Gemballa CGT written off in Manhattan

[RDMcG]

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a32067039...

The embedded video shows the sad end to the car. No serious injuries , but madness to drive like this in Manhattan.

[Driver101]

What an idiot.

[anonymous-user]

Mental. That's going to be an expensive day out.

[smack]

Doubt the cops will let him off scot-free for that one....

[RDMcG]

Not his first little error....

https://www.boston.com/cars/news-and-reviews/2016/...

[Google [bot]]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/32933/gold-rush-rall...

[RDMcG]

I have driven an ordinary (a strange description) CGT very quickly ( 285 km/h) and at more moderate speeds on twisty roads.It was a car well beyond my talent to drive to its limits and I felt that it was made for much better drivers that I was. It was not a forgiving car to drive and I thought I was only being the edge of its capabilities.

Not a casual drive. Of course there are really qualified people who can stretch it.I was not at that level of skill.

[BrotherMouzone]

Driver101 said:

What an idiot.

“He's been charged with operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs”

[Evolved]

Wtaf. Total carnage, waste of a great car, and all while the country (world) is supposed to be in lockdown and fighting a pandemic.

He looked totally stoned/high getting out of the car too.

Edited by Evolved on Wednesday 8th April 05:10

[CorrosionInhibitor]

RDMcG said:

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a32067039...

The embedded video shows the sad end to the car. No serious injuries , but madness to drive like this in Manhattan.

What a plonker, hope they go to town on him..that Gemballa stuff is tasteless turd anyhow, for driving like that he deserves a good punch in the face anyhow..

[ChocolateFrog]

Isn't he the son of chinese billionaires? I'm guessing he can do what he wants.

Apparently he totalled a CLK GTR too fairly recently.

[PS2018]

In the video of the impact in to the white parked car number 1, Thankfully unoccupied, he loses the car going in a straight line doesn’t he? It’s not wet, would a bootfull of throttle do that on the white painted road markings? Can’t see much camber in the road, No traction control maybe?
More money than sense that’s for sure.

[Yellow491]

One less gemballa then,good job no one was hurt.

[JulierPass]

PS2018 said:

In the video of the impact in to the white parked car number 1, Thankfully unoccupied, he loses the car going in a straight line doesn’t he? It’s not wet, would a bootfull of throttle do that on the white painted road markings? Can’t see much camber in the road, No traction control maybe?
More money than sense that’s for sure.

I think the road probably has quite a pronounced crown that you can't see in the pictures. If he gave it a boot full as well it would easily go sideways especially on the white paint.

[CorrosionInhibitor]

Hes an Utter , ban the show off for years so he can't show off his wealth.

[Boyd Rees]

If you look up Ben Chen you’ll see his driving and crashing record. He’s quite the driver

[LaurasOtherHalf]

JulierPass said:

PS2018 said:

In the video of the impact in to the white parked car number 1, Thankfully unoccupied, he loses the car going in a straight line doesn’t he? It’s not wet, would a bootfull of throttle do that on the white painted road markings? Can’t see much camber in the road, No traction control maybe?
More money than sense that’s for sure.

I think the road probably has quite a pronounced crown that you can't see in the pictures. If he gave it a boot full as well it would easily go sideways especially on the white paint.

This^^ the car loses it over the crown (well the driver does anyway) which are quite pronounced in Manhattan. It's been a few years since I was lat there but the speeds people normally drive downtown beggars belief-you need to appreciate that the avenues and streets down there can be bigger than our motorways.

If a Lincoln Towncar can barrel along at 60mph and feel safe, I'd image a CGT could hit some massive speeds in the early hours during lockdown.

Driver's still a tt though. Throw the book at him.

[Cheib]

Road surface in Manhattan are so uneven the car could very easily go light. Spent a lot of time there over the years and only driven a car there once....that was enough! Despite the amount of money in the city very few people have sports cars because it’s just about the worst place you could drive one !