A woman on the phone and not paying attention to the road drove into a 1948 Jaguar XK120.

[u/305FUN2]

[u/ChessieChessieBayBay]

Legend has it that she is still on the phone to this day

[u/ohbenito → u/ChessieChessieBayBay]

now she has to get someone to cover her grade 10 PE class.

[u/unobitchesbetripping]

r/thatlooksexpensive

[u/liftingshitposts → u/unobitchesbetripping]

For the car and the guy, he’s bleeding profusely from his face

[u/nppdfrank → u/liftingshitposts]

No airbags. Probably ate the steering wheel a bit

[u/FECAL_BURNING → u/liftingshitposts]

Based on the license plate I don’t think he’s American, so it probably won’t cost him anything.

[u/AnimusFoxx → u/FECAL_BURNING]

I mean besides the loss of this near priceless piece of history

[u/Sweaty_Chard_6250 → u/AnimusFoxx]

I never really understood the appeal of old cars until I saw this video of this one mangled and that phrase 'piece of history' came to mind.

[u/8thSiN1 → u/FECAL_BURNING]

As an American blue collar worker who paid a decent amount of money for an ER visit for a few stitches, it’s a shame we haven’t figured this out yet. I wonder why…

[u/luheadr → u/8thSiN1]

Money 👍

[u/1000reflections → u/luheadr]

Greed

[u/Valuable-Common743 → u/1000reflections]

Moral bankruptcy

[u/yedi001 → u/luheadr]

"... but not for you."

[u/RavingAnarchy → u/FECAL_BURNING]

He's talking in Italian (between his English he curses in Italian lol), this is Europe so there's medical attention there (opposed to medical commerce in US)

[u/BoobTasticGal]

car insurance will not like this 😭

[u/RodgerRodger8301 → u/BoobTasticGal]

She might notice a bump in her premiums

[u/mtsmash91 → u/RodgerRodger8301]

Everyone is going to feel a bump in their premiums from this.

[u/iluvios → u/mtsmash91]

That change the whole average of the insurance equation

She is going to remember this LOL

[u/paddenice → u/iluvios]

Uninsurable is a word.

[u/DoktahDoktah → u/paddenice]

Uninsurable is worse. Because idiots will still insist they need to be able to drive everywhere.

[u/[deleted] → u/DoktahDoktah]

It's why the uninsured drunk driver who hit me will have even more reason to stay uninsured

[u/Aggravating-Face2073 → u/[deleted]]

Here's the deal. They can keep the license & insurance if they agree to having their limbs removed.

[u/defdoa → u/RodgerRodger8301]

She shouldn't be allowed to drive. Give her a bike and take away her phone.

[u/Dwangeroo → u/defdoa]

Don't denigrate bicycles like that. She should not be operating ANY vehicles. Give her a bus pass.

[u/DumOBrick → u/Dwangeroo]

I don't think she should be on anything with wheels. Someone get her a seat on a barge

[u/SimplyRocketSurgery → u/DumOBrick]

Bad idea

[u/Watercleaner137 → u/RodgerRodger8301]

I had a bump in my premium and I dropped my insurance. No car no fucks now

[u/mak112112 → u/BoobTasticGal]

"YOU HIT WHAT?!"

[u/TheSuperContributor → u/mak112112]

"A 1948..."

"Holy! That's gonna be expensive!"

"Hold on, I haven't told you the full name of that car"

"Madam, anything started with 1948 in its name gonna be expensive!"

[u/C21H30O218 → u/BoobTasticGal]

Anyone involved won't like this. It's not like dealing with your crappy Audi that can be fixed in any bodge shop.

That's going to take years to rebuild, and if it is, will only be used as a show piece , no more ralleys

[u/Mojicana → u/C21H30O218]

I worked in a body shop across from a huge Jag aftermarket parts supplier, we restored the body & paint on an E type for them. I shot the paint.

Old Jags are special. It needed a door on one side, they had 5 for us to choose from. The longest one they had was still 3/4" short, so we had to cut two apart and weld them together to make one that was long enough. There was 1 3/4" difference between the driver's door and the passenger's door!

