did you guys see this? car container ship sinking in English Channel(LAC)

[Dan DiBiase]

Henry A Harper III <hah at alumni.rice.edu> wrote:  
> There was some discussion on the Alfa digest about the cargo ship that
> sank in the English channel and one of the digesters posted some
> incredible photos. I realize this is not Audi related (the poor cars look
> to be mostly Volvos), but the photos were so incredible I thought I'd
> share the link:
>
> http://www.havenarbeiders.be/fototricolor.htm
>
> I feel so lame; this was the first I'd heard about the ship disaster.

I had heard about the wreck previously, but when I looked at the salvage
pictures I immediately wanted to know how the ship was cut into such neat
slices, right through the engines, bulkheads, etc. Apparently there is a
system involving diamond-encrusted wire for such tasks, also used on the
Kursk for instance. Very interesting.

Yeah,  there is a picture of the cable they use about halfway down. I believe  this happened in late 2002/early 2003, and just after Volvo had  introduced the XC90 in the US. It apparently messed up their supply of  cars for quite a while. Dealers were charging ridiculous prices until  they got more cars.
  
  Dan D
  '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
  Central NJ USA