Friday 30th July 2010

Bear Takes Car For Joyride In Colorado

Toyota interior gets trashed by trapped bear near Denver

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PH artist's impression

A bear crashed a car in Colorado last week. After finding its way into the 2008 Toyota Corolla, the bear then knocked the car's transmission into neutral, causing the car to roll 125 feet into a bush. With the bear still in it.

According to the Associated Press, it is apparently not unusual for bears to open unlocked doors to cars and even houses in the hunt for food - and it seems likely that an unattended peanut butter sandwich was what tempted the bear into the Corolla.

Police freed the bear by opening the door with a length of rope. The bear then ran into the woods, but not before wreaking havoc on the car's interior, and expressing its opinion of Toyota's finest by leaving a 'present' on the driver's seat. Which we suppose answers an age-old philosophical puzzler with the word 'no'.

There's no word whether or not the bear was wearing a hat and tie, or if he was after a picnic basket...

Have a look at the video below to see the damage a bear can do to your car's interior...

 

 

[haggis_the_great]

Was it a black bear?

[FWDRacer]

"Ah Hello Sir... Just going through the detail of your insurance claim form.... A Bear you say?..... Big one was it?...... Trashed the inetrior did it?.......Reaaallly?"

[y2blade]

great stuff

[Reload]

Artists impression - brilliant!

[Fetchez la vache]

Meh. I've seen Mansory "improve" interiors worse than that.

[vintageracer01]

...just a Toyota after all, well insured I hope. Imagine it would have been your new Gallardo.

A good reason to get something a bit more exciting, now.

[timewatch]

That Bear should have gone to Specsavers!!!

Must admit couldn't 'Bear' that happening to my car!!!

It's a Toyota ~ the gas pedal could have stuck, no wonder the Bear was pissed off!!!!

TW>>>

[Mr Darcy]

Bear damages interior after being stuck in a car listening to the Chris Moyles show.

[newdogg06]

If it was smarter than the average bear, it would have applied the handbrake before putting it in neutral. And that driver's seat! The bear-faced cheek of it.
What a Boo-boo etc....

Edited by newdogg06 on Friday 30th July 13:33

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Could have been worse, there could have been a humpback bridge in the way...

[Stew2000]

haggis_the_great said:

Was it a black bear?

rofl. quote of the week. XD

[ezi]

That's one clever bear, it's even managed to switch the interior for one from a Renault !

Edited by ezi on Friday 30th July 15:22

[HeavySoul]

Reload said:

Artists impression - brilliant!

have a +1

[Johnpidge]

sorry I almost st myself laughing at this

[Benjman]

Fetchez la vache said:

Meh. I've seen Mansory "improve" interiors worse than that.

Says all...

[edo]

Reload said:

Artists impression - brilliant!

Reminds me of

Edited by edo on Friday 30th July 16:25

[Xaero]

Saw this on TV last week. Surely an insurance claim wouldn't go through as the car was unlocked, insurance companies don't like that.

[Stew2000]

Xaero said:

Saw this on TV last week. Surely an insurance claim wouldn't go through as the car was unlocked, insurance companies don't like that.

Act of God. the best three words of an insurance company.

[edo]

Stew2000 said:

Xaero said:

Saw this on TV last week. Surely an insurance claim wouldn't go through as the car was unlocked, insurance companies don't like that.

Act of God. the best three words of an insurance company.

/soap box/

Act of god REALLY boils my piss.

Option 1: I believe in God/he exists, therefore EVERYTHING is an act of God.
Option 2: I Don't believe in God/he doesn't exist, therefore NOTHING is an act of God.

It is one or the other you c**ts - you cant pick and choose.

Edited by Riggers on Friday 30th July 17:05 - edited to add asterisk...

Edited by Riggers on Friday 30th July 17:06

[mark3man]

EVERYWHERE in bear country in the USA are signs saying 'don't leave food in your car, if they smell it they want it and WILL get it'.
The insurers will have a small print clause that will not need to invoke the Almighty. Nor irritate so seriously one of our number on POETS day.