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Monday, February 27, 2012
Impatient Porsche driver’s costly mistake
If you were the proud owner of a Porsche you’d probably take really great care of it, since it’s such an expensive vehicle.
Moreover, hopefully, owning such a fancy car wouldn’t go straight to your head and make you forget you’re a normal human being just like everyone else and have no special right of way on the roads.
Well, one motorist in San Francisco did forget how to be a considerate driver, and it led to him suffering a great deal of embarrassment and most likely cost him a lot of money in vehicle repairs too.
Travelling along in his Porsche, the road user came across some waiting traffic, and, deciding that he didn’t have to wait with everyone else, overtook the queue.
He found himself stuck in wet cement.
Yes, by jumping the line, which was probably for temporary traffic lights or a diversion, he drove his expensive car into a road maintenance site.
Workers immediately got to work trying to free the car before the cement set, while the motorist sat in the car with a red face and hoping that the cement wouldn’t leak into the car’s interior.
Eventually the vehicle was freed, however it’s likely that the impatient driver will have to spend quite a lot of money replacing most of the car’s undercarriage.
He’ll be more careful in the future – hopefully.
Moreover, hopefully, owning such a fancy car wouldn’t go straight to your head and make you forget you’re a normal human being just like everyone else and have no special right of way on the roads.Well, one motorist in San Francisco did forget how to be a considerate driver, and it led to him suffering a great deal of embarrassment and most likely cost him a lot of money in vehicle repairs too.
Travelling along in his Porsche, the road user came across some waiting traffic, and, deciding that he didn’t have to wait with everyone else, overtook the queue.
He found himself stuck in wet cement.
Yes, by jumping the line, which was probably for temporary traffic lights or a diversion, he drove his expensive car into a road maintenance site.
Workers immediately got to work trying to free the car before the cement set, while the motorist sat in the car with a red face and hoping that the cement wouldn’t leak into the car’s interior.
Eventually the vehicle was freed, however it’s likely that the impatient driver will have to spend quite a lot of money replacing most of the car’s undercarriage.
He’ll be more careful in the future – hopefully.
Photo © Manik. Via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car, considerate, driver, expensive, money, motorist, Porsche, repairs, right or way, road, San Francisco, traffic, undercarriage, vehicle, wet cement
Monday, August 1, 2011
A very expensive pile-up
As women, we like seeing members of our sex doing things that make us all look good.
Unfortunately there are some women that make us grate our teeth and bite our nails while inwardly we scream, “Why on earth did you do that? Now we all look stupid!”
One female driver, described by one online newspaper as a “hapless blond”, recently did something which warrants such a reaction.
She was driving her Bentley Azure (£250,000) near the very fancy Place du Casino in Monte Carlo when she caused a rather expensive pile-up.
A Mercedes S Class, Ferrari, Porsche 911 and Aston Marin Rapide were all involved in the crash – and it is estimated to have caused more than £40,000 of damage.
The woman was lucky not to have caused even more damage, since altogether the cars cost almost £700,000.
We do feel sorry for her, despite her silly mistake. The drivers of the other vehicles probably weren’t that pleasant about the incident.
Personally we at the duck2water office feel much happier driving in and around less expensive cars. That way if we’re involved in a minor accident, it’s not too much of a disaster financially.
Unfortunately there are some women that make us grate our teeth and bite our nails while inwardly we scream, “Why on earth did you do that? Now we all look stupid!”
She was driving her Bentley Azure (£250,000) near the very fancy Place du Casino in Monte Carlo when she caused a rather expensive pile-up.
A Mercedes S Class, Ferrari, Porsche 911 and Aston Marin Rapide were all involved in the crash – and it is estimated to have caused more than £40,000 of damage.
The woman was lucky not to have caused even more damage, since altogether the cars cost almost £700,000.
We do feel sorry for her, despite her silly mistake. The drivers of the other vehicles probably weren’t that pleasant about the incident.
Personally we at the duck2water office feel much happier driving in and around less expensive cars. That way if we’re involved in a minor accident, it’s not too much of a disaster financially.
Photo © Images_of_Money via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: Aston Martin, Bentley, car, crash, female driver, Ferrari, Mercedes, pile-up, Porsche, women