Angry owner destroys Lamborghini in China


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SlowBoyRacing

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQoldFPvlGE]YouTube - Chinese Angry Owner Destroys His Lamborghini Gallardo With a Sledgehammer[/ame]

A Lamborghini Gallardo was destroyed by a group of men in the Chinese city of Qindao. The owner of the Italian sports car decided to smash it to show his disappointment with Lamborghini.

The Lamborghini Gallardo was bought six months ago, but the engine failed to start on November 29, 2010. The owner contacted the Lamborghini dealer in Qingdao and they transported the Gallardo to their maintenance center. The engine problem wasn't solved, but instead the bumper and chassis were damaged by the transport. The owner complained by the dealer but they refused to take responsibility in this matter, so the angry owner contacted Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann, the brand's China headquarters, its after-sales service manager for Asia-Pacific region, and the brand's owner Volkswagen Group, but the problem was not solved.

Angry about the service, the owner felt his consumer rights were ignored. So he decided that the best way to gain attention was to destroy his car on the 15th of March, which is also World Consumer Rights Day. Apparently, he hired people to publicly destroy his car with hammers and make his statement. This protest was made to provoke public support and goad the manufacturer to respect his consumer rights.
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Cliff notes : Man buys Lamborghini 6 months a go, engine doesn't start on Nov 29, 2010, sends car to service, and they don't fix it, on top of it all, car gets damaged in transport. Lamborghini doesn't make it up to him, on March 15, 2011, World consumer day, owner gets the car to be publicly destroyed.
 
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JSP

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Well that just sucks all around now doesnt it? :(

Poor car... Wonder why they wouldnt fix it for him. Not getting anywhere now though by destroying the car haha.
 
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CtrlAltDl

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Wow, all that because he had a dead battery after he left the head lights on. ;)
 
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Marthy

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AFDavis11 said:
Well he sure taught them huh?
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He shouldn't have bough that shitbox at the first place. Those a worst than Ferrari. Great and fast car don't get me wrong! But for the price they should be more reliable. I'm not a big fan of glorified Beetles (Porsches) But I have to admit that they are the best sportscar out there.

When you buy a GT3 from Porsche Motorsports, all you need to do is bolt the muffler, the rear bumper and go racing. They are already tested from factory in Germany ( +/- 50 miles) That's it! If you can drive you might even be able to win a race on a good day. Of course usually there's more into it... need to put radio and all sort of widgets... but still.

In my book, best bang for the buck is a Corvette!
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Detrich

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well, in all fairness ppl who can afford to buy a $500,000+ U.S. car aren't buying it for the gas mileage & reliability. they're buying the car to make ppl turn their heads and look at them as they roar down the street with the back of their heads plastered to the head rests... <lol>

the guy obviously has a lotta money to burn. but, he obviously has zero brains- not thinking thru what he got himself into...

i've visited china before, and it's prolly the worst and last place to buy a super pricey exotic car or exotic -anything-. u can't even walk into a guitar center over there to buy mixing/ recording cables for a computer/ mixer/ digital recorder. how the f can u expect to get a car like that serviced? :lol:

i'm sure that his story about lamborghini shining him off is probably legit. that happens in the U.S. to exotic car owners sometimes too. why? well, it's easy to build a car in europe, transport it across the ocean/ continent, and sell it for a god sum of money, and then not have to worry about supporting the customer who buys it- since there is no service infrastructure to speak of. the ferrari enzo that split in half on PCH was sent back to italy in pieces for repair, rather than repaired locally. the dude that bought that one-of-a-kind mercedes sued mercedes, cuz his car had incessant problems, and none of the local techs knew how to fix it either.

the moral of the story: money doesn't buy intelligence. what a waste of a beautiful car. if he had 1/2 a brain, he'd have paid to fly a master lambo tech over to china from italy and had the car worked on. it probably couldn't have cost that much money- considering all the money and hassles he spent already buying that brick. very beautiful brick. <lol> xP
 
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See red

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All that hammering and they barely dented the dam car??? BTW lotus esprit st. or lotus exige. both fast, reliable, and handle better... need more?
 

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Detrich

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the new lotus esprit is freaking AWESOME! but, the new lotus elise is more affordable and looks like a baby lambo.
 
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