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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 11:56 PM
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A friend passed this to me...wow!!!






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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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Seen that on the news a while back. From what I remember the driver was nowhere to be found. They est. he was over 100mph. Don't even know if they found the owner.

$10 says kid took daddy's pride and joy out for a ride
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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Ahhh...that's nothing. A little bondo, some paint and that sucker will be on E-Bay shortly.

Oh, and BTW -
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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Oooooold news...better part of a month ago now.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 12:19 AM
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It was me I wrecked it.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 12:47 AM
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It was me I wrecked it.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Yellow73SB
It was me I wrecked it.
Couldn't be you...you were behind me,
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 02:30 AM
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The owner of the car was at the scene, he told the police he was a passenger with a german national driving and the driver ran off in the bushes. The story was on the forum when it happened.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...t&forum_id=119

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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 03:14 AM
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Except that the Bank of Scotland appears to be the rightful owner - and the car was probably illegally in the US.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 05:14 AM
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Except that the Bank of Scotland appears to be the rightful owner - and the car was probably illegally in the US.
What would the Royal Bank of Scotland be doing owning an Enzo???!! I thought Bank charges had increased lately
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 06:19 AM
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As long as no one else got hurt I guess it is not a bad way to go, better than some crack head killin' ya for your pocket change
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Originally Posted by TonySinclair
Ahhh...that's nothing. A little bondo, some paint and that sucker will be on E-Bay shortly.

Oh, and BTW -
I'd buy the Ferrari emblems from it.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Yellow73SB
It was me I wrecked it.
You better get busy on the welding pactice again.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by kevinator80
You better get busy on the welding pactice again.
That's a carbon composite frame, body, etc. There is NO SUCH THING as repairing it, welding it, nothing. That's $1.2M clams flushed in an instant.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by steves_77vette
That's a carbon composite frame, body, etc. There is NO SUCH THING as repairing it, welding it, nothing. That's $1.2M clams flushed in an instant.
Ferrari actually said it could be repaired...for the nice small sum of $300,000
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by UKPaul
What would the Royal Bank of Scotland be doing owning an Enzo???!! I thought Bank charges had increased lately
Repossession. Apparently it was over here (along with another car) to hide it from the repo man.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/...=cctimes_state

http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/...news/news1.txt

http://spong.com/article/9700/Exclus...to+Walk?cb=705

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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 02:45 PM
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If I owned that car, and an L88, I would feel worse about the L88 getting wrecked....nuff said..
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Originally Posted by steves_77vette
That's a carbon composite frame, body, etc. There is NO SUCH THING as repairing it, welding it, nothing. That's $1.2M clams flushed in an instant.
Man does anyone here have a sense of humor? My quote is in reference to the kids thread about some crappy welds he made. I don't care what the car is made of.
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i'd bet marck could pop that drivetrain into a c3 in a weekend.
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Old Mar 21, 2006 | 06:25 PM
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i'd bet marck could pop that drivetrain into a c3 in a weekend.
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