Mercedes C63 AMG Gumballer Crashes Into Poll
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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.
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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.
Lesson of the day. . . Don't drive like an idiot on public roads, espically around other idiot drivers, surrounded by camera weilding idiot onlookers.
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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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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.
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And this is why you don't turn off traction control kids, just put it in sport.
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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.
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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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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!
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!
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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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Agreed. The one that gets me the most is pulling into a busy street. You want to get up to traffic speed quickly so you give it a little juice, then power cuts out and you end up bunny hopping into the lane, slowing everyone down and looking like an idiot. This makes me hesitate now in situations I would not have thought twice about in my rs4.
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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!
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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Pretty unlikely he was hurt based on what everyone said but was nice to hear a few people ask if he was ok
