Porsche crashes into Lena's Cafe, West Hampstead

[Bodo]

About 20 firefighters helped release the woman, who was treated for non life-threatening injuries. A second woman was treated for minor injuries. Both were taken to hospital.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-38693108

Looks like an early 911.

[steveT350C]

A 996 in a very similar position 18 months ago in my home town.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he...

[dave87]

If they had learned anything from Gone in 60 Seconds they would know they were supposed to drive out through the window, not in!

[kev1974]

20 firefighters helped to release the driver? From the pic it looks like it barely broke the glass window! What did the other 19 do after one of them opened the car door.

[ellroy]

20 firefighters were on hand to eat as many bacon sarnies as the cafe owner could provide is probably more accurate.

[Deptford Draylons]

That does look a viciously sharp bend for an early 911 to tackle, on what was probably a damp road, without oversteering into the scenery.

[essayer]

steveT350C said:

A 996 in a very similar position 18 months ago in my home town.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he...

I remember someone doing exactly the same thing at the hairdresser next door! What is it with those parking spaces?

[Hugo a Gogo]

911 never forget

[FourWheelDrift]

kev1974 said:

20 firefighters helped to release the driver? From the pic it looks like it barely broke the glass window! What did the other 19 do after one of them opened the car door.

Perhaps she was fit?



On a side note, how does one crash into a cafe on a straight road in what I would presume to be a manual Porsche, so not a doddery old fool automatic foot slip accident while parking. Phone distraction, make-up, avoiding a herd of Wildebeest?

[TVR1]

I crash a bit more than my Porsche into Lenas Cafe....


https://youtu.be/IRgp-7Q4alU

[Dogwatch]

"The driver stopped at the scene".

So not a drive-through then.

[Ayahuasca]

Hugo a Gogo said:

911 never forget

Except it was a 912

[Hugo a Gogo]

Ayahuasca said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

911 never forget

Except it was a 912

D'oh!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

steveT350C said:

A 996 in a very similar position 18 months ago in my home town.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he...

Here's the same woman who crashed into Café Nero in GX almost crashing into Waitrose in GX a few months earlier!!

[jeff m2]

Ayahuasca said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

911 never forget

Except it was a 912

Interested why you think it's a 912,
Was there another new item.

Early 911s are much easier to crash (due to the fuel shut solenoid)

[Bodo]

jeff m2 said:

Ayahuasca said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

911 never forget

Except it was a 912

Interested why you think it's a 912,
Was there another new item.

Early 911s are much easier to crash (due to the fuel shut solenoid)

[alfaman]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Here's the same woman who crashed into Café Nero in GX almost crashing into Waitrose in GX a few months earlier!!

[GX was my home town in UK] .. how on earth did she end up inside Nero's .. selected wrong gear after parking in one of the bays in front ?! bizarre

[anonymous-user]

Deptford Draylons said:

That does look a viciously sharp bend for an early 911 to tackle, on what was probably a damp road, without oversteering into the scenery.

More likely fixing her hair or putting her lipstick on.......

[TwigtheWonderkid]

alfaman said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Here's the same woman who crashed into Café Nero in GX almost crashing into Waitrose in GX a few months earlier!!

[GX was my home town in UK] .. how on earth did she end up inside Nero's .. selected wrong gear after parking in one of the bays in front ?! bizarre

I was in Neros at the time, thankfully in the loo, having been sitting outside 45 secs earlier. Car was a triptronic, appears she was parking in the diagonal bay and hit the wrong peddle.

See the thread that was running on it at the time.