View Full Version : Remember the Enzo wreck?
Well - today I took a drive to look, film and take some pics of the site.
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You can see where he could have got away from himself - and panicked/over corrected/whatever - spun into the tree.
After I finish editing the vids and post the pics over the next couple days you guys will agree with me 100% that this was a case of "car better than driver and his/her ego"
p.s. I got some nice in-car vids of the road and section - y'all be the judge when you see them.
I say it's Enzo - 1 : Jacakass - 0
Edit: I have read some other posts on the Net that he "went under the chain link fence" - I will go see again if there is evidence of this - it sure didn't look that way though.
Edit of the edit: Found some accident scene images that show more closely what happened.. he went through the fence.
sikx5
03-15-2004, 12:52 AM
interesting to see what happened dude, thanks for showing us.
Well - picked this tidbid up from the FerrariChat forum...
Originally Posted by Amir
Well I decided to swing by his house earlier (my dad knows his dad) and he was in the driveway. I asked him about the crash and he said yeah, it was him...the car spun on him very quickly and he couldn't catch it. says his dad is getting another one soon, so he's gonna take it to some empty parking lots and practice there. I asked him if he was interested in doing a track day but he said nah, it's not his scene. He has a Carrera GT as well, and he says it's a lot more confidence inspiring. The Enzo was very fast, but he says the electronics took care of everything until it let go yesterday, so he never got as much of a feel for what the car was doing.
Must be nice... sad part is if he ever kills an innocent during one of his escapades it will be "swept under the rug" by Houston politics...
sikx5
03-15-2004, 01:09 AM
wow...can they just go get another one? hows that work? thought all the enzos where sold from the factory? or maybe hes buying 2nd hand one?
Vansquish
03-15-2004, 01:19 AM
How obscenely spoiled can you get? Why the fuck do people like that get cars that they can't drive/can't appreciate and care for properly?
Tomerville
03-15-2004, 02:00 AM
How obscenely spoiled can you get? Why the fuck do people like that get cars that they can't drive/can't appreciate and care for properly?
Thank you! These peope seriously have money pooring out of their ears.
Well - I finished the Enzo Crash Site Analysis video - and uploaded it.
It is now up to TT how long it takes before I can post the link to it here... :)
http://www.jabbasworld.net/dload.php?action=file&file_id=465
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648enzo-still3.jpg
coombsie66
03-18-2004, 05:30 PM
Ive just watched the vid, and i am no more enlightened to how the crash happened!?!
Its not even that sharp a bend!? was he racing away from the junction you did a u-turn at? and just lost it!?
I appreciate your editing skills RC45 but those japanese comentary voices get fuckin annoying after about 10 seconds!!!!!! I wanna hear the V8 more!
Ive just watched the vid, and i am no more enlightened to how the crash happened!?!
Its not even that sharp a bend!? was he racing away from the junction you did a u-turn at? and just lost it!?
I appreciate your editing skills RC45 but those japanese comentary voices get fuckin annoying after about 10 seconds!!!!!! I wanna hear the V8 more!
Ahh - you found the "guest" commentary suitably mind numbing.. ;) - since they never actually say anything useful LOL (as in this vid as well ;) )
I know the "foreign voice-overs" piss people off no end - so I had to include them.. :)
I amactually preparing a "in car" in from that day - No voices - no text - Just 6600rpm V8 howls... ;D
Will post as soon as it's done.
So - looking at the series of bends that destroyed the Ferrari - it would seem the Enzo was more car than he could handle.. right?
coombsie66
03-19-2004, 02:12 PM
Wasnt even a series of bends was it!?!?! More of a single slight curve!! The guy obviously couldnt drive for shit, and the Enzo was by far more of a car than he could handle!
coloradosilver
03-19-2004, 02:18 PM
RC---
It lookes like you were doing about 60mph though there. I wouln'r think that to be any problem for your car or an enzo. I'd lay my money dowm that he was going much faster than that when he lost it. Also-- do you always cruise around in 2nd gear at 4000 rpm? I could almost see your fuel gauge dropping ;). Or do you just really like to make people listen to the 5.7? :mrgreen:
RC---
It lookes like you were doing about 60mph though there. I wouln'r think that to be any problem for your car or an enzo. I'd lay my money dowm that he was going much faster than that when he lost it.
