Expensive car crash

Number Nine

Hapless blonde crashes her £250,000 Bentley into a Merc, Porsche, Ferrari and Aston Martin

It was a line-up of the finest supercars in one of the world's wealthiest hotspots.
But what started as a parade of high-priced horsepower turned into an impromptu game of demolition derby - when a hapless blonde scraped her £250,000 Bentley Azure down the side of a £75,000 Mercedes S Class.
What followed in the Monte Carlo's Place du Casino was every insurance company's nightmare.
Her 2.7 tonne beast then crashed into a £140,000 black Ferrari F430, before going head on into an £80,000 Porsche 911 and a £140,000 Aston Martin Rapide.
The driver, and her two passengers, then had the humiliation of watching hundreds of tourists circle the scene as they were unable to open the doors of the British-built convertible.
It is estimated the crash will cost more than £40,000 with the Ferrari, Porsche and Aston Martin requiring new front wings and bumpers. The Bentley will need the same repairs, plus a new door.Ruud Poot, editor of European motoring website Autogespot, said: 'You probably couldn't find a worse place in the world to crash your car than outside Monaco's Place du Casino in the middle of the summer.'
A staggering £685,000 worth of cars were shunted in a matter of minutes - enough to make the Top Gear boys wince in pain and criticise who caused the incident.
But with recent research suggesting women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, they could be forgiven for adhering to the stereotypical view.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019340/Hapless-blonde-crashes-250k-Bentley-FOUR-supercars.html

bijapos

I bet Marcinek is somewhere in that photo.

Yakult

I bet her husband wasn't happy about that!!

MidlandsM

see the crowds.......lol........MOVE ALONG NOW PLEASE PEOPLE, NOTHING TO SEE HERE.............lol

Mc Love

Bloody hell! Well she probably thought at least mine is the most expensive

mickdw

Number Nine wrote: »

It is estimated the crash will cost more than £40,000

Yes alot more than 40,000 Im sure.

junkyarddog

Just because you can afford it,
doesn't mean you can drive it.

langdang

bijapos wrote: »

I bet Marcinek is somewhere in that photo.

She was swerving to avoid him.


Or more likely given the car/location, swerving so her good side would be caught on camera

Hotwheels

Daddy prolly bought the car, pity he didn't throw in some driving lessons as well

SV

"The driver, and her two passengers, then had the humiliation of watching hundreds of tourists circle the scene as they were unable to open the doors of the British-built convertible."


Or you know, seeing as it's a convertible..they could have just got out over the doors.
Gobshítes!

Drummerboy08

This thread needs more pictures of the blonde.

Yakult

SV wrote: »

"The driver, and her two passengers, then had the humiliation of watching hundreds of tourists circle the scene as they were unable to open the doors of the British-built convertible."


Or you know, seeing as it's a convertible..they could have just got out over the doors.
Gobshítes!

+1

She is blonde after all

tweedledee

Reminds me of the guy in Dubai who bought his 19 year old son a Lambo for his birthday.
Very first spin in it,he wrote both the car and himself off!!

bijapos

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

This thread needs more pictures of the blonde.

SV

markc1184

She has that whole "Are we OK your side?" look on her face in that first pic!

The Guvnor

Those latest pics make it look a whole lot worse than the article suggests!:)

dharn

great post ,she could not do anything as ungainly as throw her leg over the door might be going commando:D

Absurdum

this comment rules:

She is a French woman, she is beautiful, rich and loves life. They are just cars. French admire women not like English people. Show a similar woman like that in England? It is impossible. There are no women like that in England
- Jerome, Bordeaux, France, 27/7/2011 19:57

langdang

"just cars" - I'd say Jerome drives an 80 something reg Citroen AX that has been shortened 3 inches each side from French parking/shunting...

Tazio

Well I'll be noting the reg number plates in case I'm in the 2nd market for one of these. You just can't trust cartell if they decide to go outside the insurance and have a local lad respray.

Anan1

langdang wrote: »

"just cars" - I'd say Jerome drives an 80 something reg Citroen AX that has been shortened 3 inches each side from French parking/shunting...

No matter what way you look at it, that's a small accident. A 40k insurance claim here isn't news, much less for someone who can afford a 250k car. It's a good story for redtop reading rubberneckers, for the people involved it's no more than a minor inconvenience.:)

langdang

Anan1 wrote: »

No matter what way you look at it, that's a small accident. A 40k insurance claim here isn't news, much less for someone who can afford a 250k car. It's a good story for redtop reading rubberneckers, for the people involved it's no more than a minor inconvenience.:)

Jerome still isn't the sort of character I'd like parking near my car, banger and all as it is. I'd say he thinks cars are meant to have big gouges and dings in them. Shur parking is a contact sport

I know what you mean though - there's no one there gonna have to cancel the holiday next year because of the insurance hike due to a claim...