McLaren smashed, Sainsburys SevenOaks
Discussion
davek_964 said:
RBT0 said:
It depends, if I sit in a Range Rover and you're next to me I may not see you.
On the motorway with plenty of distance it's the opposite.
Then you're really not paying attention. They may be low compared to normal cars, but they are still high enough that they should be perfectly visible - even next to an SUV. The top of a McLaren roof - which is after all the type of car damaged here - is higher than the bottom of the window in a typical SUV.On the motorway with plenty of distance it's the opposite.
I think I've made my point clear.
I am not here to explain visibility in all possible scenarios.
RBT0 said:
It depends, if I sit in a Range Rover and you're next to me I may not see you.
You will see and hear me. Really, I have never worried about being driven over by an SUV.
We should all make our own balanced, assessment of relative risks.
Though that seems to be going out the window these days......
I ride 5,000+ miles a year on a motorbike.
Ferruccio said:
You will see and hear me.
Really, I have never worried about being driven over by an SUV.
We should all make our own balanced, assessment of relative risks.
Though that seems to be going out the window these days......
I ride 5,000+ miles a year on a motorbike.
Agree on the above but when I blat around in my S1 Elise I do get a touch nervous around enormous SUV’s and the like. I sat next to something SQ7? At the lights recently and I was admiring the ginormous 22” wheels and tyres the top of which felt like they were higher than my eyeline. I generally try to leave a bit of extra room when possible. It certainly focuses the attention.Really, I have never worried about being driven over by an SUV.
We should all make our own balanced, assessment of relative risks.
Though that seems to be going out the window these days......
I ride 5,000+ miles a year on a motorbike.
davek_964 said:
Then you're really not paying attention. They may be low compared to normal cars, but they are still high enough that they should be perfectly visible - even next to an SUV. The top of a McLaren roof - which is after all the type of car damaged here - is higher than the bottom of the window in a typical SUV.
If you can't see a 720 then there's no chance of seeing a child, shopping trolley, person in a wheelchair, guard rail, bollard, or dwarf.davek_964 said:
Some tt in an Audi selects Drive rather than reverse, trashes a nearly new McLaren and a couple of posters think it's the McLaren owners fault for being stupid enough to drive a car like that in an urban environment, and for parking where the other cars do?
At the risk of being blunt - there are some absolute fkwits on this forum sometimes.
I completely agree ... they are unworthy of any response that feeds their provocative idiocy.At the risk of being blunt - there are some absolute fkwits on this forum sometimes.
bigmowley said:
Ferruccio said:
You will see and hear me.
Really, I have never worried about being driven over by an SUV.
We should all make our own balanced, assessment of relative risks.
Though that seems to be going out the window these days......
I ride 5,000+ miles a year on a motorbike.
Agree on the above but when I blat around in my S1 Elise I do get a touch nervous around enormous SUV’s and the like. I sat next to something SQ7? At the lights recently and I was admiring the ginormous 22” wheels and tyres the top of which felt like they were higher than my eyeline. I generally try to leave a bit of extra room when possible. It certainly focuses the attention.Really, I have never worried about being driven over by an SUV.
We should all make our own balanced, assessment of relative risks.
Though that seems to be going out the window these days......
I ride 5,000+ miles a year on a motorbike.
PGNSagaris said:
RBT0 said:
Not drunk, but I can re phrase: I wouldn’t recommend to anyone the use of a supercar in an urban environment, unless you want to take the risk to have your car destroyed like the aboove.
Pretty sure this bloke it taking the piss. No one sober could think like this I’ve already explained my view and a chap above at least has got my point.
Feel free to carry on w/o me.
This thread is absolute class! I’ve got my popcorn and I’m settling in to watch the comedy unfold.
The mental leap required to go from ‘poor bloke has pride and joy crashed into in supermarket’, to ‘all supercars are death traps but only when driven in urban environments’, is awe inspiring.
The mental leap required to go from ‘poor bloke has pride and joy crashed into in supermarket’, to ‘all supercars are death traps but only when driven in urban environments’, is awe inspiring.
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