Okay, who crashed their car last night?
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carphotographer said:
The story made the Metro paper.
I know that stretch of road and just don't understand how he got it so wrong, the road is well lit, 40 mph, and straight.
The brick wall was only rebuilt last year.
Yes there were mentions in the FB comments about the wall being rebuilt. I don't do that road more than a few times a year, so I can't say I'd noticed it damaged previously.I know that stretch of road and just don't understand how he got it so wrong, the road is well lit, 40 mph, and straight.
The brick wall was only rebuilt last year.
As for how it happened - powerful car and lack of experience can be a dangerous mix. Especially if showing off to girlfriend. However on more than one occasion I've known the Thorpe Park roundabout to be incredibly slippery presumably due to spilled diesel. Perhaps diesel on road plus sudden burst of throttle caused an uncontrollable slide.
LunarOne said:
carphotographer said:
The story made the Metro paper.
I know that stretch of road and just don't understand how he got it so wrong, the road is well lit, 40 mph, and straight.
The brick wall was only rebuilt last year.
Yes there were mentions in the FB comments about the wall being rebuilt. I don't do that road more than a few times a year, so I can't say I'd noticed it damaged previously.I know that stretch of road and just don't understand how he got it so wrong, the road is well lit, 40 mph, and straight.
The brick wall was only rebuilt last year.
As for how it happened - powerful car and lack of experience can be a dangerous mix. Especially if showing off to girlfriend. However on more than one occasion I've known the Thorpe Park roundabout to be incredibly slippery presumably due to spilled diesel. Perhaps diesel on road plus sudden burst of throttle caused an uncontrollable slide.
PistonGuy66 said:
You dont drive a powerful car, so how can you comment about that?
You may not consider my car powerful, but many people would. And it has plenty enough power to get an inexperienced driver into trouble fast. I've also driven cars much more powerful than the ones I own, including ones with a variety of animals on their badges. That's how. PistonGuy66 said:
The guy or girl could have been on there own and someone pulled out on them? Just because its a sports car doesnt mean they were driving like a cock??
Quite. I had a taxi driver pull out of a side road as I was about the pass them at 50mph. People arriving at the scene of the ensuing accident assumed that because I was driving a sports car, I must have been at fault. The police investigation proved otherwise. In the case of this Maclaren driver, I never claimed he was driving like a cock. As I clearly noted, that road is sometimes contaminated with diesel, although I haven't seen that at the crash site. The police have also inferred that it was a single vehicle accident.LunarOne said:
Quite. I had a taxi driver pull out of a side road as I was about the pass them at 50mph. People arriving at the scene of the ensuing accident assumed that because I was driving a sports car, I must have been at fault. The police investigation proved otherwise. In the case of this Maclaren driver, I never claimed he was driving like a cock. As I clearly noted, that road is sometimes contaminated with diesel, although I haven't seen that at the crash site. The police have also inferred that it was a single vehicle accident.
No need to defend what you said Lunar, that was unnecessarily touchy from PH66. It’s why threads go down the pan so Quickly on here. I've got a small piece of blue plastic collected from just up the road on the Chertsey island. It came off a blue Bugatti Veyron that had been crashed there a couple of years back.
Story I'd heard was that it had been delivered that day and the owners younger brother thought he'd take it for a quick spin before his 'bro got back from work.
There were lots of bits to choose from ............
Story I'd heard was that it had been delivered that day and the owners younger brother thought he'd take it for a quick spin before his 'bro got back from work.
There were lots of bits to choose from ............
I find it unbelievable that we give 650PS potential lethal weapons to people who lack high performance experience. Fine they have TC and DSG but two rubber contact patches 305 section trying to put down all that 650PS with a bit of coolant, diesel, standing water etc = disaster. Insurance pay out probably a blessing in disguise and hopefully nothing but their feelings hurt.
David W. said:
LunarOne said:
Quite. I had a taxi driver pull out of a side road as I was about the pass them at 50mph. People arriving at the scene of the ensuing accident assumed that because I was driving a sports car, I must have been at fault. The police investigation proved otherwise. In the case of this Maclaren driver, I never claimed he was driving like a cock. As I clearly noted, that road is sometimes contaminated with diesel, although I haven't seen that at the crash site. The police have also inferred that it was a single vehicle accident.
No need to defend what you said Lunar, that was unnecessarily touchy from PH66. It’s why threads go down the pan so Quickly on here. Perhaps a little unfair to comment about the drivers experience or lack of. We don't know what happened. Many years ago, I spun my Boxster on a roundabout at a fairly average speed. It was instant and I was just a passenger, thankfully it was in the dead of night and nobody else was around. I guessed it was a diesel spillage but any onlooker might have thought, 'maniac in a sports car!'
PistonGuy66 said:
David W. said:
LunarOne said:
Quite. I had a taxi driver pull out of a side road as I was about the pass them at 50mph. People arriving at the scene of the ensuing accident assumed that because I was driving a sports car, I must have been at fault. The police investigation proved otherwise. In the case of this Maclaren driver, I never claimed he was driving like a cock. As I clearly noted, that road is sometimes contaminated with diesel, although I haven't seen that at the crash site. The police have also inferred that it was a single vehicle accident.
No need to defend what you said Lunar, that was unnecessarily touchy from PH66. It’s why threads go down the pan so Quickly on here. 
k it upHowever, we have no idea what caused the accident in question
Must say that I'm very surprised to have been jumped on just for a bit of harmless speculation and also suggesting that a diesel spill might have been a factor. But then it was only one poster - everyone else seems quite reasonable. I'm going to assume he was just having a bad day, and not the other things I thought about him after his childish "how would you know" comment.
DarthtaterM16 said:
Love how every thread descends into a bh fest within minutes 
To be fair this it’s quite distasteful to post on someone’s misfortune so not that surprising. h fest within minutes Accidents happen everyday so to pick up and make the effort to post on this one smacks of SPS.
I just hope whoever was involved is okay under the circumstances.
timbo999 said:
I thought it was an amusingly ill informed comment, as he obviously checked out your profile but missed the fact you own (and presumably ride) a fast bike... and if anyone understands the connection between throttle and rear tyre, its a biker!
It's not a fast bike by bike standards, but it's still fast by car standards - and yes, smooth throttle and avoiding diesel is key to survival on a bike!r o n n i e said:
DarthtaterM16 said:
Love how every thread descends into a bh fest within minutes
To be fair this it’s quite distasteful to post on someone’s misfortune so not that surprising. h fest within minutes Accidents happen everyday so to pick up and make the effort to post on this one smacks of SPS.
I just hope whoever was involved is okay under the circumstances.
Hilarious how quickly it degenerated into an “I’ve driven faster cars than you” argument though.
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