Just saw this on another site. Driver OK, but car totaled. Cross wind being blamed. Such a shame! http://jalopnik.com/5671969/twin-turbo-lamborghini-crashes-flips-at-texas-mile?skyline=true&s=i
same car before crash.. http://www.autopia.org/forum/pro-details-before-after/132166-not-you-everyday-lamborghini-gallardo.html
I've had customer's cars get this kind of treatment. Sometimes it's okay, sometimes it takes a few dollars (of the detailer's money) to make it run again.
The key to doing this is not to start the car for a few hours, leave engine exposed to the sun for drying.
I haven't done it on modern cars but with my vintage stuff I get the car thoroughly hot first. Then let it cool down to a safe temperature. Protect any obvious vulnerable spots. Clean it. Compressed air absolutely everywhere you can. Then drive it. I don't think I'd do it on an electronic car though.
Here is a video my friend got of it, he missed the crash part, but you can hear the reactions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klnizM7auto
I was on the opposite runway from where the indecent occurred and saw the whole thing in clear view. The car flew through the mile timer, pushing 235.2mph. Upon deploying the parachute, the car suddenly became unstable and began sliding at an angle. It proceeded to slide into the grass and began tumbling, end over end. It was a horrific thing to see. The emergency crew was quick on scene, as well as a helicopter. About half an hour later, the owner rode over to the pit lane on a golf cart, got off and gave a lady (who I'd assume to be his significant other) a big hug. Thank God...
That is NOT the same car. Your link shows Kyle's 2006... The car that crashed was Richard's 2008 Gallardo Superleggera UR Twin Turbo. Here's the car that crashed, in better days last spring. Copyright me.... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Really for real. Water and electronics are not incompatable. As an example, when my tried and true Tektronix O-scopes needed work or re-calibration, I would take them back to the factory (just across the river from me) for re-certification. The first thing they did was to disassemble the scope and put it in a giant revolving dishwasher complete with cascade dishwashing soap to clean everything. Putting power to anything electronic while it is still wet or damp is a recipe for disaster! So, either keep it from getting wet in the first place or be sure it is completely dry before restoring power to it. The simple act of getting it wet will not hurt it in the least as long as no mechanical devices are housed with it.
VERY stout chassis; very impressed. Not gonna bother getting out the buffer, though. Still hoping there's in-car footage.
It's just so amazing to me he wasn't killed or severely injured in that crash. SO too bad about the car - I doubt there's any insurance one could have had that would cover a drive like that. The one-time premium would be more than the value of the car. Jedi
This is from March, 2010. He has an odd way of stopping the car even on good days. Check minute 3:30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afh9gsV9tV4
Alot of detailers do it. I have never heard of a problem but will admit that I would not try it with a Lambo engine. I would wipe a Lambo engine down with a brush and Micro Fiber towel to be safe. I did it to an old piece of !@#$ truck I owned and everything worked fine.
# 0013???? Hmmm. Dont think I would have a car that had that number..... got there right after it happened.... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Terrible to see a great car wrapped up like that, but at least it died doing what it loved. What-all safety equipment was the driver using?
A crazed yahoo that is lucky he wasn't killed. I've stopped cars from a lot faster with parachutes. He wasn't doing it right.
In the clips I have seen he really came across as a bit of a moron behind a wheel. Very unprofessional.
You refer to someone running at a closed, controlled course as an unprofessional moron? Geeze... So what do you think of guys who prefer taking top speed runs on the street?
