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Oh dear, how sad...
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:46 pm
by Ian
What cars can you spot in the Tricolor wreck...I'm especially sad as I can see Vo
lvo's...and in one, why does it look like the headlight's still on ?? (middle row six down)
http://www.blognewsnetwork.com/members/ ... Autos.html
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:49 pm
by polo2k
this wathat boat that sank right?
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:00 am
by Ian
Yup...full of luxury cars...trying to find more (better) images...can anyone see any VW in there ??
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:51 am
by dxg
What's even more amazing is how they are actually getting it off the seabed:
http://www.tricolorsalvage.com
Gaint cheese cutter, anyone?!
Kudos to whoever thought that up!
BTW, if you look at the timeline on their page, there isn't that much time btwn declaration of loss and start of salvage. Plus it's a collaboration of three contractors. I think they must have got together over Christmas, gotten rather drunk and come up with the wildest scheme they could think of!
£165,000,000 loss - heh, I've got more than that in loose change stuck down the gap btwn the door sill and the seat runners (how many coins have you got wedged down there (9n) ?)
I thought it was all beemers and volvos that were on it?
Deek.
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:13 pm
by Scorpio1
Oh my God that IS a sad site.
Reminds me when the vehicle transporter in the UK dropped all it's brand new Mercs
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 4:31 pm
by Speedlaw
I can only see Volvo's. Didn't it transport BMW's too?
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 6:48 pm
by ciden
It's enough to make me wanna cry!!!!
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 8:33 pm
by Ian
Bimmers and Saabs too so I'm led to believe...also if you look at one of the pictures...it looks like there are tractors too
...and no wise cracks please...
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:08 pm
by polo2k
the tractors will be on board vehicles for things like pulling cars that wont start etc and maintenance
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:38 pm
by jazzypolo
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:41 pm
by KarlM
someone put an lot of work into that site!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:30 pm
by SpikeyG40
vee dubs come in on there own ships! as far as i no they don't share a boat with any other company! i don't think thats what the tractors for, its up to the blokes who get the cars off the ship to actualy get the no starters going. my dad used to do it when vee dubs came into ramsgate! sometimes they had to lift some off with a fork lift
they used to love driving all the hot cars like the vr6's.
