VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - A high powered sports car slammed into the VanCity Credit Union branch on Victoria Drive near 40th Avenue this afternoon. The driver was slightly injured but amazingly nobody was hit by the out of control car. Police say speed is a factor in the accident.
One man told News1130 the car stopped right behind him and a police officer told him he's lucky to be alive.
The Nissan GTR remained wedged in the front of the building, over a small flight of stairs, with its front end resting in some bank machines before being towed away.
A woman waiting at a crosswalk says she was just inches away, and had to jump back, when the car came careening into the credit union’s front entrance.
Damage to the building is extensive.
thought it would just be a matter of time before we saw this happening
Maybe it was trying to go home.
andrave
HalfDork
10/7/09 10:42 a.m.
mmm free front lip and undertray!
I wonder how many of these wrecked GTR stories we are going to get? Spoiled rich kids talking their parents into buying them a car they can't handle because their parents aren't aware what it really is. "Its not like we bought him a Porsche or anything its just a Nissan..."
Duke
SuperDork
10/7/09 11:35 a.m.
andrave wrote:
mmm free front lip and undertray!
Both of which are smashed to pieces by its trip up the stairs...
Money != brains or talent.
Rusty_Rabbit84 wrote:
Damage to the building is extensive.
Damage to the car is expensive.
What to do with a ZOMG-zilla?
PIITB (bank)?
History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men
Thus proving my theory that the speed of ignorance can not out run the laws of physics.
He just wanted to withdraw some money to pay for his replacement wheels
Rusty_Rabbit84 wrote:
... a police officer told him he's lucky to be alive.
Maybe he was just a very philosophical police officer. If I were a cop, I'd tell everyone that. Including reporters. Some people would take it as a threat, some would take it as a tragedy averted, most would just look worried and try to figure out how to get away.
Then I'd try it wrapped in an orange robe and handing out flowers.
I'm sorry, what were we talking about? You're lucky to be alive.
Is that Johnny Tran?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MBlGu3iYts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj2_hY71o7Y
John Brown wrote:
Thus proving my theory that the speed of ignorance can not out run the laws of physics.
Perfect! Should be part of every drivers ed class.
Keith wrote:
Maybe he was just a very philosophical police officer. If I were a cop, I'd tell everyone that. Including reporters. Some people would take it as a threat, some would take it as a tragedy averted, most would just look worried and try to figure out how to get away.
Then I'd try it wrapped in an orange robe and handing out flowers.
I'm sorry, what were we talking about? You're lucky to be alive.
That's awesome...I don't know where it came from, but it's awesome.
jrw1621 wrote:
History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men
Hah. I got that BOC reference
4eyes
New Reader
10/7/09 4:06 p.m.
Just because you can BUY a GTR, doesn't mean you can DRIVE a GTR
4eyes
New Reader
10/7/09 4:08 p.m.
Rusty_Rabbit84 wrote:
Is that Johnny Tran?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MBlGu3iYts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj2_hY71o7Y
My Chinese buddy would give the kid E36 M3, for "reinforcing a steriotype"
Hey 4eyes,
I saw a GTR that looked just like the one above on 15th street at 71B on Monday. First one I've seen. I PM'ed you back, and I've sent you an email. Dunno if you're getting them.
the only one I have seen so far is still on the dealers lot. Now it is just a matter of weather it gets a Cornell or an Ithaca Collage sticker.
I saw one up at VIR this past Sunday. Looks smaller in real life. Better, too.
4eyes
New Reader
10/7/09 5:39 p.m.
Doc, e-mails read and returned. All is good 
The loan dude from when we bought our daughters Mazda 3, was the loan supervisor at the Nissan place too. He said they were alocated two, and both were sold for 100g's before they got them.
