Comments on: Holden donates 75 cars for emergency skills training

By: Justin Kibell

Justin Kibell — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:58:13 +0000

Thanks Holden for your continued support of the emergency services by donating so many cars for road rescue practice over so many years both in Victoria and other States of Australia.

Without new cars to practice with we find it very difficult to train as the cars we usually get to play with are those people don’t want anymore, and usually do not have the new safety features of modern cars.

The cost and effort to make these cars available to us, sometimes at reasonably short notice does not go unappreciated or un-noticed. Thanks again.

SES Member
Victoria

By: realcars

realcars — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:00:11 +0000

…but Toyota will supply Aurions to ANCAP until the cows come home to get a five!

By: realcars

realcars — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:51:31 +0000

May I dare say a lot more than Toyota gives back in this regard!

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:36:17 +0000

Trackdaze,
i got your angle and i suppose it was a bit witty ;)

but on the serious side, this is what Mazda should have done

By: Daniel Dacey

Daniel Dacey — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:32:47 +0000

Congratulations Holden. The training the donation of these cars helps to facilitate could help save a life.

As for those with the cheap and entirely inappropriate shots at Holden, I trust you wont’ need the help of the professionals who Holden is helping to train. Would be a shame to waste their time on you.

Dan

By: pg

pg — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:29:08 +0000

good one holden

THIS is what you do Mazda, instead of sending your cars to the crusher (read:tanker accident last year)

By: Phill

Phill — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:29:21 +0000

Good one Holden

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:24:43 +0000

Holden also donate cars that they used in R&D Crash Tests etc to High Schools & TAFE Colleges to help train Auto Apprentices on how to Rebuild and Repair them

By: Duck

Duck — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:18:42 +0000

I agree! Good work Holden! For helping in a good cause.

By: Minnow

Minnow — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:55:02 +0000

This is really good of holden, those cars would have otherwise been crushed… a useless waste of a car. This way they are being used for something beneficial. The training that gives rescuers would give them experience in cars with side air bags in regards to ways to stop air bags deploying while they are cutting the car open.

By: F6310

F6310 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:08:37 +0000

It’s not the frist time Holden has donated cars for this.
I remember seeing a story on the news for ARC 2005 which was held in NZ. (I’m guessing they rotate host country each year) They were crushing up VY Adventra, Commodore, Tonner and LHD Monaro ex test vehicles. Pretty good considering all the cars had to be shipped accross the tasman too.

By: trackdaze

trackdaze — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:34:54 +0000

Google “broken prado diffs” a few from 4wd monthly, overlander etc etc. The diff is built well just poorly engineered.

Lets ask the author on Disco 3. Did anything go bang on the test?

By: trackdaze

trackdaze — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:21:21 +0000

So we’ve taken our PC pills today haven’t we? Could it be the new moon?

Is it a noble cause? yes.

Can’t help but think they could have donated a few 2star barina’s for the boys to practice how to extracate passengers from the glovebox.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:46:39 +0000

fair enough they’re worth 3 mill when new but i bet its costs a fraction of that to build them.

By: Karl Peskett

Karl Peskett — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:40:42 +0000

Hear, hear, Reckless.

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:31:05 +0000

4 really, really stupid comments, revealing that the posters have zero reading and comprehension skills, and are happy to flaunt their gross stupidity on a forum. They’re not even comments that are taking the mickey, these dimwits are serious.

Congrats to Holden for making these vehicles available.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:25:28 +0000

Nice one guys. Holden goes and donates 75 cars to a worthwhile cause for the community and all you have to say is rubbish.

By: ihatemycardotcomdotau

ihatemycardotcomdotau — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:28:12 +0000

Why not make a boats out of those ;-)

By: trackdaze

trackdaze — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:52:45 +0000

It makes sense really.

Commodores are overrepresented in crash statistics & tend to be the ones “piloted” into lounge rooms, cafes, telephone boxes, shopfronts, wedged under parked trucks & telegraph poles

So why not give the emergency services practice on the cars that actually give them the most business.