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At 2130 last night, on my way back from a mates house,
I swirved to miss a kangaroo...and hit a tree..... The tree won.
My baby, my first vortex, is now probably a write off.

Pics to follow.
Just wanted to share it with subaru enthusiasts that understand.

Not sure when i'm holding a wake for her.

Cheers

MAte , that is a bummer. Hope no one was hurt.

It was just me and i'm fine.
A nice bloke with a tractor came and pulling me out from around the tree though.
Gotta love country folk

RIP to one of the nicest Vortex's I have ever seen.

You must be devastated.

mate, sorry to hear it. I would be devestated if I lost mine.

Are you going to try and find another one?

oh shit mate.. Mate been there done that, wrote off my wagon a few years back because of bloody roo! (swerved to miss the roo but lost control and hit rear end to a tree and tried miss the tree but did it in wrong angle in last minute) Next time, mate drive towards the roo, don't swerve it (even any animals). Its not worth swerve around them as its too risky. Sorry to hear that, hope you can find a better Subaru!
Cheers
AP

Thanx someguy. Yeah subius, i'm looking for another one, i won't let one accident stop me from owning cars i love.
It was just so hard to find one in good nick the first time
Yeah alpineraven i should have just nailed the roo.
If i'm lucky, it may be repairable. If not most would be salvagable.

good luck with it.

i'll keep an eye out for any tex's for sale

Much appreciated mate, i'm looking for a 4x4 turbo this time
Still have to contact my insurer to get it sorted out

Ouch that's bad news. Lucky you weren't hurt. Post up pics when u can, it will be interesting to get people's opinions on here. If it's front end damage get lots of pics of the engine bay from multiple angles.

Sorry to hear about the Vortex.
Glad to hear your are OK.
Here in the Hunter Valley NSW the roos are pretty bad too.
I am lucky (and that's all it is. Nothing else) as I have been in a car completely stopped and they have run in to the side (not my car) and on another occasion I know of a car stopped and the roo sat/jumped on its bonnet causing a fair bit of damage.
In your case it must have been scary and I do my best to avoid ending up the same way.
Best of luck finding a new car.

Yeah will get to a computer and upload. Would rather get it chalked up to a repairable writeoff.

Hi contact Rick in Gympie , i gave him the number of a lady wanting to sell a Vortex very cheap, she may still have it It may be of interest to you

4x4 turbo? What is his user name?
Cheers jeff

Thanx heaps cliff, yeah i had alot of luck i didn't put it on it's lid.

you have my sympathy.... i get upset when I have to sell cars if it were up to me all cars should be kept and kept in good condition!

if thats the sort of car you love then you should get another one. I branched out into different cars after my second one's death and regretted it

No 2wd and non turbo, but i think it still has some rego on it so it may help.

Also she is not on here so has no user name

H-top wrote:4x4 turbo? What is his user name?
Cheers jeff

rtcb65

You could convert from 2WD to AWD/4WD from your old one?
You could buy it back from the insurance and transfer everything from your one into next one.. Just a thought... I wish I did that with my previous liberty and the guy bought it from auctions for $500, and I was stubbing myself!
Cheers
AP

P.M. sent.

Cheers mate