Son writes off his dad's £275,000 supercar

Matt82 · 14 Apr 2011 at 13:49

id hope its was a pretty high standard girl too

arknor · 14 Apr 2011 at 14:29

Firestar_3x said:
Give it a go by all means, but unless you know the key points during the crash that these events happened then any calculated number will simply be best a guess

i wonder how far it would travel if you launched it at the optimal angel at a speed of 50mph

Firestar_3x · 14 Apr 2011 at 14:34

arknor said:
i wonder how far it would travel if you launched it at the optimal angel at a speed of 50mph

Depends on:

- Object Mass
- Object Size / Shape (wind resistance / drag)
- Wind Speed
- Wind Direction
- Angle of release

etc etc, the list goes on and on, would be interesting for someone to work out say a 45 deg angle at a release speed of 50mph for something around 10 - 15kg see how far it would go.

You could always work it backwards i suppose.

G-MAN2004 · 14 Apr 2011 at 14:49

Of course he was speeding, and many of us would have done the same.

I doubt there's many people who have driven cars as fast as that and haven't gone over the limit once or twice. I wouldn't even buy a car like that if I didn't intend to speed.

DM · 14 Apr 2011 at 14:50

She was probably giving him a BJ at the time of impact

GolfNovember90 · 14 Apr 2011 at 16:52

considering the little amount of deformation on the offside rear wheel i doubt he was doing more than 60 or 70

hope he was insured!

Delboy · 14 Apr 2011 at 16:59

DM said:
She was probably giving him a BJ at the time of impact

Brings new meaning to the phrase 'blow out' doesn't it?

I wonder if he got half way round the sharp corner and got into a sticky situation!

Cosimo · 14 Apr 2011 at 17:07

DM said:
She was probably giving him a BJ at the time of impact

He’d be missing a lot more than the bodywork if she had.

DM · 14 Apr 2011 at 17:26

Its quite obvious to me he had a speed wobble when the vinegar strokes set in

jfp · 14 Apr 2011 at 23:39

InvaderGIR said:
I've also had a blow out at just shy of 60mph in a mid 90s car (no driver aids etc.), nothing untoward happened there. I pulled over, changed wheels and went on my way.

Surely it depends on how you react in the situation, I saw a car almost overturn because they slammed their brakes on when they had a rear wheel blow out, im guessing a 20 year old in a 275k super car is going to have **** all experience in a situation like that and just go straight for the breaks...

sanaxe1 · 15 Apr 2011 at 03:51

Go easy on the lad , we've all done it!

JTrickle · 15 Apr 2011 at 04:15

We've all written cars off we didnt own whilst trying to impress a young filly?

Angilion · 15 Apr 2011 at 05:08

Speaks well for the car that you can walk away from it after a crash that left it in that state.

I wonder what it would cost to insure a 19 year old man for that car here. Maybe the £275,000 mentioned is the annual insurance premium

Dogbreath · 15 Apr 2011 at 05:31

sanaxe1 said:
Go easy on the lad , we've all done it!

I've lost count of the number of my dad's supercars that I have written off.

Scythe · 15 Apr 2011 at 07:24

Firestar_3x said:
Depends on:

- Object Mass
- Object Size / Shape (wind resistance / drag)
- Wind Speed
- Wind Direction
- Angle of release

etc etc, the list goes on and on, would be interesting for someone to work out say a 45 deg angle at a release speed of 50mph for something around 10 - 15kg see how far it would go.

You could always work it backwards i suppose.

If it had spun, the frictional drag on the tyres and drag of the car would also change. You could calculate the example you posted but for an actual car you'd need a computer simulating it probably.

JTrickle · 15 Apr 2011 at 09:02

Dogbreath said:
I've lost count of the number of my dad's supercars that I have written off.

I've got a sneaking feeling this morning that the nuance of his quip was lost on me due to lack of sleep

hurfdurf · 15 Apr 2011 at 10:00

I too have some anecdotal evidence which I will now present to counter what most believe to have happened.

Fr0dders · 15 Apr 2011 at 10:14

sanaxe1 said:
Go easy on the lad , we've all done it!

written off our parents cars rolling them ?

Errrr .. No. No we've not.

Very few of us have binned our parents cars in such a spectacular fashion.

sanaxe1 · 15 Apr 2011 at 10:52

MrLOL said:
written off our parents cars rolling them ?

Errrr .. No. No we've not.

Very few of us have binned our parents cars in such a spectacular fashion.

I should have put a emotion at the end as you seem to have missed the sarcasm. Of course we haven't all really done it.

SPARC · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:25

Firestar_3x said:
It's easy to see the mistake he made....

Odds are he said "Watch This".