Stu R Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 18 year old buys BMW M5 and posts on the BMW M5 forum asking about jerky gearchanges. Two days later a BMW M5 with occupants aged 18-20 is involved in a fatal crash near the thread starter's location. http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=111454 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Think my agegroup were lucky, the sheds we could afford were unable to do any sort of speed without falling apart. Nice gentle learning curve. My son who is 23 has written off two cars, both times he was very lucky. The second time the car rolled down an embankment and it was some time before it was noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I am pretty lucky i have never had a crash touch wood! I am only 21, but our age group are defo more likely to be in a crash, simply cause we let the blood rush to our heads and stick the food down. Most of my friends have wrote off their cars aswell. But i am extra carefull when in my wee ZED, especially in this bloody weather. Looking forward till summer for some nice dry roads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I am only 21, but our age group are defo more likely to be in a crash, simply cause we let the blood rush to our heads and stick the food down. Didn't anyone tell you it's dangerous to eat while you're driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Im 23 and have had 3 crashes. None of them were my fault though. Ive never crashed my own cars either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I am only 21, but our age group are defo more likely to be in a crash, simply cause we let the blood rush to our heads and stick the food down. Didn't anyone tell you it's dangerous to eat while you're driving hahah! oopppss sowweeee typo "foot" You kno wat bugs me tho! You can smoke and drive but not drink a bottle of watter! How the hell does that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Not good. But I do think new drivers should have to do their 'apprenticeship' in cars that they have to learn how to drive in properly. None of these driver aids, and no big power. I'm 27 and my little 957cc Fiesta allowed me to learn all sorts of stuff without any ABS, servos or multipoint injection getting me there quicker than I could cope with. Despite having raced karts etc when younger, too much damage can be caused on roads IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 An 18 year old behind the wheel of a 500BHP car and in their own words having very little experience of such machines, asking about rough changes at 140mph was only ever going to end one way. REading the following article - it would appear it was the fathers car: http://www.ocala.com/article/20080126/B ... AKING_NEWS You do have to question what type of moron hands the keys of a machine like that to an 18 year old driver with no experience for him to go out with his young buddies, what exactly was the expected result?. It sadly wont be the last story we read like this though Im quite sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Not good. But I do think new drivers should have to do their 'apprenticeship' in cars that they have to learn how to drive in properly. None of these driver aids, and no big power. I'm 27 and my little 957cc Fiesta allowed me to learn all sorts of stuff without any ABS, servos or multipoint injection getting me there quicker than I could cope with. Despite having raced karts etc when younger, too much damage can be caused on roads IMO. I agree with you mate. I learned in a 1.4 foucus! Had that for 3 years and made my mistakes in it. Which i much rather do in that than my zed. Although am still learning to properly drive with such a powerful car, its all a bu#ig learning curve but oh what fun am having in my wee car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbadman Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I agree on the whole but most of my mates have powerful cars i was 20 when i bought my Evo 8 and tuned the to 380bhp admittedly i dont drive like a tit all the time and dont race everything but i think with some cars you need to be able to apply common sense. (obviously driver aids help though lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zummertor Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Truly awful and we all know this happens too frequently. The sense of invincibility in young men I think is part of life's programming. It only takes an very very small amount of time for things to go so terribly wrong. The statistics on "crashes" when a young man is driving with passengers in the car is a huge percentage jump over young men on their own in a car. Not far from us a young man went missing and was found some days later in his car in a ditch full of water, on his own. I think he was just 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Seems it was the guy Steve_b posted about the other day. Not good. Having said that, I know a guy who had the following cars from 17 - 20:- Impreza P1 BMW M3 Porsche 911 Turbo Ferrari F430 Spider Lambo Gallardo Back to the Ferrari And he drives very sensibly. Bit of a tool, but drives them well. I still think people should have to earn the right to drive something that can kill so many so readily..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Seems it was the guy Steve_b posted about the other day. Not good. Having said that, I know a guy who had the following cars from 17 - 20:- Impreza P1 BMW M3 Porsche 911 Turbo Ferrari F430 Spider Lambo Gallardo Back to the Ferrari And he drives very sensibly. Bit of a tool, but drives them well. I still think people should have to earn the right to drive something that can kill so many so readily..... wow thats some car list!!! Very lucky lad lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinbad Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Pics of this crash have been posted on this site i believe. If its the one about an airstrip and crashing into a tree..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC350z Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Pics of this crash have been posted on this site i believe.If its the one about an airstrip and crashing into a tree..? Correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drexyl Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Bloody hell! It certainly makes you think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC350z Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I'm sticking to my original post 3:45 a.m on a runway! i.e. a road that just ends after 1.5 miles. Not only was the driver an idiot but all his mates are now dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Same thing we've been discussing here? My thoughts still stand. The kid was an idiot, his friends were idiots for getting in the car with him, and I feel nothing but sadness for the friends and family of the dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drexyl Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Bloody hell! It certainly makes you think! Erm, sorry. Sorry everybody, this post was meant for the "untagled game" thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC350z Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Bloody hell! It certainly makes you think! Erm, sorry. Sorry everybody, this post was meant for the "untagled game" thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Yeap same car. Think its now on almost every motoring forum there is. Just sad story. Even the stupid do not deserve to die that way (100ft in the air and hitting a tree). As long as we all learn that cars are dangerous and be careful. Just think, its the same airstrip that John Travolta uses. Now if he did the same thing with a Boeing then would be a nasty mess and the tree might not have won/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev946 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Reading the thread is erie.....shocking waste of lives and no one deserves to die this way. Diagram now showing the accident. http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/sect ... ory=news24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_fuel Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 http://www.ocala.com/article/20080126/B ... AKING_NEWS Nothing to do with this case whatsoever, but what a bunch of crap is that article? I mean they nearly explain us what color underwear those guys wore on each day of the week, giving heaps of completely irrelevant information just to get more "emotion" in the story, while it basically boils down to "idiots forget to use brain and kill themselves" .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 http://www.ocala.com/article/20080126/B ... AKING_NEWS Nothing to do with this case whatsoever, but what a bunch of crap is that article? I mean they nearly explain us what color underwear those guys wore on each day of the week, giving heaps of completely irrelevant information just to get more "emotion" in the story, while it basically boils down to "idiots forget to use brain and kill themselves" .... I agree to a certain extent but not with the plural. The driver was the idiot and decided to risk his friends lives. The passengers may have encouraged him but its the driver who makes the decisions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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