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    Accident Stager Cost Insurance Companies $2.7 Million

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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    10/21/09

    In reply to Accident Stager Cost Insurance Companies $2.7 Million
    And Jezza said Vauxhalls are boring...
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    10/21/09

    In reply to Accident Stager Cost Insurance Companies $2.7 Million
    Apparently swoop and squat remains the insurance fraud de jour. #accidents
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/21/09

    In reply to Accident Stager Cost Insurance Companies $2.7 Million
    He wouldn't be the first MP out to screw the public. #accidents
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/21/09

    @Alfisted: How do you get two avatars? #accidents
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/21/09

    @skaycog: Just change to a new one. In his drug induced haze, Nibbles will take care of the rest. #accidents
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    10/21/09

    @Alfisted: Unless he's involved an terrible accident at the roundabout! #accidents
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/21/09

    @Alfisted: I like your ass best. #accidents
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/21/09

    In reply to Accident Stager Cost Insurance Companies $2.7 Million
    That'll buff right out. Get some UK polishing compound, though, 'cause it's RHD.

    Oh, and methinks the "Diversion ends" sign is perfectly placed...
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    Edited by that ain't the way to have fun, son at 10/21/09 11:10 AM that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/21/09

    In reply to Accident Stager Cost Insurance Companies $2.7 Million
    $800 a pop, you say? There's a new roundabout in my town......hmmmm. #accidents
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    Image of Carplanetzone1 Carplanetzone1
    10/21/09

    @skaycog: There's two new ones in mine. ;) #accidents
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/21/09

    @Carplanetzone1: Hey....you could do $800 X 2. #accidents
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    Image of Carplanetzone1 Carplanetzone1
    10/21/09

    @skaycog: Woot Woot! :D #accidents
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/21/09

    In reply to Accident Stager Cost Insurance Companies $2.7 Million
    A textbook example of the creative destruction of capitalism. The system works! With enough crashes we'll be able to lift ourselves out of recession, one chiropractor and body shop at a time. #accidents
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    Image of ptschett ptschett
    10/21/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Ahh yes, the broken window fallacy. #accidents
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    Image of Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car! Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car!
    10/21/09

    In reply to Accident Stager Cost Insurance Companies $2.7 Million
    Somebody doesn't understand risk/benefit analysis... $800 to risk being caught committing a federal offense? I don't know about England, but insurance fraud will get you serious time here in the USA. #accidents
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    Image of koolykool44 koolykool44
    10/21/09

    @Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car!:

    $800 Is sometimes worth it for what insurance companies payout for certain cars. For me it was just luck that a lady spun out in icy conditions on the highway and moved me from a 2005 GTO into a 2006 with much less miles and cash to spare. Examples like this are why some people validate the risk #accidents
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    10/21/09

    In reply to Accident Stager Cost Insurance Companies $2.7 Million
    Let's see, we've got crubs, some bricks, and a fents.

    Yep, all the ingredients for a successful accident!

    /vortex #accidents
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/21/09

    @Ash78 isn't really gone, but sorta is: Needs moar brushes. #accidents
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    Image of Jimbo R26.R Jimbo R26.R
    10/21/09

    In reply to Accident Stager Cost Insurance Companies $2.7 Million
    I guess that's why insurance premiums are so high here in England - maybe someone should help him to stage a little 'accident' in the prison showers.... #accidents
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    Image of narf narf
    06/12/09

    In reply to Auto Debtors Turn To Fraud For Quick Fix
    What ever happened to the old "leave it parked in a bad neighborhood" way of insurance fraud? Or is your car so shitty that even hoodlums don't want it?
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    Image of Tyson Tyson
    06/12/09

    @narf: My car certainly is :( It got broken into a few months ago, they took 17 cents in pennies and nickels and left the stereo.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    06/12/09

    @narf: Unfortunately with the immobilizers on most modern cars chances are it's just going to get vandalized, maybe have the stereo stolen and interior f*cked up, but not stolen outright... probably end up collecting tickets, getting towed and having to pay impound fees.


    If they were smart they wouldn't just torch the whole car, real thieves don't do that. They'd pull the interior and drivetrain, get a group together to fence the parts and then torch / roll the chassis off a cliff. Report it stolen, police find it gutted and dumped, looks like a pro job, they might have a flatbed (thus defeating the immobilizer)... certainly wasn't the owner. Meanwhile a whole bunch of friends are selling off one or two pieces each distributed across several cities / states.


    @Tyson: That's bad.

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    Image of Joshuman Joshuman
    06/12/09

    In reply to Auto Debtors Turn To Fraud For Quick Fix
    Say, did you know Jalopnik's all-new twitter-powered F1 live-blog is live from Turkey this weekend? I wonder what they will be live-blogging about?
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/12/09

    @Joshman wants a room at Maison Blanche: O rlly? OMG I cant wait!!11!!
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    06/12/09

    In reply to Auto Debtors Turn To Fraud For Quick Fix
    I turn to alcohol for a quick fix.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    06/12/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: "To alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!"


    On that note, I am buying ingredients tomorrow to make my first batch of homebrew beer, because it costs half as much as store-bought.

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    Image of Tyson Tyson
    06/12/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: I turned to alcohol for a quick fix last night, and now I've got a wicked hangover and half a bottle of rum.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/12/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: Cool. Tell me how that works out.
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    06/12/09

    @Tyson: I never said it was a long term solution.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/12/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.


    Just don't make any bathtub banana gin, especially not with opium.

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/12/09

    @Ambiguously Fuzzy Plushroom: How bout herion, cough syrup, whiskey and hot sauce?
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