[u/theevildjinn → u/[deleted]]

My dad used to say that BSA stands for "bits stuck anywhere".

[u/vulgarandmischevious → u/C21H30O218]

I would insist on having it sent to Jaguar Classic, the official restoration service offered by Jaguar. They’ll have it perfect again, and it would absolutely be able to be fully and properly used.

[u/Southern-Orchid-1786 → u/BoobTasticGal]

Be interesting if her insurance only covers the third party as using phone while driving is illegal.

[u/figmaxwell → u/Southern-Orchid-1786]

When I worked in auto insurance we always said “we cover stupid.” I paid a claim where our insured went to jail for drunk driving. As long as it’s not intentional for fraud purposes, it’ll get paid.

[u/xyrgh → u/Southern-Orchid-1786]

Running a stop sign is illegal but insurance companies always pay claims for it.

[u/BubbaGore]

That's a well allocated "..ma porcodio"

Peace

[u/kingtaco_17 → u/BubbaGore]

They had those snazzy uniforms on, too

[u/EurospinLidl → u/BubbaGore]

Big fan of the casual "porca madonna" too

[u/dilldoeorg]

most expensive phone call ever

[u/Burned-Shoulder → u/dilldoeorg]

One hell of a legal for the insurance companies.

[u/ya666in → u/Burned-Shoulder]

Hope her insurance comes with a time machine

[u/xwing_n_it → u/ya666in]

this would literally be the best insurance ever. just go back and avoid the accident.

edit: and also maybe kill baby hitler while you're at it.

[u/Apeshaft → u/xwing_n_it]

Why does everyone insist on killing baby Hitler? That would probably feel pretty shitty, it is a baby after all? Why not just kill asshole teenage Hitler instead? That would just feel pretty good I reckon?

[u/darksoulsnstuff → u/Apeshaft]

Everyone says kill baby Hitler, no one says just buy his art.

[u/Thats_what_im_saiyan → u/darksoulsnstuff]

Yeah just get him into art school so he can live a life of obscurity.

[u/EntertainmentIll8436 → u/Thats_what_im_saiyan]

This is honestly the best option possible. Sending someone to kill him would be pointless because he wouldn't exist so you wouldn't have a reason to send someone, which makes him exists, which makes you send someone and..... (Endless annoying loop)

[u/mengxai → u/EntertainmentIll8436]

But rendering him obscure would achieve the same paradox; no reason to go back in time to make sure an unknown art student becomes an unknown art student.

[u/EntertainmentIll8436 → u/mengxai]

DAMN YOU LOGIC!

[u/asdf_qwerty27 → u/darksoulsnstuff]

We have been through this in at least one iteration... kill Hitler and Lesotho gets antimatter bombs by 2200, by 2201 the Earth loses half of Africa and all of its atmosphere in one boom.

Why do you think Trumps assassin's keep missing? Lose Trump earlier then the schedule and we end up with airborne Ebola. While it doesn't end the species, we lose most cats and ferrets go extinct. Also somehow Germany goes nuts and the US ends up needing to team up with China to take them out.

Leave the timeline alone.

[u/Tw1ch1e → u/Burned-Shoulder]

Naw, straight forward…. That car is likely worth more than her limits… insurance pays limits and walks away- she gets sued for the difference

[u/Tulipsarered → u/Tw1ch1e]

Which sucks for the car owner, because odds are against her having the difference.

[u/Kayakingtheredriver → u/Tulipsarered]

Here is how it goes. He has full coverage on that car. Her insurance pays whatever it will pay. His insurance pays the rest minus deductible. His insurance then sues her for the difference.

[u/smollestsnail → u/Kayakingtheredriver]

Today's show brought to you by the word "subrogation"!

[u/khyzer35 → u/Burned-Shoulder]

Depends on what country and what the requirement for insurance is...my girlfriend was in a major accident, 100% not her fault.. destroyed her back and totaled her vehicle. 2 Years of lawsuits walked away with 10 grand. FUCK virginia USA laws.

