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https://x.com/ListerLawrence/status/1880010295281918304

That's not going to polish out.

In with a specialist for some work? So possibly not even the owner who crashed it

Edit- looking at the covers in the seats it probably wasn’t the owner of the car driving it

That’ll be a difficult conversation with the owner and their insurer

Something tells me that specialist will be reopening in 6 months with a slightly different name.

Dangerous RWD strikes again.

jamcg wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 7:45 am In with a specialist for some work? So possibly not even the owner who crashed it

Edit- looking at the covers in the seats it probably wasn’t the owner of the car driving it

That’ll be a difficult conversation with the owner and their insurer

It was a tech who was driving it. Well, I say driving....

jamcg wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 7:45 am That’ll be a difficult conversation with the owner and their insurer

I wonder what the premium is for a specialist to insure their tech's to drive multi Million pound cars ??

Edit - I remember Evo were quoted £20k to cover just the excess for 1 hour testing a Lister on a closed track so God knows what blanket coverage for multiple people on Public Roads would be ???

Shame.

Perils of being a tech/specialist for ultra-high-performance vehicles.

That’s why I do my own oil changes.

dinny_g wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:09 am

jamcg wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 7:45 am That’ll be a difficult conversation with the owner and their insurer

I wonder what the premium is for a specialist to insure their tech's to drive multi Million pound cars ??

Edit - I remember Evo were quoted £20k to cover just the excess for 1 hour testing a Lister on a closed track so God knows what blanket coverage for multiple people on Public Roads would be ???

When I was involved in the trade the insurance was fairly reasonable, but carried a large excess. £20k on anything under £250k and £40k on anything over I seem to remember.
I had the fun task of calling a client one evening when a tech wrote off his highly modified Ford GT on the Hammersmith flyover - It cost me a sale on the Ford and a sale on an F40...
He wasn't happy, but it did save him the hassle of selling it (I was bringing it in to sell to the F40 owner) and the insurance paid out more than I was gojng to give him for it!

Ultimately, all 4 wheels are ‘mostly’ still attached. They are far too valuable to write off so it’ll get repaired.

Zonda_ wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:01 am Ultimately, all 4 wheels are ‘mostly’ still attached. They are far too valuable to write off so it’ll get repaired.

That. Not like it's a carbon tub.

A Cossie owner I knew was in the river counting concours cossie club. His friend sent his Moonstone blue 3 door with about 1500 miles on to a specialist as the foam spoiler extension had degraded and he had a NOS one to replace it with.
He rolled it out of his enclosed trailer to collect it a few days later.
Within the hour a painter decided it needed a run up the road, 20 year old original tyres and straight in a fenland dyke. Writeoff as the shell was done.

Imagine the worth of that today.

Dave!

Zonda_ wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:01 am Ultimately, all 4 wheels are ‘mostly’ still attached. They are far too valuable to write off so it’ll get repaired.

Soon on YouTube:

"Repairing a WRECKED Ferrari 40! Will this be the BIGGEST mistake of my life?" *Insert overlaid shocked face*

Matty wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 1:04 pm

Zonda_ wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:01 am Ultimately, all 4 wheels are ‘mostly’ still attached. They are far too valuable to write off so it’ll get repaired.

Soon on YouTube:

"Repairing a WRECKED Ferrari 40! Will this be the BIGGEST mistake of my life?" *Insert overlaid shocked face*

Yep, Ratarossa has been after one for a while…

https://x.com/DabOf0ppo/status/18802558 ... CPG9Q&s=09

Classic.

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.

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.

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.

Full Mustang

I saw a potato video of it on Instagram. Driver floored it on a damp road and it shot off sideways off the road and flipped.
Predictable really.

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.

Yeah I've been slithering up slip roads the last couple of evenings while not really trying to, a lot more so than usual with my ham fisted, er, feet - there's been a lot of salt on the roads, and certainly around here, no real rain to wash it away - it's ludicrously greasy out.