| Author | Message | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Intermediate Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 2110 Registered: 8-2002 |
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo...! | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2370 Registered: 6-2001 |
Bret, if thats what happened- throttle sticks then put the clutch in. If the throttle stuck he should have spun it. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 332 Registered: 12-2002 |
Thats unfortunate...Not to dig in too much, but how much were you hoping the auction to end at? Id pay for a ride  | ||
| Kevin Marcus (Rumordude)
Junior Member Username: Rumordude Post Number: 117 Registered: 9-2001 |
yeah that was me but there were so many bogus bids and the "Winner" didnt pay so thats that i guess. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 328 Registered: 12-2002 |
Hey Kevin, I remember an ebay auction where a guy was auctioning off a ride in his F50. I think the guy was in Washington...Was that you? Love your garage...My 3 favorite cars | ||
| Kevin Marcus (Rumordude)
Junior Member Username: Rumordude Post Number: 116 Registered: 9-2001 |
The only other video i have w/it is from a dyno run which was used to record the audio for an uncoming game from a "large game maker" in the area. ;) When the weather clears up again a bit I will see what I can put together. | ||
| BretM (Bretm)
Advanced Member Username: Bretm Post Number: 3144 Registered: 2-2001 |
I seem to remember there being something screwed up with the f50 that crashed. I remember seeing it years ago when it happened and something like the throttle got stick. If you look at the video he seems to be on the brakes yet the car just continues at that relatively slow pace, which would suggest power was still being applied, albeit lightly. Just my $.02. | ||
| Michael Yip (Mightyslash)
Junior Member Username: Mightyslash Post Number: 121 Registered: 4-2002 |
Kevin, please make another video where you'll open the F50 up! | ||
| Marcus Mayeux (Mmayeux73)
Member Username: Mmayeux73 Post Number: 358 Registered: 4-2002 |
Kevin Marcus, Is that you driving the F-50? Is it yours? | ||
| Eric Eiland (Eric308gtsiqv)
Member Username: Eric308gtsiqv Post Number: 584 Registered: 11-2001 |
Thought something was very odd with the ferrari.crash.mpg -- earlier footage shows pedestrian being thrown over the driver's side of the car prior to it going over the edge -- later footage shows pedestrian being thrown over passenger side of car, and falling with the car over the edge. ???????? Still can't believe how lousy of a driver that guy was -- I bet the passenger messed his/her pants as well. | ||
| melo yelo (Meloyelo)
New member Username: Meloyelo Post Number: 17 Registered: 5-2002 |
Nick, I did not notice but you are correct. The second angle is reverse angle. Still can't tell to much about how far the wheels are turned. | ||
| nick l (Nsxnick)
Junior Member Username: Nsxnick Post Number: 65 Registered: 7-2001 |
melo, the second view you're talking about is a reverse image of the first view.. so the wheels should be turning left. look at how much of the wheel well you can see up front... i'm lead to believe the wheels are turning left. | ||
| rob ferretti (Robiferretti)
Junior Member Username: Robiferretti Post Number: 61 Registered: 4-2002 |
yeah it seemed like a really hard place to lose it... i was thinking about how crappy a driver you would have to be cuase it just flatlined no movement from the ass end | ||
| melo yelo (Meloyelo)
New member Username: Meloyelo Post Number: 16 Registered: 5-2002 |
Looks like the guy is turning hard right, but in the second angle view, it looks like the wheels are not turned. Maybe something gave in the steering? Or am I not seeing it right? | ||
| Ansgar Schürmeyer (Taunus)
Junior Member Username: Taunus Post Number: 114 Registered: 6-2002 |
Ouch !!! Nothing more to say. | ||
| Kevin (Jammy)
Junior Member Username: Jammy Post Number: 104 Registered: 3-2002 |
Hey Manu- really looking forward to tomorrow- should be a laugh. And on the tunnel front- I found a great one. Was in Sweden last weekend. The bridge linking Sweden and Denmark is an engineering miracle, but it's overshadowed by the tunnel leading up to it on the Danish side. All 3km of it and very little traffic. I was getting quite excited by the thought of what it would be like howling through it in an unsilenced F50 (back on topic!) | ||
| Jens Haller (Jh280774)
Junior Member Username: Jh280774 Post Number: 249 Registered: 9-2001 |
So what do you think of this? http://www.the-webbs.com/k2rum/video/ferrari.mpg Another sad exapmle of what happens if you can�t handle a car with lots of hp and do stupid things with it! Con saluti cordialissimi, Jens Haller P.S. Don�t even want to know how many people he could have killed! Look at the crowd at the side of the street. | ||
