Vette Goes For A Swim
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 Jun 21, 2011 at 11:16 am |
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Vette Goes For A Swim My brother saw this Corvette in his industrial complex yesterday in the storms. Apparently due to high water he could not see where the parking lot ended and the retention pond started, and put it right in the drink. | ||
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Jun 21, 2011 at 1:12 pm |
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Ouch... I hope that's not anyone on here... | ||
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Jun 21, 2011 at 1:35 pm |
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More of the story from Ted: The vette picture is attached. It did go all the way under! I talked with the driver. He is not familiar with the parking lot he was in, the pond water was up in the lot and he thought the parking lot went between 2 buildings, but that is where the pond was... when he realized there was a problem it was to late... The car floated for a bit and he couldn't roll down a window or open the door, so he opened the convertable top, climbed out and swam to shore as the car finished sinking. T. | ||
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Jun 22, 2011 at 4:39 am |
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...and here is why you don't drive through flooded streets and such.... Good thinking to go for the top. | ||
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Jun 25, 2011 at 8:58 pm |
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SMS wrote  More of the story from Ted: The vette picture is attached. It did go all the way under! I talked with the driver. He is not familiar with the parking lot he was in, the pond water was up in the lot and he thought the parking lot went between 2 buildings, but that is where the pond was... when he realized there was a problem it was to late... The car floated for a bit and he couldn't roll down a window or open the door, so he opened the convertable top, climbed out and swam to shore as the car finished sinking. T. that pretty funny lol next time I bet he uses more common sence  | ||
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Jun 26, 2011 at 3:43 pm |
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Hey atleast my accident wasn't as bad as this guy's. I could atleast still use mine. | ||
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