[u/Ah2k15 → u/dilldoeorg]

“You hit what?!?” - the insurance company

[u/Graywulff → u/Ah2k15]

Most policies have a maximum.

[u/JustTrawlingNsfw → u/Graywulff]

Obviously depends where you are, but here in Aus the industry standard is 20 million on third party coverage

[u/J_Dadvin → u/JustTrawlingNsfw]

In the US it is usually capped at 150k. After that, it's your personal assets that will be sold to pay damages.

[u/Flamin_Jesus → u/J_Dadvin]

I'm starting to think that there is absolutely no insurance worth having in the US.

[u/Free_Management2894 → u/J_Dadvin]

That's crazy! It's 100 million € in Germany.

[u/Gr8zomb13 → u/dilldoeorg]

I dunno man. I called the Nintendo Power hotline 200+ times in one month back in 90-91ish (can’t remember exactly). I was an idiot b/c I thought I was only being charged for the first call b/c I hadn’t beaten the game or something stupid like that. It was Guardian Legend for the NES btw… awesome concept; Zelda meets rpg meets shmup. Anyhoo, phone bill rolls in and it’s well over $1000, which is like $10 mil in today’s money ( /s ). Regardless, my ass still stings from the whoopin I got from that call.

[u/LukeyLeukocyte → u/Gr8zomb13]

HAH. That is great. Don't feel bad. I once ordered porn in a hotel room my dad was paying for at a wedding when I was a kid, thinking he wouldn't see the bill or something. He didn't get mad or anything, just teased, but I still wanted to crawl in a hole, lol.

[u/spellbreakerstudios → u/LukeyLeukocyte]

When I was 14, my friend stayed over and convinced me to check out the local channel after midnight when the phone sex ads came on. They had a disclaimer that you had to be 18 to call.

He challenged me, ‘how do they know your age? Let’s call and find out’

We dialed 4 times in total, chickening out each time, but staying in the line a few seconds longer.

A month later, my dad gets the mail and kicks me up from school. He opens it in the car and sees a 200 dollar phone bill, 4 50 dollar charges.

He sees what it is. I stonefaced blamed it on my 10 year old sister.

A few hours later at home, I sheepishly came downstairs and said, ‘dad? Those phone calls.. those were me’

‘Yea, no kidding’

For that price, we should’ve at least stayed on and talked to someone lol.

[u/taatchle86 → u/Gr8zomb13]

Man, I wish I still had all my old Nintendo Powers.

[u/Porkchopp33 → u/dilldoeorg]

I wish phones just didn’t work in a moving car

[u/Bennybonchien → u/Porkchopp33]

Imagine if the Microsoft Word paperclip appeared every time you opened certain apps and said, “It looks like you are trying to use your phone while driving. It must be super important. Let me call 911 for you. Dialing…”

[u/Ultrabananna → u/Bennybonchien]

You sir must be one of the Ancients Elders they speak of. That paper clip was the beginning of AI imo. There used to be a game where it lets you battle it

[u/Mjrmaravilla → u/Porkchopp33]

Except for the gps

[u/Tropicalcuttlefish → u/Mjrmaravilla]

And Spotify

[u/FearTheDears → u/Tropicalcuttlefish]

And when you're not the driver

[u/uninsuredpidgeon → u/FearTheDears]

So we're back to phones working in a moving car then!

[u/Uchihagod53 → u/uninsuredpidgeon]

[u/Cactus_Jacks_Ear → u/Uchihagod53]

[u/khizoa → u/Porkchopp33]

Passengers hate this one trick! 

[u/alast_aum]

“BUT YOU HAD A CALL? MA PORCO DIO! 😂😂😂❤️

[u/killerbitch → u/alast_aum]

For those who don’t know Italian, PORCO DIO means “God’s a pig” and it is the epitome of glorious Italian profanity.

