Another Enzo gets split in half

Burned_Alive · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:20

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94562

http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_052110615.html

Woops!

benjo plz. · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:22

Niice!.

paradigm · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:23

Ooh, it was doing "speeds in excess of 120MPH". I love american stories like this (also true for things like police camera action), they have no concept of speed at all. 120MPH in an enzo? Thats like going for a run.

Seems the driver ran out of talent trying to pass the merc if the story is anything to go by. Not sure whether or not to buy the guys story of "a German was driving, he ran off".

Burned_Alive · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:25

paradigm said:
Ooh, it was doing "speeds in excess of 120MPH". I love american stories like this (also true for things like police camera action), they have no concept of speed at all. 120MPH in an enzo? Thats like going for a run.

Seems the driver ran out of talent trying to pass the merc if the story is anything to go by. Not sure whether or not to buy the guys story of "a German was driving, he ran off".

Also said the passenger was bleeding, and that they found blood on the drivers airbag but not the passengers, wont take long to do a quick blood test....

Rotty · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:30

I reckon it was a "cut and shut" job

Gaijin · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:32

Rotty said:
I reckon it was a "cut and shut" job

Not only that but i bet it was an open and shut case

/coatage

Domo · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:35

Burned_Alive said:

Is that C3PO underneath all that?

Malt_Vinegar · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:35

I bet the driver is really cut up about it

gord · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:35

This makes gord cry...

He could have given it to me...

gord · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:37

"So let me get this straight.. you were driving along.. the orange pole distracted you.. was he a Holland supporter?"

Malt_Vinegar · 22 Feb 2006 at 00:40

I guess he was not cut out for such an amazing motor...

Splits my heart into two seeing that...

cheets64 · 22 Feb 2006 at 01:23

How the hell did he crash on a road like that, its perfect, flat, long and straight.

neil-ste · 22 Feb 2006 at 01:47

It's an MR2

Burned_Alive · 22 Feb 2006 at 01:58

Another picture:

Baron G · 22 Feb 2006 at 04:32

If I'm right about where they were, there's a couple of bends just before this straight, although nothing that should have been a problem for an Enzo, even at 120.

Also, the road surface on the Pacific Coast Highway running from Santa Monica towards Malibu is terrible in parts, but it looks like they were going the other way - from Malibu towards Santa Monica and I think they were further west than that stretch anyway.

My guess is there was interferance from the Merc.

Zip · 22 Feb 2006 at 06:12

Just shows how safe these cars are

Burned_Alive · 22 Feb 2006 at 18:24

Thought id bump this back to the top for all the people who keep reposting it, they still havent found the 'driver'!

Lopéz · 22 Feb 2006 at 18:36

Anything using a mid mounted engine as a stressed member is always going to break right down the middle in a huge impact.

Burned_Alive · 22 Feb 2006 at 18:37

Lopéz said:
Anything using a mid mounted engine as a stressed member is always going to break right down the middle in a huge impact.

I believe these are designed to split in half anyway, in much the same way that Formula 1 cars do, seperating the safety cell from the engine and possible fire, etc.

Lopéz · 22 Feb 2006 at 18:40

Burned_Alive said:
I believe these are designed to split in half anyway, in much the same way that Formula 1 cars do, seperating the safety cell from the engine and possible fire, etc.

Yep, makes perfect sense, it's almost like an engineered-in weak point. It also allows the comparitively large weight of the engine and gearbox to be seperated from the cabin, meaning less momentum and more energy dissipated in a heavy crash.

Graham Hill broke a Lotus 49 in half at Monaco once, IIRC!