Hi,

Unfortunately the Emu died as a result of the accident. No pictures, as I didn't have my phone, and the car is 2 hours away in the middle of nowhere!

Cheers,
Nik

Hi,

Insurance claim for sure. Can't afford to do anything else. I'm worried about some fairly serious damage from the transmission - guess we'll wait and see!

For now - back to drinking.

I've only hit Roo's and trees in the past, so at least an Emu was knew.

Cheers,
Nik

At best the transmission has overheated.
At worst its drained of any fluid.

Either way its not flash.

At a guess anyway.

That sucks mate, at least your alright. Haha Towie going in your direction, Wolf creek anyone?

That's bad luck.  Not so long ago a roo tackled your B4, no?

Those bullbars don't look too bad.  Times have changed since the good old 5-posters.

Fingers crossed your outback gets sorted and no great damage is done to the tranny.

theprotest;141142 wrote:

Hi,



Haha, mate, that's hilarious as this is really the deep, dirty south. Haha.

That bullbar actually does mould to the car quite well... might be a good idea.

Thanks for the kind words!

Cheers,
Nik

Damned straight its a good idea! You're lucky too. They've recently reopened business under new owners as it shut up shop for a couple of years.

The other brands of bullbars for the subaru look somewhat nasty. At least these look the goods.

Factory now located in Goulburn, NSW.

hhmmm emu steak, must be tenderized and and marinated first. don't over cook, just let the steak look at the hot pan for a bit and wallah. coat of arms on a plate. serve with witchetty grubs and yams mm mmm mmmm.

Next it'll be a f*cken Bunyip Nik

Hi,

The insurance company wont even be looking at the quotes that were submitted to them on Monday, until Friday afternoon.

If the gearbox is damaged, according to Subaru Australia, it is NOT a serviceable item, and was described as a 'throw away part'. If the gearbox is damaged insurance WILL NOT cover the damage, as it was driven from the scene of the actual accident.

Cheers,
Nikisnotahappycamper...

Hi Paul,

I have an H6 mate, it's a 3.0R Outback.

I am just praying that it was just a case of losing fluid and overheating, the gears dropping back and having no drive due to no fluid pressure. Top her up, replace the rubber hoses that were damaged.

Nice work Subaru, put rubber hoses behind a plastic headlight and guard at the very forward most part of the car. Stupidest idea I've seen in a LONG time.

Cheers,
Nik

theprotest;142108 wrote:

Nice work Subaru, put rubber hoses behind a plastic headlight and guard at the very forward most part of the car. Stupidest idea I've seen in a LONG time.

Better than putting rubber hoses behind glass, or a box of nails... Or spare razor blades... :grin:

Hi,

Hi,

Well. If only it were a joke.

Last night I was working for a few extra hours. In desperate need of dinner I jumped in the car and headed up my driveway towards my house (work and house are on the property). Halfway up the hill a kangaroo came in from the right hand side and struck dead centre of the bonnet. I was in the Ford Courier ute, so I was only doing about 35 clicks. It was a very wet night last night, so couldn't really tell if the radiator was cracked or anything.

Bonnet, grille, front bumper at the very least.

All this on my birthday.

I'm seriously thinking I just need a crappy 4WD with the worlds biggest Roo bar.

Cheers,
Nikdoesn'tthinkhisSigiscleveranymore...