Teenager + M3 = Disaster.

IrishZeus

http://jalopnik.com/5936517/this-is-why-you-dont-give-a-teenager-a-bmw-m3-and-a-gopro?utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_twitter&utm_source=jalopnik_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

What a terrible, terrible driver.

listermint

What a tool ,and its alpine white too

Mint Sauce

Anyone else think this was about a teenager on the M3.

0ph0rce0

Haha paul i can imagine you doing something stupid like this :rolleyes:

No grip after that bump i reckon

listermint

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

Haha paul i can imagine you doing something stupid like this :rolleyes:

No grip after that bump i reckon

Bumps at speed mean air time.... silly lad should have known.

Stallingrad

Jesus, the way he was steering and holding the wheel you could see it coming a mile off.

That's the best advertisement ever to check the underside of a car before buying!

yoke

it's definitely an E46 M3.

Looks like what happened was that his passenger side wheel left the road (there's a big dip between the gravel and the road as you can see in the video), which resulted in him losing steering traction and veering off the road.

Car seems to hold up quite well to the punishment! never flipping or rolling over etc.

tossy

yoke wrote: »

it's definitely an E46 M3.

Looks like what happened was that his passenger side wheel left the road (there's a big dip between the gravel and the road as you can see in the video), which resulted in him losing steering traction and veering off the road.

Car seems to hold up quite well to the punishment! never flipping or rolling over etc.

Thank you CSI BMW

I'd say the radiator,engine,gearbox,diff,bumpers steering rack etc didn't hold up quite well or his wrists and elbows

Stallingrad

yoke wrote: »

Looks like what happened was that his passenger side wheel left the road (there's a big dip between the gravel and the road as you can see in the video), which resulted in him losing steering traction and veering off the road.

I think the fact that his front wheels were airborne into a left hander caused the problem!

FANTAPANTS

id say his old man "Knocked him the f**k out"

ARGINITE

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=80343265&postcount=660

MugMugs

What a guy ! What a guy !

Nice car, Nice camera, nice lack of control.

yoke

Stallingrad wrote: »

I think the fact that his front wheels were airborne into a left hander caused the problem!

yeah actually watched the video again and you're right, but I think he probably would still have been able to control the car if his passenger side wheel hadn't skidded over the edge/dip as a result of the short flight..

Alanstrainor

Doesn't even look like he braked at all. I know with only the rears on the ground the braking effect would have been minimal, but still


I here this wasn't a private track either. Public park from what I heard, I think "park" might be stretching things just a tad but all the same!

listermint

Yep certainly didnt look/sound like there was an attempt at breaking pretty clueless over a blind bend.

coolisin

I just couldn't have imagined the phone call.
Still at least he was alright i guess, you can see the seatbelt kept him in the car he was nearly going out the window.

arleitiss

Not sure if anyone seen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T19lBXxToM
15 year old on M3 outrunning police, too bad for him that the car broke down.

Duckjob

Could have been a great candidate for the Darwin awards. Pity the car didnt do a few rolls as well. Natural selection must have been taking a nap.

savagecabbages

His driving position + style reminds me of someone in the mid 1990s playing Ridge Racer

eringobragh

arleitiss wrote: »

Not sure if anyone seen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T19lBXxToM
15 year old on M3 outrunning police, too bad for him that the car broke down.

I'd say that kid rules GTA, that was some driving/or luck not sure which!:pac:

shanered

arleitiss wrote: »

Not sure if anyone seen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T19lBXxToM
15 year old on M3 outrunning police, too bad for him that the car broke down.

Some have it, others dont!

Chris_Heilong

That road looks like a great drive

Jimbob 83

Oh dear

kirving

What an idiot, awesome camera angle though!

Matt Simis

arleitiss wrote: »

Not sure if anyone seen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T19lBXxToM
15 year old on M3 outrunning police, too bad for him that the car broke down.

Ah that one. Research it a bit more, the M3 didnt break down and its not supercharged, the US commentator makes up a load of BS. The scene at the end of the M3 stopping is actually a splice of the scene where the drivers hits the brakes near the overpass earlier on.

For TV sakes they make it out that "you cant outrun the law" however the reality is that Camaro is utterly pants vs the old M3. He got away however his dad rang the cops to turn him over the next day. Its quite annoying how they lied about the footage and eventing their own TV friendly, pro-American auto ending.

Cienciano

Matt Simis wrote: »

Ah that one. Research it a bit more, the M3 didnt break down and its not supercharged, the US commentator makes up a load of BS. The scene at the end of the M3 stopping is actually a splice of the scene where the drivers hits the brakes near the overpass earlier on.

For TV sakes they make it out that "you cant outrun the law" however the reality is that Camaro is utterly pants vs the old M3. He got away however his dad rang the cops to turn him over the next day. Its quite annoying how they lied about the footage and eventing their own TV friendly, pro-American auto ending.

Next you'll be telling us the tyre screech noises were added in post production :eek:

Pkiernan

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Doesn't even look like he braked at all. I know with only the rears on the ground the braking effect would have been minimal, but still


I here this wasn't a private track either. Public park from what I heard, I think "park" might be stretching things just a tad but all the same!

It's a public road, but in a National Park.

I know exactly where this is, and know people who cycle and hike up there.

Shame the driver was able to walk away imo.

ARGINITE

Pkiernan wrote: »

Shame the driver was able to walk away imo.

Harsh!

tin79

I love how his hoodie auto deploys during the crash . Quality clothing there.

fletch

Pkiernan wrote:

Shame the driver was able to walk away imo.

ARGINITE wrote: »

Harsh!

Agreed!

Pkiernan you've never driven a bit over zealously when you were younger? We've all made mistakes, it's just unfortunate/irresponsible for this young guy to be driving such a powerful car at this age. I'm sure he will have taken a lot away from the crash and will drive with a little more caution the next time he blasts down an unfamiliar road.

WetDaddy

That kid is lucky he had the window down - would got a nice hefty crack off the side of his head otherwise. Natural Selection must've been lagging behind that day

Idbatterim

good point from whovever made it about the window being down, god knows what would have happened if it was up...

paddy147

I love his reaction at the end.

Pkiernan

fletch wrote: »

Agreed!

Pkiernan you've never driven a bit over zealously when you were younger? We've all made mistakes, it's just unfortunate/irresponsible for this young guy to be driving such a powerful car at this age. I'm sure he will have taken a lot away from the crash and will drive with a little more caution the next time he blasts down an unfamiliar road.

Why don't you tell your BS to my friend who was knocked off his bicycle on that very road by a muppet motorist? He was lucky to escape with a broken collar bone.

How would you feel if this driver hit your wife/mother/child at those speeds?

air

He doesn't seem to be going massively fast for the severity of the corner but it's notoriously difficult to judge speed on wide angle GoPro footage.

Would something with more suspension travel have given him a better chance of maintaining contact with the road on a corner like this where the suspension gets unloaded? I'd be inclined to think so.

Reduced suspension travel means the crest transfers a greater upward impulse to the car and when in the air the suspension has less "reach" to stay in touch with the road.

Albeit the last part of my theory relies on lowered suspension having reduced travel in both directions, is this the case?
Either way I'm sure he learned his lesson!