Robert here, gt-r going to be crushed.
01-08-2009, 11:07 AM
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What does that matter? Unless you like profiling people, and in that case have preconceived and probably racist ideas about certain ethnicities.
Shame about the car, but don't new cars fall under some environmental directive about having a certain percentage of parts recycled at the end of the car's life? Writing off the car one would assume that meant the end of it's life - crushing it would make it 100% waste.
Shame about the car, but don't new cars fall under some environmental directive about having a certain percentage of parts recycled at the end of the car's life? Writing off the car one would assume that meant the end of it's life - crushing it would make it 100% waste.
01-09-2009, 02:00 PM
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It will go to an auto auction. When an insurance company pays you or a dealership off for a total loss, the insurance company then owns the Title to the car. Why would an insurance company crush a car they own that is worth so much? It would make no sense for the insurance company to crush it and get 20 bucks for scrap, when they could send it to an auction and get thousands. About a month ago a completely mangled GTR with 600 miles was at an auction I watched in Tennessee. It had maybe a good drive train(I stress "maybe") and some other rear parts left that were good. The car went for a little for over 18 grand. Basically, the car is probably sitting at an insurance auction or insurance company waiting to be processed for an auction or sale. Sometimes it takes them a week to process or sometimes it takes them up to a year to process and get ready for sale. So for now the GTR is just chilln' somewhere waiting to be sold. Ohh, and if anyone spots it let me know.
This one.
This one.
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01-09-2009, 02:25 PM
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I dont know what happened to the guy. Lucky the car had side curtain airbags though.
How is the Vivid Racing GT-R looking now?
How is the Vivid Racing GT-R looking now?
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01-10-2009, 11:16 AM
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lol
Thats what I was thinking when I saw the guts! lol
I bet it was some domestic car guys hating on the GTR!!!
And then decided to enjoy it and dog it and then kill it :-(
I bet it was some domestic car guys hating on the GTR!!!
And then decided to enjoy it and dog it and then kill it :-(
02-02-2009, 01:59 PM
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It is very simple why they wouldn't sell the car; it is the same reason why a couple of years ago an ENTIRE cargo ship full of brand new, damaged (and some spotless) Mazdas fresh from the factory was crushed (detailed story/pics in an '08 Car and Driver issue). The ship's ballasts were incorrectly purged somewhere along the way, causing it to get lopsided and most of the Mazdas to get thrown about on the storage decks. When the ship was "rescued" and brought to the LA port, nearly all cars had some level of physical damage. Mazda was offered hundreds of thousands of $ to sell the inventory to used car dealerships, movie studios, average Joes, etc. They didn't. They didn't even bother to remove basic parts like lights, airbags, controls, etc. from any car. Each and every car was crushed. You should've seen pics of RX-8s stacked 3-high onto each other in the crusher, before being crushed into piles of steel that was then chopped into tiny bits.
Reason is, Mazda was paid the cars' full value by their insurer. So money was no incentive to them. Besides, selling those cars was out of question because Mazda had no idea of their structural and mechanical integrity or any invisible damage that may have been present.
If this GT-R was really stolen enroute to the dealership, they must have received full payment from the insurer. Nissan could NEVER let them sell it simply because no one could ensure what shape the car was really in. Being out of their control for so many days, any amount of hidden damage could be present. So even if a buyer offered to sign a legal agreement absolving Nissan of all responsibility should the car decide to spontaneously combust in a few months, it would still being plenty of bad publicity, and THAT isn't worth the $30K or whatever a buyer offered the dealer. It was never the dealership's decision. Had they sold the car or its parts, Nissan would have rescinded their license faster than you can say "GT-R".
Reason is, Mazda was paid the cars' full value by their insurer. So money was no incentive to them. Besides, selling those cars was out of question because Mazda had no idea of their structural and mechanical integrity or any invisible damage that may have been present.
If this GT-R was really stolen enroute to the dealership, they must have received full payment from the insurer. Nissan could NEVER let them sell it simply because no one could ensure what shape the car was really in. Being out of their control for so many days, any amount of hidden damage could be present. So even if a buyer offered to sign a legal agreement absolving Nissan of all responsibility should the car decide to spontaneously combust in a few months, it would still being plenty of bad publicity, and THAT isn't worth the $30K or whatever a buyer offered the dealer. It was never the dealership's decision. Had they sold the car or its parts, Nissan would have rescinded their license faster than you can say "GT-R".
It's all about the company's liability. The loss outweighs the potentially higher legal fees involved in any litigation.
02-02-2009, 03:20 PM
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It was probably Vin Diesel...
BTW, did anyone else notice they took the GTR emblem? Who the hell does that?
But wow this sucks. Complete asshats...
Hopefully they're able to sell it to a shop or something that is dieing to take apart the block and see what they can do.
BTW, did anyone else notice they took the GTR emblem? Who the hell does that?
But wow this sucks. Complete asshats...
Hopefully they're able to sell it to a shop or something that is dieing to take apart the block and see what they can do.
02-03-2009, 08:16 AM
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Hth does someone drive it around hot for 3 weeks with crappy-*** tint smokin' weed and not get NOTICED? Wasn't it reported stolen? 
That's a long time given the car was driven for no one to pick up on it...cops must have been busy with important things like speed traps.
600 MILES with BOGUS tags on an $80k car??? People be sleepin' to miss that one.
That's a long time given the car was driven for no one to pick up on it...cops must have been busy with important things like speed traps.
600 MILES with BOGUS tags on an $80k car??? People be sleepin' to miss that one.
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