30: potential child killer?

[Ext User(The Interceptor)]

I sa a 380 from behind today. From other angles it isn't too bad but the
back end is a shocker. The boot line is so high that it'd have to be worse
than most 4WDs for reversing visibility.

Brett

[Ext User(The Interceptor)]

I missed an "8" in the subject line.

"The Interceptor" <thisemail@willnotwork.com> wrote in message
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>I sa a 380 from behind today. From other angles it isn't too bad but the
>back end is a shocker. The boot line is so high that it'd have to be worse
>than most 4WDs for reversing visibility.
>
> Brett
>

[Ext User(John_H)]

The Interceptor wrote:

>I sa a 380 from behind today. From other angles it isn't too bad but the
>back end is a shocker. The boot line is so high that it'd have to be worse
>than most 4WDs for reversing visibility.

Bugger. You left out an 8 in the subject line which prevented my
filters from killing the thread!

Please don't do it again. :)

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[Ext User(The Interceptor)]

"John_H" <john4271@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The Interceptor wrote:
>
>>I sa a 380 from behind today. From other angles it isn't too bad but the
>>back end is a shocker. The boot line is so high that it'd have to be
>>worse
>>than most 4WDs for reversing visibility.
>
> Bugger. You left out an 8 in the subject line which prevented my
> filters from killing the thread!
>
> Please don't do it again. :)
>
> --
> John H

Sorry, won't make that mistake again.

Brett

[Ext User(Noddy)]

"John_H" <john4271@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Bugger. You left out an 8 in the subject line which prevented my
> filters from killing the thread!
>
> Please don't do it again. :)

He did it on purpose, the bastard! :)

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[Ext User(SS49)]

"The Interceptor" <thisemail@willnotwork.com> wrote in message
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>I sa a 380 from behind today. From other angles it isn't too bad but the
>back end is a shocker. The boot line is so high that it'd have to be worse
>than most 4WDs for reversing visibility.
>
> Brett
In recent tests by the NRMA it was found that the commodore was the worst
for rear visibility.The first 4wd was fifith on the list.
>

[Ext User(Uncle Bully)]

"SS49" <tobie@no spam. lisp.com.au> wrote in message
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> "The Interceptor" <thisemail@willnotwork.com> wrote in message
> news:TD9pf.36286$V7.15725@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>I sa a 380 from behind today. From other angles it isn't too bad but the
>>back end is a shocker. The boot line is so high that it'd have to be
>>worse than most 4WDs for reversing visibility.
>>
>> Brett
> In recent tests by the NRMA it was found that the commodore was the worst
> for rear visibility.The first 4wd was fifith on the list.


That's like saying poached shit tastes better than boiled shit.

Toyota, Honda, Holden, Mercedes, and Landrover all have zero star models:

http://www.nrma.com.au/pub/nrma/motor/car-research/reversing-visibility/index.shtml

[Ext User(Feral)]

SS49 wrote:

> "The Interceptor" <thisemail@willnotwork.com> wrote in message
> news:TD9pf.36286$V7.15725@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
>>I saw a 380 from behind today. From other angles it isn't too bad but the
>>back end is a shocker. The boot line is so high that it'd have to be worse
>>than most 4WDs for reversing visibility.
>>
>>Brett
>
> In recent tests by the NRMA it was found that the commodore was the worst
> for rear visibility.The first 4wd was fifith on the list.

The Ford/Mazda Courier/Bravo gets max stars. :-)

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[Ext User(Stewart)]

"Uncle Bully" <wakeupcall@optushome.com.au.Remove> wrote in message
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> "SS49" <tobie@no spam. lisp.com.au> wrote in message
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>> "The Interceptor" <thisemail@willnotwork.com> wrote in message
>> news:TD9pf.36286$V7.15725@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>I sa a 380 from behind today. From other angles it isn't too bad but the
>>>back end is a shocker. The boot line is so high that it'd have to be
>>>worse than most 4WDs for reversing visibility.
>>>
>>> Brett
>> In recent tests by the NRMA it was found that the commodore was the worst
>> for rear visibility.The first 4wd was fifith on the list.
>
>
> That's like saying poached shit tastes better than boiled shit.
>
> Toyota, Honda, Holden, Mercedes, and Landrover all have zero star models:
>
> http://www.nrma.com.au/pub/nrma/motor/car-research/reversing-visibility/index.shtml


if the commodore is the worst.. why does the report on this link show the
figures for the prado and the discovery to be the worst, followed by the
monaro, then the commodore?

[Ext User(googlegroups@sensation.net.au)]

The first thing I noticed when I upgraded from an EL to an AU was the
reduced rear visibility due to the higher boot line. Same with my
wife's upgrade, from a little Daihatsu hatch to an Echo... the way that
car tilts it looks like it's about to pounce on something. Both our
cars now have reverse parking sensors installed.

(They're not infallible though... just went to check whether the lovely
wifey's car had two or four sensors, and noticed a nice scrape of paint
missing from her rear bumper. Grrr. >:) )

[Ext User(Neil Gerace)]

*All* vehicles, indeed most things that are made in factories, are potential
child-killers.

[Ext User(Knobdoodle)]

I saw one beside a VS-ish Commodore today and apart from a squarer profile
the 380 boot-lid is no higher.

The rear quarter-panels look more obtrusive than the Commode's though.....

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Knob
(I actually saw TWO 380s today!!)

"The Interceptor" <thisemail@willnotwork.com> wrote in message
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>I sa a 380 from behind today. From other angles it isn't too bad but the
>back end is a shocker. The boot line is so high that it'd have to be
>worse than most 4WDs for reversing visibility.
>
> Brett
>

[Ext User(Kev)]

why are people talking about the boot lid height
it's the rear parcel shelf, who can actually see the boot lid of their
cars
I know I can't


Kev

Knobdoodle wrote:
>
> I saw one beside a VS-ish Commodore today and apart from a squarer profile
> the 380 boot-lid is no higher.
>
> The rear quarter-panels look more obtrusive than the Commode's though.....
>
> --
> Knob
> (I actually saw TWO 380s today!!)
>
> "The Interceptor" <thisemail@willnotwork.com> wrote in message
> news:TD9pf.36286$V7.15725@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >I sa a 380 from behind today. From other angles it isn't too bad but the
> >back end is a shocker. The boot line is so high that it'd have to be
> >worse than most 4WDs for reversing visibility.
> >
> > Brett
> >