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Not just Carrera GT's

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:31 am
by Jad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060222/ap_ ... ri_crash_1

Too much power, too little drive.... :cry:

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

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:18 am
by 993Panzer
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.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:12 pm
by martinreinhardt

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:09 pm
by TheStig
Do they give the death penalty for irresponsible million dollar car murders?

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:42 pm
by Bob Gagnon
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:

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:56 pm
by Kim Crosser
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:

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:25 pm
by MikeD
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...

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:37 pm
by Jad
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:

PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:48 pm
by Bob Gagnon
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". :)

PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:59 am
by Tawfik
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.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:48 am
by Bob Gagnon
Found this on the site as well, note still with dealer plates

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/carreragt/

PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:04 am
by Tawfik
I believe the last GT on that page is the one that got hit in front of Pionneer.