time to dig!
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Nov. 16, 2009 1:01 p.m. DukeOfUndersteer Dork
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Nov. 16, 2009 1:05 p.m. nocones Reader
The insurance fraud going on lately is intense. No way they didn't have time to evacuate that.
My bet, way behind on payments. Hurricane = Can I haz writeoff?
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Nov. 16, 2009 1:13 p.m. ansonivan Reader
Such a nice color too... hopefully it turns into a stripped race car and not someones electrical gremlin nightmare car.
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Nov. 16, 2009 1:19 p.m. JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
I hope that's a Tiptronic. They need to "rock" it to get it unstuck. That's tough with a clutch.
jg
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Nov. 16, 2009 1:24 p.m. plance1 HalfDork
reminds me of a wrecked bugatti I saw somewhere...
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Nov. 16, 2009 1:26 p.m. oldsaw HalfDork
Bring shovels to finish the job and bury the thing.
The car is buried up to the gunwales because the surge was many feet higher than the sand around the car. Porsche's are not U-boats; proceed accordingly.
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Nov. 16, 2009 3:26 p.m. MiatarPowar HalfDork
It would still look just fine in my garage.
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Nov. 16, 2009 4:58 p.m. Appleseed Dork
Hard to find without the giant X on my treasure map.
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Nov. 16, 2009 7:42 p.m. gamby UberDork
nocones wrote:
The insurance fraud going on lately is intense. No way they didn't have time to evacuate that.
My bet, way behind on payments. Hurricane = Can I haz writeoff?
That doesn't seem crazy. It does seem a bit odd that the owner would leave it that close to harm's way.
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Nov. 16, 2009 8:13 p.m. Keith PowerDork
The car may not have started in that particular location.
I think it's actually really pretty. Not many cars would look so natural half-buried in the sand, but the Cayman actually looks right, as if it were shaped by the sand. The color suits as well.
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Nov. 16, 2009 8:20 p.m. Woody SuperDork
I wonder if the sand and water were able to find the engine.
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Nov. 16, 2009 9:49 p.m. njansenv Reader
That would make one heck of a good project.....
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Nov. 17, 2009 7:20 a.m. TJ HalfDork
If it were close and free I'd spend a day or two digging it out to drag home. It might never come back, but would still make a nice paperweight or something.
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Nov. 17, 2009 7:25 a.m. InigoMontoya Reader
That is one of the most expensive skateboard/MX/ATV ramps I have ever seen.
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Nov. 17, 2009 8:07 a.m. 7pilot New Reader
Man... Let the sea turtle lay it's eggs in peace.
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Nov. 17, 2009 8:33 a.m. Tetzuoe Reader
"ran when parked" lol.
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Nov. 17, 2009 8:45 a.m. kb58 New Reader
What's that line from the movie, "Risky Business"? The Service Manager comes into the waiting room and says: "Okay, who's the U-boat commander?"
Yeah, salt water is, next to acid, about the worst thing that can be done to a car. The entire electrical system is ruined, all the harnesses, ECU, all the CAN bus modules. And salt water makes short work of cylinder walls and cam shaft lobes. Pretty sad... and I agree it's "interesting" that they had no time to get it out. Given the cost, you'd think they'd be paying attention... OTOH, maybe it's some banker's summer home and he was in NYC... that could be.
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Nov. 17, 2009 9:00 a.m. Giant Purple Snorklewacker Dork
I would take that off his hands for free, hell I'd even dig. A dumpster, a megasquirt and $350 in tubing == way cool GTS3 contender. Oh... and $10k in "incidentals".
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Nov. 17, 2009 10:45 a.m. ultraclyde Reader
LS1 SWAP FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov. 17, 2009 12:09 p.m. Tetzuoe Reader
How do you get a car out of something like that?
All that comes to mind is a crane and a firehose.
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Nov. 17, 2009 1:56 p.m. mad_machine PowerDork
it's toast. I would not even want any of the parts off of that car.
Could also be that car was parked someplace "high" but not high enough. We had that problem when I lived at the shore. The local Acme market had the highest ground (aside from our backyard) and people would park their cars there whenever a flood warning was issued.
Well, one time the water was 4 feet deeper than expected and all the cars in that lot died.
The funniest was a Fiero. When I walked by it (in my wetsuit) only the roof was visible and the electrical system was shorting out. The wipers were going like the mad, the lights were going up and down and the horn was blaring for help. Quite sad really
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Nov. 17, 2009 9:50 p.m. DanyloS
Incredible photo. Are there any high resolution versions available? Would make a great computer wallpaper.
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Nov. 17, 2009 10:20 p.m. JeepinMatt Reader
$2010 challenge?
At least you'll have $2009 after you purchase it
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Nov. 17, 2009 10:39 p.m. Appleseed Dork
Tetzuoe wrote:
How do you get a car out of something like that?
All that comes to mind is a crane and a firehose.
One of these:
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Nov. 18, 2009 7:56 a.m. Tetzuoe Reader
hm, with that id be tempted just to crunch it down into the earth.. nothing to see here.
