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Old 07-25-2006, 08:42 AM
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Question Cargo ship full of cars sinking

Aparently the ship is carrying about 5000 cars from Japan to Vancouver, BC. I wonder of there is any Honda or S2000 in there.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060725/ap_on_...HNlYwNzc3JlbA--
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SUCK. What an unfortunate waste.
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so much for my overnight parts
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Originally Posted by vinsanity,Jul 25 2006, 11:39 AM
so much for my overnight parts
I doubt "overnight" shipments are going to go by ship.
Old 07-25-2006, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by xviper,Jul 25 2006, 09:41 AM
I doubt "overnight" shipments are going to go by ship.
but the cars on the boat were all 100% JDM...that HAD to have made the boat faster
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Originally Posted by vinsanity,Jul 25 2006, 12:12 PM
but the cars on the boat were all 100% JDM...that HAD to have made the boat faster
If that were the case, I would have expected the damn boat to fly.
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Anyone up for an underwater expidition?

I'll bring the barges!
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I don't know how salvageable the cars will be anyway -- cars don't generally like to be sat on their sides...
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Originally Posted by vinsanity,Jul 25 2006, 10:12 AM
but the cars on the boat were all 100% JDM...that HAD to have made the boat faster
ROFL! Can you imagine if they all had yellow windshield banners? The amount of sinking horsepower will never truly be known...
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Originally Posted by PedalFaster,Jul 25 2006, 01:55 PM
I don't know how salvageable the cars will be anyway -- cars don't generally like to be sat on their sides...
not to mention what salt water at real high pressure levels of deep water can do. It can't be good.


I thought I heard the ship had some really large amount of oil on it too, not to mention the chemicals from the fluids in 5000 cars.


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