kwakdonut
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- Frod Mundano TDCi, Kawasaki z650
He'll just buy another with next weeks wages......sickening and I'm a Man United supporter too.....
Annoying really that they get paid so so much money for what they do.
Easy come easy go, only good thing really is no other person was harmed.
I'm only jelous and most of us if truth be known are, who wouldn't at their age buy the cars they do and through the tunnel? (is that near style under the airport) drop a cog and gun it...
I've done it in cars I have owned through that same tunnel, If I crashed my 205Gti, MX5, Z3 or what ever other car people would just say boy racer...same with him only flasher car.
Don't worry it will be on e-bay soon, celebrity owner etc etc 100K
Easy come easy go, only good thing really is no other person was harmed.
I'm only jelous and most of us if truth be known are, who wouldn't at their age buy the cars they do and through the tunnel? (is that near style under the airport) drop a cog and gun it...
I've done it in cars I have owned through that same tunnel, If I crashed my 205Gti, MX5, Z3 or what ever other car people would just say boy racer...same with him only flasher car.
Don't worry it will be on e-bay soon, celebrity owner etc etc 100K
grober
MB Master
News tonight gave an estimated cost of Ronaldo's car insurance policy as £12,000 Wonder what it will be now?
verytalldave
MB Enthusiast
Not narrow minded at all. Accurate more like.
Born out by the circumstances of the "accident".
Ian B Walker
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- Freckleton
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- 300-24, saloon and coupe, E300 24 valve diesel estate
For 10% of his salary I would welcome being called an idiot.
Why is it that anyone who is anyone always gets the bird. If you were good at something would you expect to be treated as a human and not jeered at all the time and have every Tom, **** and Harry claim that you are a t0sser.
Ian the Utd Supported and proud. And before anyone wants to criticize that statement I have supported them longer that half the members here have lived.
masher_uk
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- C300 Coupe AMG Line Premium Selenite Grey Porcelain Leather
Shame about the car. Still, I'm sure he's not that bothered - only cost him a week's wages to get a new one...
I guess you were there to witness the whole accident to make such an accurate judgement?
verytalldave
MB Enthusiast
No.
But it doesnt take a genius or clairvoyant to have a damn good guess concerning the circumstances.
There was nobody else involved either pedestrian or vehicle.
The road was in good condition.
Visibility was not reduced.
The car was brand new.
One can only therefore make the logical assumption that the "accident" was due 100% to driver error.
Or to put it another way, driving too fast for the conditions.
Which in my view can be attributed to driver inexperience and lack of skills needed to drive such a car.
I wait to be proved wrong.
I think the insurance companies spend much more time with statistics than we do and they feel young road drivers are a bad risk.
Working in motorsport, I see many really talented race drivers who would be quite safe in that car at those speeds at that age. Those who race on track tend to drive much more safely on the road (by and large) even if some of them do share their IQ and shoe size.
Remind me again how old our current world champion is?
He favours a big ole GL to cruise on the road!
verytalldave
MB Enthusiast
I think the insurance companies spend much more time with statistics than we do and they feel young road drivers are a bad risk.
Working in motorsport, I see many really talented race drivers who would be quite safe in that car at those speeds at that age. Those who race on track tend to drive much more safely on the road (by and large) even if some of them do share their IQ and shoe size.
Remind me again how old our current world champion is?
He favours a big ole GL to cruise on the road!
Re-read my post #7.
I didnt say ALL 23 year olds were not up to the job of driving a Ferrari.
I said very few were.
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verytalldave
MB Enthusiast
Agreed! I'm just speculating who the 'very few' could be
For the most part, those you list in post #32.
You missed a bit. He was being "followed" by a team-mate Edwin van der Sar in his Bentley Continental GT Speed ...
It was a 599 GTB according to the papers today.
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Driver error has a part to play in pretty much every accident, the one posted by Rage is an another example of driver error
You could say someone lacks the skills or experience to drive such a car or you could say he made a mistake its something we all do , nobody is perfect and driving a car like that is far more of a challenge than most daily drivers
verytalldave
MB Enthusiast
The problem is if you make a driver error or mistake in a car like a Ford Focus, you can often get away with it and just end up being a little shaken.
Do the same in a Ferrari and it bites back.
Which is where the experience and skill (or lack of) come into play.
Do the same in a Ferrari and it bites back.
Which is where the experience and skill (or lack of) come into play.
Only one I can think of lives a couple of doors down from me, but he prefers MB/Mclaren's !
