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From: Simon Wilson on 14 Apr 2010 16:00 On 14/04/2010 20:44, petrolcan wrote: > In article<hq543d$a61$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Hog says... >> >> Simon Wilson<siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> 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 > > You want BSM for that > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8618414.stm Haha. "The instructor responded calmly, professionally and swiftly" "Handbrake on, out of gear". -- /Simon
From: Speedgazebo MOTP #1 on 14 Apr 2010 16:02 On 14 Apr, 18:51, "Hog" <sm911S...(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Lifted from a Flook post on Facebook but too good not to post herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwc54G2Ur8 > Nurburgring Nordschleife Crashes 1970 at Adenauer Forst > It's worth noting that the vast majority of the cars crashing in that clip are rear engined, it's no wonder they roll over, given when it was filmed. -- Speedgazebo
From: Simon Wilson on 14 Apr 2010 16:03 On 14/04/2010 20:40, Adrian wrote: > Simon Wilson<siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding > much like they were saying: > >> 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. > > Y'mean the Skoda Octavia? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=753Q82B55Sw Yep, that one. Except she performed the exact same manoeuvre with a 4x4 in a different clip. Obviously. -- /Simon
From: TMack on 14 Apr 2010 16:49 Simon Wilson 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. Driver error - if it ends up on its roof then the driver has done it all wrong. When I rolled a Mercedes in Turkey (very long story) I had the skill to roll it right over onto its roof then back onto its wheels again. It was even still drivable after we had kicked it straight(ish) but it was a bit draughty without its windscreen. -- Tony '04 Ducati ST3, '08 DL650GT, 97 TW200, '87 semi-rat LS650, OMF#24
From: The Older Gentleman on 14 Apr 2010 17:18
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 And the VW Beetles... -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |