What were you saying then?
Yeah safety has come on massively in the last few years. I'd rather be in a 2009 Corsa than a 1990 7 Series.
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What were you saying then?
Yeah safety has come on massively in the last few years. I'd rather be in a 2009 Corsa than a 1990 7 Series.
I haven't read a lot of it, but there seem to have been spectators?
I was saying that the car in question was a Sapphire.
I was saying that the car in question was a Sapphire.
Just re-read it now and get it.
Only if you bin your Bug in spectacular airborne-flaming-death fashion on a public road
It sometimes struggles to even reach the speed limit. And I'm not talking about NSL.Only if you bin your Bug in spectacular airborne-flaming-death fashion on a public road
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Depends on the type of crash, what you hit and who hits you.
It sometimes struggles to even reach the speed limit. And I'm not talking about NSL.
Heh, I remember from the main thread on it that it tops out around 40 due to the gearing doesnt it?
Hence why it'd be a supreme achievement to die in a twisted fireball of death in that thing.
Technically, the gearing would allow it to get a lot faster than a normal beetle, because of the huge rear wheels.Heh, I remember from the main thread on it that it tops out around 40 due to the gearing doesnt it?
Hence why it'd be a supreme achievement to die in a twisted fireball of death in that thing.
Lack of power is the problem. It can reach motorway speeds just about on flat ground, unladen. If I have the teardrop caravan on back, I can be down to second gear on a hill.
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Sapphire RS.
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Me too but only if I was crashing into something in the NCAP lab not the real world.
Perhaps you'd be right... If it weren't for the circumstances surrounding the accident.
I don't see how anyone can calm that it was his fault if somebody did indeed glue nails to the road?
Nails or not, those saying he deserved it because he was street racing are simply short sighted IMO.
Someone here has already said that the road is dead and unused, therefore they were putting no one else in danger. There is very little difference between having a blast up an unused road or doing it at a dragstrip.
Accidents happen all the time, but this illusion that the speed limit automatically indemnifies you from all risks on the road is the reason why there are so many brain-dead drivers on our roads today.
If this was a 40 year old man in his 1.8 Ford Focus, the discussion would be about the nails that were supposedly glued to the road.
Someone here has already said that the road is dead and unused, therefore they were putting no one else in danger. There is very little difference between having a blast up an unused road or doing it at a dragstrip.
Accidents happen all the time, but this illusion that the speed limit automatically indemnifies you from all risks on the road is the reason why there are so many brain-dead drivers on our roads today.
If this was a 40 year old man in his 1.8 Ford Focus, the discussion would be about the nails that were supposedly glued to the road.