Always check your hand brake...
Ooops...
Jul 08, 2008
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Putting it in gear might have helped, along with turning the wheels before shutting it off.
OTOH, it does show how clean she keeps her car. If my Miata went into a pool right now, the water would not remain that clear. ;-)
Pat
My older brother called me two nights ago and told me about this. Apparently that poor Miata belonged to his neighbor, who sold it about
6 months ago to his brother-in-law and wife. What the photos don't really show is the damage to the fence around the pool.Iva & Vixen
2004 Classic Red No more winkin' Miata
If I owned that house, I might look into a sturdy metal replacement fence. The people are in warm-weather clothing, the owners could have easily been using the pool when it happened.
They were all actually quite lucky since nobody was even injured.
This will just be an interesting insurance claim, nothing overly tragic, especially since it was a red Miata. ;-)
Pat
The lack of shown damage to the fence caused a bit of "PhotoShop" discussions around this. What appears damaged in the first photo DOES look to be a bit small for a Miata to run through.
Well, more photos can be found here:
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Iva & Vixen
2004 Classic Red No more winkin' Miata
We may be missing the point here, the question is:
Is this an acceptable method of washing a Miata?
Vote here:
_____ Yes
_____ No
Sure. It's the "DeepCleaning(tm)" method.
i find this funny. i don't see it like that. it seems that your interpretation of the photo was that the car drove through the opening of the fence and then fell into the pool but that doesn't make sense to me. give the position of the car, with the rear up against one wall, i believe that the car probably rolled in to the pool backwards and came to rest with the back bumper touching the wall. that would mean that the broken fence would be on the other side of the pool... the side where the crane is positioned. that is my 2¢ anyway.
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Good point!
Chris
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