Pagani crash in West Sussex
Discussion
Boydie88 said:
Blackpuddin said:
Cannot believe this is a major news item on the BBC home page.
Sadly because there will be 1000s that take pleasure in a rich person's misery in present day society.I think what they meant to say was something like
The incident happened on a morning of poor windy weather, and the car along with others owned by a generous benefactor was on it's way to be the star of a charity event to support Terminally ill children.
The McLaren P1 is one of the greatest modern cars. They're very rare and worth £1.5 - £2 million.
When one is written off or badly damaged by fire then it is a news story.
If there is a house fire and a £2 million piece of artwork was damaged, would you not think that was news?
Edited to add: same applies to a one-off Pagani Zonda.
When one is written off or badly damaged by fire then it is a news story.
If there is a house fire and a £2 million piece of artwork was damaged, would you not think that was news?
Edited to add: same applies to a one-off Pagani Zonda.
camshafted said:
The McLaren P1 is one of the greatest modern cars. They're very rare and worth £1.5 - £2 million.
When one is written off or badly damaged by fire then it is a news story.
If there is a house fire and a £2 million piece of artwork was damaged, would you not think that was news?
Edited to add: same applies to a one-off Pagani Zonda.
these sorts of things happen everyday around the world, it's really not news 99.9% of the time. And where do you draw the line , £2m, £1m, £500k? there are much more important things to report on.When one is written off or badly damaged by fire then it is a news story.
If there is a house fire and a £2 million piece of artwork was damaged, would you not think that was news?
Edited to add: same applies to a one-off Pagani Zonda.
There are many other important things happening in the world, but they are also reported on.
In terms of where you draw the line, I'd say it's the unusual nature of the object. Zondas are rare and exotic. I doubt many have been involved in crashes in Sussex before.
The police would have sent out a press release to local news outlets. The local BBC website then covered it.
In terms of where you draw the line, I'd say it's the unusual nature of the object. Zondas are rare and exotic. I doubt many have been involved in crashes in Sussex before.
The police would have sent out a press release to local news outlets. The local BBC website then covered it.
It's the same as when the guy in the McClaren ended up in a house round this way (Wiltshire) a few months ago, a very lucky escape for him and his passenger but the local press wouldn't let it go for days and it ended up on the main BBC too.
How people spend their money is up to them, you can be a multi-billionaire and buy the most expensive car in the world, do the speed limit everywhere and still end up in a crash (which looks like has happened on this occasion).
Had it been a half a million pound blinged up Kahn G Wagen, would it have hit the headlines as much?
How people spend their money is up to them, you can be a multi-billionaire and buy the most expensive car in the world, do the speed limit everywhere and still end up in a crash (which looks like has happened on this occasion).
Had it been a half a million pound blinged up Kahn G Wagen, would it have hit the headlines as much?
The police have sent out a press release appealing for information - https://sussex.police.uk/news/distinctive-sports-c...
xyyman said:
Earlier this morning a lady on the local news channel was saying how she'd done something similar a while back. Lost the back end on a damp roundabout in the same spot. It wasn't newsworthy then as she was in a BMW 3 Series apparently.
I remember a few years ago a yellow Mach 1 Mustang being totalled after losing it trying to pass a TVR off a roundabout on the M27 at Chi just past the Pagham turn off. https://www.mocgb.net/forums/showthread.php?21145-...
C70R said:
Or alternatively, one witness has come forward to say that they were driving irresponsibly, and they are asking for other witnesses to corroborate this?
But you're right, they were probably pottering along at 60mph, minding their own business.
"Driving irresponsibly" can often be reworded as "has a louder exhaust than I am used to on my Fiat 500, so MUST have been hooning it".But you're right, they were probably pottering along at 60mph, minding their own business.
Non-car folks (and I am being kind here - I really want to say 'busybody w
kers') will often mistake a different engine note to what they are used to, as someone going too fast. Anecdote being my 1974 Beetle with a 4-tip Monza exhaust on when I was 18. My folks would occasionally get comments about me 'tearing around' to which my Dad's response was always, "I've driven that car - it couldn't tear a kleenex. It just shouts about going 20mph".Looks like Daily Mail readers had a field day judging by the level of the comments there.. 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5009861/1-...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5009861/1-...
PhantomPH said:
"Driving irresponsibly" can often be reworded as "has a louder exhaust than I am used to on my Fiat 500, so MUST have been hooning it".
Non-car folks (and I am being kind here - I really want to say 'busybody wkers') will often mistake a different engine note to what they are used to, as someone going too fast. Anecdote being my 1974 Beetle with a 4-tip Monza exhaust on when I was 18. My folks would occasionally get comments about me 'tearing around' to which my Dad's response was always, "I've driven that car - it couldn't tear a kleenex. It just shouts about going 20mph".
Agreed. Non-car folks (and I am being kind here - I really want to say 'busybody w
kers') will often mistake a different engine note to what they are used to, as someone going too fast. Anecdote being my 1974 Beetle with a 4-tip Monza exhaust on when I was 18. My folks would occasionally get comments about me 'tearing around' to which my Dad's response was always, "I've driven that car - it couldn't tear a kleenex. It just shouts about going 20mph".I drive the same speed - sub-30 - along the road to my house whatever I'm in. Every now and then I'd get shakes of the head in my NC MX5. No-one batted an eyelid when I was in the family CRV.
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