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SMART !!! cars do not float.................................
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An absent minded driver was left red-faced when his car rolled off a ferry slipway and into the sea in Dorset.
Emergency services were alerted when passers-by saw a partially submerged car at Sandbanks, Poole, at 0812 BST.
When a lifeboat crew arrived they were met by the driver of the Smart car coupe who had left his vehicle on the slipway before wandering off.
The man said he had used the handbrake, and confirmed to police no one was in the car. The car has not been found.
Lifeboats could not to locate the vehicle, and believe it was swept out to sea.
Partially submerged
A lifeboat spokeswoman said the car had entered the water from the north side of the chain-ferry crossing at Sandbanks which links Poole with Studland.
"A volunteer crew arrived on scene expecting the worse preparing to search for a body when the driver of the car appeared on the chain ferry slip way.
"It appears he left the car to go to the shop or loo and the car rolled into the water," she added.
Dorset Police were alerted when the partially submerged vehicle was spotted floating past the Haven Hotel in Poole.
Could be absolutely anywhere with the tidal currents around there I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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21st Apr 2009 2:33 pm
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ha ha - always thought they were misnamed - should have been called the MCC StupidSteve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
21st Apr 2009 10:47 pm
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Well, Stirling Moss, The Schumaker bros., Gordon Murray, many other motoring celebrities who own Smart cars & me would disagree.
The Smart is a very clever design & it's "fitness for purpose" as a two seater urban car is still unrivalled.
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seems they have found some cctv of this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/8014380.stmI believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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23rd Apr 2009 2:48 pm
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An eyewitness of the recovery,
Chris Thorne wrote:
I doubt if it was in any drivable condition.
Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
23rd Apr 2009 3:25 pm
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23rd Apr 2009 3:28 pm
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