autocross accident
04-23-2007, 07:31 PM
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autocross accident
This will make you think twice about getting that close parking spot at the autocross event. It's 
but I know you want to see.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3197431&page=1
but I know you want to see.http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3197431&page=1
04-23-2007, 09:08 PM
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Damn! thanx for posting,
I read nearly that whole thread, after this and my friend (owns modded late model Mini) just ran a track event last weekend I believe, anyhow another guy in a brand new C6 Z06 w/his instructor missed a turn hit the tire barriers badly (picture showed it's pretty much totalled nearly every panel popped off) told me the owner was freaking out! Only had the Z06 for a week! and was screaming "What do I do now? how is Ins. covering this?" then ripped off the remaining 1/4 panel that was barely hanging by a thread, heaving it skyward!
Needless to say this has curbed my ambitions for ever running at an Auto-X event, not worth it, I'm not ready to gamble w/my C6!
I read nearly that whole thread, after this and my friend (owns modded late model Mini) just ran a track event last weekend I believe, anyhow another guy in a brand new C6 Z06 w/his instructor missed a turn hit the tire barriers badly (picture showed it's pretty much totalled nearly every panel popped off) told me the owner was freaking out! Only had the Z06 for a week! and was screaming "What do I do now? how is Ins. covering this?" then ripped off the remaining 1/4 panel that was barely hanging by a thread, heaving it skyward!Needless to say this has curbed my ambitions for ever running at an Auto-X event, not worth it, I'm not ready to gamble w/my C6!
04-25-2007, 12:31 PM
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That's why you go to a track event where there are concrete barriers, real safety measures, and less morons who think they "know how to drive". Those are the guys that have never been to a school and are THE most dangerous always
04-25-2007, 12:51 PM
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As a member of the BMW Club, I used to go to a driving school each year at Road America, WI. Every event, there'd be 3-4 cars wrecked. I saw a year old M3's rim disintegrate and the car fly into a wall and an E36 M3 spin off the track right in front of me. That's why I was driving my $3,000 '87 325is when I went to these things! Never track a car you can't afford to lose. Most insurance policies exclude competitive racing events -- which autocross and probably a driving school would be considered. You have to buy a special endorsement, assuming the insurance company would sell you one. Most people are just taking chances.
04-25-2007, 08:07 PM
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As a member of the BMW Club, I used to go to a driving school each year at Road America, WI. Every event, there'd be 3-4 cars wrecked. I saw a year old M3's rim disintegrate and the car fly into a wall and an E36 M3 spin off the track right in front of me. That's why I was driving my $3,000 '87 325is when I went to these things! Never track a car you can't afford to lose. Most insurance policies exclude competitive racing events -- which autocross and probably a driving school would be considered. You have to buy a special endorsement, assuming the insurance company would sell you one. Most people are just taking chances.
Maybe I'll buy a Miata or something..
