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chilly
30-05-2004, 10:28 AM
http://www.ssute.com/ls1/bmw%20at%20180_1.jpg
http://www.ssute.com/ls1/bmw%20at%20180_2.jpg
http://www.ssute.com/ls1/bmw%20at%20180_3.jpg
Rod
30-05-2004, 10:41 AM
hopefully the occupants were thrown clear before impact...

what never ceases to amaze me though is the way the trees seem to be unscathed when metal meets wood.
VX SS
30-05-2004, 10:47 AM
Damn only 180k
Rt!
30-05-2004, 10:49 AM
100Ks will do the same thing
but of course, as soon as you travel over the speed limit you will automagically crash :p
Ausmartin1
30-05-2004, 11:12 AM
Same overseas ....
Another one who thought he could "Drive" on the local race track or was that road?
Don't think he will make the same mistake twice,
I do declare him cured - permanently. :eek:
Bumfluff
30-05-2004, 12:29 PM
hopefully the occupants were thrown clear before impact...

what never ceases to amaze me though is the way the trees seem to be unscathed when metal meets wood.

I'm quite amazed that the tree is still standing at all! :eek:
Devil CV8
30-05-2004, 12:31 PM
saw those pics months ago, and there was still a question mark on what type of car it was, besides being a red one...



Trees are strong little creatures aren't they...
C4B
30-05-2004, 12:31 PM
Is that definitely a BMW, cause the car in the photo has wind up windows and I can't remember the last time I saw a Bimmer without electric windows. (I thought it looked more like a mid 90's Sierra / Escort)
V82xist
30-05-2004, 01:06 PM
Is that definitely a BMW, cause the car in the photo has wind up windows and I can't remember the last time I saw a Bimmer without electric windows. (I thought it looked more like a mid 90's Sierra / Escort)
The base model 318 and 316 a couple of years ago had wind up windows. I couldn't believe it when a guy I knew (up and coming barrister) took out a lease on a new 318 (had to try and fit in socially) and still had to wind the windows himself. :p
SPJ
30-05-2004, 01:25 PM
Yes it is a Ford Escort...
ExAreSix
30-05-2004, 01:26 PM
It's an Escort.

Trees usually survive because cars (and the soft centred occupants therein) tend to wrap around them, absorbing the momentum.
dvx
30-05-2004, 03:19 PM
i think the car was some sort of ford, like a sierra or escort or something? I also remember a photo of the speedo, which was at 160km/h i think, so 160 on impact. They were thought to have been going somewhere above 180km/h when it lost traction coming around that corner. The other half of the car is about 30m away.
Rt!
30-05-2004, 03:55 PM
it says escort on the bootlid
Black_Utester
30-05-2004, 06:36 PM
definitely a Ford Escort
onezero
30-05-2004, 10:30 PM
I don't think it's a BMW, as they have a 5 stud pattern for the wheels (it's has the same spacing as a Commodore) - whereas that photo shows it having only 4. Also, I can't remember whether the model number of a BMW has ever been on the left (which that one seems to be).
chilly
31-05-2004, 05:09 AM
thanks for pointing the facts out people.
Grrrrrrrrr
i will clip the ear of my mates sons girlfriends uncles brother who sent it to me.
*LOL*
myvt00
31-05-2004, 10:06 AM
There is a web page somewhere on the net that has more information on this incident. Apparently the driver survived as he was thrown from the car.. :eek: