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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
He survived. Incredible, since the car was completely underwater.
He apparently traded in his GT3 Touring just an hour or so prior to landing in the river. Word has it he paid a substantial dealer markup on this car. I thought Porsche had come down pretty hard on dealerships that were doing this, but I guess I heard wrong. I've also heard that these are backordered a couple of years at least, but the "right" customer can get an "allocation" that allows them to jump the waiting list. For a fee...
So, while there might be a bit of schadenfreude involved in seeing some wealthy twat waffle with more money than skill (or sense) dunk his car, I still feel bad for the guy. This was certainly a "dream car", and it's certainly going to sting, if not financially, at least socially. He will forever be "that guy". Doesn't matter what he does from here.
I'm just glad he was unhurt. I lost two good friends who wound up in the Snohomish river 30 some years ago under similar circumstances. Both drowned trying to get the windows down or the doors open in a car with electric windows whose entire electrical system shorted when it went underwater. I have to wonder how this guy got out. |
FOA, he likely managed to get out before the car sank. It's a theory anyway. 2nd, the social sting you speak of will outlast the financial sting as long as anyone knows this guy. Regardless of what happened he is considered a clown.
I remember a person that I did some welding for many years ago. He was putting a G50 in an SC that required cutting the torsion tube and installing rear coilovers. My memory of the particulars has faded as I've forgotten more than many will ever know about 911's and 914's.
Anyway, he ran it into the side of a hill on one of the fun runs that used to occur on Thanksgiving and New Year's. This was right after he got the thing on the road. I saw the car being parted out in ads afterwards. He was not hurt.
...physically.