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Did the Jaguar diamond ever show back up?

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  1. GrigioGuy

    GrigioGuy Splenda Daddy Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Just a random thought. Did that diamond lost off the front of Christian Klien's car in the 04 Monaco race ever reappear? I googled for it and couldn't find a followup.
     
    GrigioGuy, Feb 23, 2006
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  2. tifosi12

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    Never heard of it again.

    Some speculated it never went missing in the first place but was just another story to get the cars into the news. Who knows.
     
    tifosi12, Feb 23, 2006
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  3. Koby

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    Not only the cars but also the whole thing was a promotion for the movie Ocean's 12, which is about a ring of thieves. Hmmmmmmmmm....
     
    Koby, Feb 23, 2006
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  4. peajay

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    What a great question, you know I often wonder the same thing, and I can't believe how stupid they were to put the thing on there in the first place. I bet someone had a good day when they found it !!
     
    peajay, Feb 23, 2006
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  5. TurboFreak650

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    It was just the peak (or rather valley) of arrogance to do something like that in the first place.........
     
    TurboFreak650, Feb 23, 2006
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  6. Gilles27

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    I'm calling bull$hit on that whole episode. I did at the time, and the lack of follow-up tends to confirm it.
     
    Gilles27, Feb 23, 2006
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    Aren't there pics of the car with the diamond on the front?
     
    SefacHotRodder, Feb 23, 2006
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  8. wheelhor

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    i also called BS, great marketing ploy though. Especially because they knew Jaguar was bound to crash, or break every 5 minutes



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    wheelhor, Feb 23, 2006
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    i think one of the marshals who helped clear the debris has it :D
     
    Remy Zero, Feb 24, 2006
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    Most likely it was plastic.
     
    62 250 GTO, Feb 25, 2006
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    Hear hear!

    It would be easy to peg an inflated value on it - i.e. "he will be carrying a diamond worth $200k!". It doesn't need to be a carbon diamond and it could be valued at $200k by "the promotional value to the company" instead of it's street price. That way it's a circular truth and wouldn't *really* be lying.

    Or, they could have just flat-out lied :)
     
    SRT Mike, Feb 25, 2006
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  12. opus10583

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    Diamonds are, by definition, pure carbon.
     
    opus10583, Feb 26, 2006
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    I think someone just picked it up off the ground. Happens everyday in Monaco. "Oh look, a $200k diamond. Looks like the one we found last week, but smaller."
     
    robert_c, Feb 26, 2006
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    ".... we were prepared for this otherwise we would never have done it" was one of the comments Jaguar made about the diamond debacle. Given their F1 performance it wouldn't surprise me if they took that mentality in with them during their brief F1 existance.
     
    nation, Feb 27, 2006
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