Hired Yaris rolls at Bedford 17th feb??
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Hankscorpio said:
Spotted on another forum, anyone here know the full story...?
another_forum said:
when my mate ran over he was trying to squeeze through the window and the first thing he said was 'oh crap my wife's gonna kill me we only hired the car for a weekend!!'
I was three cars behind the Yaris - the wheels were still spinning as I passed. The incident was at the chichane (piff-paff?) at the end of the long back straight of the GT circuit. It looked like he went wide after taking the chichane and rolled, probably after sliding off the track and digging into the soft run-off area.
Didn't get to see the car, or driver, afterwards, but we were told the driver was ok. Someone said driver was a 19 year old in a hired Yaris.
Which forum did you pick this up from?
Yes, it did happen
When we arrived, this blue Yaris and a spanking new white Exige was parked up. I got chatting to the exige owner, and then met the Yaris driver in the briefing room. All four of us got chatting and that was when he annouced it was a hired car!! According to him, the Yaris was the 2nd hire car as the initial Micra "blew up" (his words not mine) within the 1st hour of collection. He then started to tell us how he raced his mates along the dual carriageway, hand braking turns around the r/abouts etc..The alarm bells was loud and clear for all to hear at this point, and I pulled my mate over (first timer on track), and told him to avoid this guy. Endured 10 painful mins of his driving antics in the streets of Manchester (probably in stolen cars I guess! LOL) before I made my excuse and went outside for a ciggie.
After briefing, we went out on practise laps following the lead instructor car @ max 60mph so we can get familiar with the track. The Yaris was about 4-5 cars ahead of me during practise, and then I could see it was all over the track with wheel screeching at every corner. The proper session started as soon as practise finished, but I parked up and went for a coffee. I always avoid the very first session (too manic for my liking), plus the track was still dampish. Around 10 min into session, saw the pick up truck bomb down the pits with siren blaring / lights flashing. Saw the red flag being waved around the track and all the cars piled back into the pits. Spoke to the Exige driver who just came in, and was told the Yaris had rolled on it's roof, and the driver was seen crawling out of the car on his hands and knees.....
Credit to the track organiser who cleared up the mess in 20 mins and everyone was able to continue as normal. And the Yaris driver? I was just glad he wasn't sharing the same track as me for the rest of the day.
When we arrived, this blue Yaris and a spanking new white Exige was parked up. I got chatting to the exige owner, and then met the Yaris driver in the briefing room. All four of us got chatting and that was when he annouced it was a hired car!! According to him, the Yaris was the 2nd hire car as the initial Micra "blew up" (his words not mine) within the 1st hour of collection. He then started to tell us how he raced his mates along the dual carriageway, hand braking turns around the r/abouts etc..The alarm bells was loud and clear for all to hear at this point, and I pulled my mate over (first timer on track), and told him to avoid this guy. Endured 10 painful mins of his driving antics in the streets of Manchester (probably in stolen cars I guess! LOL) before I made my excuse and went outside for a ciggie.
After briefing, we went out on practise laps following the lead instructor car @ max 60mph so we can get familiar with the track. The Yaris was about 4-5 cars ahead of me during practise, and then I could see it was all over the track with wheel screeching at every corner. The proper session started as soon as practise finished, but I parked up and went for a coffee. I always avoid the very first session (too manic for my liking), plus the track was still dampish. Around 10 min into session, saw the pick up truck bomb down the pits with siren blaring / lights flashing. Saw the red flag being waved around the track and all the cars piled back into the pits. Spoke to the Exige driver who just came in, and was told the Yaris had rolled on it's roof, and the driver was seen crawling out of the car on his hands and knees.....
Credit to the track organiser who cleared up the mess in 20 mins and everyone was able to continue as normal. And the Yaris driver? I was just glad he wasn't sharing the same track as me for the rest of the day.
i was there and turned up just after it happened...
he rolled it on the tarmac..it didnt even clip a curb apparently..just shit handling and poor centre of gravity. It did roll, but only onto its roof and bonnet...it didnt tumble.
I was chatting to the organiser (simon?) who said they would warn anyone bringing a car like that (mini hatches or mpv-ish type cars) to take it easy.
Funny thing is the car was completely fine to drive.. He drove home straight after.
I imagine he will have to make up some great story to the hire car company. Luckily for him it happened at the beginning of the day so they wont get suspicious of knackered tyres.
he rolled it on the tarmac..it didnt even clip a curb apparently..just shit handling and poor centre of gravity. It did roll, but only onto its roof and bonnet...it didnt tumble.
I was chatting to the organiser (simon?) who said they would warn anyone bringing a car like that (mini hatches or mpv-ish type cars) to take it easy.
Funny thing is the car was completely fine to drive.. He drove home straight after.
I imagine he will have to make up some great story to the hire car company. Luckily for him it happened at the beginning of the day so they wont get suspicious of knackered tyres.
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