Someone had a bad day...

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Fuck :shock:

That’s crazy, if it had been a different road layout they could have just spun out and ended up with minimal damage. Instead, it was the perfect layout of kerb to kick the whole car up into the lamppost and total the thing. They didn’t even look like they were travelling very fast.
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Speed isn't the issue there, the guy that couldn't drive a nail into a piece of wood is :lol:
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Matty wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:15 pm I've just watched that about 10 times on loop and I still don't understand how it's possible to end up like that.
He needed an armful of oppo and only gave it half an arm. That's a pretty terrible error. :shock:
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dan wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:28 pm
integrale_evo wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:18 pm The roads are ridiculously slick at the moment
This is true.

I took a 320hp supercharged honda s1 for an mot today and it would spin the wheels at low speed and low rpm in 4th gear which surprised me. I managed to not write it off though, which was nice.
Not being able to drive the cars you build for a living would be something of a PR distaster though :lol:
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£ouch.
Dashcam from an accompanying car? Only a glimpse of binnacle top to guess by.

It wouldn't have happened to a 959.
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speedingfine wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:23 pm
integrale_evo wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:18 pm The roads are ridiculously slick at the moment, even my little fwd spam chariot has been struggling for traction and slipping about all over the place.

Old school lag, fat tyres, slippery roads, I bet it was no more than a brief spike of power and slight slither and an ‘oh shit’ jump off the throttle. Hey presto, full mustang into the hedge.
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Better quality version of the same footage

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Saw it’s supposed to be the highest mileage f40 in the world. If it needs a new windscreen it’s now worthless
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jamcg wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2025 10:12 am Saw it’s supposed to be the highest mileage f40 in the world. If it needs a new windscreen it’s now worthless
Yes!

With F40s, when they were current cars, loads of them had replacement front and rear shells for only minor knocks. I had an issue trying to shift one where a previous owner had left the receipts for these in the history file when it had gone to auction, so the internet declared it as worthless.
However, I got Ferrari round to give it a Classiche folder, which declared it a perfect car except for the aftermarket exhaust!
£330k in 2012 - I think it last sold for £1.2m in 2019!
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Barry wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:54 pm https://x.com/DabOf0ppo/status/18802558 ... CPG9Q&s=09

Classic.
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Explosive Newt wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2025 1:25 pm Image

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Images not working on iPhone, pasted links to view what they are. One of the most iconic bits of “the rock”

Fits perfectly :lol:
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:lol: Excellent work, Newt :D 8-)
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jamcg wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:47 pm Images not working on iPhone, pasted links to view what they are. One of the most iconic bits of “the rock”

Fits perfectly :lol:
Just had to do the same, thought the links were borked at first.

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And another one- this one belongs to Lando Norris, and as he wasn’t in the same country as the car at the time, it’s definitely not him driving it

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Blimey, they really are “lively” aren’t they!
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It’s funny it lets go in the same way.

Like a live axle with a loose lsd.
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There was a reason they stole the widowmaker tag from the 911 turbo :lol: later reclaimed by the 996 gt2!
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That one was over correction. The first one was not enough.
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