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Old 08-27-2014, 07:01 PM
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Unhappy Crashed my Jeep into a tree :(

We had a very slippery and muddy Sunday last week.

We were driving down a little hill, gaining little bit too much speed. After some point the Jeep started to slide to the right. At this point I lost all steering control and just tried to slow down the vehicle.

Unfortunately it was not enough to prevent the Jeep from going over the bank . And to make it even worse, a huge hole to our right appeared, where we were exactly sliding to. As soon we started to drop into the hole, I turned hard right and accelerated to prevent from rolling.

Well learned from the mistake, fortunately not the hardest way, almost rolled :/

We had our Action Cam running, here is the video.

http://youtu.be/AMgOcr-5XEU
Old 08-27-2014, 07:24 PM
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Not bad... Broken side view mirror and you all are safe and unscathed? Minor issue in my book!
Old 08-27-2014, 07:27 PM
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Wow, glad you're okay. Could have been much worse.
Old 08-27-2014, 07:35 PM
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Your description sounded way worse!! Still sucks tho :( glad everyone's ok. Damage sucks but at least it's nothing major!!! Live and learn
Old 08-27-2014, 07:54 PM
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Thanks guys. We are all fine, and the Jeep will be alright, ordered a side mirror from US. Its so expensive in AUS, around 300 Dollar. Crazy.

I guess on camera everything looks much softer. It was a very scary moment :/

But this made me love my Jeep even more, still drove like a tank after that thro all the obstacles.

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Old 08-27-2014, 08:24 PM
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Glad everyone is ok. For the Jeep it is just character.

I always really enjoy your videos.

Happy Jeeping!
Old 08-27-2014, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by tjkamp
I always really enjoy your videos.
Thanks so much! This kind of words are keeping me motivated
Old 08-28-2014, 12:39 AM
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Sucks, but glad it wasn't worse........great looking jeep.
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Great recovery!

So does AEV make a 2-door roof rack now?
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s*** happens,nobody hurt little damage and lesson learned.


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