Porsche mechanic drives 911 down elevator shaft

If you are a fan of action movies then it must be very common to you watching a car getting twisted in air in a blast or a car getting trashed in an accident. However in Hong Kong, there was a real live scene which an unlucky Porsche owner and a very fortunate Porsche mechanic are going to have one unforgetable story to tell their friends and relatives. A mechanic at Jebsen and Company, HK's only Porsche distributor, was bringing a freshly-serviced 911 Carrera 4S down for customer pick-up when he somehow wound up flying through a set of elevator doors. He and the Porsche plunged down two floors, coming to an eventual halt atop the elevator at ground level. Aside from complaining of pain in his arms, the mechanic was reportedly unharmed. He climbed out of the car with the help of rescue workers on scene. Local police say that they believe the mechanic stepped on the gas instead of the brake as he arrived at the elevator doors.

This mistake is surely to be called an Expensive mistake; as that Carrera 4 was purchased in '01 for HK $1.2 million (around $154K USD by today's rates). Something tells me that the technician/daredevil won't be entrusted with customers' car keys anytime soon. The good news is that if the whole "mechanic thing" doesn't pan out, he appears to have the makings of quite the stunt driver.
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July 13, 2006 - 2:22 AM | Posted in - Others

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