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Old 04-15-2008, 07:54 AM   #1
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93-year-old man has his first crash, hits two Porsches


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If his 76-year blemish-free driving record had to come to an end, then it could hardly have done so in more spectacular fashion.

With not even a minor prang to his name in half a million miles of motoring, 93-year-old Jack Higgs and his £600 Ford Fiesta managed to demolish two Porsches causing £60,000 of damage.

The retired church minister lost control as he reversed outside the Porsche showroom next to his home, hitting a red Carrera II, which acted as a ramp and flipped the Fiesta car over on to a silver 911.
Source (and more pics): The Daily Mail
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Old 04-15-2008, 08:48 AM   #2
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Ironic!
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Old 04-15-2008, 12:30 PM   #3
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Re: 93-year-old man has his first crash, hits two Porsches
How do you lose control reversing ?
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Old 04-15-2008, 12:37 PM   #4
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Re: 93-year-old man has his first crash, hits two Porsches
Looks amlost as if he fell from that ledge...
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Old 04-15-2008, 02:40 PM   #5
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Re: 93-year-old man has his first crash, hits two Porsches
Old people may have lowers instances of accidents but it seems when they do have them they cause major damage. Like when they drive the wrong way down the freeway or flip onto 911s.
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Old 04-15-2008, 02:55 PM   #6
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^Actually most accidents i see are done by elderly people men and women,and they always blame the youth
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Old 04-15-2008, 03:07 PM   #7
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^ Yeah it's unfair on us younger drivers, we have to pay a bomb for insurance.
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Re: 93-year-old man has his first crash, hits two Porsches
Elderly drivers are the worst drivers around. And it's ironic the man who used to be pentecostal minister said "Thank god I'm alive". Well if there was god then this would not have happened in the first place!

But who knows... the bible says that god demands we have kill those who work on saturday.
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How fast must have he been going in the reverse to use that Porsche as a ramp. I mean it's a low car, but it's not low.
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^ Yeah it's unfair on us younger drivers, we have to pay a bomb for insurance.
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Elderly drivers are the worst drivers around. And it's ironic the man who used to be pentecostal minister said "Thank god I'm alive". Well if there was god then this would not have happened in the first place!

But who knows... the bible says that god demands we have kill those who work on saturday.
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^Actually most accidents i see are done by elderly people men and women,and they always blame the youth
Dam right my friends. I have so many road rage incidents with them it an't funny, and they are the ones who shouted abusive languages 1st.
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