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Title: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: Johnny English on 15 May 2012, 16:52:26
Why does a man like this buy a car at all???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1pgm8I0B8bY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1pgm8I0B8bY)
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: omega3000 on 15 May 2012, 17:31:45
Cold tyres  ;D
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: martin42 on 15 May 2012, 18:32:21
he didnt smoke them 1st lol  ;D
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: Bucko on 15 May 2012, 19:08:28
What a tit ,I would of cryed :'(
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: dbug on 15 May 2012, 21:46:06
What a tit ,I would of cryed :'(

Tit, no mate complete rsol - what would have happened if he'd booted it??????????? ??? ???
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: tunnie on 15 May 2012, 21:47:34
Not only can American built cars go around corners, their owners cannot either!
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: Vamps on 15 May 2012, 23:39:24
What a tit ,I would of cryed :'(

Tit, no mate complete rsol - what would have happened if he'd booted it??????????? ??? ???

My thoughts exactly......... ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 16 May 2012, 10:39:47
ESP switched off?. I would have thought that the electronic safety net would have cut in and spared him a bright red face.
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: Johnny English on 16 May 2012, 13:02:54
Electronic safety systems aren't idiot proof either.  :D :D :D
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: aaronjb on 16 May 2012, 13:08:36
Electronic safety systems aren't idiot proof either.  :D :D :D

Very true! You can catch even the best traction control system out.. plus half the time they make the situation worse. Anyway in 'sport mode' most allow a certain slip %age (20% on the 997 911, for example, in 'sport plus') ;) It looks like he got it sideways, didn't counter steer (enough) and jumped on the brakes - result the car went straight on until it met the next immovable object .. the oncoming traffic ;D
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 16 May 2012, 13:56:01
Electronic safety systems aren't idiot proof either.  :D :D :D

Very true! You can catch even the best traction control system out.. plus half the time they make the situation worse. Anyway in 'sport mode' most allow a certain slip %age (20% on the 997 911, for example, in 'sport plus') ;) It looks like he got it sideways, didn't counter steer (enough) and jumped on the brakes - result the car went straight on until it met the next immovable object .. the oncoming traffic ;D


Looks (to me) like he tried to counter the slide with "a dab of oppo".......but it seems it was too little, too late. I reckon he had the ESP system switched off. Still, I'm sure he'll see the funny side of the video. Not. ::) ::) ::) ;)
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: Johnny English on 16 May 2012, 14:13:12
Anyway this situation reminds me my grandfather (R.I.P.) who was a really crazy and easy guy all the time by the family legendary. Well once upon a time he came home at night from the work on his best cycle and thought that what a good fun would be to cycle between the two other cyclist who came opposite him. He saw just two lamps of cyclists. One minute later he crashed a car that parked by the roadside haha... :D Maybe the Lambo driver was thinking what a good fun would be running between the ongoing traffic... :D :D
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: Kevin Wood on 16 May 2012, 15:23:15
Reminds me of the legendary mad Friday at Le Mans "I've never driven a supercar before and now I'm in the spotlight. How hard can it be?" incident. ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmEvFMa_LF8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmEvFMa_LF8)

Yes, I was there.. in the crowd... somewhere..
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: aaronjb on 16 May 2012, 15:44:39
That's almost as good as the 8-second 'ring king!
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: Kevin Wood on 16 May 2012, 16:10:33
That's almost as good as the 8-second 'ring king!

You mean the 7 second ring king.. You're giving him more credit than he deserves... ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Qxic6qj3E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Qxic6qj3E)
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: Kevin Wood on 16 May 2012, 16:14:35
.. and I've just spotted the story on how they "repaired" it by tying the front end to a rock and reversing, which is even more amusing.

http://www.dazultra.co.uk/eurotrip/030307.htm (http://www.dazultra.co.uk/eurotrip/030307.htm)

BMW drivers, eh? ;D  erm.. <cough!> :-X
Title: Re: Idiot Lambo owner - video
Post by: aaronjb on 16 May 2012, 16:22:47
 ;D ;D Nice repair job, that.. the pikey chassis jig in action!

Actually I had a friend who regularly repaired her cars like that, although it was usually a tree or lamp post...