Show us your crash pics!!

[carinaman]

tuffer said:

What about one that just has not happened yet? Ironically parked at a Hospital A&E.

That's in Ludicrous Mode?

[AndyTurbo]

Only had it a few months. Spent a while saving, finding the right one and had just finished putting a lot of money into it to get it right. Hopefully going to be picking another one up soon.

[aka_kerrly]

neutral 3 said:

J4CKO said:

Due its first MOT, thats going to be a fail then.

sixty grand plus car and driving round on completely bald tyres, how do morons like that have the wherewithal to be able to purchase expensive cars like that ?

Agreed!! That thing must be absolutely lethal in the current road conditions.

I expect the traction control/stability systems are so good they are capable of dealing with those tyres whilst the driver is completely oblivious.

On a slightly positive note, at least the tyres are evenly worn.

[Bobberoo99]

AndyTurbo said:

Only had it a few months. Spent a while saving, finding the right one and had just finished putting a lot of money into it to get it right. Hopefully going to be picking another one up soon.

What the hell happened to that???

[anonymous-user]

aka_kerrly said:

I expect the traction control/stability systems are so good they are capable of dealing with those tyres whilst the driver is completely oblivious.

On a slightly positive note, at least the tyres are evenly worn.

Until you hit any kind of standing water and it's good night Vienna, ESP or no ESP.

[Buster73]

J4CKO said:

Due its first MOT, thats going to be a fail then.

sixty grand plus car and driving round on completely bald tyres, how do morons like that have the wherewithal to be able to purchase expensive cars like that ?

Probably waiting for the non existent tyres need replacing warning light to come on .

How could you possibly expect anyone to check their own tyres man ? , don’t be so ridiculous.

[seyre1972]

Andy_mr2sc said:

I managed to this to my genuine RS2000 the day after buying it. Yes I cried at the time and come close to tears looking at pics now, 25 years later.

Go on - you can tell us now its > 25 years ago ….. Was the accident proceeded with you saying "Watch this !!" ……. (hopefully it was only metal/pride that were hurt at the time)

[Chris x]

Z28JWR said:

Not the call i wanted on my wedding day!
Apparently she didnt see it parked there...
Plus side, the insurance paid me more than i said my car was worth, and i got to keep it too.
It also added enough money to the savings that i could afford my Camaro a year sooner!

Jordan?

[Pdelamare]

BFleming said:

This is a corner I know well; you have to scrub off the speed in the approach. There's a slight crest there, and if you're still carrying too much speed the back end will go. There's a great instructional video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAFIOxZtOjo Skip to about 17:30, and watch the way he gets a bit squirrelly under straight line braking before the corner. Entry speed in the corner is about 170kph (105mph give or take); I reckon you were at about 120mph at the same spot - and still braking.

The track is wet in this example, makes a difference. Misha’s line is good though and I’ll be using this in future.

[Durzel]

tuffer said:

What about one that just has not happened yet? Ironically parked at a Hospital A&E.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/poli...

Posted that on your Twitter feed, don’t know if you saw it. The owner is/was a missing person, so idea if he is or was still in hospital.

[arfursleep]

J4CKO said:

Due its first MOT, thats going to be a fail then.

sixty grand plus car and driving round on completely bald tyres, how do morons like that have the wherewithal to be able to purchase expensive cars like that ?

Probably one of the "Tesla's don't need servicing, I only plug it in and fill the washer bottle occasionally" brigade i see on the owner's group pages I rarely frequent. They love to brag about saving on servicing costs as "there's nothing to go wrong" so i bet the owner/driver doesn't even look at the tyres...idiots.

There's not a lot mechanical bits compared to an ICE car but the ones that are there still need checking, oiling etc. When i've had mine serviced they've always flagged tyre condition,

Hope, if they slide off the road, they only damage their car.

[idealstandard]

From a couple of years ago. My car. Not me driving or posing. Lent it to a mate for a day, 30 minutes later I get a call "Alex, there's been an accident, i'm serious man", it took five minutes to realise he wasn't joking.

