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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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Default Tree crushing my new TC!!!!!

Well not exactly crush, but smash into it nonethess. I even parked away from everything, but out of the blue this 100 ft tall eucalyptis tree fall onto my hood. #*&^@#%!!!
So my car is at the body shop, about $2800 bucks of damage. I just have to laugh. This happend at work so my boss will pay for any deductables, but that doesn't make me feel better. Just had to vent. Enjoy the photos, Yeah it could have been worse, but c'mon!




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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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damn dude, how'd it fall?

tree-1 tC-0
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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damn those koala bears, hatin on a tc because they aren't sold in australia!
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 10:46 PM
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A week ago we had a freak wind storm, so it was swaying a lot then. It think that the roots must have been weakened, also its an old tree. When it fell, there was no breeze, no warning, just crash. Hit a co workers car also, must just some scratches that she got buffed out.
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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hahaha i love the picture where you can see the whole tree, i laughed it off when a huge chunk of ice fell on my car a few weeks ago, its the best way to get through it
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:13 PM
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Just when you think you're safe...

Watch out for falling pianos, too.
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:15 PM
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Somebody should've shouted "Tiiiimmmmmbeeeeerrrrrrrrr!!!!" so that your tC could've had the chance to back out...
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:16 PM
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can you get away with just getting a fender and buying a carbon hood?
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:18 PM
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time for that carbon fiber hood!
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:20 PM
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why were you parked in the jungle?
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by nyr197
why were you parked in the jungle?
San Diego is covered with eucalyptis trees, very hard to get away from them. They also have very shallow roots, so it's not too much of a surprise that some may fall over after a storm.
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by nodsetse
Originally Posted by nyr197
why were you parked in the jungle?
San Diego is covered with eucalyptis trees, very hard to get away from them. They also have very shallow roots, so it's not too much of a surprise that some may fall over after a storm.
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 11:39 PM
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This would be the time to go carbon crazy....I just don't have the cash right now. I work in a building that is on a horse ranch, so there are trees everywhere. Others have fallen before but not on anything until now.
Old Apr 10, 2007 | 12:08 AM
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Oh 5h!t!!
Old Apr 10, 2007 | 12:23 AM
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SHIZAM!

my dad and i were hiking the in "bob marshall wildrness" which basially a week's worth of hiking up a mountain, and there was some BAD weather when we were up there, snow and all that shiz, and when we got back down my dad's truck was the ONLY car that didnt get owned by a tree in the lot!

im sorry the same thing didnt happen to you!

but i agree - time to get CARBON FIBERRRRRRED!
Old Apr 10, 2007 | 01:28 AM
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Damn. I agree with the majority, carbon fiber time!
Old Apr 10, 2007 | 02:15 AM
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Where in SD is this?
Old Apr 10, 2007 | 02:19 AM
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If a tree falls on a tC and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Old Apr 10, 2007 | 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Big_Bird
damn dude, how'd it fall?

tree-1 tC-0
It's more like this...

tree - 2 tC - 0

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=169434
Old Apr 10, 2007 | 02:29 AM
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I remember that Windy Storm!!.....Bummer dude!....

What "bad" Karma did u have??



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