Otherwise your insurer might get stuck with a 300,000 GBP bill! 
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/165543-supercar-test-crash-costs-insurers-300000/
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March 24, 2010 7:41 p.m. dyintorace Dork
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March 24, 2010 7:57 p.m. Mazdax605 Reader
Eddie Griffin again??
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March 25, 2010 8:34 a.m. OrangeRazor New Reader
Actually...rumor is that it was none other than Sir Jackie Stewart.
http://jalopnik.com/5501776/f1-champ-jackie-stewart-behind-wheel-of-449k-supercar-...
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March 25, 2010 9:08 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
Oh Jackie... Should have stayed with the Tempo...
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March 25, 2010 9:42 a.m. cwh SuperDork
Zonda + narrow country road + high speed = stupid. Sorry, not a good place for that. No sympathy.
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March 25, 2010 10:16 a.m. Adrian_Thompson HalfDork
cwh wrote:
Zonda + narrow country road + high speed = stupid. Sorry, not a good place for that. No sympathy.
I'm sick of every one bashing supercars and supercar owners whenever there's an accident. The article mentioned the Zonda and country road part of the equation, but no mention was made of high speed. Once your out of town and away from major congested roads the 'narrow' part is almost a given in the UK, and that's why enthusiasts like them. High speed is relative. Accidents happen, they just tend to be more expensive with supercars. Supercar owners are just like the rest of us but with more money. That doesn't make them automatically stupid or bad people.
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March 25, 2010 2:30 p.m. MitchellC Dork
It just makes us more jealous
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March 25, 2010 2:39 p.m. cwh SuperDork
What I meant was that this was not the proper place to try the limits of a supercars performance. Motoring briskly, sure. Limits, not so much.
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March 25, 2010 2:41 p.m. Chris_V SuperDork
Adrian_Thompson wrote:
The article mentioned the Zonda and country road part of the equation, but no mention was made of high speed. Once your out of town and away from major congested roads the 'narrow' part is almost a given in the UK, and that's why enthusiasts like them.
I was just on those roads in the middle of Scotland last week (not too far from Aberdeen, in fact, out between perth and Loch Ness by Aberfeldy), and unless it was on an M or a bit of the A9, the roads are not wide enough for that car to sit still in , much less drive in. I was in a Golf and a Caterham, and the Golf felt too big (and almost got damaged a number of times by both oncoming trucks and the stone walls lining the sides of the roads). That Zonda could have sustained that sort of damage trying to avoid a caravanner while driving at the speed limit (and BTW, the 60 mph speed limit on those smaller A and B roads is way too fast when you are trying to negotiate how twisty they are with no shoulder or room for error as they narrow to single track).
That last picture, the drive's side is on the dotted line and the passenger side is about off the pavement. In a Caterham. On a major A road outside of St Andrews. That's one of the wider roads I drive on.
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March 25, 2010 3:12 p.m. Keith SuperDork
The B roads in the UK make a Miata seem big.
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March 25, 2010 4:02 p.m. Lesley SuperDork
Yeah, if they are anything like the roads in Spain & Mallorca, I can heartily concur. A motorcyclist actually ticked one of our mirrors in passing.
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March 25, 2010 7:35 p.m. Appleseed Dork
I missed the i in the title. I read this as "Be careful when you drive your Pagan!
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March 25, 2010 9:17 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork
Appleseed wrote:
I missed the i in the title. I read this as "Be careful when you drive your Pagan!
Just bring your own St. Christopher medalion and don't let them know you have it
