First Casualty of the rain.... (F458 Marlow)

[Jonny_693]

snowy slopes said:

fk me, and i thought the stroen c4 was made out of beer cans, but that looks really really bad, like the front end just crumpled. I know they are meant to deform in an accident, but holy crap thats taking the biscuit. If i was ever lucky enough to own something like that, i would take exceptional care of it

What would you expect a car thats hit a steel barrier to look like?

Op, How did you take that photo without getting punched?

[CraigyMc]

Rocksteadyeddie said:

BenMk3 said:

Interesting to see how the passenger compartment still stayed intact though, at least now we know it's safe-ish

I'm not sure you can draw that conclusion without knowing how hard it hit.

Or what it hit.

If it hit a mars bar at 30mph and that was the result would you think it safe? OK, now, what if it hit a bollard at the same speed?

C

[traxx]

Which rental firm has a 458? is that the e25 car?

[Streetrod]

traxx said:

Which rental firm has a 458? is that the e25 car?

Damn, beat me too it, I was going to say the exact same thing. My understanding is that they are the only ones with a black one at the moment. They also have a red one.

And if I am not mistaken they only launched them at a party last week in London

So if they are not going up in flames then people are just throwing them into barriers.

Traxx you may want to lock yours away as it could become a collectors item soon

Edited by Streetrod on Thursday 12th August 21:41

[Frik]

Rocksteadyeddie said:

BenMk3 said:

Interesting to see how the passenger compartment still stayed intact though, at least now we know it's safe-ish

I'm not sure you can draw that conclusion without knowing how hard it hit.

That photo makes it look much more severe because of the angle. Side on it looked a lot better. Doubt it's even a write off.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

Streetrod said:

traxx said:

Which rental firm has a 458? is that the e25 car?

Damn, beat me too it, I was going to say the exact same thing. My understanding is that they are the only ones with a black one at the moment. They also have a red one.

And if I am not mistaken they only launched them at a party last week in London

So if they are not going up in flames then people are just throwing them into barriers.

Traxx you may want to lock yours away as it could become a collectors item soon

Edited by Streetrod on Thursday 12th August 21:41

Think the Ecurie car is red.

[Doniger]

_rubinho_ said:

Wycombe83 said:

I do know this junction, he must have been driving like a dick.

EFA

Agreed, I know the junction well too. Heart attack or similar incapacitating seizure aside, there really isn't any excuse for that crash there. Such a shame to see, the 458 is gorgeous

Edited by Doniger on Thursday 12th August 22:00

[bluesatin]

I live close by and the road can be very slippery with diesel etc and more so in the wet.

[zollburgers]

bluesatin said:

I live close by and the road can be very slippery with diesel etc and more so in the wet.

As can any road. Was there diesel there? I think a clue to this would be if there were other crashed cars present.

[Jonny671]

Plotloss said:

yinujim said:

Check out the beading

Glad I'm not the only sad bd who thought the same thing

[obscene]

Trying to show off for that bird and failed spectacularly? Must of been driving like a right spanner.

[HeavySoul]

Rocksteadyeddie said:

Streetrod said:

traxx said:

Which rental firm has a 458? is that the e25 car?

Damn, beat me too it, I was going to say the exact same thing. My understanding is that they are the only ones with a black one at the moment. They also have a red one.

And if I am not mistaken they only launched them at a party last week in London

So if they are not going up in flames then people are just throwing them into barriers.

Traxx you may want to lock yours away as it could become a collectors item soon

Edited by Streetrod on Thursday 12th August 21:41

Think the Ecurie car is red.

They also have a black one...

[Jonny671]

Re; Ecurie..



So is that a show plate they had on or has theirs got that plate on it, as crashed 458 is wearing MX10..

Edited by Jonny671 on Thursday 12th August 23:55

[HeavySoul]

Jonny671 said:

Re; Ecurie..



So is that a show plate they had on or has theirs got that plate on it, as crashed 458 is wearing MX10..

Edited by Jonny671 on Thursday 12th August 23:55

Doubt that is a showplate as doesn't seem to 'mean' anything.

Probably different cars in that case

[Jonny671]

HeavySoul said:

Jonny671 said:

Re; Ecurie..



So is that a show plate they had on or has theirs got that plate on it, as crashed 458 is wearing MX10..

Edited by Jonny671 on Thursday 12th August 23:55

Doubt that is a showplate as doesn't seem to 'mean' anything.

Probably different cars in that case

Watching the video on their website on the 458s the red one had on.. 'F458 RED'.

[Conor D]

e25 have a place in Belfast now too. It looks like the 458 might be from Northern Ireland.

[Jonny_693]

Certainly an Irish number.

[bdr529]

Jonny671 said:

Watching the video on their website on the 458s the red one had on.. 'F458 RED'.

Doesn't a PHer own a 458 with that plate on now?

[heebeegeetee]

nelly1 said:

It's just a lump of metal and plastic.

No one was hurt (apart from pride).

That's what you pay insurance for.

...and so on...

Still -

Would it be really harsh for me to say - well i wish he had got hurt?

It's a 10 reg 458, in urban England, and in a drop of rain he bins it.

Come on, he *deserves* pain.

[AndyFoo]

Funnily enough I didn't take the photo. It came up on FB after i drove past it and someone linked to a twitter feed of a guy who took it.

According to the friend who linked me, he stopped his car on the bridge, got out and took the photo. To which the woman replied with something nasty about why take a photo of a crashed car.