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Old Feb 3, 2006 | 09:10 PM
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I guess it shouldn't be that funny- since the Oregon taxpayers are going to foot the bill, but this story surfaced again in Salem, Oregon. A guy in his '72 Ford was being chased through the streets of Salem, Oregon. He drives his '72 Ford pickup through the Marion County Courthouse building- causing....get this....$10 million in damage.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2006 | 09:43 PM
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hell yeah, lets see you try that in a 2002 ford and see how far you get.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2006 | 09:46 PM
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what costs 10 million dollars about it??? thats my question!!! a really feel a court house shouldn't ever costs that much total to build anyways. but i would love to see the damage!!!
 
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Old Feb 3, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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Truck looks in pretty good shape. Took out a few support columns, set part of the building on fire.
 

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Old Feb 3, 2006 | 11:51 PM
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by jimbo beam
hell yeah, lets see you try that in a 2002 ford and see how far you get.
You would be quite surprised...
 
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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Must have had a farm bumper on the thing. I still do not see how you could cause that much damage without burning the building down.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbo beam
hell yeah, lets see you try that in a 2002 ford and see how far you get.
You'd be surprised. A few years back I was driving my '99 F-150, hit a patch of black ice and took out a powerpole.
I skidded through the ditch, bottomed out the suspension going up the bank and broke the pole in half. All I had to my truck for damage was a folded up bumper (mostly the lower half with the fog lights due to bottoming-out going up the bank), a crack in the upper righthand corner of my grille and a little chip on the very front of the driver's side fender. Thats what I would call, "Built Ford Tough".
 
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Octane
You'd be surprised. A few years back I was driving my '99 F-150, hit a patch of black ice and took out a powerpole.
I skidded through the ditch, bottomed out the suspension going up the bank and broke the pole in half. All I had to my truck for damage was a folded up bumper (mostly the lower half with the fog lights due to bottoming-out going up the bank), a crack in the upper righthand corner of my grille and a little chip on the very front of the driver's side fender. Thats what I would call, "Built Ford Tough".
How much did the power pole cost???
 
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 12:11 AM
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If the State of Oregon is involved, probably about $100,000.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by bf250
what costs 10 million dollars about it??? thats my question!!! a really feel a court house shouldn't ever costs that much total to build anyways. but i would love to see the damage!!!
in the article, they said after crashing into the courthouse, he got out of the truck and started several fires around the building that caused substantial damage
 
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 09:05 AM
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Sounds like whoever came up with the ten mil figure was taking the opportunity to work over the legislature for some super plush new offices!
 
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 09:47 AM
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How much did the power pole cost???
$2500. The insurance paid for it.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 12:16 PM
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9,997,000 dollars damage to tax payers, for lawyers fees defending him. 3000 for building damage
 
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 12:27 PM
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a few years ago a local company built new office building that only cost 13 million and houses a couple thousand peoples officers including hte CEOs rather plush office, sounds to me like this is the typical govermental waste of money. Someone needs to go find out how many of those DOD $800 toilet seats they are actually installing.
 
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