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11-12-2009 10:15 PM #1Offical FTV6 Troll
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Mechanics' 125mph Joyride In Customer's Car
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091110/...r-870a197.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZbQ_KOGBcQMechanics were supposed to be fixing a leaky radiator, but when the owner of a £30,000 Vauxhall Monaro car collected it from the local garage, he discovered it had been taken on a joyride at speeds of 125mph
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The owner of the car, who doesn't want to be named, had installed a Roadhawk black-box recorder three months earlier.
When he left his car for repair at the garage in Redditch, there was a quarter of a tank of petrol left. When he collected it, he noticed the tank was empty.
"I looked at the video from the Roadhawk and was completely stunned. They had taken it out for a spin on the A435 at 120mph.
"When I confronted the garage they denied it. Then I told them I had the video and they admitted everything and apologised."
The Roadhawk device records video, GPS data and g-forces for every journey.
Video captured during the incident, which has been posted on YouTube, shows the driver overtaking cars and lorries on the A435 Alcester Road between Redditch to Portway.
The vehicle speeds past a garage at 100mph, before hitting a narrow slip-road at 90mph and continuing through country lanes.
The owner said: "The outside of that lane is marked off and lorries sometimes park up there. If you go wide on that corner at that speed you could easily slam into the back of one."
Fans of the film Ferris Bueller's Day off will enjoy the video.
In a scene from the film, Ferris persuades Cameron to let them borrow his father's 1961 Ferrari 250 GT. After leaving it at a garage they return to discover 100 miles have been added to the clock.
The 5.7 litre Vauxhall Monaro has a top-speed of 170mph and won Top Gear's best Muscle Car award.
West Mercia police confirmed they are investigating the incident. The owner of the garage said he had seen the video but refused to comment.
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11-12-2009 10:23 PM #2Melba Toast.
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i wonder if that was worth losing his job...
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11-12-2009 10:27 PM #3Hai 2 you
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they were testing the radiator
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11-12-2009 10:36 PM #4Full Throttle Extreme!
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everyone knows that after replacing a radiator you have to hit 125mph in order to test it. the news is full of re-tards.
on a serious note, 1)that thing sounds beastly 2)that Roadhawk thing is fucking sweet 5)those guys were deuches. 3 and 4? refer to 5.It has a blow drier hooked up to the intake...
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11-12-2009 10:43 PM #5$.02 Queen
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Now there is no telling if the guys were German or not but I agree both the car and the box are bad ass.
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11-12-2009 11:08 PM #6Fake it till you make it
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Website for the recorder: http://www.roadhawk.co.uk/
Purchase site: http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/roadhaw...ive-camera.htm
Only £199.95 (or 331.50 USD)
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11-13-2009 06:59 AM #7And? What's your point?
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Hell yea!! I want one so bad!!
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11-13-2009 07:03 AM #8aaaaaah esssss aaaaaah
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what a douche.
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11-13-2009 08:09 AM #9Curse you Red Baron!!!
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that box is cool if i had a car like a corvette or other fast car some one would think of joy riding. i would look into one
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11-13-2009 09:29 AM #10Full Throttle
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I think that has an LS1 in it but im not to sure...Cause it obviously looks like a GTO
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11-13-2009 09:44 AM #11So no more runnin'...
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There's taking it for a quick spin to test the repairs, and then there's this.
Sheesh. Well, luckily no one was hurt, killed, etc. and the car was alright as well.
They owe him a quarter tank.
(And about a lifetime of free service paid for at some other dealership.)-Derek- *Canada Forum Mod*
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11-13-2009 11:22 AM #12Offical FTV6 Troll
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Monaros are the original cars the GTO was based on. Originally Posted by miwolverines88
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11-13-2009 09:49 AM #13meh
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That Road Hawk is niiiiiiiiiiiiiice. Those guys should be fired for being bad people.
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11-13-2009 12:31 PM #14FTV6 Hottest G/F Winner
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Crazy
Why would a normal joe want somthing liek that in their car anyway? Good thing he had it though.Nick | Car Care Moderator
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11-13-2009 01:38 PM #15Get at me.
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Well not only if there was an accident infront of him and they blamed him. But if somebody stole his car, they would be able to find it pretty freaking quick. He could also have alot of mods, and maybe it is an insurance deduct? Originally Posted by nzballer05
I would love to have one of those on all my cars to be honest.
you would be able to know where and when the car was taken and locate it within a foot if it ever went missing.-Joey or joe.
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