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Old 14-06-2012, 07:06 PM   #1
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http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/west...-1226395640682

Wonder who his boss was to have a car like that, and lend it to an employee.

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Old 14-06-2012, 07:15 PM   #2
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I hope he doesn't work for a "family" business - he might get a parting gift - some nice new shoes for swimming.
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Old 14-06-2012, 07:45 PM   #3
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If I was his boss, I'd be screaming for my car back - and you best believe they better give it back!
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Old 15-06-2012, 10:34 AM   #4
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I dont know how it works in Perth but if it wasnt his car the boss can go to court to have his car back

Who would lend a car out like that to there employee anyways lol
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Old 15-06-2012, 10:39 PM   #5
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Did he expect an employee he loaned it too to not thrash it.

Could anyone seriously get loaned a Ferrari and not at least once use every bit of its performance.
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Old 15-06-2012, 10:43 PM   #6
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Yep..that is one way to lose your job!

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A LUXURY Ferrari has been impounded overnight after police allegedly caught the driver hooning in Northbridge.

Police took away the Ferrari after they were alerted by workers at the City of Perth, who saw the 39-year-old Perth man allegedly doing burnouts and driving erratically around Perth's CBD on CCTV.

Sgt Gerry Cassidy said police intercepted the man on the corner of William Street and James Street in Northbridge about 3am.

He said the man was breathalysed but came just under 0.08.

The Ferrari was seized under anti-hoon laws and impounded for 28 days.

It is understood the car belonged to the driver's boss. The man will be summonsed for creating excessive noise
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Old 15-06-2012, 10:50 PM   #7
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Goes against everything I should say...good on him!

Whats with 0.08? Bloody alco's over there..hehe
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Old 15-06-2012, 10:53 PM   #8
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i read that article a few times now. i still cant understand where it says this person has lost their job.
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Old 15-06-2012, 11:50 PM   #9
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Never said he lost his job, it is an implied title. Would you keep an employee who goes out in your couple hundred grand car and thrashes it, resulting in it's being impounded? If it were me they would be terminated on the spot.
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Old 16-06-2012, 12:07 AM   #10
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I told my boss about this story today.

He laughed.

He doesn't own a Ferrari.
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Old 16-06-2012, 12:14 AM   #11
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thats bs.. hoon laws suck.. nana state wins again..
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Old 16-06-2012, 12:38 AM   #12
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My boss loaned me his car once back when I was 18 in 1983...it was a brand new Sigma GSR sports model...2.6, five speed, all the trimmings. Beautiful car. He wanted me to drive it into town and pick up some packs of test seeds for the tomato farm.

I hopped in, started it up...1900km on the clock...and swung the wheel left instead of right and reversed it out of the park quickly...

...and promptly tore one side of the front bumper and right hand headlight off it as it hooked on a post I hadn't noticed...

No, I didn't lose my job...he was really good about it.


Oh, and if someone is ****ed (because at "just under" 0.08 you're driving is seriously impaired by alcohol, whether you know it or not), doing burnouts and driving erratically around the middle of town, I want them arrested before they kill someone...like me or a member of my family innocently driving along...
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Old 16-06-2012, 10:01 AM   #13
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Curious, it's registered in NSW, lets hope he's in no rush to go back home
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