Pagani crash in West Sussex
Discussion
Daily Mail comments section, the nearest these days, you can get to a public execution, I imagine a lot are similar to "The old gits", the misanthropic and curmudgeonly Harry Enfield characters and someone elses misfortune makes their day.
The subtext with these articles, reading between the lines is similar "Ha Ha, look at this rich prick, he f
ked it up, Ha Ha", well that will take him down a peg or two, grrr. I think this chap will survive, his actual garage has more nice cars than most people have on Forza.
I think a lot is human nature, we all want to have a nosey but the glee some display is sickening, example
"yet another dope with too much money and no skills....."
Hmm, dope, he seems to have done ok for "a dope", no skills, well, anyone can get it wrong, especially in a car like that.
"I'll stick with my ford focus, thanks"
Yeah, Focus owners always have to choose between that and a Zonda.
And someone wades in with some common sense, how dare they and spoil the mood
"I believe it was Peter Saywells car, on the way to a charity event he organised at Goodwood. He's pretty handy behind the wheel, but I can't imagine this is the easiest car to drive in wet and changeable conditions - if he was even driving it at the time, as a few of his cars were at the event."
The Daily Mail is great, read the comments and resolve not to end up a sad, embittered, jealous, seething bag of monkey st like so many of their commentators.
The subtext with these articles, reading between the lines is similar "Ha Ha, look at this rich prick, he f
ked it up, Ha Ha", well that will take him down a peg or two, grrr. I think this chap will survive, his actual garage has more nice cars than most people have on Forza. I think a lot is human nature, we all want to have a nosey but the glee some display is sickening, example
"yet another dope with too much money and no skills....."
Hmm, dope, he seems to have done ok for "a dope", no skills, well, anyone can get it wrong, especially in a car like that.
"I'll stick with my ford focus, thanks"
Yeah, Focus owners always have to choose between that and a Zonda.
And someone wades in with some common sense, how dare they and spoil the mood
"I believe it was Peter Saywells car, on the way to a charity event he organised at Goodwood. He's pretty handy behind the wheel, but I can't imagine this is the easiest car to drive in wet and changeable conditions - if he was even driving it at the time, as a few of his cars were at the event."
The Daily Mail is great, read the comments and resolve not to end up a sad, embittered, jealous, seething bag of monkey s
t like so many of their commentators. Fr0dders said:
Ok own up.
Which one of you bit and replied to the trolls on the daily mail comments section ?
Just rise above these idiots and leave them to their cesspit dailymail comments section.
I might have a bit too much faith in humanity but I don't reckon everyone that drove past would look to dob the driver in for 'ragging it due to some jealousy. However, those pricks on the Daily Mail will turn their eye to anyone else's misfortune and have a damned good mocking laugh at them. Sad acts.Which one of you bit and replied to the trolls on the daily mail comments section ?
Just rise above these idiots and leave them to their cesspit dailymail comments section.
swanny200 said:
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.
I think the massive damage to the car, the lucky escape and the whole ‘car ploughs into house’ angle all combined to make that ‘newsworthy’, particularly with photos.The house is still covered in scaffolding today, the damage was pretty significant.
I think if a regular car smashed into a house and there was serious damage but no one was hurt (or people were killed) then it would make the nationals.
This one stands out - https://www.metro.news/four-hurt-after-car-crashes...
The McLaren, due to its value and rarity, makes it more interesting.
This one stands out - https://www.metro.news/four-hurt-after-car-crashes...
The McLaren, due to its value and rarity, makes it more interesting.
swanny200 said:
My point is though, the story ended up being about the McClaren more than anything else, had it been a ford focus or a 10 year old Saab, it wouldn't have gone past the local news
I don't know, there seem to be a lot of stories lately about cars going into houses, and those usually look to be more regular cars than the McLaren whcih was a bit of an anomaly in the stats. 700BHP + on those tyres on that greasy looking road and half inch too much throttle, that could have easily happened at 30mph tbh.
Shame, smashing looking car.
Does anyone know he dropped it coming out of the garage , easily done I would think when pulling back on to the carriageway?
I won't even bother looking at the Daily Fail link, it'll only make me angry.
Shame, smashing looking car.
Does anyone know he dropped it coming out of the garage , easily done I would think when pulling back on to the carriageway?
I won't even bother looking at the Daily Fail link, it'll only make me angry.
TIGA84 said:
700BHP + on those tyres on that greasy looking road and half inch too much throttle, that could have easily happened at 30mph tbh.
Shame, smashing looking car.
Does anyone know he dropped it coming out of the garage , easily done I would think when pulling back on to the carriageway?
I won't even bother looking at the Daily Fail link, it'll only make me angry.
That is the other beef I have, immediate thoughts of the Daily Fail reading public is "Millionaire Boy Racer doing a ton along the road loses his motor" which makes them immediately bathe in their smugness. You are right, could have happened at any speed, had it been icy, he could have hit a barrier at 20 and done damage and it would have still been reported like the guy was a lunatic.Shame, smashing looking car.
Does anyone know he dropped it coming out of the garage , easily done I would think when pulling back on to the carriageway?
I won't even bother looking at the Daily Fail link, it'll only make me angry.
J4CKO said:
camshafted said:
A reminder of the McLaren crash in Wiltshire:
You can see why all local and national press covered that story!
That deserves a conspiracy theory like the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon that allegedly never happened such was the devastation.You can see why all local and national press covered that story!
TIGA84 said:
700BHP + on those tyres on that greasy looking road and half inch too much throttle, that could have easily happened at 30mph tbh.
Shame, smashing looking car.
Does anyone know he dropped it coming out of the garage , easily done I would think when pulling back on to the carriageway?
I won't even bother looking at the Daily Fail link, it'll only make me angry.
Also Possible he was building up speed from the roundabout in the background beyond the filling station. The car appears to be too far away to have "lost it" on exiting the roundabout itself.Shame, smashing looking car.
Does anyone know he dropped it coming out of the garage , easily done I would think when pulling back on to the carriageway?
I won't even bother looking at the Daily Fail link, it'll only make me angry.
Used to have very good prices on Esso at that filling station too, then it changed hands....
steveL98 said:
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-...
J4CKO said:
The Daily Mail is great, read the comments and resolve not to end up a sad, embittered, jealous, seething bag of monkey st like so many of their commentators.
I wish I hadn't read some of those comments but couldn't help myself. The bile being spewed out is quite something. Look at this peach. t like so many of their commentators. "People who own Hyper-cars need to pay an insurance and a hyper-car test that is just for them I would hate to think I am subsidising in any shape or form these idiots that get behind the wheel of these insanely powerful vehicles."
camshafted said:
I think if a regular car smashed into a house and there was serious damage but no one was hurt (or people were killed) then it would make the nationals.
This one stands out - https://www.metro.news/four-hurt-after-car-crashes...
The McLaren, due to its value and rarity, makes it more interesting.
This McLaren made the DT without hitting anything.This one stands out - https://www.metro.news/four-hurt-after-car-crashes...
The McLaren, due to its value and rarity, makes it more interesting.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/24/mclaren...
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