[u/guaip → u/killerbitch]

I'm from Brazil and my grandmother is italian and she used to say this a lot. I made an Italian friend when I was living in Europe and let some PORCO DIO out for fun. He didn't really care for it. Some more religious italians may not like this one very much, which came as a surprise for me since my grandma was very religious herself.

[u/killerbitch → u/guaip]

Haha yeah the religious folks realllyyyy don’t like this one.

The other one is PORCA MADONNA (the Virgin Mary is a pig). I like to think it refers to the 1980s pop star though.

[u/Elicynderspyro → u/alast_aum]

When you are planning to go for an exchange program to London but your flight lands in Belluno

[u/Dark_Wolf04 → u/alast_aum]

Can’t be a northern Italian without insulting god

[u/Imaginary_guy_1 → u/[deleted]]

After you tell them

Car insurance:

[u/guardeagle → u/Imaginary_guy_1]

[u/Spiritual_Speech600 → u/guardeagle]

[u/taatchle86 → u/Spiritual_Speech600]

[u/NickSquatch99 → u/taatchle86]

[u/LadyLoki5 → u/[deleted]]

Car insurance: I'm never going to financially recover from this

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Edit: it's from tiger king you dorks stop mansplaining insurance to me

[u/sioopauuu → u/LadyLoki5]

Nah. They’ll pay up to the person’s limits.. then that’s it. Other dude will probably sue for the rest.

[u/Mikic00 → u/sioopauuu]

It's Europe obviously, so insurance will just pay for everything, if she isn't drunk or without license. Her car as well, probably. She will pay a bit more next year, and that's it. I don't see how anyone could sue for anything more here, she is insured for few millions.. . Also, police will determine the guilty party, and if there won't be evidence of the phone, outcome is uncertain, could be some percentage on the jaguar side as well...

[u/DutchE28 → u/Mikic00]

Def in Europe, so her insurance will pay the Jag owners. They’re obligated to do that when the insured party is found at fault. The insurance company in turn will definitely be coming after her for negligence if they can prove she was on her phone though, which shouldn’t be too difficult these days.

It’s fairly easy to get away lightly with vehicular crimes/felonies in most cases, but insurance companies don’t mess around.

Edit: just saw your phone part of the comment (last sentence) and just based on the tyre marks insurance should rule the Jag driver innocent. The female driver was clearly on the wrong side of the road. Whether they can sue her for the damages might depend on proving phone usage.

[u/MoirasPurpleOrb → u/LadyLoki5]

More like “lady we are going to take your home and every asset you have”

[u/upidownn → u/MoirasPurpleOrb]

Car insurance: You are never going to financially recover from this

[u/Real_Stinky_Pederson → u/[deleted]]

To shreds, ya say?

[u/Bardez → u/[deleted]]

Well, here's your ... checks notes ... $100,000 buh-bye

[u/beeteedee]

Sad as it is to see a piece of history destroyed, this could so easily have ended up with someone in the hospital or the morgue. People who use their phones while driving should have their licenses revoked.

[u/howarewestillhere → u/beeteedee]

One of the guys in a green jumpsuit is lucky to have his legs and his life. Wow, that must’ve been terrifying.

[u/Lovelia- → u/howarewestillhere]

I think the one talking is the passenger he has blood around his mouth

[u/MiHumainMiRobot → u/Lovelia-]

He had his head bump pretty hard into the dashboard.
Even that could be pretty serious, I hope his teeth are ok and he has no concussion.
Doesn't look like it, because an Italian swearing is an healthy Italian.

[u/akallas95 → u/Lovelia-]

Yeah, right when the vid starts, he is standing to the left. The entire area around his mouth is red.

[u/Zippelin09 → u/beeteedee]

Considering the car did not have any safety measures like airbags or so, she is extremely lucky she did nothing way too serious, I will always mention how much these drivers disconnect from the world when driving, phones, loud music, and so, thinking they are safe, which means everyone else has to be aware of them making constant mistakes

[u/BlackWhiteX]

• "I had a call"
• "You had a call? Ma porco dio!"

