F150 vs Ferrari + Garage + PT Cruiser.

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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:21 PM
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F150 vs Ferrari + Garage + PT Cruiser.

Our trucks are d@mn tough.


FORT SMITH--A Fort Smith family had their home remodeled, unintentionally, after a pickup truck landed in their garage on top of a 2000 Ferrari.

The accident happened just before four Sunday evening on Jenny Lind Road in Fianna Hills. According to the police report, the teenage driver reached for a cell phone and ran off the road and became airborne. He caused about two hundred thousand dollars worth of damage to the garage, the Ferrari, a PT Cruiser as well as 2 motorcycles.

The speed limit is posted at 30 miles per hour, but the owner of the damaged home as well as neighbors say there have been plenty of problems in the past. It's been nonstop traffic for the neighborhood with a steady stream of cars driving by to get a view of a flattened Ferrari and devastated garage.

Owner Steve Marts wasn't home at the time of the accident, but got the bad news over the phone. “I was just numb, just real numb,” Marts said.

Marts’ neighbor Glynn Craine says he's seen his share of accidents at that home. Two other separate incidents sent cars careening of the road and into the house. “I never dreamed of it when I built here,” Craine said. He's mended his mailbox three times, after cars curved off the road and onto his property. “If people would just slow down, speed kills.”

Marts says this accident won't force him out of his home. “We enjoy living there, other than that.” But it forces him to come up with some creative ways to keep it from happening again.

Marts says he's considering putting up boulders on the side of the driveway. He and his neighbor are also looking for some help from the city. They suggest more patrols for speeders and as well as some type of speed bump.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:24 PM
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:24 PM
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Two feet higher and the driver would have been decapitated.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:25 PM
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Damn, your slow. Repost!

One thing, wheres the PT Cruiser!?
 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:26 PM
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Just admit it...it wasn't an accident....He did it on purpose....looks fun...I might try that sometime whe I feel like having to pay insurance out the *** for the rest of my life.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:27 PM
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:27 PM
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More along the line of a good post. I remeber a Extreme Makeover, where they installed these barriers they use at the White house. They literally pop out of the gound in a split second. I would deffinitely have something like that installed. The picture still makes me feel sorry for the Ferrari
 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:29 PM
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Is today groundhog day??
 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:29 PM
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Notice that the supposedly 'damaged' motorcycles are sitting untouched off to the side. Looks like they got covered with dust, and a piece of wood trim molding fell and leaned against one of them. My guess is that the PT Cruiser was parked on the other side of the driveway and might have gotten some dust on it as well.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 12:29 PM
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Est. speed......62mph? gotta be cruising pretty good to do that type of damage.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 01:27 PM
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OOPS.

In my defense I was shocked, which er .... caused a memory lapse were I forgot to go past 2 pages of the GD forum.



Okay guys, give me your best welcome to last week pics then.
 

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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 01:45 PM
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No...really Thanks for the repost. I didnt see the first one.

So, HA !

I enjoyed the read. Damn Arkansas drivers...reaching for his cell phone, WTF?

 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 01:53 PM
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Heaven forbid that someone doesn't visit the forum everyday. I guess we should all search before we post to make sure that it hasn't already been posted before. If it is so bad to repost, then don't reply and send it straight to the bottom of the page.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 01:58 PM
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lrhogfan is on the ball today.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by lrhogfan
Heaven forbid that someone doesn't visit the forum everyday. I guess we should all search before we post to make sure that it hasn't already been posted before. If it is so bad to repost, then don't reply and send it straight to the bottom of the page.
While I agree, I have been called a search **** many times.

Ironic or Karma, take your pic.
 
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