street racing in Champaign, IL flips car into Mercedes dealership!
04-26-05, 07:32 AM
#18
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Thats Sullivan-Parkhill Mercedes and Volvo... I have my C70 serviced there when I'm home from college. Yea, I'm not seeing the 300k damage, maybe there's more cars damaged that just whats in that one picture.
On a sidenote.... Sullivan-Parkhill is the single most incompetent service department out of any domestic or foreign dealer I've ever been too.
On a sidenote.... Sullivan-Parkhill is the single most incompetent service department out of any domestic or foreign dealer I've ever been too.
04-28-05, 12:53 AM
#19
Here's a link to a new article:
http://www.news-gazette.com/localnew...m?Number=18119
That road is pretty windy - one of the more fun roads to drive on for spirited driving. But I still think that 90 mph is too fast for that curve.
http://www.news-gazette.com/localnew...m?Number=18119
That road is pretty windy - one of the more fun roads to drive on for spirited driving. But I still think that 90 mph is too fast for that curve.
04-28-05, 03:23 AM
#20
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How many 60 year olds you know race?
Grampa can be just as dumb as teenagers sometimes.
Besides, there are some 60-plus geezers that can probably still outdrive guys one-third their age....in the proper environment, of course. Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Roger Penske, Carroll Shelby, Bobby Rahal, Richard Petty, and Junior Johnson just to name a few. And...Denise McCluggage, just to show that some older women can drive, too.
04-28-05, 05:00 AM
#21
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Originally Posted by jhenty
i dont see 300 k in damage? It looks like he just bashed up some of those wanna-be benz 4 cylinder c classes. Even 5 of those is no where near 300k. Its about half that. .
There is also the fact that if some of those damaged cars are not totalled and are instead repaired, there is the loss of the profit the dealership would have made on them as new cars.......after an accident like this, they can no longer be sold and titled as undamaged new cars.
Last edited by mmarshall; 04-28-05 at 05:04 AM.
04-28-05, 12:08 PM
#23
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Yea, it is a pretty fun road to drive on sans the traffic in that part of town.... especially on a weekend afternoon! I've even had the mechanic at that dealership take my car out for a "spirited test-drive" on that road but I doubt he was going 90.
04-28-05, 12:32 PM
#24
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A car driven by Eric Rosales, 22, ..... went out of control south and crashed .............
A car driven by Winston Jansz, 42,............went out of control and ended up in a parking lot ...........
A car driven by Winston Jansz, 42,............went out of control and ended up in a parking lot ...........
I don't see anything about a 60yr old, the article says one was 22, one 42
Now that would hurt 
04-28-05, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Grampa can be just as dumb as teenagers sometimes.
Besides, there are some 60-plus geezers that can probably still outdrive guys one-third their age....in the proper environment, of course. Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Roger Penske, Carroll Shelby, Bobby Rahal, Richard Petty, and Junior Johnson just to name a few. And...Denise McCluggage, just to show that some older women can drive, too.
Besides, there are some 60-plus geezers that can probably still outdrive guys one-third their age....in the proper environment, of course. Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Roger Penske, Carroll Shelby, Bobby Rahal, Richard Petty, and Junior Johnson just to name a few. And...Denise McCluggage, just to show that some older women can drive, too.
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