Not having a good week

[sports racer]

I hit a wombat the other week with my 97 Polo, it took out everything below the bumper including the radiator. To make things worse I had to keep driving for 10ks with no water and warped the head. Please don't go writing notes on the folly of driving with a hole in the radiator and no water. It was around midnight and absolutely freezing, plus way out in the country with no phone reception so I had to find a pay phone and ring for help.

Whilst I was waiting for parts I borrowed mum's old Volvo to get back and forth to work (180ks each day in a car with over 430,000 on the clock). After three days it just stopped outside Bungendore and took me half a day to get it towed back to Tarago. It's still with the mechanic. That's two cars down now.

Time now to borrow the Pajero (great living on a farm) and I managed to get a parking ticket the next day.

Not having a good week.

[GoLfMan]

thats a bugger mate, i have another 97 Polo if you wanna buy it off me

[Buller_Scott]

i drive on country roads a fair bit in the dark (melb-buller), and i too am fearful of hitting a wombat- last year i nearly hit one, it was a big f**ker, just sitting on the median line. scary stuff.

dont get down. we all have those sort of weeks.

life can sometimes be a total b!tch, but it'll sort itself out soon.

[leasaunce]

i nearly hit a wallabie near Wahroonga, in sydney... arghh! never knew they existed in that region!

[Buller_Scott]

yeah my grandma lives there and i used to go there alot when i lived in sydney- it must have been a domesticated one that escaped, because ive never seen wombats there.

[Grant]

so does insurance cover hitting a wombat? how about driving with no radiator causing a warped head?

[Buller_Scott]

you'd think it WOULD cover hitting a wombat- i mean, i crashed my car last year, it was my own fault, but seeing as no one else was involved and i wasnt speeding/ drink driving, insurance paid up.

i can envision everyone on this board going back over the fine print in their insurance contract right about now....

[PeterHBne]

As an animal lover, I say what about the poor bloody Wombat?

[VW GTI]

As an animal lover, I say what about the poor bloody Wombat?

He has to ride around in his mum's fanny pack until he repairs.

[Flaps]

As an animal lover, I say what about the poor bloody Wombat?

Add some rosemary then 210 for 38-40mins and serve with a nice drop of red.