Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder

carbon nanotube

no, i'm not selling my CL9 for one but..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18663555

so, some poor man thought it would be a good idea to take his son for a spin on one of these for his 21st.

after reading my first thoughts were

a/ did he own the lambo

or

b/ did he hire

i was thinking he hired and he crashed, and sure enough, he rolled it over and duly got killed.

just goes to show if you have a big fat check book you can drive anything now, even if you are not the least bit competent to do so.

5000000+ bhp,, not the run of the mill saloon that guy was used to driving i'm sure.

MetzgerMeister

5,000 bhp eh??? Nice :pac:

carbon nanotube

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

5,000 bhp eh??? Nice :pac:

whoopsie daisy

MetzgerMeister

carbon nanotube wrote: »

whoopsie daisy

LOL

Sonnenblumen

carbon nanotube wrote: »

no, i'm not selling my CL9 for one but..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18663555

so, some poor man thought it would be a good idea to take his son for a spin on one of these for his 21st.

after reading my first thoughts were

a/ did he own the lambo

or

b/ did he hire

i was thinking he hired and he crashed, and sure enough, he rolled it over and duly got killed.

just goes to show if you have a big fat check book you can drive anything now, even if you are not the least bit competent to do so.

5000000+ bhp,, not the run of the mill saloon that guy was used to driving i'm sure.

A little respect for the grieving family would be more appropriate.

RIP

Veloce

carbon nanotube wrote: »

no, i'm not selling my CL9 for one but..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18663555

so, some poor man thought it would be a good idea to take his son for a spin on one of these for his 21st.

after reading my first thoughts were

a/ did he own the lambo

or

b/ did he hire

i was thinking he hired and he crashed, and sure enough, he rolled it over and duly got killed.

just goes to show if you have a big fat check book you can drive anything now, even if you are not the least bit competent to do so.

5000000+ bhp,, not the run of the mill saloon that guy was used to driving i'm sure.

Carbon Nanotube, why did you even bother posting this?

carbon nanotube

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

LOL

carbon nanotube

Veloce wrote: »

Carbon Nanotube, why did you even bother posting this?

because ..........

how can it be so easy to get a 500bhp car...

just say joe murphy wins the lotto from next door and drives his 1.2 polo over the cliff and goes to get a gallardo the next day.

i'm sure he would not live very long.

I have read somewhere that marques such as Ferrari and etc do a profile fit to buyers before they even sell a car.

I am quite sure the owners of that place wont be the least bit pleased to have someone killed over renting a super car, I am also sure they will be a bit pissed off to lose a gallardo.

furthermore I am quite sure too the managers will be more careful in future who they hire cars to.

Veloce

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Veloce wrote: »

Carbon Nanotube, why did you even bother posting this?

because ..........

how can it be so easy to get a 500bhp car...

just say joe murphy wins the lotto from next door and drives his 1.2 polo over the cliff and goes to get a gallardo the next day.

i'm sure he would not live very long.

I have read somewhere that marques such as Ferrari and etc do a profile fit to buyers before they even sell a car.

I am quite sure the owners of that place wont be the least bit pleased to have someone killed over renting a super car, I am also sure they will be a bit pissed off to lose a gallardo.

furthermore I am quite sure too the managers will be more careful in future who they hire cars to.

I'm sure it would be at the risk of the driver if he / she crashed and died and I'd be fairly sure he signed a disclaimer for injury or death.

Not all people who drive ferraris or lambos are racing car drivers carbon

carbon nanotube

yes but just because you have $$$ should not mean you can hire a car like that so easily.

just a thought.

flooring a gallardo on an airstrip is very unlike flooring a vectra.

having said that its a sad story.

Jimbob 83

More money than talent

lomb

Surely the airstrip was poorly designed or car was defective?
It either hit some kind of a kerb causing it to roll or a change of direction rolled it which is unlikely.
Its nothing more than anything that I would do, it was being drivven in controlled safe conditions and something went wrong, stuff happens.
Not everyone who likes cars is a formula one driver , some of us have day jobs to go to...

Gone Drinking

I can't tell if the OP is jealous or just an arsehole?

Gone Drinking

Gone Drinking wrote: »

I can't tell if the OP is jealous or just an arsehole?

I can.

frozenfrozen

I think along with earning the money to buy cars, people should have to earn the right to drive said cars. Every post bashing poor people counts as 1 point, overtaking on a bend give you 5 points. You need over 9000 points for a lamborghini

Soarer

It's a good job all the car fatalities in Ireland happen in Lambos, as accidents never happen in "normal" cars! :rolleyes:

And yeah, I'm sure the company is "pissed off" that they lost an insured Gallardo!

carbon nanotube

RoverJames wrote: »

Gone Drinking wrote: »

I can't tell if the OP is jealous or just an arsehole?

I can.

Says the man with a passion for kv6 rovers. Do you actually own one of these relics. I see rear discs and pads cost about a grand.. nice that's if you can get them from China or wherever rovers come from now

I suppose you also have driven a Gallardo, how was that for you?

smash

carbon nanotube wrote: »

just goes to show if you have a big fat check book you can drive anything now

You don't need a fat check book to drive a Lamborghini for a day.

carbon nanotube

Gone Drinking wrote: »

I can't tell if the OP is jealous or just an arsehole?

I'm ok with 141mph for the moment.

carbon nanotube

smash wrote: »

carbon nanotube wrote: »

just goes to show if you have a big fat check book you can drive anything now

You don't need a fat check book to drive a Lamborghini for a day.

Fatter than most people would be prepared to spend for an hour or two.

crazygeryy

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Gone Drinking wrote: »

I can't tell if the OP is jealous or just an arsehole?

I'm ok with 141mph for the moment.

for those of us who haven't a clue, how fast is this gallardo? 0 to 60 in?

carbon nanotube

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Says the man with a passion for kv6 rovers............. I see rear discs and pads cost about a grand..........

lol

MuppetCheck

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Fatter than most people would be prepared to spend for an hour or two.

Some people might actually wish to treat themselves to something once in a while. Which was obviously the case here. The man was obviously giving this is a present to his son who presumably would not have been able to drive it for insurance reasons.

I have to say the tone taken by you at a family's misfortune is terrible.

coylemj

I wonder was the car insured if the son was in the passenger seat i.e. no instructor on board?

Given that it was an airfield (i.e. no bends), it's a wonder that he managed to overturn it.

carbon nanotube

RoverJames wrote: »

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Says the man with a passion for kv6 rovers............. I see rear discs and pads cost about a grand..........

lol

Well thats what you said yourself. And after all that work it would probably blow a gasket at 130mph.

carbon nanotube

MuppetCheck wrote: »

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Fatter than most people would be prepared to spend for an hour or two.

Some people might actually wish to treat themselves to something once in a while. Which was obviously the case here. The man was obviously giving this is a present to his son who presumably would not have been able to drive it for insurance reasons.

I have to say the tone taken by you at a family's misfortune is terrible.

It was careless and reckless to take his son on a supercar and get killed.

Clearly his driving skills were not honed for that car.

carbon nanotube

coylemj wrote: »

I wonder was the car insured if the son was in the passenger seat i.e. no instructor on board?

Given that it was an airfield (i.e. no bends), it's a wonder that he managed to overturn it.

Further reinforces my point he was a crap driver.

Wossack

this is in very poor taste

for shame

carbon nanotube

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Well thats what you said yourself.......

I never said that

Jimbob 83

This thread needs to be closed tbh.

OP a dead mans grave does not a soapbox make

crazygeryy

Fine don't ****ing answer then.

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Let's just end this now.