damaged cars

huggiebear · 27-03-2008, 09:54 AM

seeing as tho i work for a car rental company and i get to see all the damaged cars i thought id post some pics. i saw one car about a month ago from another company that had actually flipped the car on the roof on a flat smooth (but wet) road... we are all stupped on how he did it. but here is the pics i do have. im sure there will be plenty more

not sure on this ones story but plain to see what happened (latest series - see bodykit - less then 1000k's)

this one is interesting... "avoided a rock on his driveway and rolled it down the hill"

huggiebear · 27-03-2008, 09:58 AM

oh and the pejaro wont run.. we tried to crank it over but id say the ECU had locked the car or something as it does 1/8th of a crank then stops

XR06T · 27-03-2008, 12:11 PM

heheheh post more!!

interesting that the xr6 in the 1st photo has the bodykit but not the 18's.

**Sorted** · 27-03-2008, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by XR06T

interesting that the xr6 in the 1st photo has the bodykit but not the 18's.

Hire Car's are good for parts, cant see some one getting away with stealing the wheels though, but you never know

zetec · 27-03-2008, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by XR06T

heheheh post more!!

interesting that the xr6 in the 1st photo has the bodykit but not the 18's.

The 18" rims are only fitted when 6 speed auto is optioned, as a Retail oriented feature. Renter XR6's all have 4 speed autos so they only get standard 17" rims.

huggiebear · 27-03-2008, 12:19 PM

na all our XR's have the same wheels. tho i have been temped to offer them a few bucks for a set :P

fiery · 27-03-2008, 12:32 PM

Wow
must be a silver car thing

: (only kidding of course).

Hiring a car you would have to feel a bit of a tool saying you avoided a rock in your driveway.. very bizarre for sure.

sgt_doofey · 27-03-2008, 12:39 PM

Must have been a big rock on a small driveway...

Mansal · 27-03-2008, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sgt_doofey

Must have been a big rock on a small driveway...

...maybe the rock was chasing him - Indiana Jones style...

Dezza · 27-03-2008, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by fiery

Wow
must be a silver car thing

: (only kidding of course).

Don't say that! I've already had enough incidents. I don't want you to curse me! :P

The roof on the Pajero certainly looks like it hasn't stood up well. Proof that 4WDs certainly aren't invincible.

WILDB · 27-03-2008, 01:06 PM

EDIT: ^^ ZETEC beat me to it.

irlewy86 · 27-03-2008, 12:39 PM

Hire cars - the only true all terrain vehicle.

huggiebear · 27-03-2008, 01:08 PM

we also have a few 6 speeds but have the same rims... i dunno what the go is there...

zetec · 27-03-2008, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by huggiebear

we also have a few 6 speeds but have the same rims... i dunno what the go is there...

Pre-June 2007 BF II's that must have been optioned with ZF's or something as a trial perhaps.

andrewts · 27-03-2008, 06:56 PM

Wow, "don't be gentle; it's a rental" just got taken to a whole new level!

XR Martin · 27-03-2008, 07:21 PM

What did the excess end up being for the Pajero?

huggiebear · 27-03-2008, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

What did the excess end up being for the Pajero?

i belive its 4500... not bad considering the RRP of a pejaro

Yaw · 28-03-2008, 12:06 AM

Mate I would never buy an ex rental car.

Years ago I worked at a servo that hired utes out.
We had one fellow do a 4 hour hire,
(admittedly we never found out till much later, but when the ute came back it was chewing through oil.
The bugger had hired it for an hour and swapped motors with his ute of the same make and model.
I wonder how often this happens with hire vehicles.

huggiebear · 28-03-2008, 12:09 AM

haha i can assure you that this wouldnt happen with us.... the numbers are checked during every service and before they are sold again. they are actually pretty well kept these days, gets treated better then most cars you see on the road. cleaned and detailed every few days, serviced every 10 thou k's

The Yeti · 28-03-2008, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by huggiebear

haha i can assure you that this wouldnt happen with us.... the numbers are checked during every service and before they are sold again. they are actually pretty well kept these days, gets treated better then most cars you see on the road. cleaned and detailed every few days, serviced every 10 thou k's

And driven like speed way cars

**DJM83** · 28-03-2008, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by The Yeti

And driven like speed way cars

Exactly

fiery · 28-03-2008, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by The Yeti

And driven like speed way cars

Or taken to the Drags and used there.. I remember seeing a guy doing runs and someone asked him where his car was (he was well known at the track) and his was in being fixed or something so hired one so he didn't lose points. All he had to do was be consistent to keep with points or something..

Was a crack up

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Originally Posted by Dezza!

Don't say that! I've already had enough incidents. I don't want you to curse me! :P

Sorry Dezza

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SVTVNM · 28-03-2008, 06:17 PM

When I did my high performance driving course there were two guys there in rental toyota carollas, one had bits fall of it through the day, actually all the other drivers got a laugh out of it.

kyro_02 · 28-03-2008, 06:52 PM

thats great, giving me ideas to hire a car and swap parts over... lol

MNM96 · 03-04-2008, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SVTVNM

When I did my high performance driving course there were two guys there in rental toyota carollas, one had bits fall of it through the day, actually all the other drivers got a laugh out of it.

What sort of ****ed out High Performance Driving Course were you at that they accepted Corolla's?

Fev · 28-03-2008, 03:24 PM

ahaha awesome cheeky idea though to swap the engines over lol.. wonder if he nicked the diff or g-box aswell :P

Daymoe · 28-03-2008, 03:30 PM

Haha, reminds me of a story that my sisters boyfriend told me. Him and a few mates hired out a car to hoon about in, they went to a quiet street and took it in turns of jamming up the handbrake while cornering, until one of his mates hit the handbrake, slid into the gutter and rolled the car, busting it all up.... Lots of money comes into the story later

huggiebear · 03-04-2008, 09:15 AM

ok got some more for ya all. first one i dont know the story on... but the tarago and prius behind it also have frontal damage...

next up is a getz who decided to take on a small truck... done a good job...

this one was a cracker... we had the main boss who had just arrived, the new guy took out the Mitsu.. 380 across the back of the "regional directors" car... 3500 dollars in damage. im now 1 of 2 people who havnt crashed a car (touch wood) the other guy is only a new guy.

last one for now is a brand new lancer... not sure on the story but the customer obviously took it into a wall or another car...

and off topic but look at the size of the muffler on a lancer... its almost fuel tank size

ea90gl · 03-04-2008, 10:57 AM

jeez whats next, hire a car then enter demolishing derby? thats some bad damage in all those pics

v8falconsrule · 03-04-2008, 09:43 PM

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jeez whats next, hire a car then enter demolishing derby? thats some bad damage in all those pics

it's been done- on one of the first Jacka$$ movies theu hired a car, welded in a bit of a rollbar and took it in a demo derby- then took it back, told 'em it was like that when they picked it up.

used to detail the occasional rental and a few that had been traded in and some of the stuff you'd find was interesting. some would smell like puke for weeks, others had mud eveywhere- inside and out. don't miss those jobs.