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balhamlotus said:
OK, so that's ten pages in a couple of days. I might be quite new here, but how many other dings have generated that much interest???
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Los Angeles said:
"When we forget about our workers we forget about our customers." Ferdinand Piech, boss of VW.
The problem is that the company is part owned by the Unions (and hence the workers) and the local government in Wolfsburg anyway. So to forget about their workers is to forget about a huge percentage of the shareholders in the company and hence risk a board revolt.....
And that is the problem that VW has - or at least until Porsche buy them all up and whip them into shape
360boy said:
According to the newspapers, the owner was local businessman Kumar Soni and his younger brother was the driver. It looks like maybe the owner was unaware that his little bruv had taken his £800k toy for a spin (literally).
And doesn't Kumar own a string of car repair shops
oogieboogie said:
1000 horses, 365 section tyres, torrential rain with several inches of standing water, if it was rented then sod-all hours behind the wheel for the driver - in which case nothing to do with a chassis and everything to do with the t
t driving it having no understanding of the risk of aquaplaning.No standing water in any pictures, except a puddle in the cycle lane? Certainly not several inches in the road, several inches is a road under water, a flooded road, at no point is there any mention of a flood.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_picture
Several inches would be an exaggeration for that particular stretch (though a mile further on by "Water Splash Farm" would be probable) - but certainly enough water on that road and the surrounding area to aquaplane or get your nearside wheel caught in the puddles. No chassis can help if you're stupid enough to try 100mph in those conditions, not knowing what's round the next bend.
I find it a little disturbing only a handful of ppl have even mentioned the pregnant lady in the Astra he hit and nobody so far has expressed more concern for her welfare than the fate of the car and driver.
Personally I care not a jot whether the car is a write off or not, I care very much that the driver was being an arse and I care that somebody else nearly lost their life because of him.
A car is just a car folks, no more no less.
Personally I care not a jot whether the car is a write off or not, I care very much that the driver was being an arse and I care that somebody else nearly lost their life because of him.
A car is just a car folks, no more no less.
DJC said:
I find it a little disturbing only a handful of ppl have even mentioned the pregnant lady in the Astra he hit and nobody so far has expressed more concern for her welfare than the fate of the car and driver.
Personally I care not a jot whether the car is a write off or not, I care very much that the driver was being an arse and I care that somebody else nearly lost their life because of him.
A car is just a car folks, no more no less.
Personally I care not a jot whether the car is a write off or not, I care very much that the driver was being an arse and I care that somebody else nearly lost their life because of him.
A car is just a car folks, no more no less.
Err... from the reports, no-one was hurt at all. The pregnant woman was taken to hospital as a precaution and later went home (according to the BBC). I don't see that anyone "nearly lost their life". No such sensationalist statements are needed.
paulie-mafia said:
danwww said:
hope he was alrite and he was insured, do they pay out if you are doing 100 in a 40 zone?!
Not sure how this would work tbh as you don't insure a Veyron the normal way. You'd have to go through a broker and get it properly underwritten. Not cheap that's for sure!
60 quid windscreen excess should cover it.
[quote=tvrgit]Where's the "Awww what a shame you bent your car, easily done, at least you're ok, hope you get it fixed soon" brigade now then?
(a) Some young lad tts his Nova, there's photos all over here and people queuing up to point and laugh and go "well that's another banger of the road then hahaha". Not to him it isn't.
(b) Some more mature person who has bought something only few can afford, tts it and we queue up to point and laugh and go "Rich tt, serves him right for showing off".
And the rest of us drive about getting worried about damage to our P&J, polishing it if somebody farts in its general direction, totally blind to the fact that most of the people in group (a) see us as members of group (b). It's all relative.
Regardless of what group you're in, a hypocrite is a hypocrite.
Bloody disgusting.
Elementary dear Watson, it IS all relative! It's that old 'human nature' thing Some saddos get a kick out of witnessing others' mis-fortune simply because it momentarily makes them feel less 'deprived' RELATIVE to the person suffering!!
