Filed under: SUVs, Euro, Safety, Mercedes-Benz
Geländewagen, Geländewagen, does whatever a Geländewagen does
The Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen, known contemporarily as the G-Class, is an incredibly capable vehicle. More than able to shuttle the kids to soccer practice and chaperon celebrities to night clubs, as it has been relegated to do in modern times. Climbing walls like Spiderman, however, might be where its capabilities meet their limits. Might be.
Somewhere in Eastern Europe (from what we can gather), someone bet someone else €10,000 that he couldn't park his M-B G230 on the roof of a building. Sound ridiculous? Well, the guy hooked up the truck's winch to a bracket atop the building and, as you can see from the pictures, just about made it. The winch gave out when he tried to turn the vehicle right-side-up to park the thing and that's when things went south. Check out the snapshots in the gallery below to see how far south.
[Source: Wrecked Exotics]
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JonnyRock 4:37PM (2/12/2008)
A fool and his Mercedes... are soon parted.
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Nick the Hammer 4:42PM (2/12/2008)
I seam to remember that jeep did this when it launched the Wk in '99 in NYC. Anyone have that clip?
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Nick the Hammer 4:43PM (2/12/2008)
Sorry WJ...SORRY GUYS!
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Dinger 4:44PM (2/12/2008)
Somebody watched "The Gods Must Be Crazy" one time too many.
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rar 4:45PM (2/12/2008)
I guess they don't have a Warn winch in Eastern Europe?
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triturbo 4:45PM (2/12/2008)
It seems to be in Bulgaria.
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Squiderman 4:46PM (2/12/2008)
I don't think it was a bet. If you look carefully the car sports the same decals as the building it tries to climb. In addition the car doesn't look in particularly good condition. My guess is that some local bank (judging by the name) had a PR campaign that didn't go as planned.
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MGBYG 4:51PM (2/12/2008)
Hey, I heard gravity was only a theory.
Darwin lives...
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Stéphane Dumas 5:05PM (2/12/2008)
I taught of the same thing about the movie moment in The God Must be crazy, thank goodness someone posted an exterpt on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-MR6omTN6Q the "stunt" in question begins at approximately 8:10 minutes
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Hank 5:26PM (2/12/2008)
EPIC FAIL.
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Jon 5:44PM (2/12/2008)
Don't you mean Murphy Lives?!
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MJL 5:47PM (2/12/2008)
Most amazing blog post title ever
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Jorge 5:50PM (2/12/2008)
Newton maybe??
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Chris 6:11PM (2/12/2008)
Could they have chosen a building with more curves on it? Buildings: 1, Cars: 0
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Xcountryflyer 6:21PM (2/12/2008)
Airbags!
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Jon 6:22PM (2/12/2008)
Damn, you beat me to it.
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IM 6:28PM (2/12/2008)
Yes, you are right. it's in town of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
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steveo391 8:10PM (2/12/2008)
looks to me like the frame that the pulley was hooked into snapped under the strain
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gnyd 9:46PM (2/12/2008)
Now, how to word that insurance claim......
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nagmashot 1:51AM (2/13/2008)
looks more like Greek
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