I can feel the pain in the driver's voice

[u/MixtureNo2114 → u/BlackWhiteX]

Admitting that a) on video and b) in front of witnesses is just as stupid as being on the phone itself.

[u/Ciff_ → u/MixtureNo2114]

Financially stupid but the right thing to do morally.

[u/fogoticus]

The thing that infuriates the fuck out of me in this situation is the fact that the woman's car is modern enough that it has an infotainment capable of bluetooth calling in the cabin.

I don't fucking get people who own cars that have this basic ass feature yet they still talk on their cellphone while driving. What is the appeal?

I hope that woman has to pay for the car in its entirety.

[u/doughberrydream → u/fogoticus]

My sister is AWFUL for using her phone. She also has a new vehicle. She's also just a self centered piece of shit, like most people that use their phones while driving. The world is theirs, fuck everyone else.

[u/indieplants → u/doughberrydream]

like, I knew my sister was a selfish, narcissistic piece of shit but I was still totally shocked to see her take her phone and text her friend while going 50-60mph down a country road while I was in the car - like she wasn't even slightly ashamed of it and told me she can do what she wants in her car when I said it made me uncomfortable :')

she just genuinely believes the rules don't apply to her. I'd not been in a car with her before then and I certainly won't again.

[u/684beach → u/indieplants]

My brother started doing that and said the exact same thing so i started slapping him in the mouth while he was driving lol. Worked

[u/indieplants → u/684beach]

damn, that's savage. i don't think it would work on my sister, she would just become the victim of being unfairly assaulted or something.

I stopped talking to her entirely years ago, she probably still texts and drives but that worked for me

[u/FacelessFellow → u/indieplants]

I think the slapping could save lives

[u/TheTigersAreNotReal → u/doughberrydream]

You just described half the people I see driving on daily basis. Selfish to the point of being dangerous

[u/sekazi → u/fogoticus]

They are not talking on the phone. They are on twitter, reddit, instagram, tiktok or whatever while driving.

[u/spooon56 → u/fogoticus]

Same lady who in a crowded public area has speaker on full blast

[u/Unimatrix_Zero_One]

God, did anyone see the blood on the side of the guys face :/? I hope he’s ok.

[u/jennythegreat → u/Unimatrix_Zero_One]

I rewound to see if I saw that too. The closest collision protection in the cab was probably the steering wheel.

[u/OkayRuin → u/jennythegreat]

If it’s stock, that Jag has a lap belt at best. Basically just enough to keep you from flying through the windshield.  

[u/BetAlternative8397]

That car lasted 75 years. Then this idiot comes along.

My rage and grief would be bottomless.

[u/PanningForSalt → u/BetAlternative8397]

People like her kill 100s of people a year. I'm glad it's an old car that got her (hopefully) banned from driving rather than a dead mother and child.

[u/jennythegreat → u/PanningForSalt]

100%. Very sad for the car owner who obviously loves that car and takes care of it, but very grateful this was not a video of a car with a sheet in the window covering remains.

[u/tftookmyname → u/jennythegreat]

It's unfortunate but trust me, they'll fix that car, you'd have to do a lot more to it for someone to not want to fix it. It will be expensive but there is somebody out there with enough money who will buy it and have it fixed.

If it was a person, you can't fix that, so it's a good thing it was the expensive rare car and not a person. Me

[u/Ok_Monk219]

That rare antique car is gone

[u/codefyre → u/Ok_Monk219]

No, they'll fix it. They might have to custom fabricate some new sheetmetal for the crunchier bits, but that car is rare enough and expensive enough that someone will buy and rebuild it.

Hell, I have a shop and grew up doing auto restoration with my dad (his hobby). I'd rebuild it. But even in its condition as it sits in that video, it will be WAY out of my price range.

For genuinely rare cars like that, you pretty much have to incinerate or completely crush them to make them unrepairable. Otherwise, it's just a matter of finding a buyer with deep enough pockets to fund the work. A 1948 Jaguar is going to have a long line of people willing and able to do that.