| Manu (Manu)
Member Username: Manu Post Number: 642 Registered: 2-2002 |
Kev you cheeky "barsteward" - we're delivering your Techart System to Jazz Motorsport later today. woohooo!!! Yep - no ASR/ABS on F50 - will not prevent you buying one though I hope Edited to say that I really miss your 360 - God knows how you feel - Ajay and I were reminiscing about that very first Hatfield Tunnel Run - that day will go down in History. | ||
| Kevin (Jammy)
Junior Member Username: Jammy Post Number: 103 Registered: 3-2002 |
Hey Manu- you're up early. In the US Simple case of an excess of power over grip; with front wheels locked up the only way this guy's going is straight on. No ABS or ASR on an F50 then? | ||
| Manu (Manu)
Member Username: Manu Post Number: 641 Registered: 2-2002 |
That *appears* to be the crappest piece of driving I've seen in ages... no amount of wrenching on the steering wheel is going to change the direction of a car that has the fronts locked.... what worried me was the apparent terminal understeering - and it really does have to be some locked fronts.... | ||
| Kevin Marcus (Rumordude)
Junior Member Username: Rumordude Post Number: 115 Registered: 9-2001 |
Man, don't be scaring me like that! But yeah that guy definitely sucks at driving. Could he possibly oversteer anymore? And why go on a track w/o a helmet if you're going to be driving for performance? I don't know... I dont have any very exciting videos w/the car but here is a tiny snippet i had lying around. Again this is nothing very exciting and is rather boring, but it'll have to do for now. ;) http://www.autosensations.com/video/f50-shortdrive.mpg | ||
| Kenny Herman (Kennyh)
Member Username: Kennyh Post Number: 574 Registered: 8-2001 |
That's it? I thought the front bonnet to an F40 was something like 40k because it was carbon fiber? | ||
| Matt Lemus (Mlemus)
Intermediate Member Username: Mlemus Post Number: 2030 Registered: 8-2002 |
That was at the launch of the F-50 in monaco and the was a test drive by a journalist. It cause $15k - 20K in damage on a car that had 300 miles. | ||
| Jeffrey Davison (Jeffdavison)
Junior Member Username: Jeffdavison Post Number: 54 Registered: 7-2002 |
I bet his insurance premiums went up a bit ;^P JD | ||
| John (Modenaf1fan)
Junior Member Username: Modenaf1fan Post Number: 90 Registered: 11-2002 |
wa a jackass! | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Intermediate Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 2329 Registered: 6-2001 |
That guy sucks at driving. If it is understeering like that the wheels must have been locked up. let off the brake next time or use the gas pedal to get it back in line! | ||
| Ernesto (T88power)
Intermediate Member Username: T88power Post Number: 1204 Registered: 2-2001 |
HOLY MOLEY! Ernesto | ||
| Kenny Herman (Kennyh)
Member Username: Kennyh Post Number: 572 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ryan, wasn't concentrating when typing the title, first thing that came to mind when writing it was Rumordude (seeing that he has one), thought I could make something funny out of it, but didn't think as I wrote it lol. I failed at making the title funny, but the video sure is. | ||
| izel k. (Ferrarist)
Junior Member Username: Ferrarist Post Number: 134 Registered: 3-2001 |
i saw that one on TV. if i remember correctly it was in Monaco and the road was wet. | ||
| Ryan550 (Ryanab)
Member Username: Ryanab Post Number: 275 Registered: 3-2002 |
Ouch.. Hey Kenny, could the title of this thread be any more misleading?? Ryan | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 665 Registered: 9-2001 |
I remember that. That was back in Monaco during the GP a couple of years ago. Ferrari was offering select owners a test drive. I wonder if the guy that was hit & the store owner sued? | ||
| Tillman Strahan (Tillman)
Member Username: Tillman Post Number: 377 Registered: 11-2001 |
Hope that bystander's ok. | ||
| Kenny Herman (Kennyh)
Member Username: Kennyh Post Number: 571 Registered: 8-2001 |
Seems like the wheels locked or something... | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Member Username: Doody Post Number: 763 Registered: 11-2001 |
good lord :-( i hope everybody was okay there - egad :-( doody. | ||
| Jason Williams (Pristines4)
Junior Member Username: Pristines4 Post Number: 86 Registered: 12-2002 |
Ouch! | ||
| Kenny Herman (Kennyh)
Member Username: Kennyh Post Number: 569 Registered: 8-2001 |
http://www.kicken.com/funnyfiles2/www.kicken.com-ferrari.crash.mpg Disclaimer: not rumordude or his f50, but still an interesting video! |