Mustang convertible accident guy walked away - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

wbradley · 09-22-2016, 09:10 PM

This guy better go out and buy a lottery ticket.

gramicci101 · 09-22-2016, 09:53 PM

How fast was he going and how stupid was he being to cause that much damage in a single vehicle accident on a surface street?

justatroll · 09-22-2016, 10:01 PM

In skiing that would be called a "yard sale" where you crash so hard your clothes are strewn about the mountain.

In car parlance I guess it would be an "impromptu flea market", or as Elon Musk would call it a RUD (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly) https://vine.co/v/OjqeYWWpVWK.

Tcoat · 09-22-2016, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by justatroll

In car parlance I guess it would be an "impromptu flea market",

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

wbradley · 09-22-2016, 11:59 PM

The car is not only broken into at least 3 major pieces that I can see (driver side, and passenger side front and separate back half of car), but the engine literally is completely out of the car. That saves time for the salvage people dismantling.

Its a convertible, so thats partly why there doesnt seem to be much there.

Thank goodness he walked away, it is a miracle. All the jarring necessary to create that carnage must have jostled the guy really good. Perhaps he walked away into a waiting ambulance. Mainly whatever sliced through the car both longitudinally and transversely managed to miss the driver.

I wonder if anyone here is in that part of WA and heard about this crazy accident.

BTW, I am pretty sure it will buff out with a bit of elbow grease.

humfrz · 09-23-2016, 01:05 AM

Yep, watched a report on the local news.

It was reported that it was a rental car.

Estimates were that he was traveling in excess of 90 MPH in a 45 MPH zone, when he lost control and hit a light pole.

I can't hardly believe the dude walked away from that crash ......

humfrz

soulreapersteve · 09-23-2016, 01:10 AM

I'm about 15 miles away from that neighborhood, didn't even know this happened. Then again.. don't really pay attention to happenings around here that much.

Pretty crazy accident

Found a local station's reporting:

http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/spee...rail/448778668

fang_gt86 · 09-23-2016, 03:58 AM

The very reason he survived is the fact the Stang got shreded. That's how F1 are designed.. Pretty lucky guy for sure though.

JD001 · 09-23-2016, 04:16 AM

It looks more like a fly tipping case..

Vulcan · 09-23-2016, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, watched a report on the local news.

Estimates were that he was traveling in excess of 90 MPH in a 45 MPH zone, when he lost control and hit a light pole.

humfrz

Near the end you can hear what sounds like a cop agreeing that it could be around 150mph

Tcoat · 09-23-2016, 06:44 AM

I think it was a test run by Ford. They are tired of Mustangs only taking out small sections of crowds at meets so are developing a car with a larger kill radius. The shrapnel from that could have taken out half a block worth of bystanders.

JD001 · 09-23-2016, 08:46 AM

Circa 150mph in a convertible Mustang??? Is it possible??

krayzie · 09-23-2016, 09:11 AM

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wbradley · 09-23-2016, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by JD001

It looks more like a fly tipping case..

Just looked up "fly tipping" for those non-British folks out there. It refers to illegal curbside dumping. Example, dropping your rubbish at someone else's property.

Gotta love the Brits, except maybe Simon Cowell LOL They invented our language, then they partially reinvented it just for themselves this time. LOL

09-22-2016, 10:01 PM	#3
justatroll Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Drives: Full race 4cyl boxer Location: CO, USA Posts: 587 Thanks: 310 Thanked 510 Times in 269 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	In skiing that would be called a "yard sale" where you crash so hard your clothes are strewn about the mountain. In car parlance I guess it would be an "impromptu flea market", or as Elon Musk would call it a RUD (Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly) https://vine.co/v/OjqeYWWpVWK. __________________ Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a Pig in the mud. You are never going to win and after a couple of hours you realize that he likes it.

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