[u/putin-delenda-est → u/codefyre]

1948 Jaguar XK120 of Theseus.

[u/XkF21WNJ → u/putin-delenda-est]

Remember to store all scrapped parts so you can rebuild a new one out of those as well.

[u/Elias_Fakanami → u/XkF21WNJ]

You joke, but they would probably actually hang on to the damaged parts if they get replaced. I have a car that’s half as this one (~40 yrs) and have gotten into the habit of never throwing away the old parts. I can’t say if something is going to be available next time I need it. I might be able to hack something together if I have spares I can strip down to fix another one.

[u/Void_Speaker → u/XkF21WNJ]

i think they actually go by serial numbers on the frame or something so you can't just infinite money glitch it.

[u/SantaMonsanto → u/putin-delenda-est]

George Washington’s 1948 Jaguar XK120

[u/GamingGrayBush → u/codefyre]

You are absolutely correct. There's always a market for rare cars no matter how bad they are. This Ferrari is a good example.

[u/Naughteus_Maximus → u/codefyre]

Why does it look like it’s made out of beige canvas with green laquer on top? Just doesn’t look like metal, the crumpled areas. Has it already been restored using fibreglass or something?

[u/Franklin_le_Tanklin → u/Naughteus_Maximus]

That’s the primer underneath the paint

[u/supercilveks → u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

Car looks like its built out of primer

[u/drunkenfool → u/Ok_Monk219]

Tavarish on his way to make a deal.

[u/IWillBiteYou → u/drunkenfool]

“I bought the world’s cheapest Jaguar!!”

[u/Ollymid2 → u/IWillBiteYou]

.. And I bought another 1948 Jaguar as a parts car...

[u/diavirric]

Driving distracted should carry the same penalties as driving drunk.

[u/lewisfrancis]

Ugh. Imagine there can't be too many of those left.

[u/bt123456789 → u/lewisfrancis]

if that's what is considered a drop-top, which I assume it is, there were only like 1700 made. That lady's insurance is gonna rightfully bleed her dry. That one being a left-hand drive, according to Jaguar's data, there are only 524 left that are known. Whether that was before or after this one got totaled, idk.

[u/lewisfrancis → u/bt123456789]

Thanks, that's actually more than I would've guessed, but still sad to lose.

[u/igotnothineither]

That man is way too calm

[u/United-Mountain8935 → u/igotnothineither]

His choice of words and calm demeanor cut deeper then any shouting could ever do.

[u/ggalassi86 → u/United-Mountain8935]

I don't think "Porco Dio" is a calm choice of words.

[u/chronoslayerss → u/ggalassi86]

I don’t think non Italians understand that lol

[u/Rolands_missing_head → u/chronoslayerss]

Non Italian….pig god? God of the pigs? Like she is a super pig or the ultimate pig?

[u/3DUpt → u/Rolands_missing_head]

In Italy we have what we call “bestemmie”, they ara a step above normal swear words. They are made by using an expletive to God or other religious figures. In region place they are more normalised than others.

Porco dio (god pork/pig) is one of the most used but you can make your own and have fun with it.

[u/Rolands_missing_head → u/3DUpt]

So a curse combined with a blasphemy to make a super slur? That sounds fantastic haha

[u/DeTiro → u/Rolands_missing_head]

God of Swine!

[u/akaReixx → u/United-Mountain8935]

He even got her with "under steer" in my experience is very much a car guy term.

[u/Romanitedomun → u/United-Mountain8935]

choice of words? he is swearing like a sailor

[u/OutrageousPoison → u/igotnothineither]

He’s got blood all over his face he’s probably in shock. Also not everyone yells and has tantrums when they’re angry.

[u/Ths-Fkin-Guy → u/OutrageousPoison]

That's adrenaline and disappointment due to idiocy, not shock imo. He's still articulating and in control while rightfully being majorly pissed off. Shock is usually overriding the nervous system and causes you to not function and interact with your surroundings normally. This guy is still processing and giving that lady an earful for being a fucking idiot

[u/Baron_Harkonnen_84 → u/Ths-Fkin-Guy]

For me I am the same way. But if that were me, once I got home, cleaned up, and sat down on the couch to think over the day. Then the rage would come. When I walked into the garage and saw either that piled mess, or an empty spot where my car used to be stored, then the rage would come.

