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22-05-2015, 05:30 AM | #1 | ||
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As a cars salesman, this sort of thing never crossed my mind when people took longer than normal on test drives, Only ever had one car stolen but this is almost worse.
Poor car. http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news...ill-test-drive When an Invercargill car salesman was waiting anxiously for his car to be returned, he had no idea it was stuck in the ocean at Oreti Beach. Regent Car Court salesman Jared Bekhuis said a potential customer and his two friends took a $15,000 Ford Falcon XR6 for a 15-minute test drive on Tuesday. But he began to feel uneasy as 15 minutes ticked past, and called a few of his colleagues. "They told me not to worry about it until it had been more than an hour." Sand fills the interior of the Ford Falcon XR6 Robyn Edie Sand fills the interior of the Ford Falcon XR6 1 of 3 « Previous Next » About two hours after the trio had driven off the lot, Bekhuis received a call from a fellow salesperson. "She said 'Jared, your Falcon's at the beach.' I said `yeah right 'and laughed it off as a prank, 'cos we do that a bit here. But it turns out she was right." When he arrived at the beach, the trio were standing there dripping wet, he said. At no point did they offer an explanation. A Ford Falcon XR6 with a $15,000 price tag was written off after people taking it for a test drive got it stranded at Oreti Beach, near Imvercargill. Supplied A Ford Falcon XR6 with a $15,000 price tag was written off after people taking it for a test drive got it stranded at Oreti Beach, near Imvercargill. "Prior to the test-drive they talked to me, but after they hardly said a word. "There was just no remorse." According to witnesses he spoke to at Oreti Beach, they watched the car being driven head-first into the waves repeatedly. "It's like they were trying to wreck it," Bekhuis said. "I thought the guy [the customer] was a bit strange, but you can't judge a book by its cover, he had a full drivers licence and I had all his details. I've sold more expensive cars [than the Falcon] to rougher people." A salvage operator drove the trio back to the car lot while Bekhuis made them wait until police arrived. Despite several attempts using four-wheel-drive vehicles, it took a specialist salvage truck to pull the Falcon out of the sand, and it was ruined, he said. "There was sand up to your ankles...water and sand in the cupholders...as soon as salt water gets to an engine, that's it." David Sutton, who said he was driving, explained the incident by saying ``I got stuck." Acting Sergeant Todd Utteridge said police were investigating. |
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22-05-2015, 06:06 AM | #2 | ||
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I read that in the morning news today, what the hell were they doing driving in and out of the surf?! What on earth is wrong with some people, I mean crashing some one elses car head first repeatedly into waves. WTF!!!
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22-05-2015, 07:04 AM | #3 | ||
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To be fair they heard the falcon handles like a boat so they wanted to check for themself....
Seriously, I hope the old you break it you bought it happens in this case. |
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22-05-2015, 07:19 AM | #4 | ||
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The insurance company will get the money from them.
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22-05-2015, 07:24 AM | #5 | ||
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A used car salesman that i know told me at gym he allowed a guy to test drive a holden vt back in the day and it came back with a different interior.
Someone had swapped over the interior. Confirmed by photos taken for initial advertising purposes. Car returned with completely different interior trim (rips and scuffed everywhere). He reckons car gone for about an hour, must have had a team of people waiting to change interior. Police got involved but yard couldnt prove it was them as many people test drove the car. Just banned them from returning. New spare tyres going missing was very common. |
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22-05-2015, 08:12 AM | #6 | ||
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I'm beached az bro
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22-05-2015, 09:07 AM | #7 | ||
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Saw a post on facebook of the person that witnessed it happen, apparently they had no idea they were doing something wrong, and just appeared to be really really stupid
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22-05-2015, 10:23 AM | #8 | ||
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How you would think you could intentionally wreck a car and get away with it when the car yard has your full details is astounding. I hope he enjoyed it. He's now debt to an insurance company.
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22-05-2015, 11:00 AM | #9 | ||
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Definitely a screw loose and it's not on the car. The psychological make up of some people really blows me away
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22-05-2015, 11:57 AM | #10 | ||
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Invercargill says it all...
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22-05-2015, 01:24 PM | #11 | ||
Isn't it obvious?
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surely someone that stupid couldnt even pass a driver test ffs
i got stuck yeah, no **** sherlock
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22-05-2015, 03:50 PM | #12 | ||
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John Key gives anyone from anywhere in the world a license, no questions asked
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22-05-2015, 05:55 PM | #13 | ||
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You just have to take your chances sometimes, but even the best preparation can end in tears...
I remember a "stolen motorbike" listing in a Just Bikes magazine. It was a Harley, higher end model but stock standard for once. The guy had advertised it for sale, middle aged guy turns up with highly modified old RX7. They talk about the nice old Mazda for a while, check out the Harley, guy leaves his licence details and security deposit of a couple of hundred bucks cash (and the car of course). Rides off on short test ride. Never came back. RX7 was stolen, licence was a fake. Think of the thought and effort that guy put into stealing that bike! Stealing a car, making up a fake licence, handing over real cash money as a "security deposit"... As you strangled the thief to death you'd almost want to say to him "You ingenious and clever bastard"... |
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22-05-2015, 07:02 PM | #15 | ||
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Drugs are bad, m'kay
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22-05-2015, 08:20 PM | #16 | ||
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15k for a BF XR6? As if insurance will pay that
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23-05-2015, 09:19 AM | #18 | ||
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23-05-2015, 09:35 AM | #19 | ||
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Been to Invercargill, the Bluff oysters were nice.....
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23-05-2015, 01:40 PM | #20 | |||
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However some people can come from other places in the world with better roads than ours and jump into a 6-7 Birth camper that weighs more? The amount we collect from the side of the road is shocking.
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23-05-2015, 05:06 PM | #22 | ||
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Key is the best thing to happen to NZ in 30 years and I may even go back there to live because of that.
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23-05-2015, 06:38 PM | #24 | ||
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I was about to say this story is a Hoax. No BF XR6 is worth $15k.
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23-05-2015, 06:45 PM | #25 | ||
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23-05-2015, 06:48 PM | #26 | ||
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Damn Imports :P
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23-05-2015, 06:59 PM | #27 | ||
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? Mine's insured for 14.5k.
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23-05-2015, 07:00 PM | #28 | ||
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Must be a NZ thing...
My FG was almost 2k less than that!
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23-05-2015, 07:04 PM | #29 | ||
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I live in Melbourne so I'm not sure why that is? Mine does have VERY low kms though - just over 30k.
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23-05-2015, 07:09 PM | #30 | ||
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