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Postby Jad on Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:31 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060222/ap_ ... ri_crash_1

Too much power, too little drive.... :cry:
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Postby kurquhart on Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:18 am

It gets better: check out the Q&A at the bottom of this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 8040875409
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Postby 993Panzer on Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:18 am

I guess the moral of the story is not to let a phantom Dietrich drive your enzo. I'm sure he has enough money to get of of this with just a totaled enzo. The price of the ramaining enzo's just went up.
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Postby martinreinhardt on Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:12 pm

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Postby TheStig on Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:09 pm

Do they give the death penalty for irresponsible million dollar car murders?
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Postby Bob Gagnon on Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:42 pm

Quote from the NBC news story:

"The car is registered to Eriksson, who claims he was a passenger in the vehicle and that it was being driven by a German named Dietrich who ran away, according to sheriff's Sgt. Philip Brooks."

Sounds lika a "my dog ate my homework" story to me. :lol:
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Postby Kim Crosser on Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:56 pm

Especially if you read all the details. He had a cut lip, there was blood on the driver's airbag, but not on the passenger's airbag, and his BAC was 0.09 - over the legal limit.

"Oh gosh, I've had too much to drink and crashed my car [felony drunk driving] while racing a McLaren on a public street [reckless driving, etc.]. :shock: I'd better slide over to the passenger seat before the cops get here, and use the SOD defense." :D

(For those not familiar with Law Enforcement slang, SOD = "Some Other Dude"). :roll:
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Postby MikeD on Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:25 pm

Kim Crosser wrote:(For those not familiar with Law Enforcement slang, SOD = "Some Other Dude"). :roll:


Oh. I thought that was Australian for something else...
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Postby Jad on Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:37 pm

Hmm, how much of a genius will it take to sample the airbag blood and compare with his :roll: , unless of course, the other dude was an identical twin with the same blood type and dna :wink:
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Postby Bob Gagnon on Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:48 pm

Good point Jad, I'm sure where the newsclip states:

"Detectives were investigating whether Erikssen was actually the driver"

translates to:

"Detectives are waiting for the lab to complete the DNA study of the blood on the airbag". :)
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Postby Tawfik on Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:59 am

Check the updates and pics on this site.
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/special/enzo/
Looks like The driver needs a good lawyer.......... Too bad Johnny Cochran is no longer around.
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Postby Bob Gagnon on Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:48 am

Found this on the site as well, note still with dealer plates

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/carreragt/
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Postby Tawfik on Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:04 am

I believe the last GT on that page is the one that got hit in front of Pionneer.
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