A blonde woman's Million-Dollar Fender Bender - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

DeliveryValve · #1 07-28-2011, 02:09 PM

A blonde woman driving a Bentley crashes into an Aston Martin, Ferrari, Mercedes, and Porsche. Insert punch line here.
By Marco R. della Cava
Yahoo! Autos – 11 hours ago

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Nothing in Monte Carlo is understated, from the baubles to the yachts to the bank accounts. Now add traffic pile-ups to that list.

The Hope Diamond of fender benders unfolded yesterday in possibly the most conspicuous stretch of asphalt in the .75-square-mile principality — the round-about in front of the James Bond-worthy casino — when three blondes in a jelly-bean blue Bentley Azure ($363,000) scraped the rear of a white Mercedes-Benz S-Class (a paltry $91,000). And that was merely the appetizer.

Served up for the main course were a hapless black Ferrari F430 ($186,000), which was hit nose-first by the 2.7-ton Bentley. Then, like two tankers mashing in the fog, a four-door Aston Martin Rapide ($228,000) crunched into the Azure’s passenger door. The cherry on this metal, plastic and carbon-fiber shattering souffle: a stray Porsche 911 ($77,000).........

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MTI · #2 07-28-2011, 02:31 PM

Hyped.

It is estimated the crash will cost more than £40,000 with the Ferrari, Porsche and Aston Martin requiring new front wings and bumpers, while the Bentley needs the same repairs PLUS a new door.

TylerH860 · #3 07-28-2011, 03:20 PM

Oops. One of my favorite parts of the Europe trip last year was hanging out at a sidewalk cafe for a few hours watching all the incredible cars coming and going from the casino. This was my view.