McLaren smashed, Sainsburys SevenOaks

McLaren smashed, Sainsburys SevenOaks

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RBT0

1,476 posts

118 months

Tuesday 20th October 2020
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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.
Definition of typical SUV lol.

I think I've made my point clear.

I am not here to explain visibility in all possible scenarios.

smile

Ferruccio

1,832 posts

118 months

Tuesday 20th October 2020
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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.



bigmowley

1,875 posts

175 months

Tuesday 20th October 2020
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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.

Kent Border Kenny

2,219 posts

59 months

Tuesday 20th October 2020
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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.

ChrisW.

6,210 posts

254 months

Tuesday 20th October 2020
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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.

RBT0

1,476 posts

118 months

Tuesday 20th October 2020
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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.
Glad I am not the only one, you got my point.

PGNSagaris

2,926 posts

165 months

Tuesday 20th October 2020
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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

eldar

21,614 posts

195 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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PGNSagaris said:
Pretty sure this bloke it taking the piss. No one sober could think like this
He has a McLaren based posting history. No idea if that is relevant.

RBT0

1,476 posts

118 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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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
You mean no one sober like you and a bunch of others.

I’ve already explained my view and a chap above at least has got my point.

Feel free to carry on w/o me.

RBT0

1,476 posts

118 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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eldar said:
PGNSagaris said:
Pretty sure this bloke it taking the piss. No one sober could think like this
He has a McLaren based posting history. No idea if that is relevant.
Thanks, now I suggest you step up your game and call the police for a proper investigation.

ferdi p

1,519 posts

171 months

Wednesday 21st October 2020
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PGNSagaris said:
Pretty sure this bloke it taking the piss. No one sober could think like this
I'm going with pissed laugh

subirg

717 posts

275 months

Thursday 22nd October 2020
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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.

matchmaker

8,463 posts

199 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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Matty3 said:
They drive amongst across us.
EFA

RJH777

211 posts

41 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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matchmaker said:
Matty3 said:
They drive amongst across us.
EFA
laugh