Comments on: Driver of damaged car pretends nothing is wrong http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 16:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312832 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312832 <i>Every chance, every chance that I take I take it on the road Those kilometres and the red lights I was always looking left and right Oh, but I'm always crashing in the same car</i> <i>Jasmine, I saw you peeping As I pushed my foot down to the floor I was going round and round the hotel garage Must have been touching close to 94 Oh, but I'm always crashing in the same car</i> Every chance,
every chance that I take
I take it on the road
Those kilometres and the red lights
I was always looking left and right
Oh, but I’m always crashing
in the same car

Jasmine, I saw you peeping
As I pushed my foot down to the floor
I was going round and round the hotel garage
Must have been touching close to 94
Oh, but I’m always crashing
in the same car

]]> By: kalilhasa http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312833 kalilhasa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312833 That is hysterical! You definitely couldn't pull that off in any other cheaper make of car. That is hysterical! You definitely couldn’t pull that off in any other cheaper make of car.

]]> By: phoenix http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-313862 phoenix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-313862 Well THERE'S yer problem! Well THERE’S yer problem!

]]> By: Lea Hernandez http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312841 Lea Hernandez Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312841 The only thing that could make this better is a cop pulling the car over and saying, "Do you know how fast you were going?" The only thing that could make this better is a cop pulling the car over and saying, “Do you know how fast you were going?”

]]> By: carsick http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-313109 carsick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-313109 sn't tht Jhn McCn nd Srh Pln n th cr? Rcng twrd th Wht Hs? sn’t tht Jhn McCn nd Srh Pln n th cr? Rcng twrd th Wht Hs?

]]> By: avraamov http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312858 avraamov Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312858 i've got a particularly tatty old 123 series estate. i just have a feeling that it wouldn't notice if this happened. i’ve got a particularly tatty old 123 series estate. i just have a feeling that it wouldn’t notice if this happened.

]]> By: sluggo http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312862 sluggo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312862 #7 - Oops. I see great minds think alike. oh, and aeiou and sometimes y. #7 – Oops. I see great minds think alike.

oh, and aeiou and sometimes y.

]]> By: Dan http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312612 Dan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312612 And he's not driving that slowly... And as an aside, letting your car "fix itself" does not work... ever. If the symptoms of a problem happen to subside, that does not mean you aren't causing more damage to it from neglect. This - not dishonesty - is what usually racks up bills at the mechanic when they say, "By the way, your xxxx is busted and needs replacing" after you go in for an oil change. And he’s not driving that slowly…

And as an aside, letting your car “fix itself” does not work… ever. If the symptoms of a problem happen to subside, that does not mean you aren’t causing more damage to it from neglect.

This – not dishonesty – is what usually racks up bills at the mechanic when they say, “By the way, your xxxx is busted and needs replacing” after you go in for an oil change.

]]> By: highlyevolved http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312870 highlyevolved Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312870 I'm pretty sure I've seen a couple cars on COPS catch on fire after doing the exact same thing. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a couple cars on COPS catch on fire after doing the exact same thing.

]]> By: janai http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312877 janai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312877 @39: THINK, MCFLY, THINK! ;) (also possibly a good thing to be yelling at the driver, while knocking on his head.) @39: THINK, MCFLY, THINK! ;)

(also possibly a good thing to be yelling at the driver, while knocking on his head.)

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312878 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312878 SLUGGO@53: Thanks. It was just too apropos wasn't it? I couldn't resist. SLUGGO@53: Thanks. It was just too apropos wasn’t it? I couldn’t resist.

]]> By: Cool Products http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-313136 Cool Products Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-313136 "Richard, what did you do?!?" Was this guy fleeing the scene of some crime. I don't know why anyone would think that it's going to be ok to just keep driving, especially a mercedes-benz, after they've completely trashed the front end. Stupid people. “Richard, what did you do?!?”

Was this guy fleeing the scene of some crime. I don’t know why anyone would think that it’s going to be ok to just keep driving, especially a mercedes-benz, after they’ve completely trashed the front end. Stupid people.

]]> By: technogeek http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312881 technogeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312881 Staged, of course; camera crews don't show up that conveniently. Which means they probably knew exactly what they were doing and what they could get away with, and there may have been more alterations to the vehicle than the obvious crash damage. I hope they paid the city for chewing up the road surface. Yeah, I know, I'm a grump. But I'm underimpressed. Staged, of course; camera crews don’t show up that conveniently. Which means they probably knew exactly what they were doing and what they could get away with, and there may have been more alterations to the vehicle than the obvious crash damage.

I hope they paid the city for chewing up the road surface.

Yeah, I know, I’m a grump. But I’m underimpressed.

