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Discussion in 'Ferrari Discussion (not model specific)' started by alx355gt, Aug 28, 2005.

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  1. alx355gt

    alx355gt F1 Veteran

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    #1 alx355gt, Aug 28, 2005
    Something you REALLY wouldn't like to happen! :(
    http://www.kilroynews.nl/special/2005/20050821.htm
    Wrong place... wrong car... :(
    Hope the insurance is ok!

    Story goes that the owner of the Opel car swerved to the right to avoid an oncoming vehicle, before hitting the F355 that was parked alongside the road.
    Accident took place in the Netherlands. No-one got hurt... exept the cars...
     
  2. rmk

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    #2 rmk, Aug 28, 2005
    Damn, a GTS too!!!
     
  3. riverflyer

    riverflyer F1 Rookie

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    #3 riverflyer, Aug 28, 2005
    Ouch, I had a silver 355 so it makes it all the more real. My heart is with the owner.
     
  4. andrew911

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    #4 andrew911, Aug 28, 2005
    What really sucks when things like this happen are the insurance fixes the car, and the owner is the one with the loss. Assuming the best body shop fixed that car (a big assumption knowing who the insurance company would probably approve), the owner now has a car with accident history...maybe even frame damage. Street value of the car goes down tens of thousands of dollars, plus much harder to sell even at the lower price. What can you do...
     
  5. ghost

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    #5 ghost, Aug 28, 2005
    Painful.
     
  6. ferraripete

    ferraripete F1 World Champ

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    #6 ferraripete, Aug 28, 2005
    no realy...what can you do?

    do you fight to have the car totaled or do you keep fighting and refuse to settle? what would the ins. co. be able to do if one refuses to settle and keep the file open?
     
  7. ferrari4evr1

    ferrari4evr1 Formula 3

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    #7 ferrari4evr1, Aug 28, 2005
    Yep, the other car that hit the Ferrari.....They're screwed.........
     
  8. 285ferrari

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    #8 285ferrari, Aug 28, 2005
    That sux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  9. JustinS

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    #9 JustinS, Aug 28, 2005
    Ouch !
     
  10. darth550

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    #10 darth550, Aug 28, 2005
    I'll bet there was a woman on a cellphone driving the Opel!
     
  11. bernardo66

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    #11 bernardo66, Aug 28, 2005
    That's gotta hurt! At least the tree seems to have come out of it OK. ;)
     
  12. Scuderia_Ferrari

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    #12 Scuderia_Ferrari, Aug 28, 2005
    It's obvious that the owner of the Opel was baked and couldnt find the brake pedal because he was fantasing how good it would be if his steering wheel were a donut. Haha, just kidding.
     
  13. jvbjr

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    #13 jvbjr, Aug 28, 2005
    Make sure to keep a book of matches with you and you can set the car on fire right away, say you were lighting a smoke when the impact made you drop the match and the car burned up, OOOPS.
     
  14. pistole

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    #14 pistole, Aug 28, 2005
    hey , at least there wasn't anyone in front or , worse , behind the
    ferrari when the impact happened ...
     
  15. ^@#&

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    #15 ^@#&, Aug 28, 2005
    all of this will probably be solved over a big plate of hash brownies
     
  16. GERRA456gt

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    #16 GERRA456gt, Aug 29, 2005
    DDDDDaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmm S@#T happends.
    My heart is with the owner, as that has to hurt!!
     
  17. doug328

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    #17 doug328, Aug 29, 2005
    Damm shame, hate to see any Ferrari in an accident. I feel for the owner who now has to deal with the insurance companys and all the headaches that go along with that.
     

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