Caught on Camera: Man Sinks Boujee Range Rover While Trying to Impress Bystanders

Caught on Camera: Man Sinks Boujee Range Rover While Trying to Impress Bystanders

  • A man thought it was a good idea to race his luxury whip up and down the beach... until it landed in the water
  • A social media user shared clips of what happened to the Range Rover, showing the catastrophic ending
  • Some felt sorry for the driver while others felt he got what was coming to him after pulling a risky stunt like that

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The silly season has some people doing questionable things. This man learnt his lesson quickly after his Range Rover went for an unintended dip in the ocean.

Range Rover, Richards Bay, beach, sea, video
A man thought he was clever racing his Range Rover up and down the shoreline until he went for a swim with his boujee whip. Image via Facebook @Smindlo Lo Ophushayo
Source: Facebook

Everyone has heard a Lambo owner rev their engine ridiculously loud at a stop street or a Ferrari owner takes off like a jet just to impress, but never have you seen a Range Rover galloping across the shoreline like a majestic stallion… have you?!

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Facebook user Smindlo Lo Ophushayo shared two clips of a man racing his expensive Range Rover up and down a beach in Richards Bay. Showing a ‘How it started vs how it ended’ side-by-side, Smindlo showed the luxury whip taking a swim… we can only imagine how the owner was feeling.

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People react to the jaw-dropping clips

Seeing the videos, many were left speechless. Some feel it serves the man right for trying to show off while others cringed at the sight of their dream car being destroyed by salty sea water!

@Chris Van Heerden:

“And the insurance gets this video and they don't pay nice, love it.”

@RW Meyer:

“I hope the recovery costs him dearly... make him famous... also broke many by-laws.”

@Sbusiso SandLink:

“Maybe he saw this on a TV commercial and believed it.”

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@Sibusisiwe Ngcobo

“They had fun, shame. And that outweighs the damage and embarrassment! This too shall come to pass.”

Range Rover seen buying R125 fuel at a filling station, gets teased mercilessly

In other news, a netizen got many talking as he took to social media to share an encounter he had that involved a Range Rover user, reported Briefly News.

In the Twitter post sighted by Briefly News, @KwabenaWann shared that he just saw someone who rides a range rover buying fuel for as low as R125.00 (Ghc50) and had their front and back windows rolled down.

"My first time seeing someone buying 50cedis fuel for Range Rover. The man rolls front & back windows down."

Many who saw the tweet seemed very intrigued and surprised about it. The post at the time of this publication has close to 1,400 likes, and more than 200 retweets with over 30 comments.

Source: Briefly News

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Denika Herbst (Editor) Denika Herbst is a Human Interest writer at Briefly News. She is also an Industrial Sociologist with a master's degree in Industrial Organisational and Labour Studies from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, which she completed in 2020. She is now a PhD candidate at UKZN. Denika has over five years of experience writing for Briefly News (joined in 2018), and a short time writing for The South African. You can reach her via: denika.herbst@briefly.co.za.