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Danny S

Original Poster:

7,543 posts

197 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Is there a reason they get everything wrong?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1308287/Fe...

The headline:
DailyMail said:
From prancing horse to pranged write-off: Driver smashes into delivery van in his £140,000 Ferrari
Then the 3rd paragraph..

DailyMail said:
Towards the end of yesterday's morning rush hour the £120,000 supercar
Is it just me or do they get something like this wrong everytime on supercar related stories? It always seems to be the pricing of the item?

/RANT.



Edited by Danny S on Thursday 2nd September 15:18

mat205125

17,790 posts

242 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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cloud9

Ok, I'm biased, but that looks lurvely in black with black wheels, even if it hasn't got a proper roof, and has a silly bonnet ornament.

5potTurbo

13,679 posts

197 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Don't read it.
End of problem: no need to rant on the internet.

sday12

5,067 posts

240 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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You expect standards of journalism in The Wail?

tim-b

1,279 posts

239 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Is that really a write-off? Doesn't look too bad...

Brian Gobblehoof

5,196 posts

266 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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If they can get such an easily checkable fact wrong it boggles the mind how wrong they must be in more complex arguments.

Actually scrub that. It doesn't boggle my mind at all. It's The Daily Mail.

minky monkey

1,566 posts

195 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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This job was posted up on another forum I visit.






Liokault

2,837 posts

243 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Isn’t it standard Ferrari depreciation? £20k is 40 seconds sounds about right.

If he put his typewrite away mid story, read a bit about Ferrari fires, his next valuation would be £100,000 super carbiggrin

McSam

6,753 posts

204 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Liokault said:
Isn’t it standard Ferrari depreciation? £20k is 40 seconds sounds about right.

If he put his typewrite away mid story, read a bit about Ferrari fires, his next valuation would be £100,000 super carbiggrin
Nice point wink

The best bit is that neither price is right, the Spyder lists at £147k, so surely you should round it to £150k?

hornetrider

63,161 posts

234 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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minky monkey said:
This job was posted up on another forum I visit.

There is quite some distance in a straight line between the corner and the point of impact. I'm not sure how the driver missed the fact that there was a massive great big white van blocking the road infront of him.

Not to mention the van is parked on double yellows wink

minky monkey

1,566 posts

195 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Quoted from the forum

"the owner of the car was just sat on a wall having a coffee!!!! the most carmess man i have ever meant!!he was more worried about being late for work the van had started backing up from only 2-3 meters away so god know how fast he was trying to go"

Jim the Sunderer

3,261 posts

211 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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It's a good thing he'll be paying a lot of money insuring that car he can't drive properly.

(Probably not a lot of money)

Danny S

Original Poster:

7,543 posts

197 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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So was the van reversing or stationary?

minky monkey

1,566 posts

195 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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The van reversed into the Ferrari.

TuxRacer

13,868 posts

220 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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I did the same thing this morning. Except it was a food waste bin instead of a Ferrari. sleep

Danny S

Original Poster:

7,543 posts

197 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Not good, so the ferrari was behind and it just reversed?

It doesn't look like much force was involved in the accident

hornetrider

63,161 posts

234 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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minky monkey said:
The van reversed into the Ferrari.
So.... complete story fk up from the Wail then rolleyes

minky monkey

1,566 posts

195 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Are we really that surprised!

threesixty360

25 posts

200 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Stop reading the fking mail, its for bigoted retards

Chris71

21,549 posts

271 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Maybe it was a before and after value? smile