Charles Morgan
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grober
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The ever reliable Jalopnik How the 'World's Most Expensive Car Crash' happened
ps should the title to this thread be Ouchi!--- I'll get my coat
ps should the title to this thread be Ouchi!--- I'll get my coat
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grober
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And here was me thinking Jeremy Clarkson was in China.-----sorry JC fans couldn't resist.
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MOCAŠ
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"The lead car was the Ferrari F430 Scuderia, which was driven by a 60-year-old businessman from Fukuoka."
And I bet that's pretty much what he said when it happened...
Is that what you said when people kept careering into your house/cars/etc?
I can get upset about my own cars , but I don't expect anyone else to .
What annoyed me more in these two cases was that the culprits were uninsured - bad enough that I suffered relatively minor property damage at their hands , but it would have been so much worse if some innocent party had been maimed or killed when they had no means to compensate financially ( not that money ever rights some wrongs ) .
longhoughtonlad
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Another % charge on all our insurance premiums 
corned
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This story must have shattered all MBClub re-post records. We must be close to double figures by now!
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I don`t think Farrari and other such supercars are suitable on the public roads unless the owners have training to learn how to handle them.
What is the point of them anyway as the only way to use the power they have is to break the law.
Ever seen a supercar keeping to the speed limits, they just look daft. Supercars, I hate them.
What is the point of them anyway as the only way to use the power they have is to break the law.
Ever seen a supercar keeping to the speed limits, they just look daft. Supercars, I hate them.
MercFanUk
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Because breaking the law isn't the only way to use the power. A lot of track days are full of people who own super cars. Add to that you can take them to Germany on the autobahn or to the ring and blast them there.
Just because they only might be able to use them as they were designed every now and then, doesn't mean to the owners they aren't worth it.
They are a remarkable feat of engineering and often really quite beautiful to look at.
There's a difference here between knowing how to drive the car, and knowing what the speed limit is. Yes, these guy's (or the initial crash'ee at least) could probably have benefited from some more training, but I'd hazard that if he'd been keeping to the limit, he wouldn't have had a problem. I know if I was doing 120mph or whatever in a regular car, I'd still have trouble handling it, and that wouldn't be a super car
Just because they only might be able to use them as they were designed every now and then, doesn't mean to the owners they aren't worth it.
They are a remarkable feat of engineering and often really quite beautiful to look at.
There's a difference here between knowing how to drive the car, and knowing what the speed limit is. Yes, these guy's (or the initial crash'ee at least) could probably have benefited from some more training, but I'd hazard that if he'd been keeping to the limit, he wouldn't have had a problem. I know if I was doing 120mph or whatever in a regular car, I'd still have trouble handling it, and that wouldn't be a super car
The Daily Mash - Amazing crash involving six of Norfolk's most expensive supercows
For the yokels....myself included in that tag!
For the yokels....myself included in that tag!
Benzmanc
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This story must have shattered all MBClub re-post records. We must be close to double figures by now!
It was on the news last night too
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Supercars are only suitable for the track, NOT public roads I reiterate.
If I could afford a supercar, I would buy one, of course I would, who wouldn't?!
Quite simply, I want a supercar to pose about in - yes, I am that vain. I would have an SLS, just for the gullwing doors, so that I can really look like an ar$ehole when getting my fish fingers from Tesco.....
I am a fairly slow driver and don't give a monkeys about how fast the car is. I would just like to own it, because it is beautiful, sounds beautiful and makes me feel beautiful....
So, I don't think they are just for the track at all....they are for old gits like me, who wear mirror aviators and like to perv at laydees, thinking we look very cool in our supercar.
MercFanUk
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Why? They can travel at or under speed limits, have all the items required to be a legal road going vehicle, and are controlled the same way as other vehicles.
By that sentiment, things like AMG's and BMW M's aren't suitable for roads either?
Is an Aston Martin a super car? Or is it a grand tourer. Come to think if it, a clapped out old Escort RS Turbo could quite happily break the speed limit all day long, and easily too - but that's not a super car? The same goes for your 2.7 litre CLK, even if it is a diesel...
All I can say is I'm glad you don't control what cars are allowed to drive on public roads, and what aren't.
