Mercedes C63 AMG Gumballer Crashes Into Poll
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4 Videos from the article: A participant at this past Sunday's Gumball Meet in Manchester, UK, crashed his creamy white Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG into a pole while chasing / fooling around with an Audi RS4 Avant. |
My worst nightmare. Driving like an idiot, crashing, and then everyone films it while laughing at your misfortune.
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*Pole
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The driver's ego is probably more damaged than the car - which is deserving. Crash wasn't that bad if everyone there who took a picture gave $10 it would cover the repair cost.
Lesson of the day. . . Don't drive like an idiot on public roads, espically around other idiot drivers, surrounded by camera weilding idiot onlookers. |
And this is why you don't turn off traction control kids, just put it in sport. Unless you know what you're doing of course for all of you who will jump on my nuts for suggesting you don't know how to drive your own vehicle :)
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"Creamy" white tee-hee
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Watch video 2. He only taps the brakes.
Must have panicked and let the b¡tch roll right into the pole lol. |
Don't use S+ if you're going to hoon around with ESP off, that auto shift to 2nd is harsh.
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Originally Posted by trev0006
(Post 6183209)
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4 Videos from the article: A participant at this past Sunday's Gumball Meet in Manchester, UK, crashed his creamy white Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG into a pole while chasing / fooling around with an Audi RS4 Avant. Couldn't have been the Audi:smash: |
Definitely looked like he panicked at the end. Quick step on the brakes and he would have been left with just a damaged ego rather than a damaged car.
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video doesnt work. What goes where the ******* is?
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Originally Posted by CPD SLK
(Post 6183748)
video doesnt work. What goes where the ******* is?
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Ouch
Once insurance finds out he was in the gumball and they get their hands on this vid, driver will be paying out of pocket for these shenanigans. |
Originally Posted by KIS007
(Post 6183222)
My worst nightmare. Driving like an idiot, crashing, and then everyone films it while laughing at your misfortune.
And this is why you don't turn off traction control kids, just put it in sport. |
Originally Posted by CPD SLK
(Post 6183748)
video doesnt work. What goes where the ******* is?
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Originally Posted by alexmtl
(Post 6184108)
Actually no later than yesterday I overtook a bit enthusiastically a slow driver, and my car went 45 degrees sideways in Sport mode. I was in second gear, cold tires, turned to change lanes and accelerated to overtook, and if I didn`t have the reflex to countersteer and brake (ABS kicked in too!) I'd be in a similar position as this guy, for something equally stupid!
Braking typically isn't the smartest thing to do when you're unexpectedly oversteering on power, from a weight transfer point of view. But most people do it as a natural instinct, and I think that's why Merc engineers flip on ESP when brakes are applied. |
Originally Posted by PurpleHeartAMG
(Post 6183294)
And this is why you don't turn off traction control kids, just put it in sport. Unless you know what you're doing of course for all of you who will jump on my nuts for suggesting you don't know how to drive your own vehicle :)
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fishtail
Originally Posted by alexmtl
(Post 6184108)
Hahah yeah.
Actually no later than yesterday I overtook a bit enthusiastically a slow driver, and my car went 45 degrees sideways in Sport mode. I was in second gear, cold tires, turned to change lanes and accelerated to overtook, and if I didn`t have the reflex to countersteer and brake (ABS kicked in too!) I'd be in a similar position as this guy, for something equally stupid! |
I just can't get on to the word "hoon". It just hurts to say, type, and hear.
Douche had it coming. He went around that damn circle one too many times and God said "nope". |
Originally Posted by Mercfan64
(Post 6184373)
I drove without traction control for 33 years. So of course I find the behavior of the car more predictable with traction control off. It always surprises me when the power is cut. Lol, I think, "Let's cross this busy highway now", the car thinks, "Let's cross half way and shut off all power because one tire's going to slip a little." Just another traction control "Oh $#1t" moment for me, give me a little one tire peel any day rather than an unpredictable power cut.
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ouch. Saw the video. I don't get why people were laughing so hard. Not that funny.
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Originally Posted by Mercfan64
(Post 6184373)
Just another traction control "Oh $#1t" moment for me, give me a little one tire peel any day rather than an unpredictable power cut.
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Indeed!!
Crazy how the crowd first reaction was to trigger their camera phones and record the moment before actually making sure the guy was OK! Well looks like he had traction control off and lost it! |
Originally Posted by abcut973
(Post 6185156)
Indeed!!
Crazy how the crowd first reaction was to trigger their camera phones and record the moment before actually making sure the guy was OK! Well looks like he had traction control off and lost it! |
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