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3rd Jan 13 at 14:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
guy doesn't deserve to have the money.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256538/Lotto-winner-scooped-5million-jackpot-runs-luck-stranding-100-000-Bentley-flood-water.html
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Why can they only be towed from the front?
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was just about to post this

this made me laugh:

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A friend said the wealthy businessman was 'gutted' by the loss - and suggested that he might have confused it with yet another pricey car he owns which is designed to withstand flooding.


as you do...
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oh ffs

'Robert also has a 1940 Land Rover with a snorkel, which he probably thought he was driving when he went through the floods.'


are people really that retarded, that they can mistake a 100k bentley for a shoddy old range rover?
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3rd Jan 13 at 15:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not been able to afford to change his car since 2008?
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old spec, probably worth closer to £50k
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We just see a 430 scuderia being pulled from a ditch near work. Must be a nice start to the year :/

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3rd Jan 13 at 16:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How is it a £100k car?
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Because it cost over 100k new and that sounds better than 40k for a headline, mainly.
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covered by insurance? if so.... like the guy gives a flying fook!

he's rich enough... tax the bastard more for being an arse! :-P

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quote:
Originally posted by John
Because it cost over 100k new and that sounds better than 40k for a headline, mainly.



wouldnt be much of a headline if it was 40k. Thats more like 'upper-middle class' news, which no one gives a shit about lol

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3rd Jan 13 at 16:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£1,000 Corsa Flood Devastation






Why wasnt this in the news!!!

[Edited on 03-01-2013 by Gavin]

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The shot of the interior is quite sickening TBH such nice motors
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
oh ffs

'Robert also has a 1940 Land Rover with a snorkel, which he probably thought he was driving when he went through the floods.'


are people really that retarded, that they can mistake a 100k bentley for a shoddy old range rover?

Are you retarded - that comment is clearly a sarcastic comment against the driver.
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whilst its slightly arrogant, as above, he'll get a cash figure from insurance to cover most of it.
I don't think id loose any sleep over the car if I was in his position
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Looks like a bog standard E-class. Dick.
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considering he's already purchased a brand new merc to repalce the bentley, no, neither would I, lol
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3rd Jan 13 at 19:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by John
Because it cost over 100k new and that sounds better than 40k for a headline, mainly.


Ok, so a Nokia 3210 is a £250 phone? Good one.
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3rd Jan 13 at 19:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not quite sure how he has a 1940 Land Rover either.
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Rich man ruins car doing something silly then buys another

Christ, Daily Mail really is a ridiculous paper

They're also launching a campaign to ruin Jack Whitehalls career like they did with Ross - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256352/Jack-Whitehall-dropped-presenter-TV-awards-Channel-4-repeats-vile-quiz.html

I don't like Jack Whitehall, think the guys a snobby talentless twat, but he said nothing more than a lot of "comedians" say about people on that show

[Edited on 03-01-2013 by Cavey]
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3rd Jan 13 at 19:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Shouldn't get paid out if he willingly was stupid enough to drive into that.

We all end up paying for his stupidity.
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Because it cost over 100k new and that sounds better than 40k for a headline, mainly.


Ok, so a Nokia 3210 is a £250 phone? Good one.


Probably when it came out, even the daily mail wouldn't be writing an article about that.
A fairly high value car is worth 100k for a headline, if it was 151k they'd have probably said 200k.

They also probably don't care what month the landrover was built after you've spent all afternoon googling it. What's really happened is some journalist that normally writes about dieting has had a guess.
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Originally posted by Ben G
oh ffs

'Robert also has a 1940 Land Rover with a snorkel, which he probably thought he was driving when he went through the floods.'


are people really that retarded, that they can mistake a 100k bentley for a shoddy old range rover?

Are you retarded - that comment is clearly a sarcastic comment against the driver.


It's the daily mail. Not the sun.
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Not really news, so the guy misjudged it, I prefer to see people getting on with their daily lives than the world coming to a stand-still.

To say he doesn't deserve to have it is a bit silly, its not like he was doughnutting it around a field.

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I would have put the car in neutral which modern automatic cars have these days and used all my energy to push the car out of the deep water.


This is a car which weighs 2.3t, never mind the weight of the water inside.

Also like the way he thinks neutral is a recent thing.

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