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Ben D
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15th Jun 11 at 16:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003733/Car-wedged-van-Kakakhstan-pair-new-vehicle-2-200-miles.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

How on earth did they get it in there?
tom130691
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15th Jun 11 at 16:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fucking skillz
daymoon
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15th Jun 11 at 16:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
why they have to get "proper" transport? Alsong as max weight is not exceeded...
Mad Moe
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Surely they could have bought one in a closer country, must have cost them a fortune in petrol
Wrighty
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Ian
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I would guess it's overweight, 3.5t Sprinter weighs 1900ish empty so they've not much margin for an entire car, people and fluids.

Plus it's not secured properly.
Dave
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15th Jun 11 at 17:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Agreed, it'll be quite a bit overweight.

How they managed to get it in is still a mystery to me though.
Cavey
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15th Jun 11 at 17:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
says in the comments.

Tip van on side, drive car in, put van back upright... simples...
Chris C
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15th Jun 11 at 18:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Good old sprinter lol
VegasPhil
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15th Jun 11 at 18:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Surely it would tip on a hard corner

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Ben G
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15th Jun 11 at 18:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
saw it in the paper at work. couldn't work out how they got it in there.
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looks like they drew their own numberplate on the van
Chris F
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15th Jun 11 at 19:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
How did they get it in
Nath
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Awesome
Jambo
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quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
says in the comments.

Tip van on side, drive car in, put van back upright... simples...





Brilliant
Chris F
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15th Jun 11 at 22:10   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I can see that lol

 
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