10th September 2008, 10:12 PM
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sad sight: crash at Tennessee, USA
Sorry if this is a repost. Following is a link from the NAGTROC website's homepage:
http://www.gtrblog.com/media/blogs/g...dcrash-001.jpg It could possibly be the second crash in the USA following the one in NYC. The condition of it looks totaled. I wonder if it can be repaired. Tennessee...that's the new HQ of Nissan USA. I don't think that has anything to do with it. |
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11th September 2008, 12:29 AM
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shame no one believed me when i said the car needed a lot of skill to control at high speed... you're going to see so many of these crashes...
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11th September 2008, 02:25 AM
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11th September 2008, 06:33 AM
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some real class one muppets out there
passenger would have been in a bad way from how far the "cell" has collapsed, I assume there wasn't one as the roofs not been hacked off. rims look very strong as it appears none of the legs have been sheared of the rim |
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11th September 2008, 06:43 AM
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and the funny thing is people are modifiying the thing straight off the bat as soon as they pick it up! never been on a track with it before to learn how to drive it either... the guys who set record times at tracks are experienced racing drivers or have had training... yet joe blow with his $100k thinks the car makes him a great driver... good luck insuring the car in 1 year...
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11th September 2008, 07:14 AM
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plot thickens:
Another GT-R Wreck - Tennesspeed.Net Forums passenger had broken bones in his legs... can anyone tell on the 2nd pic if those are dunlops or bridgestones? looks like he crashed into a concrete overhang, or the back of a container lorry. that bonnet is very pushed up.... in fact the bonnet has gone thru the windscreen!!!
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11th September 2008, 07:19 AM
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at least you can buy another one - if you hadn't seen it, this CLK-DTM understeered into a truck in Seoul a couple days ago. The guy had already crashed it once, spent $80,000 and a year for HWA to come up with parts to repair, then crashed it again. So make that 99 in the world, unless some other muppet has crashed his as well. He's just binning the car now, doesn't want to bother with it as he's got so many others
 I've driven this exact car after the first front-end repair. It has astonishing handling, definitely not what you'd expect from a Benz. You'd have to truly suck at driving to get that car to plow like a diesel Golf on an autocross course. |
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11th September 2008, 03:27 PM
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Judging from the second pix at Tennesspeed, it really looks totaled. That will make it the first totaled r35 here in the USA. It looks there will be junkyard parts on the market soon. At least it's good that both of them are okay. Hope they don't wreck another one soon, since I need a used TLC'ed one in the future.
I wonder if there has been a totaled r35 yet around the world... |
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