Keep your eyes open - all sorts of things in the long grass these dyas.
Submitted: Monday, Apr 11, 2011 at 14:32
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Robin Miller
You Just Gotta love strong cars.
Lush undergrowth is everywhere these days and I was punting through the
undergrowth on the weekend where bracken fern was higher than the car in
places and turned up a
hill then clunk, Bang, CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK.
I thought "That sounds expensive" and got out of the car.
In the long grass was a huge
rock near back wheel to big for me to move.
The rock was hidden in grass and as I drove up it the front passenger wheel
grabbed, the car rose up then the force spat it out backwards with chassis coming down onto it.
It rolled and grinded along the Patrols big heavy leading arm, just taking the paint off the bottom of the welded together body panel lip and crunched down the chassis rails, stopping near back wheel.
Only damage was torn off front mudflap, but you buy them in 6 packs
for Patrols anyway.
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Reply By: member - mazcan - Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:14
Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:14
hi robin
join the the club
i had a simular experience with a large
rock
and also a log with a bent trunk
the rock only did minor damage
but the log because it was bent rolled as i drove over it and then whipped up and dented under the passenger door sill on my mazda the dents are still there
scrub and long grass can hide the unexpected i treat them with more respect now quiet often will get out and walk it first
it's a bit like crossing a stream or river never know whats hidden in there
i remember on one occasion i walked through some scrub to
check where i was planning to drive and found a small log lying flat but it had a limb coming off it which was pointing up in the air just at radiator height and would have pierced right through the radiator had i not found it
so yes my advice dont drive blind as there are hidden perils
cheers barry
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