Yeah - no doubt he was going quicker - way quicker - but then it brings up the question that we know the car could have handled those bends at 100mph+ very easily - but knowing that these are slick city roads (who could hear me spinning up in 1st/2nd all the time - HE was the weak link :)
Also-- do you always cruise around in 2nd gear at 4000 rpm? I could almost see your fuel gauge dropping ;). Or do you just really like to make people listen to the 5.7? :mrgreen:
Yes, yes and yes.. ;)
Yes I drive the car "in the sweet spot" all the time - an old motorcycle habit - to be in the correct gear to "get out of trouble" (or intotrouble ;) ) at all times...
Yes - you can see my fuel guage drop - average fuel consumption in 30,000 miles is about 13mpg.. :D
and yes I like to share the LS6 - but more importantly I love the LS6 sound - and enjoy my car as such - especially through the Borla XR straight pipe - when the headers go on, I might have to buy ear plugs LOL.
coombsie66
03-19-2004, 04:32 PM
13 MPG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank your lucky stars you live in america!!
Minacious
03-19-2004, 04:49 PM
RC, you're nut. That "Japanese commentary" was hilarious.
Clearly a case of more car than the driver could handle. If I had to guess how much high performance driving experience this person had, I would say very little.
Isn't his dad or whatever getting another Enzo to replace this one like it was a civic?
People who don't really have much seat time in a high performance vehicle don't realize that you could lose control of such a car going straight by just mashing down the gas.
I could take that little strip of road all day and night and hell, maybe in reverse too, in my car or on the bike.
RC, is that a Borla exhaust I hear? :D
Edit: I see you said it was. :D
...Clearly a case of more car than the driver could handle. If I had to guess how much high performance driving experience this person had, I would say very little.
This is correct - one bloke asked him why he doesn't ever take the cars to track days - he said "the track isn't my scene"... go figure.
Isn't his dad or whatever getting another Enzo to replace this one like it was a civic?
Correct again - that is supposedly what he sad...
People who don't really have much seat time in a high performance vehicle don't realize that you could lose control of such a car going straight by just mashing down the gas.
I could take that little strip of road all day and night and hell, maybe in reverse too, in my car or on the bike.
Ironically - :lol: most people do ;) - he was probably pushing harder and harder each time he went through there - and had no idea it was the car, not his "skillz" that was letting him get to the speeds he was - and the moment the electronics couldn't help - he was a gonner...
13 MPG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank your lucky stars you live in america!!
Oh hell yeah ;)
I have had 9 mpg weekends - between Friday night and Saturday night and a bit of hooliganism through the country roads :D - that is NOT that hard to do.
I mean, how could you NOT want to just keep the car on the boil and punch it any chance you get :twisted:
(now for the panty wadders in the crowd - this does not mean street racing - but simply giving it stick when no-one is about... aight... ;) )
BADMIHAI
03-19-2004, 06:36 PM
Ah. That vid was hilarious and sad at the same time. The Japanese comments (with your custom subtitles were hilarious), and the site of the burned Enzo was very sad.
I read he's geting another Enzo. Would the insurance pay for this new(used...I know you can't buy them new anymore) Enzo?
coloradosilver
03-19-2004, 06:41 PM
I've had my REALLY low mpg days as well. With the programming and 42lb injectors I've had it as low as 3 mpg. But, I still love that 6th gear on the highway. 30 mpg @ 90+ MPH in 6th is the greatest thing. :mrgreen:
coombsie66
03-19-2004, 11:01 PM
3 mpg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK THAT, thats ridiculous!!!!!! u gotta have bout a 50 mile range at that kinda fuel consumption!!!!!!!
