View Full Version : Too old to drive?
Embassy
06-02-2009, 09:58 AM
This guy should turn in his license. :rolleyes:
Originally Posted by RIDE THE on SVTP
Okay. Long story made short.
Old man comes into my dealership to buy a brand new Lincoln Town Car.
He hops in the drivers seat with his wife in the back and backs out of the parking spot and he puts it in drive. He thought his foot was on the brake so when the car started to go faster he just kept pushing down harder on the throttle pedal.
He ended up driving 3/4 of the way around the dealership and when he came around the front of the dealership he was drifting sideways through the service lane.
Old man got some skills yo.
The salesman in the passengers seat kicked the old mans foot of the throttle pedal at 75 mph just before they hit the first car.
Started off by tagging the back corner of this Cougar:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/RIDETHE/cougar.jpg
Then they hit the Rodeo in the back right 1/4 panel:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/RIDETHE/rodeo.jpg
The Rodeo then got pushed over into the Kia that was parked next to it:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/RIDETHE/kia-1.jpg
Good thing the Town Cars have a good front end crash rating:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/RIDETHE/windowsticker.jpg
$50,000 car that had 4 miles on it. It had never been driven off the lot before:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/RIDETHE/tc.jpg
Oh................
I park my truck right behind all of this mess:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n312/RIDETHE/oldman.jpg
Three of our customers got a nice phone call yesterday.
"Thanks for bringing your car to us for service. It's totaled."
At least the body shop is close by!!!!
Behold the mighty panther. :nworthy:
I hope no one was hurt.
gate500gr
06-02-2009, 10:18 AM
Jeez... looks like a storm hit. I always wondered who has to pay in a situation like this when you wreck a car thats being test driven. How does that work?
offroadkarter
06-02-2009, 10:22 AM
Wow.... That old man better lose his license!
SID210SA
06-02-2009, 10:24 AM
I thought the salesmen were supposed to drive you off the lot before you got behind the wheel....for insurance purposes
Mac-MerC
06-02-2009, 10:27 AM
thats a nice ass blue.
I wonder if his last name is kuhn???
Hey!!!!!!!!!! I resemble that you dog!:P
TAKEDOWN
06-02-2009, 10:33 AM
WoW WOW and w0W...
It may be part of Obamas stimulus plan to sell cars!:D
LIGHTNIN1
06-02-2009, 10:35 AM
Ahh the old,"Thought my foot was on the brake," story. I"ll remember that one when I get old.
justbob
06-02-2009, 10:37 AM
Unbelievable!
Breadfan
06-02-2009, 12:26 PM
Wow, if that's for real (sure looks like it, i.e. not just staged with some cars from the collision lot) that looks like cherner lincoln mercury here in Northern VA I think in Vienna?
Motorhead350
06-02-2009, 01:06 PM
I'm never wanna get that old.
ChiTownMaraud3r
06-02-2009, 01:18 PM
How could you be so senile, that you can't decipher one pedal from another, especially when the car is accelerating at WOT..:confused:
Make him pay for everything.
BAD MERC
06-02-2009, 01:33 PM
Christ - Stevie Wonder coulda made it further than that!!!!!!!
LIGHTNIN1
06-02-2009, 01:49 PM
Ticket the guy and send him on down the road.:burn:
TiTo35
06-02-2009, 01:53 PM
First...whats OLD?
Let the man drive!!! Some Marauder owners are old...yea I said it! BUT...**** happens...we ALL had a fender bender or two...but uh that takes the cake.
Blackmobile
06-02-2009, 03:19 PM
I can hear him now "Naw, I don't like the color and it also pulls to the left"
GetMeMyStogie
06-02-2009, 04:12 PM
Why did the salesman join them for the ride? I always thought it was to help you keep yourself under control/ not do crazy **** with the new car.
That last picture is really very complete, with the body shop, car rental agency and what one could imagine to be a hospital/medical building in the background. And the build sheet still attached to the window!
To the OP, sorry about your truck, man.
CROWNMARAUDER
06-02-2009, 04:30 PM
Christ - Stevie Wonder coulda made it further than that!!!!!!!
Now that's FUNNY!
Blackmobile
06-02-2009, 04:32 PM
Why did the salesman join them for the ride? I always thought it was to help you keep yourself under control/ not do crazy **** with the new car.
You're joking right? When I test drove my Marauder, I had the salesman in the back seat going, "Punch it, so you can hear the gear wine"
GetMeMyStogie
06-02-2009, 04:40 PM
You're joking right? When I test drove my Marauder, I had the salesman in the back seat going, "Punch it, so you can hear the gear wine"
Nice.
No, I've never test driven a brand new car from a dealership. I haven't yet felt the need to throw 50% of the purchase price out the window. Buying used, they usually say "here's the keys, take all the time you need".
Joe Walsh
06-02-2009, 04:52 PM
JEEZ!
