Oh dear, how sad...

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:46 pm

What cars can you spot in the Tricolor wreck...I'm especially sad as I can see Vo

lvo's...and in one, why does it look like the headlight's still on ?? (middle row six down)

http://www.blognewsnetwork.com/members/ ... Autos.html

polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:49 pm

this wathat boat that sank right?

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:00 am

Yup...full of luxury cars...trying to find more (better) images...can anyone see any VW in there ??

dxg · Post by **dxg** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:51 am

What's even more amazing is how they are actually getting it off the seabed:

http://www.tricolorsalvage.com

Gaint cheese cutter, anyone?!

Kudos to whoever thought that up!

BTW, if you look at the timeline on their page, there isn't that much time btwn declaration of loss and start of salvage. Plus it's a collaboration of three contractors. I think they must have got together over Christmas, gotten rather drunk and come up with the wildest scheme they could think of!

Â£165,000,000 loss - heh, I've got more than that in loose change stuck down the gap btwn the door sill and the seat runners (how many coins have you got wedged down there (9n) ?)

I thought it was all beemers and volvos that were on it?

Deek.

Scorpio1 · Post by **Scorpio1** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:13 pm

Oh my God that IS a sad site.

Reminds me when the vehicle transporter in the UK dropped all it's brand new Mercs

Speedlaw · Post by **Speedlaw** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 4:31 pm

I can only see Volvo's. Didn't it transport BMW's too?

ciden · Post by **ciden** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 6:48 pm

It's enough to make me wanna cry!!!!

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 8:33 pm

Bimmers and Saabs too so I'm led to believe...also if you look at one of the pictures...it looks like there are tractors too

...and no wise cracks please...

polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:08 pm

the tractors will be on board vehicles for things like pulling cars that wont start etc and maintenance

jazzypolo · Post by **jazzypolo** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:38 pm

Yeah No Wise cracks about Tractors.

My next Agricultural purchase is the latest Ferrari Tractor.

Only available in Blue or Green but I'm gonna spray mine red anyway.

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:41 pm

dxg wrote:What's even more amazing is how they are actually getting it off the seabed:

http://www.tricolorsalvage.com

someone put an lot of work into that site!

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:30 pm

vee dubs come in on there own ships! as far as i no they don't share a boat with any other company! i don't think thats what the tractors for, its up to the blokes who get the cars off the ship to actualy get the no starters going. my dad used to do it when vee dubs came into ramsgate! sometimes they had to lift some off with a fork lift

they used to love driving all the hot cars like the vr6's.