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Carruthers · 03-27-2014, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I guess that happens when you leave giant gaping fucking holes two feet off the roadside.

Good job it was a basement and not a cellar.

ETA: You've seen the 'after', this is the 'before':

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It takes serious application to knock down iron bollards and railings before 'parking' your Range Rover.

I don't suppose anyone is too worried. In that part of London many people will finance the replacement out of petty cash.

Griff · 03-29-2014, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

I don't suppose anyone is too worried. In that part of London many people will finance the replacement out of petty cash.

More likely, the insurance company will pay-off without comment and the expense will be spread across others, because you want those

clients.

monster · 03-31-2014, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

WTF? It's legal to drive like that there?

No-one is injured, it's not worth the police time to try and prove the driver was negligent. if the insurer of the basement owner wants to persue it, or the council wanting to get their bollards fixed.... If you hit another car, you just exchange insurance details. Several years ago I learned the hard way that here in the US you should call the police regardless. So this time I did and it proved a very good call. But I feel a tit calling 911 for a fender bender, it's just not how I was brought up.

Gravdigr · 03-31-2014, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

...But I feel a tit calling 911 for a fender bender, it's just not how I was brought up.

Put the regular (non-emergency) number for the police in your phone.

Carruthers · 03-31-2014, 03:50 PM

I think that a bidding war has started in London to see who can 'bend' the most expensive car.

That Range Rover was peanuts. This Lamborghini cost £300,000. Now yer talkin'

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Lamborghini Aventador worth £300,000 towed away after three-car crash.

The supercar has been filmed being driven around London in the past with flames firing out of its exhaust.

Daily Telegraph.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-31-2014, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Put the regular (non-emergency) number for the police in your phone.

Easier said than done, within 20 minutes drive from home I could be in one of dozens of police jurisdictions, in three states.

monster · 03-31-2014, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Put the regular (non-emergency) number for the police in your phone.

here, they tell you to call 911

monster · 03-31-2014, 08:45 PM

(maybe because it's not unusual to get a plethora of menu options followed by an answerphone on the regular number)

Gravdigr · 04-01-2014, 08:39 AM

Re: The Corvette Sinkhole

I'm watching the Corvette Museum webcam, I think they're about to lift out the black ZR-1 Spyder rfn. It looks pretty damn smushed.

ETA: The above link is for Skydome Camera 1. Skydome camera 3 may be where the car will be set down, and thus your best view of the carnage.<--See what I did there?

glatt · 04-01-2014, 09:02 AM

Thanks. I tuned in just in time.

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Gravdigr · 04-01-2014, 09:14 AM

It's out, and gone. Pics to come.

I wasn't lying:

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Gravdigr · 04-01-2014, 09:23 AM

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Yep. Definitely smushed.

Gravdigr · 04-01-2014, 09:29 AM

By the by, all this is a hoax, y'know:

BigV · 04-03-2014, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

I think that a bidding war has started in London to see who can 'bend' the most expensive car.

That Range Rover was peanuts. This Lamborghini cost £300,000. Now yer talkin'

Attachment 47186

Daily Telegraph.

The moment of impact/takeoff.

ps, I know the vid is embedded in the daily telegraph link, but it was exasperatingly slow to load, youtube was much more responsive.

Carruthers · 04-03-2014, 12:54 PM

Thanks V, I hadn't seen that video. I think the site was updated after I posted the link. Unfortunately, you have to sit through a commercial for most videos on the DT site which is a pain in the fundament.
Perhaps the ads are restricted to the UK audience and you have the great good fortune not to be troubled by them!

I was thinking earlier today, which is a rare event in itself, but if I could afford a Lamborghini, the last thing I would spend £300,000 ($497,500) on, would be a Lamborghini, or any other similarly pricey car.

Maybe it's an age thing.

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Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Re: The Corvette Sinkhole I'm watching the Corvette Museum webcam, I think they're about to lift out the black ZR-1 Spyder rfn. It looks pretty damn smushed. ETA: The above link is for Skydome Camera 1. Skydome camera 3 may be where the car will be set down, and thus your best view of the carnage.<--See what I did there? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Thanks V, I hadn't seen that video. I think the site was updated after I posted the link. Unfortunately, you have to sit through a commercial for most videos on the DT site which is a pain in the fundament. Perhaps the ads are restricted to the UK audience and you have the great good fortune not to be troubled by them! I was thinking earlier today, which is a rare event in itself, but if I could afford a Lamborghini, the last thing I would spend £300,000 ($497,500) on, would be a Lamborghini, or any other similarly pricey car. Maybe it's an age thing. __________________

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