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anyone recall hearing about a fella that drove his explorer through the windows of a FORD dealership in south florida? anyone know what dealership it was?

I heard it on the 7 AM news this morning  they said he poured gasoline on it and set it on fire......but I did not catch the dealerships name

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7002271765

Sweet :D

thats just crazy!!!

hey that was me. ;D
just kidding, i would never buy a ford. ;D

18 years in the car buissiness and this is not the first time this has happend!! Crazy people going postal, must be something in the water :o

METRO FORD

Not something in the water, something wrong with our judicial system. If we would punish people for their actions the crime rate in the USA would drop.

Agreed!!! If they would make the punnishment unthinkable, mayby the crime would become unthinkable.

Only in Miami  :-\

This guy does a million dollars in damage and gets out on a $1500 bond, something is wrong with that picture.

 he was drinking CUBAN COFEE :o

its his way of :

"STICKEN IT TO THE MAN" ;)

Wonder what he is gonna do when they mail him the Payment book on that burnt up Ford?..LOL

I agree, some of the death row inmates say it's cruel and inhumane treatment to end their time on earth, after they took one or more lives themself. Others stay there for years at our expense. Punishment should be a lot more harsh, the only way to slow it at all in my book.

he was a supervisor with the city of North Miami Beach.  Police?

Wow. 2:L 2:L

LOL :D

Ford of North Miami Beach, not Metro Ford. He should have bought from Saturn or Carmax, if he didn't want to pay more than the next guy did.

I hear Ford is at odds again courting the homo community.  Perhaps this is just this guy's way to flame Ford >:(  :M 2:L

thtop it you thilly thailor.  :D

mike, you are looking at the wrong pictures again, now quit it and find a good one!  :R 2:L

 ;)

If it was in N. Miami Bch., it was most likely Friendly Ford.

It was Metro Ford and he burned a brand new Ford GT. That a**hole. Im a ford guy and it hurts to see that.

That Ford GT must be at a discounted price !   Heck ... I'll pay 50k for a chard up GT.   

Thats tru.

I dont know about every dealership Maybe Yunt2 can chime in also but the damage to these vehicles may seem superficial but  The dealership has a deductable for each one that is damaged to pay. the deductable can be somewhere along the lines of $10,000 per vehicle. not to mention what it could be on the GT alone. so that dealer is in for a good chunk of change.

I cannot comment on any of that Chuck becasue I'm not sure if the deductible would be per vehicle or per incident and I'm not sure what ours is. I would think the deductible would be per incident.

That is the craziest part of this story-think they'll ever see this guy again??

Can I get a big HELL NO!

ours is actually per vehicle.  ???

Karma....It can be a b#$ch!!! :T


DENVER - A man hanged himself in an airplane lavatory days after being arrested for allegedly driving his new car through a dealership's showroom and setting a nearly $1 million fire, authorities said Thursday.


A United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles was diverted to Denver after Gerald Georgettis' body was found. The Denver medical examiner ruled the death a suicide.

Denver police Detective Virginia Lopez said no other passengers were ever in danger.

In Miami, Georgettis, 56, was accused of driving his new Ford Escape through the Metro Ford dealership's showroom on Saturday before pouring gasoline on it and lighting it. Miami-Dade County police have said he was upset about how much he paid for his car.

Fire officials said the blaze burned about a dozen cars, including a $150,000 limited-edition 2006 Ford GT.

Georgettis was charged with arson and felony criminal mischief and released Sunday on $1,500 bond.

i guess he got the bill......... ;D

Not him! killed himself on the plane going to LA. Found hung in the bathroom.

He is no longer with us.

Had a cousin that worked in a large electronics store. He saw a rather large man lurking around the show room. Then the guy walked up to the largest big screen TV in the place, pulls out a hammer and smashes the screen. Then he ran away.

If you can't pay the bills, Don't Buy the TOYS!!!!!

Teej

or just get on a plane and hang yourself in the bathroom............... ;D

do you have a link to that second "article"?  ::)

Link: http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_040112131.html