Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 03:47:04 GMT From: "Harry Davis" <harryedavisnopsami.com> Subject: Re: Waterlogged SAABs, or, the Tricolor Adventure
I doubt the OnStar would have tried to contact the operators. None of them had been activated. That is done at time of delivery. "KRBEsq" <KRBEsq_membernopsamguy.com> wrote in message news:av2mo201rhrnopsamnewsguy.com... > Anyone else notice the story on the freighter full of SAABs and other lesser > automobiles that is stuck in the English Channel? > http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/12/16/channel.wreck/index.html > > Boy, talk about flooded. > > Now I'm curious, were these destined for the US market, and if so, did the > OnStar system try to connect when the ship went "bump." The ship kippered onto > its side, and apparently remains in that position. > > Of course they wouldn't be able to connect from inside the hull, and a continent > away. It would be fun to imagine the expression on several OnStar attendants > faces when they simultaneously hear water rushing into different vehicles. > > Now, on a serious side. Is someone going to get this ship outa there, and if > so, what's going to happen to all the cars on board. I suppose with all the > modern day electronics on board, it would be hard to properly salvage these. > > Kinda remind me of the Alfa with electronic dashboard that did the U-boat thing > during a certain un-named car club's Ice Racing day when it was just a wee bit > too warm. (I stayed home that day for good reason.) > > Looks like the cars were headed for the UK. > http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/12/15/channel.wreck/index.html > And the Beeb version of the story. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2575009.stm >