Happy New Year 2008 Everyone

[joey Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close joey]

hey mav you got the right place mate...

the brickies are up here on contracts at te moment carrying out maintence and repair on auto claves

[mav Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close mav]

hey mav you got the right place mate...

the brickies are up here on contracts at te moment carrying out maintence and repair on auto claves

Chilli is a great guy, if you bump into him can you tell him Paul & Dayle said hi to him & wished him a Happy New Year please.

Thanks Joey.

[joey Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close joey]

no worries mate i see the brickies every day...

have a great rest of new years..

p.s im a born and bread novacastrian as well

joey out

[Damien Parker Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Damien Parker]

Happy New year ladies and gents!!!

I have finally woken up after working all night last night and its time to do the daily round up

Joey, Where abouts in Newcastle are you from??? I live in waratah but grew up in the Toronto area.

With all these Novocastrians around maybe we need to do a renuion drive... or our own form to play in, there's enough of us. We are edging up on the sandgropers :shock:

[Gordo Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Gordo]

Happy New Year everyone

My new-year's resolution is to happily await the next 3 months before the new D4D Prado arrives from Toyo. All this without complaining the wait it tooooo long. "Yeh Right".

Also start to acquire new mods in anticipation for the new arrival: Already have new 40Ltr Engel fridge + fridge slide and have material for new self-made rear storage drawers " Like Chippy's" (Great Mod)

Also, not to take life too seriously and have plenty of 4wd and camping trips out of Brisbane with the help of other adventurous PradoPointers.

Gordo

[Byrnsie Member Find all posts View Profile Close Byrnsie]

Don't know about starting the year with a bang . . . but certainly finished with a bang.

Planned on going away New Years Eve to catch up with friends that are camping down at Coolendel (very nice camping ground inland from Nowra on the Shoalhaven River).

The missus took my work car out to get a few supplies. She forgot something so reversed back into the driveway. Don't know how, but the car must have been left in neutral. Car rolled down driveway and ran into back of Prado. :cry: Only narrowly missed my wife (by about 30cm!).

Spare wheel took the full brunt of the impact. Rear door has been dented with force of rear wheel pushing back. Rear wheel cover smashed. Car was in gear with hand brake on and was pushed forward 30cm. Bullbar smashed through gyprock garage wall and cracked/dislodged two studs.

Now to the other car . . . . it's stuffed! Rear bumper smashed. Rear boot buckled. Rear quarter panel buckled. Rear glass shattered. (8 month old VE Commodore Berlina!)

Have phoned a couple of panel beaters. Guess what . . . they are all on holidays!

Needless to say, our NYE was spent at home and was very subdued. At least no one was hurt.

Prado panel gaps all look uniform. Insurance of Commodore will cover repairs. Want to make sure that chassis of Prado and everything else is all good.

So far 2008 has been without incident.

Hope you all have a great year.

Cheers - Byrnsie

[Grandeman Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Grandeman]

Don't know about starting the year with a bang . . . but certainly finished with a bang.

I missed out on any bang - the wife was away holidaying with the kids, while I worked... :cry:

Car rolled down driveway and ran into back of Prado. :cry: Only narrowly missed my wife (by about 30cm!).

Given a choice... (no, I won't go there...)

Seriously though, I'm glad no one was hurt - you sometimes hear of tragedies happening this way. I hope you get the cars sorted real soon.