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Woman crashes, flips SUV during test drive in Va.
WTOP News (Washington DC) ^ | August 20, 2016 1:22 pm | Valerie Bonk

Posted on 08/20/2016 1:21:16 PM PDT by COBOL2Java



A driver taking an SUV for a spin struck four cars and flipped the vehicle on its side at a dealership in Ballston, Virginia.


WASHINGTON — A test drive took a dangerous turn Friday when a woman trying out a Mercedes struck four cars and flipped the vehicle on its side at a dealership in Virginia, NBC Washington reported.

At about 11:30 a.m., a female driver and three passengers were test-driving a Mercedes SUV in the parking lot of the Mercedes-Benz of Arlington dealership on North Glebe Road in Ballston when the woman accelerated at a high rate of speed, according to the report.

(Excerpt) Read more at wtop.com ...


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KEYWORDS: baddriver; darwinawards; idiot; mercedes; moron; suv; womandriver
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This incident may have been avoided if the dealership had one of these.


1 posted on 08/20/2016 1:21:16 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
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To: Calpernia

Is there still an SUV ping list?


2 posted on 08/20/2016 1:22:28 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Fail. Who goes for a test drive with 3 passengers, anyway?


3 posted on 08/20/2016 1:24:43 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: COBOL2Java

It’s very rare that the SUV is the victim in these stories. She probably flipped it in self-defense, using the Judo she learned last year.


4 posted on 08/20/2016 1:25:01 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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To: COBOL2Java

just watch, the moron will turn around and sue the dealership, or better yet Mercedes (or both!), for something or other.....


5 posted on 08/20/2016 1:25:15 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: COBOL2Java

Will that be check or charge, ma’am?


6 posted on 08/20/2016 1:26:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Was she charged with any thing,tested for anything,photographed for Free Republic to critique her on everything!


7 posted on 08/20/2016 1:27:41 PM PDT by CGASMIA68 (kant spell er punktuate,fluncked english.Gramer to!!)
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To: All
aawwww..... only an Honorable Mention this time!!! Better luck next time......


8 posted on 08/20/2016 1:28:02 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: COBOL2Java; Chode

Spendy test drive!!!


9 posted on 08/20/2016 1:28:59 PM PDT by mabarker1 (Progress- the opposite of congress)
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To: COBOL2Java

at least they didn’t tell us the SUV did it!


10 posted on 08/20/2016 1:30:00 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: COBOL2Java

That will buff right out.


11 posted on 08/20/2016 1:30:02 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: COBOL2Java

There’s the problem. Her big leather purse is stuck in the trunk. That obviously threw the weight balance off kilter!//


12 posted on 08/20/2016 1:30:17 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: COBOL2Java

“A driver taking an SUV for a spin”

Correction....”A driver taking an SUV for a roll...”


13 posted on 08/20/2016 1:31:47 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: SkyPilot

14 posted on 08/20/2016 1:31:51 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: COBOL2Java

Wow! That must have taken some unique driving skills to accomplish. Hope we learn more details.


15 posted on 08/20/2016 1:32:03 PM PDT by sockhead
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To: COBOL2Java

When I test drove the demonstrator (had 2,000 mi), I took it up to 130. But it wasn’t in the parking lot. ... and yes, I had three passengers. Put it on my AmEx, and drove to Oregon the next morning.


16 posted on 08/20/2016 1:32:05 PM PDT by glock rocks (Black Labs Matter)
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To: mabarker1

” hey thanks for the test drive, but I’m going to keep looking”....


17 posted on 08/20/2016 1:32:08 PM PDT by Kozak (ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
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To: COBOL2Java
I asked my wife how a woman could do so much damage within a parking lot?.

She said, "Its a gift."

18 posted on 08/20/2016 1:32:37 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Jacquerie
Someone should sign this lady up to be an Uber driver, she has a great career ahead of her:


19 posted on 08/20/2016 1:36:56 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: sockhead

I guess the traction control and the collision avoidance system didn’t work.


20 posted on 08/20/2016 1:37:27 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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