Article: Hotel valet crashes Lamborghini

Agent_Smith said:
This hardly surprises me. I've seen so many clips and heard so many stories of these valets parking exotic cars where they decide to blip the throttle (or flat out rev it!) to hear the engine note, often forgetting they're in gear. Naturally the car leaps forward, often into something solid.

Condolences to the owner...
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You mean condolences to the hotel
 
"had borrowed the Italian-made speedster from a friend and driven to the hotel last Thursday"
Well there is the problem!!
 
falcon786 said:
I cant remember mileage,it was drivable in fact the guy drove it to me with papers in hand to show it to me.Yep it was a steal but I was a student a few years ago and R12k was hard to come by lol.
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I would have taken it after having a mechanic check it out, maybe make a project of restoring whatever might be wrong.
 
Compton_effect said:
If it was in Vanderbijlpark, you dodged a bullet. :whistle:
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Nope guy was from Lenasia,he needed cash for something.It was a red 924 but the car needed a complete respray anyway.

Debeer165 said:
I would have taken it after having a mechanic check it out, maybe make a project of restoring whatever might be wrong.
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If it was now or any-time since I was working for a price of R12k I wouldn't have even bothered with the mechanic or blinked an eyelid, I would have just taken it lol!:p
 
Compton_effect said:
Its strange, but I can relate.
My brother is a big Porsche fan, restores them as a hobby.
About a decade ago he found me a sweet deal through the Porsche Club SA. A Porsche 924, red, mint condition, right hand drive.

The 924 was a budget sports car Porsche's designed in partnership with VW in the 70's and 80's. It actually used a Audi engine and was assembled in a VW plant. One of their best selling cars ever. They later redesigned it and brought out the 944

And he'd found one for R60k - owned by a retired doctor, with only 45 000 km on it. The deal was perfect, a gorgeous little banshee, not too powerful and not expensive to maintain. And a dream to drive, a big one for me as I was averaging 150 km a day in my commute.

I took the car for a test drive, immediately fell in love with it. All it needed was a service, some new Bridgestone Potenzas, and I'd be set. I'd even be able to join the Porsche group insurance, which is surprisingly affordable.
The previous owner even offered to throw in the service as part of the deal. And because of the car's mixed genealogy - it could even be done at a normal dealership. In this case, the local VW.

The next time I saw the car it was up on blocks at the dealer, part of a very nasty lawsuit.
Seems the young mechanic that had done the service had taken the car for a 'test drive'. And blew the engine and damaged the gearbox. :sick:
To fit a new one they would need to drop the car.

My baby was ruined. I would never know what other damage had crept in.
Luckily I was able to pull out of the deal without any loss. Bought a Fiat instead. (Never buy Fiat, they are horrible)
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Sorry dude but 924 and 944 shouldn't be used in the same sentence with Porsche
 
Debeer165 said:
Hmmm ask if still available?
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Honestly I couldn't find him even if I tried.He needed cash so came to my work to sell a brand new professional quality circular saw that he bought a while back but hadn't used which I bought from him,he said he still needed more cash to service some debts and he offered me some other household items he had but I wasn't interested,only the Porsche seemed interesting and he brought it to show it to me the next day,I'm sure I wrote his number down somewhere but lol we have moved premises since then so no ways In hell I'll find that piece of paper now!
 
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