(a) Some young lad t
ts his Nova, there's photos all over here and people queuing up to point and laugh and go "well that's another banger of the road then hahaha". Not to him it isn't. (b) Some more mature person who has bought something only few can afford, t
ts it and we queue up to point and laugh and go "Rich tt, serves him right for showing off". And the rest of us drive about getting worried about damage to our P&J, polishing it if somebody farts in its general direction, totally blind to the fact that most of the people in group (a) see us as members of group (b). It's all relative.
Regardless of what group you're in, a hypocrite is a hypocrite.
Bloody disgusting.
Elementary dear Watson, it IS all relative! It's that old 'human nature' thing Some saddos get a kick out of witnessing others' mis-fortune simply because it momentarily makes them feel less 'deprived' RELATIVE to the person suffering!!
Edited by nikman on Wednesday 7th March 15:01
I love the Veyron threads where people say "If it was my money I would buy a Murkylarger and pocket the change/buy ten other classic cars/buy [insert another car here]/delete as appropriate".
Do you not think the people who can afford a Veyron and the associated costs (€17k for 4 tyres after 3000 miles iirc) could afford those all of those options as well as the Veyron?
It's not like they live in a one bed flat in Peckham just so that they can afford to put Tescos fuel (!) in the uberBug is it?
I, for one, love the car and when my Euromillions numbers roll in there will be a thread named "thekirbyfake is this your Veyron?" on Pistonheads.
Do you not think the people who can afford a Veyron and the associated costs (€17k for 4 tyres after 3000 miles iirc) could afford those all of those options as well as the Veyron?
It's not like they live in a one bed flat in Peckham just so that they can afford to put Tescos fuel (!) in the uberBug is it?
I, for one, love the car and when my Euromillions numbers roll in there will be a thread named "thekirbyfake is this your Veyron?" on Pistonheads.
phil1979 said:
paulie-mafia said:
danwww said:
hope he was alrite and he was insured, do they pay out if you are doing 100 in a 40 zone?!
Not sure how this would work tbh as you don't insure a Veyron the normal way. You'd have to go through a broker and get it properly underwritten. Not cheap that's for sure!
60 quid windscreen excess should cover it.
Actually I think the windscreen was undamaged...
At the risk of pishing some people off here, I've just read through pretty much all of this thread and I think we all need to sit back and realise that this is just (no offence meant, Ted) a Gassing Station where people chat freely. Any submissions said are rarely a complete statement of opinion from anyone and just because someone says that they don't like the car and aren't upset that it's been smashed up doesn't necessarily mean that they wish harm on anyone. Christ, it doesn't even necessarily mean that they don't like the car and aren't upset that it's been smashed up (yes I have just copied and pasted that).
We all say things in passing that we don't mean, and while some people submit here with complete integrity, some submit with a certain amount of tongue in cheek, and being what this site is, a mix of like-minded interest and a bit of fun in varied doses, all written with no means of expressing the level of intent or flippancy meant, no one really knows who means what until we get into a full blown argument on-line, err and then you can see that some people really do have controversial points of view...
...ahhh, guess you'd better all argue away then!!!
I was on a roll up until then with what was supposed to be profound and light-hearted at the same time in an almost prophetic kind of way. Never mind, eh.
For what it's worth, I think it's quite simply a stunning achievement in doing just what it said on the tin, while I can think of better looking cars, I'm certainly not put off by the looks and Christ I'd love to have one. That said, I probably wouldn't, because at that money I'd be happier with a Lambo, a Lotus and a Porsche, and a lot of change - doesn't mean it's not an awesome machine, though.
P.S. I'm glad no-one was hurt.
P.P.S. I hope the car is repairable - it probably will be the cost of quite a large house to repair, not just a small one.
P.P.P.S. To read through the entire thread, no - I'm not working at the moment.
P.P.P.P.S. All of course IMHO!!!
Another press report...
Driven by brothers, aged 41 and 39. Witness said a man, thought to be their father, arrived at the scene, screaming and shouting, saying he couldn't believe the car had been crashed.
He berated the brothers, then drove off and left them to walk home in the rain...
Driven by brothers, aged 41 and 39. Witness said a man, thought to be their father, arrived at the scene, screaming and shouting, saying he couldn't believe the car had been crashed.
