How not to spend $0.21M (Muscle car crash)

[gsxr]

Action is at 5:15 if you want to skip the background story. First comment below the video is the owner's explanation (including that he did not yet have collision coverage in place).

Did the 'Toober really say @ 1:02... "it was an impactful day"...? Bazinga? The YouTube comments excoriated them pretty well (and pretty accurately). Yikes.

Let This YouTuber's Horrible Mercury Comet Crash Be a Lesson

Several mistakes were made leading up to this muscle car-destroying incident.

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[Bogeyman]

Lost me completely. What do you intend to do with a 1300 hp street car? What's the point?

I just don't get it.

 

[JC220]

From a quick watch it looks like they could smell the brakes and knew there was an issue but kept going anyway...... not a good idea if you have ANY inclination of a brake issue STOP and sort it out/ get it towed not sure what they were thinking there.

 

[gsxr]

Lost me completely. What do you intend to do with a 1300 hp street car? What's the point?

I just don't get it.

Exactly. I don't get it either. I've seen a surprising number of similar build (lots of show, questionable go, possibly never pushed beyond 1/2 throttle).

From a quick watch it looks like they could smell the brakes and knew there was an issue but kept going anyway...... not a good idea if you have ANY inclination of a brake issue STOP and sort it out/ get it towed not sure what they were thinking there.

I think they weren't thinking. That, combined with 'well, the brakes have worked (sort of) ok so far'.

It might have been better to build it with the intent to make it dragstrip-legal, as there may have been more thought (and $$$) invested in both the brakes and throttle control.

No collision insurance was the salt in the bent-metal wound.

 

[jhodg5ck]

I've had enough practice in slow cars with sticking throttles that it's now 2nd nature...One kick of the gas w/ full left foot braking, no response, grab the key, turn her off, slap into neutral then back on with the key.... Locked steerinc coloumns are exciting when you want to Turn to avoid things


...happened in a few fast-ish cars compared with this hot rod but still it's a Really good habit to have be 2nd nature when fidding with all manner!

 

[a777fan]

Wow. Hope everyone in the car they hit was ok.

No e-brake? Geeze. That is lame.

 

[a777fan]

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