How to lose $200K in an instant...
07-18-2004, 11:27 PM
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How to lose $200K in an instant...
...get into a "fender bender" with a Carrera GT 
from Rennlist
"CGT Accident after 10 minutes of taking delivery
I was at Pioneer Center in San Diego getting my Cayenne S in for a recall inspection. Low and behold, a silver CGT in the service bay with the rear fender and engine cover all apart.
The story behind it is he just took delivery ($6K/month lease!) and was on his way to the gas station down the street to fill it up. Got rear ended by a big truck.
Damage estimates? The service manager says $200K!!! Guess with parts being as rare as the CGT, it costs that much? I would have hated to be the guy who rear ended the owner.
There's still more drama...Apparently, there's something about medical costs in there and also heard that the insurance company (either truck owner or CGT owner, it was not clear) may not cover the whole bill.
Hypothetical question...is it still the truck driver's fault if the CGT slammed his brakes (testing out PCCB for instance)?
Too bad I didn't have my Dig camera handy.
Side note...The service tech started the CGT to move it around the bay. The service manager who was with me told him to rev it up. Service tech said..."No can do, engine is still cold." What impressed me about this was he respects the car as it was his own. Most techs would not have cared and reved the hell out of it. CGT was so low that it needed special wooden ramps to get it on/off the lift."
from Rennlist
"CGT Accident after 10 minutes of taking delivery
I was at Pioneer Center in San Diego getting my Cayenne S in for a recall inspection. Low and behold, a silver CGT in the service bay with the rear fender and engine cover all apart.
The story behind it is he just took delivery ($6K/month lease!) and was on his way to the gas station down the street to fill it up. Got rear ended by a big truck.
Damage estimates? The service manager says $200K!!! Guess with parts being as rare as the CGT, it costs that much? I would have hated to be the guy who rear ended the owner.
There's still more drama...Apparently, there's something about medical costs in there and also heard that the insurance company (either truck owner or CGT owner, it was not clear) may not cover the whole bill.
Hypothetical question...is it still the truck driver's fault if the CGT slammed his brakes (testing out PCCB for instance)?
Too bad I didn't have my Dig camera handy.
Side note...The service tech started the CGT to move it around the bay. The service manager who was with me told him to rev it up. Service tech said..."No can do, engine is still cold." What impressed me about this was he respects the car as it was his own. Most techs would not have cared and reved the hell out of it. CGT was so low that it needed special wooden ramps to get it on/off the lift."
07-19-2004, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by thebankman
christian children's fund would tell you they can keep about fifteen billion little kids alive for $6k a month hehe but it wouldn't be as much fun as driving a GT
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