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What did you do to your Polo today?

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  • Yeah...Repairs won't get started till the 12th of jan, so I miss out on Big Day Out, and may have to fly back to Townsville, and get dad to drive back up later on. Very uncool...And I feel like a friggen tool.
    "If can't get behind your troops, feel free to stand in front of them..."

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    • Such a bad new mate !
      Hope you resolve it without any probs...
      Good luck !

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      • Originally posted by Blitzen View Post
        I crashed it....
        Damned bad luck there, Mate. A moment's inattention, I gather? Have done similar myself (in a past life ... many decades ago).

        Dave

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        • Originally posted by DaveMack View Post
          Damned bad luck there, Mate. A moment's inattention, I gather? Have done similar myself (in a past life ... many decades ago).

          Dave
          Yeah, just one of those things...Looking at the wrong car at the wrong time. The guy I hit was cool about it, and he could drive away. Now have no wheels in a foreign land...
          "If can't get behind your troops, feel free to stand in front of them..."

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          • Sorry to hear mate. But why can't you drive the car if it's only a few broken bits on the front end?

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            • Originally posted by Flaps View Post
              Sorry to hear mate. But why can't you drive the car if it's only a few broken bits on the front end?
              Cheers man. Plastic from the grill holed the A/C condenser and the radiator, so I cant drive the car. It was only a low speed hit(me>5km/h, and him>10km/h), but it has bent the crash bar behind the bumper too. Like I said, mostly cosmetic, but because of the radiator, undrivable. Dosn't make me any less of an idiot though.
              "If can't get behind your troops, feel free to stand in front of them..."

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              • Originally posted by Blitzen View Post
                Cheers man. Plastic from the grill holed the A/C condenser and the radiator, so I cant drive the car. It was only a low speed hit(me>5km/h, and him>10km/h), but it has bent the crash bar behind the bumper too. Like I said, mostly cosmetic, but because of the radiator, undrivable. Dosn't make me any less of an idiot though.
                bummer wonder how far off you were to setting off the airbags? maybe they need structural damage before they blow?
                had a passat tdi. now mb c class.

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                • Originally posted by tryingavw View Post
                  bummer wonder how far off you were to setting off the airbags? maybe they need structural damage before they blow?
                  AFAIK, airbags work off the ABS sensors. they'll go off if the rate of deceleration is high enough.

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                  • Originally posted by Grant View Post
                    AFAIK, airbags work off the ABS sensors. they'll go off if the rate of deceleration is high enough.
                    That wouldn't work because if you were not touching the ground with tyres when you hit something they wheels wouldn't slow down. Or when you get hit from behind.

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                    • Originally posted by VW GTI View Post
                      That wouldn't work because if you were not touching the ground with tyres when you hit something they wheels wouldn't slow down. Or when you get hit from behind.
                      i can't remember where i read that.. but anyway turns out its a bit more complicated
                      "Airbag control unit" (ACU) monitors a number of related sensors within the vehicle, including accelerometers, impact sensors, wheel speed sensors, gyroscopes, brake pressure sensors, and seat occupancy sensors.

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                      • i got arse raped by my sisters xr5

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                        • Was your sister driving too or someone else driving her car???
                          Revotechnik stage 1 flash, BC Sports coilovers, Lenso Type M's, APR R1 diverter valve

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                          • Her boyfriend was driving.

                            I should highlight that its far from stock. lol.

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                            • Neither is yours though right?
                              Revotechnik stage 1 flash, BC Sports coilovers, Lenso Type M's, APR R1 diverter valve

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                              • Originally posted by SidGTi View Post
                                Neither is yours though right?
                                yeah.. XR5's are quite fast when modded tho. Where as the polo is in a slower league.

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