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Bollocks! Just had a phone call from the MrsTea. Currently she is still living in Gippsland until she finishes up her job there in 2 weeks & comes up to Ballarat to join me. On her way home this evening she found a stray dog wandering & thought it belonged to the new owners of our old place. She put it in the car & took it to them, only be told it was not theirs. So keen to find it's owner she drove around to other neighbours, who were out. As she left their property she had to negotiate a washed out section of their driveway. Her car is a little ’02 Misubishi Mirage hatchback, with not a lot of ground clearance. You guessed it ....she hit a rock. First time in the 5 years she's been driving it up & down the dirt road the ground clearance has been an issue. On stopping half a km up the road at another neighbours she saw a pool of oil under the car which was getting larger as she looked at it. It's looking like she's holed the sump plate. . She's going to get the Racv to take it to a workshop on Monday & because our address is now in Ballarat, she is officially over 100kms from home, so is hopeful they'll supply her with a rental car until the damage is fixed. I just hope that it is only the sump plate & that a second hand one can be found at a wreckers. The fact that oil was leaking out when she stopped suggests there was oil still in the motor whilst she drove it there, (it only holds 3.5 litres). Bollocks again!
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Bollocks! Just had a phone call from the MrsTea. Currently she is still living in Gippsland until she finishes up her job there in 2 weeks & comes up to Ballarat to join me. On her way home this evening she found a stray dog wandering & thought it belonged to the new owners of our old place. She put it in the car & took it to them, only be told it was not theirs. So keen to find it's owner she drove around to other neighbours, who were out. As she left their property she had to negotiate a washed out section of their driveway. Her car is a little ’02 Misubishi Mirage hatchback, with not a lot of ground clearance. You guessed it ....she hit a rock. First time in the 5 years she's been driving it up & down the dirt road the ground clearance has been an issue. On stopping half a km up the road at another neighbours she saw a pool of oil under the car which was getting larger as she looked at it. It's looking like she's holed the sump plate. . She's going to get the Racv to take it to a workshop on Monday & because our address is now in Ballarat, she is officially over 100kms from home, so is hopeful they'll supply her with a rental car until the damage is fixed. I just hope that it is only the sump plate & that a second hand one can be found at a wreckers. The fact that oil was leaking out when she stopped suggests there was oil still in the motor whilst she drove it there, (it only holds 3.5 litres). Bollocks again!
That is f$%ked mate........ bloody hell and it sucks because you are so far away!!!!!!!! hope it all sorts itself mate!!
Bollocks! Just had a phone call from the MrsTea. Currently she is still living in Gippsland until she finishes up her job there in 2 weeks & comes up to Ballarat to join me. On her way home this evening she found a stray dog wandering & thought it belonged to the new owners of our old place. She put it in the car & took it to them, only be told it was not theirs. So keen to find it's owner she drove around to other neighbours, who were out. As she left their property she had to negotiate a washed out section of their driveway. Her car is a little ’02 Misubishi Mirage hatchback, with not a lot of ground clearance. You guessed it ....she hit a rock. First time in the 5 years she's been driving it up & down the dirt road the ground clearance has been an issue. On stopping half a km up the road at another neighbours she saw a pool of oil under the car which was getting larger as she looked at it. It's looking like she's holed the sump plate. . She's going to get the Racv to take it to a workshop on Monday & because our address is now in Ballarat, she is officially over 100kms from home, so is hopeful they'll supply her with a rental car until the damage is fixed. I just hope that it is only the sump plate & that a second hand one can be found at a wreckers. The fact that oil was leaking out when she stopped suggests there was oil still in the motor whilst she drove it there, (it only holds 3.5 litres). Bollocks again!
That's shizen Cuppa.
Hope it all works out.
I did that to my brothers Ford XC Fairmont GXL when my car was off the road and let me borrow his.
I did hit something on the road and never thought anything of it until the motor seized about 500metres from home.
My brother wasn't happy.
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Its a Nissan! =====> Its a Keeper!! ....... Got a TD42 in it BONUS!! ....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
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Originally Posted by Rogue Dung Beetle
Wish it was Nissan though, Toyotas just can't keep up with the Pootrol pace.
The only good thing about an 80 series is..... the front end?? Wrong!!, the Engine?? Wrong!! the Full Time 4WD system?? Wrong!! Its the NissanPatrol.com.au stubby holder fitted over the transfer lever. WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
What pissed me off is I was picking kids up from school and standing at door of my fourby and some crazy woman side swiped me leaving me with a sore ass, thing was there was a bang and me yelling and this clown kept driving. Luckily got her rego and had her charged, ain't seen her back parked at school since haha.
. She's going to get the Racv to take it to a workshop on Monday & because our address is now in Ballarat, she is officially over 100kms from home, so is hopeful they'll supply her with a rental car until the damage is fixed. I just hope that it is only the sump plate & that a second hand one can be found at a wreckers. The fact that oil was leaking out when she stopped suggests there was oil still in the motor whilst she drove it there, (it only holds 3.5 litres). Bollocks again!
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Originally Posted by Cuppa
....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
