Idiot Alert: Globe & Mail Auto Journalist's Son Crashes Press Car

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Canadian auto journalist Peter Cheney now likely regrets tossing the keys to a 500-hp Porsche 911 Turbo to his son, who then accidentally drove it through the garage door. The exact details of the crash aren’t clear with Cheney’s son Will claiming the car had rolled into the door while Cheney himself writes that, “it had launched itself through the entire structure.” (Last time we checked, only Toyotas accelerated by themselves).

We have to give credit to Cheney and the Globe & Mail (which he writes for) for going public on the mistake, although we’re perplexed by Cheney’s decision to punish his son. After all, its unlikely Porsche would let anyone but the journalist who signed the papers drive the car and so the decision to give the keys to a $180,000 (CDN) 911 Turbo with a six-speed stick shift to his son (who Cheney admits doesn’t know how to operate a manual transmission) probably only warrants punishment for Cheney himself.

That, however, isn’t happening with Porsche kindly sucking up the $11,000 in repair cost. (What else would they do? After all, the Globe is the largest national news paper in Canada and probably one of Porsche Canada’s largest advertising clients). Cheney is, however, left with $2,700 in repair bills for his garage.
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Ronin said:
Whats the point of parking in gear unless you are in an incline?? Such an incline that you would trust your E-brake and wheels turned to the curb to stop the car? It's an habit that is just calling for problem.

I've heard of people getting their car smashed at dealers because the mechanics didn't realize the car was in gear when he started it.

Also, if your car is in gear and parked on the street and gets bumped by an idiot, your whole drive train takes the hit... not just the bumper.

It's pointless 99% of the time...
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Because I have seen lots of cars roll down hills and almost hit other cars or autopwn themselves

(BOILY).
 
Julteg1 said:
Could've been much worst... Rick Bye doesn't really care; he only 'physically' administrates the press fleet. Porsche would never make a 'rather-well-known' journalist pay for repairs, regardless of the deductible. 750$ is well worth the good press this incident has engendered. It's all about lobbying popular journalists to get good reviews
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No the deductible for the car is $10,000.
 
Ronin said:
Whats the point of parking in gear unless you are in an incline?? Such an incline that you would trust your E-brake and wheels turned to the curb to stop the car? It's an habit that is just calling for problem.

I've heard of people getting their car smashed at dealers because the mechanics didn't realize the car was in gear when he started it.

Also, if your car is in gear and parked on the street and gets bumped by an idiot, your whole drive train takes the hit... not just the bumper.

It's pointless 99% of the time...
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Je mets toujours mes voitures en premiere vitesse peu importe le terrain. Je prends pas de chance, jai pas envie de voir ma voiture en plein milieu de la rue.

Quand je vais au dealer, je mets TOUJOURS la voiture sur le neutre. C'est la premiere chose que je fais avant d'eteindre l'auto. Je prends ps de chance.

Et pour ce qui est du fait d'oublier la voiture embraye, c'est maintenant un automatisme pour moi. C'est plus naturel que de respirer. Tu dois juste te minder a ne jamais oublier ce detail quand tu embarques dans une voiture. Dans mon cas c'est vraiment rendu imprimer dans mon cerveau.
 
Et merde haha.. mon père m'avait annoncé en début de semaine qu'il allait faire des appels pour "booker" des Porsche de presse dans son horaire et il m'avait parlé de la turbo, de la panamera et de la speedster... Comme il doit pas y avoir 20 Turbo de presse sur la flotte, ça réduit un peu ce qu'il m'avait dit. Je suis pas certain mais je crois que Rick Bye lui même, autre qu'en course, a déjà planté une Porsche alors d'après moi c'est la raison pour laquelle il est resté aussi "cool" ... c'est un bon gars
 
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