Happened to see an accident on the 7 news tonight here in WA about an accident I over East involving a linamint GTRXU1 ,looked like a head on at an intersection and both cars on fire ,hopefully everyone was ok,and hopefully no one from this forum,anyone else see this ?
GTRXU1 accident
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, Apr 06 2015 10:52 PM
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Posted 06 April 2015 - 10:52 PM
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Posted 06 April 2015 - 11:54 PM
There have been a couple of video links to Facebook put up but that picture shows it much better.
Looks like the other piece of poo caught on fire?
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 06:17 PM
I seen the same on 7 news. I looked like a Linamint LC Xu1 on fire in the front end.
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 06:23 PM
Funny, the Torana in the pic that Anthony posted looks yellow to me, not green.
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 06:30 PM
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 06:49 PM
wonder who was at fault..wouldn't be the Torana driver surely they are all good drivers 
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 06:49 PM
and some say new cars are more safe
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 07:37 PM
Fingers crossed that the person at fault had insurance. Not all is lost, needs a bit of work but it is repairable, cheers Aaron.
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 07:53 PM
it may just be my old eyes...but does that Torana have square headlights?
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Posted 07 April 2015 - 07:57 PM
I thought it was yellow also. Looked yellow in the video yesterday. What a shame for the owner.
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Posted 08 April 2015 - 12:04 AM
Unless im color blind that looks like a yellow LJ to me..hope it wasn't a real XU1..probably wasn't though bogan neighbourhood. 
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Posted 08 April 2015 - 12:12 AM
Knowing where the LJ battery normally sits, it's possible in such an accident it shorted??
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Posted 08 April 2015 - 12:28 AM
Yeah,alright Adrian point taken ,it actually looked like Linamint in the news story ,and if you look at the FB link ,so it's yellow then,anyhow glad they were ok .
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Posted 08 April 2015 - 12:39 AM
Good on the firerys they have saved it. I wonder if he had a fire extinguisher, i certainly do. Expensive for the insurance co if the other driver is at fault
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Posted 12 April 2015 - 04:25 PM
I know the owner of this car,it is a real one, he belongs to the GTR & XU-1 club QLD which I am a member also, it is insured and is going to be rebuilt over the next 12 months.
According to all reports he was taking in for a spin to charge the battery,at the lights at Moggill road the 2 cars collided,the battery was squashed and the air bag in the other car deployed and hence the fire.He is OK but understandably upset.
Don't know who was at fault at this stage and the colour is Yellow Dolly.
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Posted 12 April 2015 - 04:55 PM
Great to hear he was insured. Would be good to get a report on who the insurer was and their approach to the repairs. 12 months seems rather excessive ?
Edited by Skapinad, 12 April 2015 - 04:56 PM.
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Posted 12 April 2015 - 06:28 PM
From what Iv'e been told Skap he is going to rebuild the car,don't know how that works with insurance.
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Posted 14 April 2015 - 12:09 AM
Good luck and best wishes on the rebuild, can't imagen the frustration that guy must be going through.
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Posted 14 April 2015 - 05:25 PM
Yeah he is more than a bit upset,hopefully he gets it back on the road without to many dramas.
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Posted 14 April 2015 - 05:27 PM
He is alive, his car is restorable, nothing to be upset about.... Shit happens.
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Posted 14 April 2015 - 07:39 PM
Did it Fry his Paint&Trim Tag :(
As that area from pic does not look good
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Posted 14 April 2015 - 08:16 PM
From what Iv'e been told Skap he is going to rebuild the car,don't know how that works with insurance.
It would depend on how it is insured and then it could end up a ride-off.
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Posted 14 April 2015 - 08:41 PM
It would depend on how it is insured and then it could end up a ride-off.
or they might even write it off lol
(doubt it though as it would be worth a fair bit and would have to be pretty badly damaged for cost to outweigh value)
Edited by Potta, 14 April 2015 - 08:42 PM.
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