We were expecting the girls home later that night thinking they were still in Melbourne probably partying somewhere for Rachael's birthday so we went to bed, lucky I had just turned over and saw the room light up, it was Tony phone ringing but he had it on silent it was around 11:30pm, Tony your phone's ringing, he answers it and its one of the worst things a parent wants to hear..... Dad I've been in a car accident *through sobs of crying* well my heart dropped as I could hear her in the silence of the room, Tony: are you ok? and is it bad? Rach: Yes I'm ok but the car's a write off Tony: What happened? Rach: It had just started to rain and as I come around the bend the back of the car hit a oily patch and spun out, I couldn't control the car, I tried to gently tap the breaks but it only made it worse (BTW Rachael has her certificate in Defensive Driving so has been trained what to do here ) the car was spinning fast and we hit the ditch and went into the bush and hit a tree, lucky for them, they ended up hitting the tree backwards so the airbags didn't go off, they were able to get out the drivers side and walk away, they couldn't open the passenger side door.
Now you have....two very scared and shaken girls whom has just had a car accident at night in the rain and miles away from home interstate...... what is the first thing you think to do???????? Ring the Police? because you need help right? and the police are there to help people when they are in a accident right? well unless you have a witness or you can prove someone else hit you...dont call the fucking police! why you ask? the girls did just that, they were scared and crying so they called the police, who come out and treated it more like a 'on purpose' than a 'accident', and said...." you have no witnesses, we can see you weren't speeding but here is a $415 fine for negligence diving" WTF? then the tow truck come and pulled the car out and towed it 5 to 10 minutes up the road to his depot and said his boss will be in at 8am in the morning and will give them a price on the towing fees but your looking at around $500 again WTF? are these the going fee's or are the girls being ripped off?
OMG! so back to us at home, its now after midnight, and we are ready to jump in Tiny and drive 6 hours to pick them and the car up, so trying to find where to get a tandem trailer from at that time of night, and working out how the heck are we going to come up with that kind of money to bring them home, with the cost of fuel, trailer hire, pay the towing fee, food as its a long trip, looking at probably just under $1000 .... maybe I should start a 'Help bring Rachaels car home fund' lol
Anyway sadly we just couldn't get the money together to go get them and the car :( but one of Rachaels mates (a new red P plater) has kindly put his hand up and taken the long drive to NSW to pick the girls up, but the car is up to us, lets just hope they dont charge her storage fees :(
On a brighter note the tow truck driver dropped them off at the 'Golf View Motel' it was late at night and they got a room for the night, and the owners delivered a lovely breakfast free of charge to their room this morning, so I'd like to put a good word in for anyone is looking to stay in Eden NSW there are still good people out there :)
Now a few months ago Rachael had new (well they were second hand) tyre's put on the front when she got home I noticed they were odd tyres, what the hell?? who puts odd tyres on a car? it was a small tyre factory in Dandenong that one of her friends told her to go to.....
First picture is driver side front tyre, second picture is passenger side fron tyre, you can clearly see they are very odd
Anyway the poor bugger has a black cloud over her, she had only got her car back from the panel beaters afew weeks ago from a young guy backing straight into her at a petrol station, who backs out from the pump?
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