How to drive a 918

[mollytherocker]

This owner has some skillz.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0KM4y_JsvPc

Edited by mollytherocker on Monday 27th July 18:51

[David Hype]

What a Jerk!

[V8KSN]

I don't understand how that happened.

Surely it was just a matter of hitting the brakes no?
It looked like he slowed down (before hitting those people) but then he just seemed to go at the same speed towards the kerb

Maybe he was wearing flip flops and his foot slipped!

[majordad]

Awfull driving, should be made do extra lessons. Wonder what year the car will appear on here for sale - one careful owner etc !

[Deadlift]

Drunk?

[Upnorthgt3]

Here's one closer to home - I was in the car behind this loon at the malton big breakfast a couple of years ago - how he didn't wipe out loads of people (and a police van.....) I don't know and I still don't get how he managed to get into this sort of trouble in a straight line on a dry day etc

http://youtu.be/raW7Q8rBAe8

[mollytherocker]

Another utter twonk. They walk amongst us.

[APOLO1]

V8KSN said:

I don't understand how that happened.

I do,cold CCBDs..

[Gandahar]

The roads were all dry as well. I've seen a lot of these video's now and there seems to be very little reactive car control once the event starts to happen. Perhaps it is the surprise factor, as Apolo says the cold ceramic brakes meant he just didn't have the mental capacity to work out the solution.

918 needs brake assist, and a robo driver for parties!

[Gandahar]

Female robo driver of course, ahem, not much metal used apart from some area's....

[V8KSN]

APOLO1 said:

V8KSN said:

I don't understand how that happened.

I do,cold CCBDs..

Yep! Didn't think of that.
I remember a 'moment' I had after I had just cleaned my car and the PCCB's were wet...

[belfry]

+ 1 cold ceramics

[APOLO1]

V8KSN said:

Yep! Didn't think of that.
I remember a 'moment' I had after I had just cleaned my car and the PCCB's were wet...

lot off power, torque from the off, and he would have had no braking from the e-motor, ie looks like below 60....

[isaldiri]

In all honesty I rather doubt cold ceramic brakes are an excuse for sheer idiocy.....

[APOLO1]

isaldiri said:

In all honesty I rather doubt cold ceramic brakes are an excuse for sheer idiocy.....

I agree to an extent, but there is zero e-braking on this car below 60, along with cold CCBDs, last week I was on a short sprint track, forgot to "stab" the cold brakes, over shot the turn in, good job there was a run off...

[isaldiri]

APOLO1 said:

I agree to an extent, but there is zero e-braking on this car below 60, along with cold CCBDs, last week I was on a short sprint track, forgot to "stab" the cold brakes, over shot the turn in, good job there was a run off...

Interesting that. thought the e-braking happened in the first half g or something of braking, didn't realise it was speed dependent to trigger actually.

[R8Steve]

APOLO1 said:

isaldiri said:

In all honesty I rather doubt cold ceramic brakes are an excuse for sheer idiocy.....

I agree to an extent, but there is zero e-braking on this car below 60, along with cold CCBDs, last week I was on a short sprint track, forgot to "stab" the cold brakes, over shot the turn in, good job there was a run off...

He wasn't on a short sprint track though, he was in a crowded car park. I'll go with the sheer idiocy reason.

[APOLO1]

isaldiri said:

Interesting that. thought the e-braking happened in the first half g or something of braking, didn't realise it was speed dependent to trigger actually.

not sure if its triggered via Gs, but was told its E until the last 60.....

[APOLO1]

R8Steve said:

He wasn't on a short sprint track though, he was in a crowded car park. I'll go with the sheer idiocy reason.

not smart thing to do with so many around I agree, but just trying give a reason based on my own times in 918 over the past 6 months, why he did not stop in time.....

[R8Steve]

APOLO1 said:

R8Steve said:

He wasn't on a short sprint track though, he was in a crowded car park. I'll go with the sheer idiocy reason.

not smart thing to do with so many around I agree, but just trying give a reason based on my own times in 918 over the past 6 months, why he did not stop in time.....

It's hard to say going with the video. He does let off the brakes then re-applies them before the impact so it's either as you say and the brakes had no heat and were effectively useless or he thought he could get round the corner faster than he actually could. Either way, not a great outcome.

How long do you find it takes to get the brakes up to usable temperature out of interest? I've never driven a car with ceramics but have driven cars with race pads that take an age to get rid of that wooden feeling.