$53 Million Worth of Luxury Cars Destroyed
 

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$53 Million Worth of Luxury Cars Have Probably Been Destroyed in This Ship

NOoooo Not the JCB Equipment. :ohgodwhy:

what's JCB equipment?

what a waste :(

I take it cars don't get strapped down when they're put into containers?

Shit you use to make money

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Meh. No classics there, no care...

Why couldn't it have been a bunch of John Deer equipment...:QQ:

title is misleading

wonder how many cars are in there compared to the JCB equipment?

1,400 cars/heavy equipment = $53,000,000 / 1,400 = $37,857


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Great car, but luxury?

^ Are those brembo's :suspicious:

What car is that? Avalon?

yah its the 2015 avalon

no idea what those are i just googled 2015 avalon ;)

OH NO. Please. Not range rovers. No. Please. Stahp.
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I take it cars don't get strapped down when they're put into containers?

this ^


aren't they tied down?

They are certainly strapped down to keep them from shifting or moving from the normal forces from ocean travel. I don't think it's unreasonable at all that the straps are not sufficient to keep them in place for a ship that is literally rolled far enough over that it is closer to being on its side than right side up (52 degrees over).

Mark

I remember watching a documentary before on Discovery, regular cars are tied with 1 front and 1 rear anchor points while luxury cars are tied down with 2 on each end. But like lowside said it's really just for normal movement not at the angles this achieved.

http://internationalshippingusa.com/...g_from_USA.jpg

Cars are stacked pretty close, just like dominoes one goes they all do.

as a longshoreman i am just wondering at why the ship started listing heavily in the first place... it says the ship was going to capsize if it wasnt for the captain's quick thinking to run it aground... obviously the ship ran into a massive problem be it with ballast pumps or the load of cars breaking loose and shifting the weight of the ship to the side.

Bringing this thread back to life. It looks like not everything was a write off :thumbsup:
http://blog.caranddriver.com/saved-f...ed-cargo-ship/

That's awful. Now they will be fixing these cars and selling them brand new while completely hiding the fact to the buyers that they are buying a car that was nearly written off.

Depends on the manufacturer, a good manufacturer wouldn't do that.

I have said this before though, when cars are dropped off the ship at annacis there is regularly a few with damage, or they are damaged while awaiting transport sitting in the lots at annacis. There is actually an autobody shop located on Annacis and the cars are repaired without even the dealer knowing about it.

Many years ago I worked at a dealer, and we needed a car for delivery, so I was sent to Annacis to pick it up rather than wait for a truck to get it. When I got to Annacis they gave me the run around for almost 2 hours before finally I found the car hiding away in their little shop, with half the front clip taken apart. Had I not seen that, I doubt the dealer I worked for would have been informed of the damage. Very poor business practice.

Thats really not so bad^^

Except for that white Range. LOL!!

Buying a new car that has had any previous damage and undeclared to the buyer is fucking bullshit IMO. Why am I paying full new car price for one that doesn't have factory paint anymore? I've personally busted dealerships hiding the fact that they repaired freight damaged vehicles and I've sent cars back. See them do the "Texas two step" once I point out the repair is pretty sad. Shitty work, very noticeable tape lines, etc. It happens way more than the average person thinks.

those come destroyed from factory anyways. expensive pieces of crap.

Touche!

But that grey old school defender was sick