the roof was leveled down to the body of the car... i'm guessing the rest of the car was pretty messed up to.. a write off.

the lucky guy came out of it fairly injured but alive.

anybody else know if this?

May the 32 Rest in Peace...
Miles Baker
TryHard
Vic
V8

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 08:59 am, by:  Miles Baker (Milesb) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

178 in a 50 zone?
Lincoln Carter
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 09:03 am, by:  Lincoln Carter (Dex) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

this is second hand info, but yep... thats what i have been told... reliable bloke... a mechanic actually

The road in question is dual lane, straight and down hill.... i would say easy to reach that speed in a 32... not that you need to be going down hill!!
Colin Kirkpatrick
TryHard
NSW
Soarer UZZ31 & UZZ32

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 09:08 am, by:  Colin Kirkpatrick (Colin) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Just read it all, then seen the eye candy and seen what happen, now we know!

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Charlie Hooper
TryHard
Queensland
V8 Limited Soarer

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 10:18 am, by:  Charlie Hooper (Charlie) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Not wanting to profit from someone elses loss.. but is it hard to fit the active susspension and steering to a 31? heh

Poor guy...
Don Bagnall
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New Zealand
UZZ30 GT4.0 V8

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 10:42 am, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Anything's "Doo-able", but there are some things ya just wouldn't even contemplate doing in life.........THAT is one of them
Dan McColl
TryHard
Victoria
UZZ32 V8 Soarer #183

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 11:07 am, by:  Dan McColl (Hoon) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Damn.
Hopefully there will be some '32 spares become available. One must always look on the positive side.
Charlie, It would probably be easier to rebuild the '32.
It has also made mine just that little bit more exclusive.
Its sad to see such stupid acts in such a awesome car, but it's good he lived. I guess it shows how good these soarers are built.
Charlie Hooper
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 11:11 am, by:  Charlie Hooper (Charlie) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Don Bagnall wrote on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 10:42 am:

Anything's "Doo-able", but there are some things ya just wouldn't even contemplate doing in life.........THAT is one of them




Haha, sorta like a VL I saw with GTR running gear (including AWD etc).. he was chasing 50k for it so I'm guessing it cost him a house or so to do..
Mark Northcott
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NSW
V8

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 11:15 am, by:  Mark Northcott (My91gt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah apparently he was going past the John Hunter Hospital and hit a bump and lost it big, rolled and caught on fire...

Lucky man but no one who i know up here know who it was.
Lincoln Carter
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 11:30 am, by:  Lincoln Carter (Dex) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

not sure on parts guys, but will endeavour to find out... tactfully!

doesn't sound like he's a member.
Jose-Antonio Castillo
TryHard
NSW
Black/Black JZZ30 VVTi

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 05:54 pm, by:  Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That's like a story I heard of a VL driver, big engine work yada yada.. been waiting for 3 months for the car to be finished (was in the panel beaters), fang'd it out (it was raining) and collected himself.

Poor 32... but serves him right for doing 178 in a 50 zone (if that's indeed correct).
Daniel Czechowski
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Western Australia
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 08:20 pm, by:  Daniel Czechowski (Dan) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Lincoln Carter wrote on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 08:52 am:

and owned a 32... therefore a smart fellow...





Lincoln Carter wrote on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 08:52 am:

(a 50km zone) the 32 had reached the speed limiter at 178!!




You call that smart, I call it stupid
David Vaughan
DieHard
ACT
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 08:25 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Unfair selective quotation Daniel. What Lincoln actually said was

quote:

therefore a smart fellow... well kinda



You falsely impute to Lincoln an opinion he never expresses. Make your own criticisms of the '32 driver but do not smear your colleagues on the forum.
Daniel Czechowski
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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 08:36 pm, by:  Daniel Czechowski (Dan) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ok maybe I should have put a smiley at the end of it instead... I'm not smearing anybody on this forum David, yes it was selective, I connected the dots and as a result I actually found this text funny, you didn't. I'm not referring to Lincoln at all, I'm saying the 32 driver was an idiot (wasn't he?) Lighten up a little
Lincoln Carter
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 09:02 am, by:  Lincoln Carter (Dex) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks Dave

Gotta love misinterpretations online

"smart fellow" for owning a 32

"well kinda" idiot was doing 178 in a 50 zone, therefore not that smart... actually a fool.

No offence taken Daniel, but a smiley would have made it better tehe
Daniel Czechowski
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 03:41 pm, by:  Daniel Czechowski (Dan) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hehehehe, posting smileys is the key to avoid any online misunderstandings
Don Bagnall
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 04:07 pm, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


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Mark Northcott
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Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 10:24 am, by:  Mark Northcott (My91gt) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey I drove down that road last night and yeah mmm well he was a lucky person....
I'm gathering it's where it happened as it's on the downhill run and there's a couple of solid black lines across the road.

He woulda been hoping that the light was green as he was coming down and he is lucky there wasn't any cars coming up the hill.

Stupid behaviour round the city his just lucky there wasn't anyone else around he could have injured
Andrew Doyle
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 11:26 pm, by:  Andrew Doyle (Lurch_83) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I actually used to live on that street, and my mate who still lives there rang me to see if i was ok...the thought it might have been me!!!
Jan Heinrich
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NSW
UZZ32 No. 312

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Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 10:13 am, by:  Jan Heinrich (Yarno) Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ok ok I'm the stupid idiot... although the facts above are not correct, this still doesn't make up for what I have done.

Firstly I'd just like to say sorry to the people's front yard that I went through.

Secondly I'd like to say to others on here that do speed on the roads that it is not worth it, it feels good until you become unstuck (straight away you know that you have f#$%$% up), then getting carted off in an ambo to the hospital doesn't feel good. So just don't do it, I think the only place for it is the race track.

At the moment I have a broken ankle and back (L2 fracture) and pelvis (SI joint). I have lost my beloved Soarer (insurance doesn't pay for stupidity), have no income, and have fines to pay.

But at least I am alive, and I think this has a lot to do with the Soarer.

I have learnt from my mistake and will never be doing that again, and I hope some of you guys can learn from my mistake as well, because it just is not worth it.

Jan

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