What a friggin' disaster!
That old fart piledrived a brand new Lincoln and ...what.....3 other vehicles!?
I have no problem with competent older folks driving...it is the incompetent geezers like that who need to have their licenses revoked.
Florida is a joke....more blue hairs running people over as they jam on the 'brake pedal' than you can imagine.
Every state should have mandatory driving tests for license holders over 65.
(Actually, they should have driving tests every 5 years for anybody, regardless of age, who has a license. Way TOO many morons on the road.)
Crown Vicman
06-02-2009, 05:14 PM
not funny at all. If I were the owner of the dealership I'd kick some major ass.
rayjay
06-02-2009, 05:20 PM
Aw, come on, it'll buff right out. :D The old guy that did all the damage probably has a good lawsuit against the dealership for almost killing him and his wife by allowing him to drive a car with bad brakes.
sd8683
06-02-2009, 05:37 PM
jeez!
what a friggin' disaster!
That old fart piledrived a brand new licoln and ...what.....3 other vehicles!?
I have no problem with competent older folks driving...it is the incompetent geezers like that who need to have their licenses revoked.
Florida is a joke....more blue hairs running people over as they jam on the 'brake pedal' than you can imagine.
Every state should have mandatory driving tests for license holders over 65.
(actually, they should have driving tests every 5 years for anybody, regardless of age, who has a license. Way too many morons on the road.)
Amen!!!!!!!!!!
Joe Walsh
06-02-2009, 05:38 PM
He ended up driving 3/4 of the way around the dealership and when he came around the front of the dealership [COLOR="Red"]he was drifting sideways through the service lane.
Old man got some skills yo.
Was the left turn blinker stuck on?
Maybe another sequel???
"My time's Past and I'm Furious - Geritol Driftin"
Bluerauder
06-02-2009, 05:41 PM
Why not just shoot everyone over the age of .... say 65 .... maybe 60. ;) They are pretty useless anyway and are just a burden on the health care system and on social security. :rolleyes:
This problem is not restricted to the geezers :geezer:. We have had three incidents of cars running through the glass store fronts in shopping centers in the past couple of months because the driver hit the gas instead of the brake. Every driver was under the age of 40 .... so this ain't a geezer issue. No doubt you may have heard of such incidents in your own area. Maybe it is design, maybe its skill, and maybe it is competence. But it isn't exclusively an age thing. There are lots of people of ALL ages that should not be driving at all. These are the timid drivers, the nervous drivers, and the anxious drivers. The OLD guy in this incident probably was a Pizz Azz poor driver when he was 30 years old and should have has his license jerked back then.
Joe Walsh
06-02-2009, 05:45 PM
JEEZ!
I have no problem with competent older folks driving...it is the incompetent geezers like that who need to have their licenses revoked.
Florida is a joke....more blue hairs running people over as they jam on the 'brake pedal' than you can imagine.
Every state should have mandatory driving tests for license holders over 65.
(Actually, they should have driving tests every 5 years for anybody, regardless of age, who has a license. Way TOO many morons on the road.)
Why not just shoot everyone over the age of .... say 65 .... maybe 60. ;) They are pretty useless anyway and are just a burden on the health care system and on social security. :rolleyes:
This problem is not restricted to the geezers :geezer:. We have had three incidents of cars running through the glass store fronts in shopping centers in the past couple of months because the driver hit the gas instead of the brake. Every driver was under the age of 40 .... so this ain't a geezer issue. No doubt you may have heard of such incidents in your own area. Maybe it is design, maybe its skill, and maybe it is competence. But it isn't exclusively an age thing. There are lots of people of ALL ages that should not be driving at all. These are the timid drivers, the nervous drivers, and the anxious drivers. The OLD guy in this incident probably was a Pizz Azz poor driver when he was 30 years old and should have has his license jerked back then.
Hey Charlie,
I'm with you...see my attached previous post.
BTW: Personally I don't think that the shootings should begin until age 70!
gdmjoe
06-02-2009, 05:50 PM
Break-out the PorterCable. It'll all buff right out. :D
rayjay
06-03-2009, 06:35 AM
Charlie, you forgot the continually in a state of rage at other drivers, :argue: driver, who in fact can't drive for *%#@ themselves. Gee, I know someone like that :rolleyes:
Was the left turn blinker stuck on?
Maybe another sequel???
"My time's Past and I'm Furious - Geritol Driftin"
Tag line to your movie:
Marvin was all hopped up on Viagra, and that wasn't his leg the salesman was try to kick...
LIGHTNIN1
06-03-2009, 08:01 AM
Salesman said the problem was the old guy was "Texting" while driving.
Salesman said the problem was the old guy was "Texting" while driving.
His old (okay, pun intended this time) lady was "Sexting" him from the back seat. Muhahahaha...old fart sex!!
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