wetstuff

If this was a plane; hangar lawyers would call this car a "Doctor Killer".

jim

NoSubEDU

Leader

It now turns out that the much posted "details" of the Carrera GT story are bogus. The only fact that has survived is that the car was totaled. The "how it happened" and the "bought him a brand new one" part of the story are apparently BS.
Gotta love the internet. AutoBlog pulls the Carrera GT story.

OCBen

I like this part:

"The original story, as relayed to us, was that the car was taken out from a party last weekend.
Lost in the translation was that it was taken from a third party. Our understanding now is that
there was no social event involved, and it is no longer clear to Autoblog whether or not any
involved parties knew each other personally. In fact, we're now unable to report on any of
the circumstances that led to the crash due to this initial misunderstanding."

TD in DC

Finally found a picture, from a reliable source, of the driver just moments before the wreck. Sorry it is so small.

OCBen

Yep, that looks like Dieter all right.

Speed

Talk about how urban legends get started. Here's the real story of what happened. The car is owned by a major New York investment banker and was being driven by the owner of a body shop hired to do some minor repairs. He lost control and drove it into the light pole. Nothing said about the car being replaced the next day. Here's a link to a story that appears in today's New York Post.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12012006...dan_mangan.htm

OCBen

Thanks for posting, Speed.

Makes you wonder why the bodyshop owner felt the need to take the car out for a test drive after doing minor body work. Guess he wanted to make sure his patch job wouldn't come apart at 200 mph.

MHC2S

I also saw that aticle in the NY Post. It is amazing how stories get washed up in B.S.

Speed

I think, to give him the benefit of the doubt, he was taking it back to the dealer. You would think with a car like that the dealer or owner would insist on its being flat-bedded.

Leader

From AutoBlog:

"The New York Post is reporting full details of the Porsche Carrera GT crash story, the details of which are markedly different than what we initially received, reported and ultimately retracted yesterday. According to the Post, Port Chester, NY body shop owner Chris Numme had performed minor repairs on the silver GT and was transporting it back to a Greenwich, CT Porsche dealership (presumably New Country Porsche, though the article doesn't name them specifically) on November 24 when the accident occurred.

While on the way to the dealer, Numme was forced swerve to avoid a truck that was creeping through a stop sign. While maneuvering, he upshifted to second gear and the car lost traction, jumped onto the sidewalk, and hit the utility pole. He was not speeding, according to the report. An eyewitness described the crash as being very loud, and was shocked to see Numme and a passenger exit the car. Numme, as was widely reported earlier in the week, did suffer a broken foot. His passenger, who is not named, experienced neck and back pain. Local police did not cite Numme for any traffic violation.

The car's owner is investment banker Robert Greenhill of Greenwich, former chairman and CEO of Smith Barney. As for the replacement of the car, it is being handled by Numme's insurance company. The report we were initially given that the car was replaced the following day appears to be wholly inaccurate."

Coochas

"He was not speeding"...you gotta be ****tin' me! Either that or the front of that CGT was made of paper mache.

Tierce

I'm just curious: Has anybody wondered how a replacement CGT COULD be found AND BOUGHT the next day? That sounds a little strange to me. This isn't your everyday 911 here. We're talking ultimate supercar. They can't be that abundant, not even in New York.

OCBen

That was already debunked. See post #22 above.

JFScheck

And to think I fell for this on another post today sent to me by a friend in NY as well...