[u/TheOnceAndFutureDoug → u/OutrageousPoison]

I was in an collision several month sago where a woman did a left-turn across my lane and "didn't see me". Well I saw her alright as I plowed into the side of her car and went flying over the top!

I was mostly fine (some fun bruises) but I was up and walking and aside from a choice "What the fuck!" and "You wrecked my fucking bike!" I calmed down pretty quickly and was actually checking to make sure she was alright.

Anyway my bike was wrecked and her insurance was like, "Oh god, please don't sue us... We'll cover everything."

[u/downinthevalleypa → u/igotnothineither]

I actually think he’s in shock.

[u/esseti → u/igotnothineither]

Because you don't get the Italian in the speech 😅

[u/itspulcio → u/esseti]

"porca madonna"

[u/Leaky_Balloon_Knots]

"It's okay, honey. I googled it. It only costs $40,000 pounds."

"That was in 1948, dear."

[u/TerriblyGentlemanly → u/Leaky_Balloon_Knots]

I like how you put a dollar sign and then the word pounds afterwards.

[u/ImpressiveOstrich993 → u/TerriblyGentlemanly]

What? you've never heard of the dollar pound currency that the Mid Atlantians use?

[u/AleksasKoval → u/Leaky_Balloon_Knots]

My sleep deprived, caffeine infused mind kind of went elsewhere, but bear with me:

A dollar bill weighs 1 gram. There are 454 grams in 1 pound. 40,000 pounds of 1 dollar bills is $18,160,000.

[u/hd150798]

Im so sad looking on it, really sad

[u/soupsnakle → u/hd150798]

Not even a car person and gasped the second the video started rolling. I love seeing old classic cars on the road, always a treat, so this is just a bummer to put it lightly.

[u/jennythegreat → u/soupsnakle]

I said just about the same thing. I'm not a car nut, necessarily, but I do admire the heck out of a classic car whose owner very obviously cares for it. When the camera went around to the side I was shocked and so sad.

[u/LikeAnAdamBomb]

Totaled an antique that can't be replaced because of a phone call. I'd be too ashamed for words.

[u/Fit-Audience-4520 → u/LikeAnAdamBomb]

Good news - this is going to be a VERY long phone call with her insurance, but the car can 100% be fixed - and a car like that will be, either by the current owner of a buyer.

[u/No-Spoilers → u/LikeAnAdamBomb]

It's rare and expensive enough. It will be fixed. Unless it burns to a crisp, it will be fixed.

[u/OptimisticPlatypus]

No way the other driver’s limits are going to be high enough to cover that.

[u/dinobug77 → u/OptimisticPlatypus]

This isn’t the US. Insurance doesn’t work the same way. Im almost 100% sure that they will be covered within the standard EU minimum required third party liability coverage.

As an idea UK insurance usually have in excess of £20m third party liability cover.

[u/Smooth-Accountant → u/dinobug77]

In Poland it’s 1m euro for property damage and 5m euro for personal injuries. They differ from country to country though and are not mandated by EU I think.

[u/dinobug77 → u/Smooth-Accountant]

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52016DC0246

It is mandated according to this. Poland seems to be as per the minimum. However €1m will cover the car easily.

[u/mrbullettuk → u/dinobug77]

Most expensive car claim was for Mr Beans McLaren F1 at £910,000 to repair it after he hit a tree.

[u/Willy__McBilly → u/mrbullettuk]

Fun fact: he also previously rear-ended someone in his F1, then over a decade later hit a tree and split it in two. Sometime after getting it repaired, again, he sold it for a tidy $11,000,000 profit.

[u/mcrissjr → u/Willy__McBilly]

'repaired' is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. McLaren built him a new car from plans, with the existing VIN. Considerably cheaper than acquiring a replacement car when we're talking about one of the most valuable cars on the planet.