]]> By: Lucifer http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312627 Lucifer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312627 I recommend a front end alignment I recommend a front end alignment

]]> By: failix http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312628 failix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312628 This is probably in france, the guys filming were french that's sure...anyway there must be some insider info on this because I don't believe someone is actually stupid enough to drive this mess...probably a joke or something... This is probably in france, the guys filming were french that’s sure…anyway there must be some insider info on this because I don’t believe someone is actually stupid enough to drive this mess…probably a joke or something…

]]> By: anthony http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312887 anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312887 It looks like someone who is doggedly chasing someone else down, or running like hell to get away. #9 I also saw something like this once-I was passed on the highway by someone with one rim scraping the road, sparks flying. On his face a frozen mask of hate/horror. It looks like someone who is doggedly chasing someone else down, or running like hell to get away.

#9 I also saw something like this once-I was passed on the highway by someone with one rim scraping the road, sparks flying. On his face a frozen mask of hate/horror.

]]> By: toxonix http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312632 toxonix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312632 A good Mercedes will surround the driver in a shell of quiet perfection, such that road noise, engine noise, frame scraping the ground, etc.. are unnoticeable. In my experience they are also magnets for expensive collision damage, especially while parked or otherwise in proximity to lesser vehicles. A good Mercedes will surround the driver in a shell of quiet perfection, such that road noise, engine noise, frame scraping the ground, etc.. are unnoticeable. In my experience they are also magnets for expensive collision damage, especially while parked or otherwise in proximity to lesser vehicles.

]]> By: Louv http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312890 Louv Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312890 He's just looking for the entrance to Pit Road! They do this in Formula One all the time. He’s just looking for the entrance to Pit Road! They do this in Formula One all the time.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312635 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312635 he was just waiting for that favourite song on the radio to finish before pulling over. he was just waiting for that favourite song on the radio to finish before pulling over.

]]> By: Enormo http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312636 Enormo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312636 s pltcl crtn n r ftr... McCn s t th whl f cr drggng n bd whl. H's smlng t s gvng s th thmbs p. n th sd f th cr s prntd. Plnmbl. s pltcl crtn n r ftr…

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]]> By: Jack Daniel http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312896 Jack Daniel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312896 That car out-handles mine with 25% less wheels. That car out-handles mine with 25% less wheels.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312643 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312643 Wht grt mtphr fr th McCn cmpgn. Wht grt mtphr fr th McCn cmpgn.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312899 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312899 No biggie, it was a rental.. No biggie, it was a rental..

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312645 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312645 I would LOVE to know the background story on this. One commenter thought it must be a joke. It seems too ridiculous not to be, but this day and age, people do some strange crap on the road when they're in a rage. It's gotta be road rage fueling this. I would LOVE to know the background story on this. One commenter thought it must be a joke. It seems too ridiculous not to be, but this day and age, people do some strange crap on the road when they’re in a rage.

It’s gotta be road rage fueling this.

]]> By: straponego http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312646 straponego Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312646 I have seen this phenomenom before. Woke up at 3 AM to the sound of a devil shrieking. Went out on the balcony and Volvo was pulling over in front of our building. His rear tire was shredded, and he'd been scraping all the way down the block. He got out, examined it, spotted the trouble, took a piss, and wandered off. A few minutes later he came back and screeched off, gouging tracks in the street. White smoke billowed out from under his hood and enveloped the whole block. You could hear him six blocks away. Obviously it was an ugly divorce and the wife was getting the car. I have seen this phenomenom before. Woke up at 3 AM to the sound of a devil shrieking. Went out on the balcony and Volvo was pulling over in front of our building. His rear tire was shredded, and he’d been scraping all the way down the block. He got out, examined it, spotted the trouble, took a piss, and wandered off. A few minutes later he came back and screeched off, gouging tracks in the street. White smoke billowed out from under his hood and enveloped the whole block. You could hear him six blocks away. Obviously it was an ugly divorce and the wife was getting the car.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312647 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312647 Dmn. NRM bt m t t by ns. Ys, d t th bdgt cnstrnts f flggng cmpgn, ths s wht s lft f th <i>Ht Tlk xprss.</i> Dmn. NRM bt m t t by ns. Ys, d t th bdgt cnstrnts f flggng cmpgn, ths s wht s lft f th Ht Tlk xprss.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312651 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312651 It doesn't have a smashed front end, it's just pining for the fjords. It doesn’t have a smashed front end, it’s just pining for the fjords.

]]> By: Kawentzmann http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312652 Kawentzmann Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312652 That’s cosmetics. It’s a Merc. That’s cosmetics. It’s a Merc.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312909 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312909 heh! did I ever tell my highway sparks and frozen mask story? heh! did I ever tell my highway sparks and frozen mask story?

]]> By: anthony http://boingboing.net/2008/10/21/driver-of-damaged-ca.html#comment-312912 anthony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312912 What lies under that frozen mask? A chilly countenance. What lies under that frozen mask? A chilly countenance.

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