kallend 2,153 #1 December 15, 2002 LONDON, BRITAIN -- A cargo ship carrying nearly 2,900 luxury cars sank after colliding with another merchant vessel in the English Channel early Saturday. There were no injuries. The Norwegian-registered Tricolor was resting on the channel's bottom, but the low tide left it partly submerged, the French coast guard said. In heavy fog, the Tricolor collided with the Bahamas-registered container ship Kariba about 30 miles east of Ramsgate in southeastern England, said the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Wilhelmsen Lines, which owns the sunken 627-foot vessel, said the ship had been carrying 2,862 high-end BMWs, Volvos and Saabs as well as 77 other items from Belgium to Britain.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #2 December 15, 2002 Some of those cars will be on sale on eBay by tuesday __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #3 December 15, 2002 Quote Saabs Yuppies the world over are quietly crying into there double mocha lattes I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonic 0 #4 December 15, 2002 I was laughing when my dad told me about this - couldn't happen to a better make of car ----------------------------------- It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #5 December 16, 2002 QuoteI was laughing when my dad told me about this - couldn't happen to a better make of car What...?? You don't like beamers??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
novacaine 0 #6 December 16, 2002 SCHWEET! I love to hear about ships that sink...it means a new scuba diving destination Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #7 December 16, 2002 Ooooops, this wreck is laying semi submerged in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.... "The Norwegian owners had been under immense pressure to move the ship, which is lying just below the surface of the water in the middle of one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world." And somebody 'bumped into it' again! "The Nicola, a 3,000 tonne ship registered in the Dutch Antilles, hit the Norwegian Tricolor between 0200 and 0300 GMT on Monday. " Good job it wasn't carrying anything really nasty....., such as oil, radioactive waste, or Scud parts... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #8 December 16, 2002 2000 swedish cars isn't nasty enough for you?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #9 December 16, 2002 "2000 swedish cars " Hardly worth slavaging... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #10 December 16, 2002 Quote What...?? You don't like beamers??? I don't have a problems with BMWs, its the arrogant, rude, inconsiderate pricks who drive them I don't like. (funny how other cars in the same price range, eg. Audis don't seem to attract the same low-life owners) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #11 December 16, 2002 "Audis don't seem to attract the same low-life owners" Yes they do, I drive an S3.... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
