Anyone who has bought their own car will know the excitement and adrenaline that surges through your body once the purchase is complete.
Freedom, a road to anywhere and an ability to go wherever you wish (so long as your petrol can take you). It's a wonderful time, although there's always that chance of a write off somewhere along the way.
Because of the excitement, and the fact that every man who passes his driving test thinks he's a better driver than Jackie Stewart, the idea of crashing is never really on the radar. But it always happens when you least expect it.
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Even Jeremy Clarkson, one of the most famous petrol heads in the world, managed to crash his parents' Audi no more than 36 hours after passing his test, leaving it in a field of sheep.
However, this engineer's crash is much more devastating than that.
The unnamed man was taking a brand new, hand-built Morgan for a spin, but went on to crash it a mile away from the factory.
The £85,000 motor was left with its front left wheel hanging off, and half of the front end clinging on for dear life.
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Apparently, the driver veered off the road in the Aero 8, crashing into a driveway and a parked camper van while Will Jones, the owner, sat inside his home in Malvern, Worcestershire.
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"I couldn't believe it. This mechanic came to my window about 10 minutes after I heard the bang to apologise," Will explained. "He said they were doing tests on a new car on the test track when they noticed a funny noise coming from the rear. Their test driver had taken it onto the road and somehow it had smashed into my drive."
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Harnessing the power of a 4.8 litre V8 engine, producing 367 break horse power, cracking out a modest top speed of 170mph, the motor was taken out on public roads. Will claims that the crash was so severe that it completely put his camper van out of action, disrupting his family holiday.
"We were planning to go to Hadrian's Wall," he said. "My daughter is home educated and it was a history trip. But I don't know what we will do now. The insurance people think it's a write-off. It hammered into the van.
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"Pieces of stone from the wall were thrown about three metres. It would have gone into our house if the van wasn't there.
"My wife and I are both self-employed and holidays are a big deal. We saved up for two years to buy our van and now it's ruined. I'm a bit annoyed."
Luckily no one was hurt during the incident, although the driver of the Morgan was understandably quite shocked and very apologetic.
Morgan has said that it's already investigating what happened.
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