Otherwise your insurer might get stuck with a 300,000 GBP bill!
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/165543-supercar-test-crash-costs-insurers-300000/
Otherwise your insurer might get stuck with a 300,000 GBP bill!
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/165543-supercar-test-crash-costs-insurers-300000/
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-crash
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.
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.
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.
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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