Bummer! Beemer and $200,000 Bentley bashed in Chelsea collision

New York Post ^ | September 6, 2012 | KEVIN FASICK, REBECCA HARSHBARGER and CYNTHIA R. FAGEN

[ConservativeStatement]

Two drunks — one driving a rare Bentley, the other a Beemer — went head-to-head early yesterday, leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of mangled metal littering a Chelsea street corner, cops and witnesses said.

Eight people, four from each car, were taken to Bellevue Hospital after the 3:45 a.m. crash, but none suffered life-threatening injuries.

[ConservativeStatement]

Paging Danny "The Count" from the History Channel shows.

[Arm_Bears]

Fools and their money . . .

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

A “rare” Bentley would be something like a 4.5 litre LeMans car. This Bentley is just a modern piece of bling bling.

[svcw]

What a waste of two nice cars.

[Frank_2001]

“Fools and their money . . .”

Elect Democrats;)

[RexBeach]

But how do “fools” get the money in the first place?

[ConorMacNessa]

You mean like this?



Bentley 4.5 Litre 'Blower' Le Mans Tourer



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[cripplecreek]

I'd rather have an Aston Martin.

[stephenjohnbanker]

That poor Bentley....

[prairie dog]

“Beemer” is a post-1980s, bastardized, yuppie nickname for BMW. The only acceptable appellations are BMW, the more Teutonic Bay-Em-Vay, (<—note the Oxford comma) or as they were known as in the ‘60s-’70s, Bimmers.

[az_gila]

There is only one classic Bentley, isn't there?

It would look better with Emma in the other seat...:^)

[Moltke]

I thought the Beemer/Bimmer distinction was car vs. motorcycle? (As I seem to remember from auto and bike magazine lore.)

[Moltke]

The slightly injured driver of the Bentley, Joel Antoine, 48, of Brooklyn, told cops his beloved 2007 black convertible, worth about $200,000 when new, had been a law-school graduation gift from his parents, a source said.

I can see how the parents must've been thrilled when the son finally graduated at age 43+!

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

NOW you're talkin'. About the only car I'd rather have than a blower Bentley would be a D-Type.