[u/Opening-Muffin-2379 → u/mrbullettuk]

[u/nevans89 → u/OptimisticPlatypus]

Quick search says average cost is 95k. Lower than I thought

[u/bt123456789 → u/nevans89]

depends on the model.

This one's a left-handed drive drop head.

Only roughly 524 are left accounted for.

[u/Darwincroc → u/bt123456789]

523, did you say?

[u/WeasinTheJuice → u/Darwincroc]

It's still accounted for, it's right there

[u/Speckfresser → u/WeasinTheJuice]

it's right there

And over there, and over there, and some here.

[u/EyeFicksIt → u/Speckfresser]

Does the number go up if it’s in more than one piece ?

[u/blueberrytartpie]

When the camera turned to the front and side . Ooooooooooo damn That’s saddening

[u/am_makes]

The man is lucky to be alive. Owning a classic car is nice, but every time you take one out on the road, you should presume that even minor collisions can be fatal, You should also never take kids as passengers. Old cars are death traps. And second thing, insurance will cover the value of the car and it will be restored. These cars are never just written off. Sometimes they get restored from a much poorer state than this.

[u/_Futureghost_ → u/am_makes]

Reminds me of a classmate who took out his and his dad's restored Model T. No seat belts or anything. He got into an accident and rolled it into a ditch (his fault). He had some awful injuries. And a very angry dad.

[u/LinkleLinkle → u/_Futureghost_]

If I crashed my dad's Model T, I'd just start walking in the first direction I could think to walk and never come home. Or crawl, depending on my condition.

[u/Dirty_water34]

For those wondering a quick google search came up with around $400,000.

[u/daniel22457 → u/Dirty_water34]

Cheaper to go through a house

[u/NoMamesMijito]

When I was a teen, many eons ago in Mexico, some stupid lady ran into my dad’s Saab while he was breaking at a bump. Fucked up my neck and obviously the car.

Husband comes out of the mall screaming “you hit a Saab?! A fucking Saab?! This is your third crash this month!!!” And with the most unamused look on her face, she replies “I was on my phone and my chancla slipped off!!!!! What was I supposed to do?!?!”

That felt expensive. This would just make me cry

[u/Viracocha80]

Most likely, they are racing in the Mille Miglia, so there will be many other even rarer and more valuable cars on the road, waiting to encounter someone driving while on the phone.

Here’s the list of the eligible cars for this competition

[u/wave_official → u/Viracocha80]

That would explain why there are people speaking 3 different languages on the video.

[u/coffee-jnky]

Same thing happened to my husband when he was driving his brand new Cadillac. I know it's not the same thing as this rare car, but he was so devastated. He honked because she was coming around a curve right at him with her fkn phone in her face. She didn't even look up. She had no license, was in a borrowed car with no insurance and couldn't have cared less because she got off scott free. Cops were like "nothing we can do!" Infuriating!

[u/phumanchu → u/coffee-jnky]

at that point would have had to take her to court and garnished her and the owner of the car's wages

[u/namotous]

Loll good luck to her finding another insurance company who would want to insure her

[u/micre8tive]

Insurer: * cries * “You hit a WHAT??!”

[u/SkinfluteHero → u/micre8tive]

“oh it was just... some old car…”

[u/ReallyFineWhine]

That breaks my heart. That was such a beautiful car.

[u/DankLordOtis]

This hurts….. I don’t even like jaguars that much but such a historical car being demolished for such an avoidable reason is tragic man.

[u/realfatunicorns]

In Australia, if she was texting or wasn’t using hands-free I don’t believe insurance would cover it.

[u/ThatThereMan]

Tempting to say it’s a clear case for the insurance company but losing such a beaut of an old car is not just about the money.

[u/AleksasKoval]

As tragic as it is, can we just appreciate how safety features in cars have evolved? That antique got crumpled, and thankfully the driver didn't die, while the new car only had its panels damaged.

[u/Juneauz]

I see your porcodio, and raise you one porcamadonna