Shame, that was a minter. Loved that car, went all over Europe in it.

[J4CKO]

aka_kerrly said:

neutral 3 said:

J4CKO said:

Due its first MOT, thats going to be a fail then.

sixty grand plus car and driving round on completely bald tyres, how do morons like that have the wherewithal to be able to purchase expensive cars like that ?

Agreed!! That thing must be absolutely lethal in the current road conditions.

I expect the traction control/stability systems are so good they are capable of dealing with those tyres whilst the driver is completely oblivious.

On a slightly positive note, at least the tyres are evenly worn.

It probably doesnt drive that much differently most of the time, with 4wd, fair amount of weight and the extremely tight control the electronics have on torque delivery vs traction, not like say a 2wd IC car where you really notice crap/bald tyres and much less delicate control over the power delivery. Do Teslas give much feedback on traction control working ? expect it doesnt cut in that much or that hard, any owners car to comment ?

Problem is, it will accelerate pretty much as normal, i.e. very,very quickly to speeds where it will potentially become a big issue when there is standing water around, in fact any water at speed and that thing will be a liability, the electronics dont defy physics, the can only mitigate a certain amount of stupidity for so long.

[LetsTryAgain]

idealstandard said:

From a couple of years ago. My car. Not me driving or posing. Lent it to a mate for a day, 30 minutes later I get a call "Alex, there's been an accident, i'm serious man", it took five minutes to realise he wasn't joking.

Shame, that was a minter. Loved that car, went all over Europe in it.

Some friend!
If that’s the driver, posing looking like a smug , I’d be absolutely raging.

[idealstandard]

LetsTryAgain said:

Some friend!
If that’s the driver, posing looking like a smug , I’d be absolutely raging.

Mistakes happen, it's only metal

I asked him to pose like that when I turned up at the scene

[AndyTurbo]

Bobberoo99 said:

AndyTurbo said:

Only had it a few months. Spent a while saving, finding the right one and had just finished putting a lot of money into it to get it right. Hopefully going to be picking another one up soon.

What the hell happened to that???

Hit a lamppost, then a wall. Perhaps some other things too I closed my eyes when it became evident I was just along for the ride.

[Munter]

idealstandard said:

LetsTryAgain said:

Some friend!
If that’s the driver, posing looking like a smug , I’d be absolutely raging.

Mistakes happen, it's only metal

I asked him to pose like that when I turned up at the scene

I get it. "Buddy. You killed it. Let's at least get a good "kill" shot out of this. for the wall"

If someone damages something deliberately I get annoyed/angry. But people make mistakes, it happens. Make the best of it, then move on.

[C70R]

Munter said:

idealstandard said:

LetsTryAgain said:

Some friend!
If that’s the driver, posing looking like a smug , I’d be absolutely raging.

Mistakes happen, it's only metal

I asked him to pose like that when I turned up at the scene

I get it. "Buddy. You killed it. Let's at least get a good "kill" shot out of this. for the wall"

If someone damages something deliberately I get annoyed/angry. But people make mistakes, it happens. Make the best of it, then move on.

Absolutely.

What's the alternative? Would you really fall out with a friend over an insured piece of metal?

I know I certainly wouldn't. My friends are more important to me than any car, irrespective of whatever silly/funny pose they'd photograph.

[Bandit110]

You're 'friend' took less than 30 minutes to crash a supercar you'd been good enough to let him borrow.....

That takes the piss

[Andy_mr2sc]

seyre1972 said:

Go on - you can tell us now its > 25 years ago ….. Was the accident proceeded with you saying "Watch this !!" ……. (hopefully it was only metal/pride that were hurt at the time)

Haha you aren’t far wrong there! This is the point I discovered it didn’t handle as well as the mk1 Mexico I’d px’d it for. Following a large spin the fos wing hit a tree, the B post hit a lamp post and the rear quarter landed in a wall. Thankfully only a bit of neck ache but it hurt a lot more in the pocket.