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Lara's curse...another bingle
Sydney Confidential

October 17, 2006 12:00


LARA Bingle was struck by the curse of her last name at the weekend after she was involved in yet another car bingle - her second this year.

While the TV star was not hurt in the accident, the loaned Mini convertible she was driving was - placing her freebie deal with the Canterbury car dealership in question.

The incident occurred in Bingle's stomping ground of Cronulla on Saturday, causing much concern at the car yard when the news of the prang broke.

"My boyfriend and I were at the dealership trying to test-drive a car when all of a sudden the guy we had been dealing with rushed out the door,'' a Confidential reader reported yesterday.

"We asked what the problem was and another sales assistant said, 'Lara Bingle's just smashed one of our demo cars'.''

Mini Canterbury's marketing manager Erik Bellendir initially claimed to know nothing about the bingle before saying he could neither confirm or deny it had occured.

But when asked if Bingle would be continuing to loan a vehicle free of charge, Bellendir said a decision was yet to be made.

"Nothing has been finalised - it's all open at the moment,'' he said.

Bingle's management yesterday claimed the 19-year-old model had not been at fault.

"She was coming out of a driveway and she got clipped by another car - it's just a scratch,'' Priscilla Leighton Clark said yesterday.

"The important thing is that everybody is fine.''

Bingle's second car bungle comes just six months after she crashed her Mini Cooper into a neighbour's parked Laser.

I hope she is nowhere near MDU on Sunday

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Good to see she's learning with the New Minis

maybe they should give her a few clubbies to practice in as well

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

lol thats harsh.

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

Al , kindly do not bait clubbie owners so blatently , you saw the drama's last time when we were having a light hearted debate about clubbies and roundies when some took it too much to heart . Any future posts like that one will have the clubbie or roundie comments deleted .

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And the author will be taken to room 101....!!

Go easy on him,
With thanks to '64mini', See what he drives

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Sir Namibian CAMEL of MONGOLIA !!!
Vrilen Snyson Racing: Finding us all a Vrilen
Asparagus: Experience the versatility

I'd let Bingle have a go at my mini .

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Sir Namibian CAMEL of MONGOLIA !!!
Vrilen Snyson Racing: Finding us all a Vrilen
Asparagus: Experience the versatility

i have both a roundie and clubbie im driving my clubbie more now because my roundie is broken down (AGAIN) but if the south aussies dont have a sense of humour tough

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

There is a fine line between joking and trolling. I enjoy a good clubby / roundy stoush as much as anybody, but its time to back off on the clubby bashing as its no longer in humour and now just baiting.

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One should never skimp on the zip ties.

yep its called Fishing line


quite appropriate as all they are doing is fishing for a Bite

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Well, if Bingle was going to bite .

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Sir Namibian CAMEL of MONGOLIA !!!
Vrilen Snyson Racing: Finding us all a Vrilen
Asparagus: Experience the versatility

gee the mod's seam to be taking things seriouse .....
it's just a joke guys dont get so highly strung .....
and btw they did get rid of the ugly on mini's when in australia where the mini buying public were alot more astute than the rest of the world they discontinued the round nose thank f u c k for that
makka

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Anonymous moderation means the agro that is built up towards the mods isn't aimed at an individual (fewer "Makk" attacks). Less stress for mods means less moderator "retirements".