Fastest ever write off?

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Wed 24 Jun 2020 22:46
Fastest ever write off? - daveyjp

20 minutes.

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2020-06-24/brand-new-lamborghini-wrecked-in-crash-after-breakdown-on-m1-20-minutes-into-first-journey/

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Wed 24 Jun 2020 22:57
Fastest ever write off? - Jamie3141

£200k to £0 in 1200 seconds... £166 down the drain, per second.

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Wed 24 Jun 2020 23:32
Fastest ever write off? - FP

Also, presumably, one of the fastest breakdowns.

And the driver had no chance to coast from lane three to the hard shoulder? Must have been some breakdown.

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Wed 24 Jun 2020 23:36
Fastest ever write off? - Avant

Brand new and breaking down after only 20 minutes. It just had to be an Italian car.

But very glad that nobody was hurt.

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Thu 25 Jun 2020 08:15
Fastest ever write off? - Brit_in_Germany

Another one but doesn't say it was a write off:

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/0NK6BnQl/man-crashes-brand-new-porsche-911-gt2-rs-just-minutes-after-going-on-test-drive

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Thu 25 Jun 2020 08:51
Fastest ever write off? - Terry W

Just a weeks money for a few people paid to kick a ball around - so no problem!

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Thu 25 Jun 2020 10:05
Fastest ever write off? - Engineer Andy

What about all those Italian supercars that kept catching fire spontaneously during hot weather? Surely one must've been a newly-bought car?

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Thu 25 Jun 2020 11:44
Fastest ever write off? - ExA35Owner

I remember being told of a brand new MGB on trade plates coming out of the Abingdon factory, straight into a collision. Can't give chapter and verse, unfortunately.

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Thu 25 Jun 2020 12:08
Fastest ever write off? - Bromptonaut

I hope the owner had advised his insurer of the change of vehicle.

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Thu 25 Jun 2020 13:54
Fastest ever write off? - mcb100
Not sure it’s a write off, but shortest time in customer’s hands before heading to the bodyshop.

www.facebook.com/steve.manukauhyundai.1/videos/745.../
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Thu 25 Jun 2020 13:59
Fastest ever write off? - Bilboman

(Unable to see the Facebook video without an FB account.) Was it this video by any chance? Approximately nine seconds before the car was on its roof. The slightly jerky start didn't augur well.
https://driving.ca/volkswagen/auto-news/news/watch-this-is-the-shortest-time-a-cars-gone-from-new-buy-to-write-off

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Thu 25 Jun 2020 14:02
Fastest ever write off? - mcb100
I’ll try again with a different link:-

youtu.be/2wVHnt0OY_c
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