Son (20) writes off Dads car - it was a Gumpert Apollo

PaddyFagan

Not sure if anyone else has seen this story - I suspect he might be in _some_ trouble....

From http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/13078895

A 20-year-old has written off his dad's £275,000 Gumpert Apollo after taking it for a spin in Germany.

He lost control of the rear wheel drive supercar on a sharp bend near Brokdorf, just north of Hamburg.

After the crash the driver's door ended up 100ft (30m) away and the car was described as a "total loss".

The man was driving with a 19-year-old female passenger and both of them walked away from the accident with minor injuries.

Police are investigating whether he was speeding when he lost control of the car on the 50mph road.

The Gumpert Apollo has a top speed of 225mph (360kph) and goes from 0 to 60mph in less than three seconds.

MunsterCycling

I like the bit where they say: if he was speeding, ROFL

Mitch Connor

Says a lot for the safety systems in the car for them to walk away unhurt from that.

Berty

Basing my assumption on the type of car he was driving I'd suspect the father has enough money to be afford to replace the car without needing to ring the insurance company.

Accidents do happen. I know people who have flipped their parents Fiat Punto FFS. Always good to hear people can walk away irrespective of the depth of their pockets.

Chances the son was speeding? High

PaddyFagan

Berty wrote: »

Basing my assumption on the type of car he was driving I'd suspect the father has enough money to be afford to replace the car without needing to ring the insurance company.

Accidents do happen. I know people who have flipped their parents Fiat Punto FFS. Always good to hear people can walk away irrespective of the depth of their pockets.

Chances the son was speeding? High

True enough Berty - I suspect the Dad of the 19 year old girl might be a bit more miffed than his one.... Given the damge, speeding has to be a near certainty....

Paddy

biko

20yo boy with 19yo girl in supercar = speeding, a lot.
Amazing they could walk away, car is in bits.

MagicMarker

Is it me or does it look like the steering wheel is facing the wrong way?

Pyongyang

Ever since I saw the Gumpert on Top Gear I've absolutely loved that car. It's ugly looks wise but it's under the hood where the machine excels.

I think it was Richard Hammond that reviewed it at the time and mentioned how basically everything on it can be adjusted precisely to your specifications. You could probably even have the wheel nuts made out of chocolate if you wanted (maybe the driver of the crashed motor did ).

Love the Gumpert. What a stonking good car it is.

Dravokivich

MagicMarker wrote: »

Is it me or does it look like the steering wheel is facing the wrong way?

How do you mean? It's in Germany, they are meant to be on the left there.

GavRedKing

Speed had to have been a factor, lucky they could walk away from that one though.

subway

Dravokivich wrote: »

How do you mean? It's in Germany, they are meant to be on the left there.

the engine probably ended up at the back due to the force of impact

Wossack

MagicMarker wrote: »

Is it me or does it look like the steering wheel is facing the wrong way?

subway wrote: »

the engine probably ended up at the back due to the force of impact

tis a rear engined supercar

front crumple zone has probably detached, making it look very short at the front (front wheels missing too )

Leonard Hofstadter

20 year old male + 19 year old female + Gumpert Apollo = recepie for disaster

You can tell by the photos of the car that your man was driving a 'little' faster than 80 kph:D!

I swear if that were my son, let's just say he wouldn't be alive now....

subway

Wossack wrote: »

tis a rear engined supercar

front crumple zone has probably detached, making it look very short at the front (front wheels missing too )

really? :P

Plazaman

MagicMarker wrote: »

Is it me or does it look like the steering wheel is facing the wrong way?

Just for those who need a before picture.

Hope Daddy docks Hans allowance for wrecking his motor or the gimp will just smash the next one too.

Lord Nikon

Hey, if it impresses the girl, I would be taking daddys Apollo out too.

cjt156

Wossack wrote: »

tis a rear engined supercar

technically 'tis a mid-engined supercar, at least it was...

ShadowHearth

In all fairness they are lucky to be alive. That wreck looks scary now.

I presume it being high performance car it has extra safety feutures.

I he is having a hug from his parents and a brand new roony rover to make young fella feel better... He had shock and stress lads!

Abelloid

It looks fine, a bit dramatic in it's appearance but a bit of duct tape and carbon fibre and it'll be grand.

Gone Drinking

I bet my house that 19 year old chick is ridiculously fcuking hot..

galwaytt

Gone Drinking wrote: »

I bet my Daddy's house that 19 year old chick is ridiculously fcuking hot..

FYP :P

Wolfe Tone

Id say the da is delighted his kid is alive, mine would be if I totaled his car.

Max_Damage

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Id say the da is delighted his kid is alive, mine would be if I totaled his car.

if I was his father, the kid wouldn't be alive for much longer...

Pyongyang

Assuming the son has a generous pocket money allowance he can buy his dad this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2448253.htm

edit: I thought it looked familiar. It's the actual one Hammond drove on Top Gear. Knowing now that it's been thrashed by the previous owner, I'd knock, oooh say £50k off the asking price? Times are tough too these days. Have to pinch every penny!

faw1tytowers

MagicMarker wrote: »

Is it me or does it look like the steering wheel is facing the wrong way?

lol you may not of seen a real appollo before
http://automotiveroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/black-gumpert-apollo.jpg
rear wheel drive...

EDIT lol see someone has already enlightened some to this. Some comments had me in stitches!

subway

faw1tytowers wrote: »

lol you may not of seen a real appollo before

rear wheel drive...

lol, good one

Wetbench4

Pyongyang wrote: »

Assuming the son has a generous pocket money allowance he can buy his dad this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2448253.htm

edit: I thought it looked familiar. It's the actual one Hammond drove on Top Gear. Knowing now that it's been thrashed by the previous owner, I'd knock, oooh say £50k off the asking price? Times are tough too these days. Have to pinch every penny!

The front is not so bad but the back is ugly as sin

challengemaster

neuromancer wrote: »

Hey, if it impresses the girl, I would be taking daddys Apollo out too.

He certainly got her knickers wet, one way or another...

dharn

MagicMarker wrote: »

Is it me or does it look like the steering wheel is facing the wrong way?

its you we are looking at the rear of the car although when i looked first i thought the wheel was one of the fronts but it is a back wheel