1970 Nurburgring crashes
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From: Tim on 14 Apr 2010 14:41 In message <JHjo+RJeigxLJwGH(a)adsl24.co.uk>, Veggie Dave <Veggie~Dave(a)127.0.0.1> writes >Hog <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote the following literary >masterpiece: >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwc54G2Ur8 > >That's possibly the best footage I've ever seen for wearing a seatbelt. > (Waits quietly for someone to say "safety nazi") -- Tim
From: Paul Carmichael on 14 Apr 2010 14:43 SteveH wrote: > Hog <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> Lifted from a Flook post on Facebook but too good not to post here >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwc54G2Ur8 >> Nurburgring Nordschleife Crashes 1970 at Adenauer Forst >> >> By 'Eck old BMW's and Porkers earned that tail end happy reputation > > I think what's more noteworthy is just how easily shite old cars will > topple over. Hence a lot of us old'uns, that remember the regular sight of cars upside down in hedges, perhaps take it a bit steadier around bends in a car. I *know* my car (http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/car-reviews/car-and-driving/seat- ibiza-fr-tdi-1004581.html) would take a hell of a lot to roll, but those memories remain. -- Paul. CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio), Orbea Dakar BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 OMF #15 UKRMMA #30 http://paulcarmichael.org/ (content pending)
From: Simon Wilson on 14 Apr 2010 14:48 On 14/04/2010 19:43, Paul Carmichael wrote: > SteveH wrote: > >> Hog<sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Lifted from a Flook post on Facebook but too good not to post here >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwc54G2Ur8 >>> Nurburgring Nordschleife Crashes 1970 at Adenauer Forst >>> >>> By 'Eck old BMW's and Porkers earned that tail end happy reputation >> >> I think what's more noteworthy is just how easily shite old cars will >> topple over. > > Hence a lot of us old'uns, that remember the regular sight of cars upside > down in hedges, perhaps take it a bit steadier around bends in a car. I > *know* my car (http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/car-reviews/car-and-driving/seat- > ibiza-fr-tdi-1004581.html) would take a hell of a lot to roll, but those > memories remain. > It always amazes me to see cars upside down. I see them and I just wonder what on earth happened. There was one on the A40 last night coming out of London. It looked pretty damned squished at the front too. Lots of fire, ambulance and plod in attendance. Not nice. -- /Simon
From: Hog on 14 Apr 2010 15:12 Simon Wilson <siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote: > On 14/04/2010 19:43, Paul Carmichael wrote: >> SteveH wrote: >> >>> Hog<sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Lifted from a Flook post on Facebook but too good not to post here >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwc54G2Ur8 >>>> Nurburgring Nordschleife Crashes 1970 at Adenauer Forst >>>> >>>> By 'Eck old BMW's and Porkers earned that tail end happy reputation >>> >>> I think what's more noteworthy is just how easily shite old cars >>> will topple over. >> >> Hence a lot of us old'uns, that remember the regular sight of cars >> upside down in hedges, perhaps take it a bit steadier around bends >> in a car. I *know* my car >> (http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/car-reviews/car-and-driving/seat- >> ibiza-fr-tdi-1004581.html) would take a hell of a lot to roll, but >> those memories remain. > > It always amazes me to see cars upside down. I see them and I just > wonder what on earth happened. > > There was one on the A40 last night coming out of London. It looked > pretty damned squished at the front too. Lots of fire, ambulance and > plod in attendance. Not nice. On the A64 in the bushes quite often too. It a fairly straight dual carriageway FFS. I've been behind 3 modern cars on the M1 that went sideways in a 70mph ballet dance, howls of rubber, smoke, all three collided with each other and the central res, none of them overturned. I guess it's a special skill, a bit like car submarining, and you probably have to attend a Roll School to learn -- Hog
From: Simon Wilson on 14 Apr 2010 15:17
On 14/04/2010 20:12, Hog wrote: >> >> It always amazes me to see cars upside down. I see them and I just >> wonder what on earth happened. >> >> There was one on the A40 last night coming out of London. It looked >> pretty damned squished at the front too. Lots of fire, ambulance and >> plod in attendance. Not nice. > > On the A64 in the bushes quite often too. It a fairly straight dual > carriageway FFS. I've been behind 3 modern cars on the M1 that went sideways > in a 70mph ballet dance, howls of rubber, smoke, all three collided with > each other and the central res, none of them overturned. > > I guess it's a special skill, a bit like car submarining, and you probably > have to attend a Roll School to learn > I would never have believed that Youtube one[1], unless I'd seen it. [1]The woman slow-mo flipping the 4x4 as she trys to get it through the gates. -- /Simon |