SuperBee Report This Comment Date: January 24, 2013 02:53PM
A hapless motorist is facing bankruptcy after he blew up a $2 million Porsche
during a test drive, The Sun reports.
Mark Hales was at the wheel of a replica Porsche 917 owned by veteran Formula
One ace David Piper, when he over-revved it causing the engine to explode.
Hales, 62, claims he made a gentleman's agreement with Piper that the
81-year-old would cover the cost of any mechanical damage caused during the
session.
But the multi-millionaire denied making the deal, sued Hales for $76,000 in
damages - and the High Court has ruled in his favor.
Hales, who writes for Octane and Auto Italia magazines, has been left with a
bill of $76,000 to cover repairs to the car, plus $100,000 in legal costs.
Speaking after the ruling, the "devastated" journalist said: “I’ve
sold everything to pay my lawyers and if he chooses to enforce the findings it
is bankruptcy for me.”
Read more: [
www.foxnews.com]
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: January 24, 2013 04:33PM
that blows.
SuperBee Report This Comment Date: January 24, 2013 08:06PM
Agreed.
pro_junior Report This Comment Date: January 24, 2013 08:40PM
How do you prove the engine blew to over-revving and not some faulty gasket or
other component?
Onyma Report This Comment Date: January 24, 2013 09:37PM
Being a race car it possibly has a tach with a high rev marker.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: January 24, 2013 11:18PM
my Taurus has a red line.
Onyma Report This Comment Date: January 25, 2013 02:07AM
Not a red line
A setting on the tach that keeps track of the
max revs the engine experienced... handy post-race info.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: January 25, 2013 02:45AM
ah, i misread that.... a race tach...no, not on my Taurus.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 25/01/2013 03:04AM by fossil_digger.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: January 25, 2013 05:33AM
Another name for a tach like this is a tattle tale as it negates drivers
ability to lie about what they revved it to before the motor came to pieces,
usually with a few internal parts becoming externalized in the process
woberto Report This Comment Date: January 25, 2013 09:18AM
Days of Thunder
pro_junior Report This Comment Date: January 25, 2013 10:18AM
obviously I now what a tach is...
but hadn't considered a recording device
