mrzed Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Crashed Lambo Apparently happened in Auckland this morning. What's worse is that it seems it was only sold about 10 days ago, so the new owner has gone and written it off probably within a week of getting it. Not sure if I should laugh or cry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 OUCH!!! What a waste of a beautiful car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzed Posted November 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Looks like the site hosting the pics is getting too many hits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 That's a lovely mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tainted_love Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 just gettin this ................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durrsaku Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 About right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzed Posted November 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 New link here Get it while you can. It was for sale on Trade Me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSE Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Here's another classic Lambo crash from Goodwood FOS in June 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durrsaku Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Some funny quotes in that link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Problem_Child Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 That reminds me of the sight that greeted me as I was on my way home in the summer. I was coming round a bend to join the road to my house when I was greeted by the sight of a yellow Diabolo facing the wrong way on the sliproad, front overhang considerably shortened by using the barrier as a brake. The owner was sitting on said barrier (now yellow too), talking on his mobile and looking rather sheepish... I would have stopped for photos but he was bigger than I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzed Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Some funny quotes in that link. [/ QUOTE ] As you can see, the New Zealand young male is not far removed from your average chav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzed Posted November 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Found this in the NZ Herald [ QUOTE ] Even Lamborghinis get out of control A fellow rang us to say that the driver of a Lamborghini Murcielago pulled out of a side street on to Brighton Rd, Parnell, and "put the car into a tree and then a pole". How would he have done that? A couple of people who know about these things have assumed what happened to the 432kw (580bhp) V12 supercar, which was up for sale on trademe.co.nz. As the driver blipped the throttle while turning right, the rear wheels lost traction and the tail swung out. The driver, we assume, then turned the car's front wheels to the left to counter the slide. But the car's electronic all-wheel-drive system had already sent drive to the front wheels. That's what it does when the rear wheels lose grip. The front wheels, still pointing left and, by now, largely driving the car, hurled it into the tree. Things happen quickly when a 300km/h supercar with snap-back acceleration loses its way under throttle. But why didn't its electronic traction control system intervene before things got ugly? Because the driver of the $450,000 exotic had turned it off. Formula One champion Michael Schumacher said of traction control in supercars: "If you have the skills of a Formula One driver, turn it off. If you don't, don't." [/ QUOTE ] Traction control is for pussies... and those without deep pockets it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 I've always maintained that the Quattro system is great, but ESP in extreme circumstances leaves a lot to be desired. Try it one day on some gravel, when the ESP kicks in you are a passenger and have no way of regaining control, because almost whatever you do is overridden by the ESP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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