# Story behind the failboat.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/story-behind-the-failboat/44218>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [February 29, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/story-behind-the-failboat/44218 "2008-02-29T14:48:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/story-behind-the-failboat/44218/21 "2008-03-01T16:35:36Z")

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Good read. Those guys are characters that’s for sure.

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**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/story-behind-the-failboat/44218/22 "2008-03-01T16:40:20Z")

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> [@Violator](#):
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> I cant think of anything being affected other then fluids…which is still trivial.
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> You can thank the “litigation happy” people of the US and the **IDIOT** legal system that allows it for the loss of all those cars.
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> Couple of good lawsuits would have cost Mazda more then the load.

true

i can picture someone driving drunk, smashing into something sideways, then sueing Mazda because it turns out their car was off that ship, and obviously the FRONT airbags didn’t go off in a SIDE impact because the car was tilted for 2 weeks, lol

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/story-behind-the-failboat/44218/23 "2008-03-01T17:56:09Z")

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I dunno. A lot of cars were submerged. A lot leaked fluids. Evaluating \>4,000 cars to deem which were fit for sale as new vehicles is a fucking huge task. I’m sure they weren’t shipped uninsured.

The economics just weren’t there.

Add in that they were destined for sue happy America and it becomes a no brainer.

Chop em up and write em off.

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**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/story-behind-the-failboat/44218/24 "2008-03-02T12:48:22Z")

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This story belongs in the all that is man thread. I can smell the BBQ sauce form here after reading that.

> He once scaled a 2,300-foot frozen waterfall and recalls with fondness summiting a notoriously difficult peak in the Canadian Rockies. On the way down, he was attacked by a wolf. The faded scar makes him chuckle.

Beefy.

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**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/story-behind-the-failboat/44218/25 "2008-03-13T17:52:40Z")

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Bump for excessive manliness.

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