6 People Hit by 458 Scud This Morning in Battersea
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I know that spot very well. 10-1 The Ferrari accelerated hard off the lights where the entrance into New Covent Garden is. It's a gentle right had bend, but at the moment the road is usually covered in muck dropped from trucks exiting the Battersea Power Station development. Cold greasy mucky curved road, too much gas and too little ability.
The road rises to go over some railway lines. The drop is about 20 feet at its highest point. This is the view from the road on the dropside of the wall. The Ferrari is parked up by the lamppost between the two pedestrians
Just hope the pedestrians are OK.
The road rises to go over some railway lines. The drop is about 20 feet at its highest point. This is the view from the road on the dropside of the wall. The Ferrari is parked up by the lamppost between the two pedestrians
Just hope the pedestrians are OK.
Hungrymc said:
On the topic of grip levels being so much lower in cold (and damp) weather. Do scuderias (speciales?) come on track day / circuit biased tyres?
Hate seeing incidents like this. I know accidents happen and I enjoy a spirited drive, but terrible to see others getting tangled up in a drivers accident (I appreciate we don't know the details, but you'd have to suspect the car has mounted the pavement due to a driver error). Hope none are too badly hurt.
A lot of hatchbacks(!) are now being supplied with Cup tyres because they know magazines put them round a track and on a dry track they make a significant difference. Unfortunately in December they make a significant difference in the other direction. It's very short-sighted IMHO. A Speciale will certainly be available (probably by default) with super-sticky dry tyres, not designed at all for winter. In fairness, any car with lots of power and large tyres can become very scary, very quickly.Hate seeing incidents like this. I know accidents happen and I enjoy a spirited drive, but terrible to see others getting tangled up in a drivers accident (I appreciate we don't know the details, but you'd have to suspect the car has mounted the pavement due to a driver error). Hope none are too badly hurt.
I used to live in london for years and seeing Ferraris doing 0-40 dashes at full throttle was pretty commonplace. I'm just surprised this doesn't happen more often. I too hope those affected are alright.
WinstonWolf said:
p1stonhead said:
WinstonWolf said:
Durzel said:
Scud?!?
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I did indeed mean "Scud" as in "there is no 458 Scuderia".
WinstonWolf said:
Durzel said:
p1stonhead said:
I assume he means it's a Speciale and not a Scuderia which was based on the 430.
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I only saw the Scud bit and thought it was a "wot's a Scud post"
Swampy1982 said:
sensualise... are you sure thats what you mean?
Yes (although it was a typo on my part......)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensationalism
Edited by AndrewEH1 on Monday 12th December 14:54
p1stonhead said:
WinstonWolf said:
Durzel said:
p1stonhead said:
I assume he means it's a Speciale and not a Scuderia which was based on the 430.
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I only saw the Scud bit and thought it was a "wot's a Scud post"
Also as said above - Speciale comes with Cup tyres as standard, which aren't exactly wet weather friendly. Wouldn't take much to go sideways I'd imagine.
untakenname said:
Looks like it's true judging from the pics of the other car here http://newsyarn.com/six-people-injured-after-ferra...
Ouch, when I read it I assumed it wasn't a full-on motorway style bridge, but even so that's a pretty nasty fall after just being hit by a car.As somebody else mentioned, landing on the car may have been a blessing in disguise.
Looks like the incident will have been captured on cctv so hopefully there shouldn't be any ambiguity when it gets to court http://www.trafficgalaxy.uk/cameras/greater-london...
I had a near miss earlier this month at Brandshatch due to the changing conditions, came off at Paddock Hill bend around 3pm as the track had evolved so called it a day.
I was driving extra cautiously home yet the rear still let go in style coming off the motorway and it was only quick reactions that saved me, if I hadn't been on track earlier I think I'd have been straight into the armaco.
I had a near miss earlier this month at Brandshatch due to the changing conditions, came off at Paddock Hill bend around 3pm as the track had evolved so called it a day.
I was driving extra cautiously home yet the rear still let go in style coming off the motorway and it was only quick reactions that saved me, if I hadn't been on track earlier I think I'd have been straight into the armaco.
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