(Not) Chris Harris Crashed (Not) Harry Metcalfs Lambo Diablo

[Petrus1983]

Joe5y said:

Has Clarkson ever crashed in a similar Hammond / McGuiness way?

Has Hammond had a road crash? I recall the jet powered car on an airstrip and the electric car which was a closed road in a racing situation. Both very different IMO.

[ddom]

Petrus1983 said:

Has Hammond had a road crash? I recall the jet powered car on an airstrip and the electric car which was a closed road in a racing situation. Both very different IMO.

Harris famously binned a Ferrari on the road, and a 911.

[IJWS15]

Didn’t Clarkson crash a hire car in NZ when racing the boat.

The one that miraculously changed colour.

[J4CKO]

What about Woolard, Goffey, Edmonds, Berry, Mason, Butler-Henderson etc and their crashiness if we are really doing a league table of Top Gear Presenters ?

I heard Woolard lightly chaffed an Alfa 164 rear quarter with the zip on his cardigan once. VBH took out the windscreen in a Fiat Tipo 16 valve and traumatised every dog in a five mile radius after letting out one of her loud and enthusiastic squeak noises.

[robinessex]

I've owned a few fast cars in my long driving career, so naturally, I'm a PH driving god. However, if I was ever fortunate enough to own one of these monsters, I'd decamp to the nearest airfield, where there's nothing to hit and find out how quickly they can bite the driver. Didn't a certain Stig on the TG track have a whoopsie with a Koenigsegg, on a corner he'd driven through 100's of times?

PS. How we discovered whose Diablo it is/was yet?

Edited by robinessex on Wednesday 17th June 14:37

[ian in lancs]

A before pic of the Lamborghini Diablo here https://www.lancs.live/whats-on/whats-on-news/supe... as the article says it was pretty wet yesterday.

eta https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/top-ge...

Edited by ian in lancs on Wednesday 17th June 14:49

[jayemm89]

On his instagram Paddy said he was doing 35mph and hit "oil on the road".

[So]

jayemm89 said:

On his instagram Paddy said he was doing 35mph and hit "oil on the road".

Didn't he blame torrential rain yesterday?

[blackscooby]

carinaman said:

I wonder how old the tyres are.

In some of the photos online there is a pickup truck with a significantly wide tyre in the back...
They must wear out quickly on these old motors when driven within the constraints of the law

[blackscooby]

ian in lancs said:

A before pic of the Lamborghini Diablo here https://www.lancs.live/whats-on/whats-on-news/supe... as the article says it was pretty wet yesterday.

eta https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/top-ge...

Edited by ian in lancs on Wednesday 17th June 14:49

Spoke to my parents last night and they said it was extremely wet yesterday in the locality, I'd be very surprised if there wasn't a lot of water around the area which looked to be east of Ribblehead between Gearstones and Newby Head road. It's a fast piece of road (or can be!)

[ian in lancs]

jayemm89 said:

On his instagram Paddy said he was doing 35mph and hit "oil on the road".

of course there was!

35? laughable!

[Petrus1983]

ddom said:

Petrus1983 said:

Has Hammond had a road crash? I recall the jet powered car on an airstrip and the electric car which was a closed road in a racing situation. Both very different IMO.

Harris famously binned a Ferrari on the road, and a 911.

Hammond

[Krikkit]

Almost all motoring journos have binned something at some point or another.

I don't think there's many people could take cars like an old Diablo to the limit on the road and get away with it for long.

[Rod200SX]

blackscooby said:

carinaman said:

I wonder how old the tyres are.

In some of the photos online there is a pickup truck with a significantly wide tyre in the back...
They must wear out quickly on these old motors when driven within the constraints of the law

I would imagine that'd be spares in case of punctures etc. as it'd be a bit of a nightmare to have it all organised only to get a flat tyre and have to stop filming and source a 315/45/18 or whatever stupid size tyre in a rural location


I'm not a fan of the guy but I'd give him some slack, fairly hot and dry weather recently followed by rain can make for interesting driving in a normal car on regular tyres, nevermind an old, wide and unforgiving supercar on I imagine performance/dry weather orientated tyres.

[thegreenhell]

ddom said:

Harris famously binned a Ferrari on the road, and a 911.

Which Ferrari was that?

[4941cc]

blackscooby said:

carinaman said:

I wonder how old the tyres are.

In some of the photos online there is a pickup truck with a significantly wide tyre in the back...
They must wear out quickly on these old motors when driven within the constraints of the law

Doesn't testify as to tyre age, but have seen an MoT record posted from early May where one rear tyre was an advisory item as worn close to the legal limit.

Suspect age of rubber as you say a challenge in an uncommon size.

[anonymous-user]

jayemm89 said:

On his instagram Paddy said he was doing 35mph and hit "oil on the road".

well the front wheels might have been doing just 35, but the back pair where doing ninety..... ;-)

[Chrisgr31]

J4CKO said:

What about Woolard, Goffey, Edmonds, Berry, Mason, Butler-Henderson etc and their crashiness if we are really doing a league table of Top Gear Presenters ?

I heard Woolard lightly chaffed an Alfa 164 rear quarter with the zip on his cardigan once. VBH took out the windscreen in a Fiat Tipo 16 valve and traumatised every dog in a five mile radius after letting out one of her loud and enthusiastic squeak noises.

Of course until recently they would have got away without any publicity because not every Tom Dick and Harry had a smartphone so could fim it and put it on social media before the car had even stopped!

[Joe5y]

ddom said:

Harris famously binned a Ferrari on the road, and a 911.

What Ferrari was that? The 911 was someone doing a three point turn in the middle of the road, or so I read. Harris ploughed into him but I'd suggest it would be a bit unfair to state Harris had binned it.

A milk float reversed into my 911 last year, does this mean I had binned it?

[s m]

Joe5y said:

A milk float reversed into my 911 last year, does this mean I had binned it?

No use crying over spilt milk