He berated the brothers, then drove off and left them to walk home in the rain...
ewenm said:
DJC said:
I find it a little disturbing only a handful of ppl have even mentioned the pregnant lady in the Astra he hit and nobody so far has expressed more concern for her welfare than the fate of the car and driver.
Personally I care not a jot whether the car is a write off or not, I care very much that the driver was being an arse and I care that somebody else nearly lost their life because of him.
A car is just a car folks, no more no less.
Personally I care not a jot whether the car is a write off or not, I care very much that the driver was being an arse and I care that somebody else nearly lost their life because of him.
A car is just a car folks, no more no less.
Err... from the reports, no-one was hurt at all. The pregnant woman was taken to hospital as a precaution and later went home (according to the BBC). I don't see that anyone "nearly lost their life". No such sensationalist statements are needed.
You must forgive me Ewan, but having been in an accident where both I and my passenger were absolutely fine, but only by pure luck and a very small margin away from not only us both being dead, but quite possibly injuring and killing several others...I dont see the above as sensational. Nor do I see it as a clear cut thing that she *only* had to be taken to hospital as a precaution and that therefore eradicates the margins of error involved. You get hit by a car that has an accident at or around 100mph and if yer still alive at the end of it, it doesnt matter if you havent a scratch on you or a broken leg, you have been bloody lucky.
Funnily enough, my sister was involved in an accident 3 weeks ago where an arse driving with due care & attention hit her. She was ok, but had to go to hospital for a bit of whiplash. A third car was hit in the impact, stationary at the jnt with a lady and her daughter in the car. They were absolutely fine also, but extremely shook up with the lady verging on hysterical. Was she being too sensational? My sister attributes herself being mostly fine to being in a new modern engineered Mondeo estate, she is in no doubt that is she was in her old 406, the front end would have crumpled a lot more & left her severally worse off. But hey, she's fine right? She should stop being sensational!
DJC said:
ewenm said:
DJC said:
I find it a little disturbing only a handful of ppl have even mentioned the pregnant lady in the Astra he hit and nobody so far has expressed more concern for her welfare than the fate of the car and driver.
Personally I care not a jot whether the car is a write off or not, I care very much that the driver was being an arse and I care that somebody else nearly lost their life because of him.
A car is just a car folks, no more no less.
Personally I care not a jot whether the car is a write off or not, I care very much that the driver was being an arse and I care that somebody else nearly lost their life because of him.
A car is just a car folks, no more no less.
Err... from the reports, no-one was hurt at all. The pregnant woman was taken to hospital as a precaution and later went home (according to the BBC). I don't see that anyone "nearly lost their life". No such sensationalist statements are needed.
You must forgive me Ewan, but having been in an accident where both I and my passenger were absolutely fine, but only by pure luck and a very small margin away from not only us both being dead, but quite possibly injuring and killing several others...I dont see the above as sensational. Nor do I see it as a clear cut thing that she *only* had to be taken to hospital as a precaution and that therefore eradicates the margins of error involved. You get hit by a car that has an accident at or around 100mph and if yer still alive at the end of it, it doesnt matter if you havent a scratch on you or a broken leg, you have been bloody lucky.
Funnily enough, my sister was involved in an accident 3 weeks ago where an arse driving with due care & attention hit her. She was ok, but had to go to hospital for a bit of whiplash. A third car was hit in the impact, stationary at the jnt with a lady and her daughter in the car. They were absolutely fine also, but extremely shook up with the lady verging on hysterical. Was she being too sensational? My sister attributes herself being mostly fine to being in a new modern engineered Mondeo estate, she is in no doubt that is she was in her old 406, the front end would have crumpled a lot more & left her severally worse off. But hey, she's fine right? She should stop being sensational!
Each case on its own merits. From what we KNOW about this case, no one nearly died. Have there been any pics of the Astra? Did the Veyron clip it or total it? As the emergency services said hospital was a precaution, I doubt it was totalled. Even more so, as there are no pics of the Astra in the news, I doubt it was heavily damaged.
Every accident is different though. The people involved in the accidents you describe aren't being sensationalist but if I'd come on here and said they nearly died, I would be being sensationalist. "What if" scenarios are good for planning, but not good for investigation. What if I/you/she was in a different car? Well, I/you/she wasn't so it's not relevant.
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