I know wat u mean bout keeping it int eh 'punch range' but you can read the road ahead and see when it is likely that you are gunna need to use the acceleration any time soon! I hope you dont cruise in traffic jams at 5000 rpm in 1st just to hear the engine!!!!! (and make the most of your low fuel costs!!!) lol
I hope you dont cruise in traffic jams at 5000 rpm in 1st just to hear the engine!!!!! (and make the most of your low fuel costs!!!) lol
uhm no - I live between 3,000 and 3,500 - LOL - It's not a 2l four that needs to rev top 5,000 just to get rolling... ;)
Ah. That vid was hilarious and sad at the same time. The Japanese comments (with your custom subtitles were hilarious), and the site of the burned Enzo was very sad.
I read he's geting another Enzo. Would the insurance pay for this new(used...I know you can't buy them new anymore) Enzo?
Insurance? LOL - That family is self insured... :D
They have what is called "real money" hehe...
bmagni
03-20-2004, 01:33 AM
How obscenely spoiled can you get? Why the fuck do people like that get cars that they can't drive/can't appreciate and care for properly?
its nice to get spoiled, but u have to appreciete things, thats the difference, all about education !!
BADMIHAI
03-20-2004, 03:23 AM
Insurance? LOL - That family is self insured...
They have what is called "real money" hehe...
Ah...I've seen people THAT rich before. :fist: :fist: fuck them. They don't deserve a car like the Enzo!
coombsie66
03-20-2004, 08:42 AM
I hope you dont cruise in traffic jams at 5000 rpm in 1st just to hear the engine!!!!! (and make the most of your low fuel costs!!!) lol
uhm no - I live between 3,000 and 3,500 - LOL - It's not a 2l four that needs to rev top 5,000 just to get rolling... ;)
Nice dig, lol, mine aint a honda tho, so it has quite a low power band, starts at about 3500 rpm, i shift at 6k. Unfortunately the added drivability means that it doesnt have particularly high peak horsepower.
I hope you dont cruise in traffic jams at 5000 rpm in 1st just to hear the engine!!!!! (and make the most of your low fuel costs!!!) lol
uhm no - I live between 3,000 and 3,500 - LOL - It's not a 2l four that needs to rev top 5,000 just to get rolling... ;)
Nice dig, lol, mine aint a honda tho, so it has quite a low power band, starts at about 3500 rpm, i shift at 6k. Unfortunately the added drivability means that it doesnt have particularly high peak horsepower.
LOL ;) - just yanking yer chain... Is your car an SVT Focus then?
coombsie66
03-20-2004, 03:31 PM
No, unfortunately its the next model down (in european terms) the 130 bhp 2 litre zetec. Not very quick, but its fun. If it wasnt for the insurance wouldnt be too difficult gettin an ST170 (european SVT) But for now im trying to fit the SVT exhaust manifold to mine, as that is the main restricition at the moment (very very short un-equal length runners, into the cat which lies between the radiator and block!) Bloody emmisions!
I guess the crispy pictures made it to WreckedExotics already:
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/exotics/2enzo_20040306_001.jpg
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/exotics/2enzo_20040306_002.jpg
bmwfreak
04-06-2004, 02:51 PM
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
:( :( :( This an ENZO, for God's sake. That guy should be castrated, burned and killed very very very slowly. VERY slowly.
........
redbaron
04-06-2004, 03:34 PM
I agree with bmwfreak, people who kill Ferraris like this must be punished!! :twisted:
FerrariFerrari
04-07-2004, 06:15 PM
This is what's left of a red Ferrari Enzo that lost control in Houston Texas. It was going 85 MPH around a 35 MPH corner when it hit a curb and bounced off a tree. The engine caught fire and the car was toast. This is the 3rd Enzo that we know of that has been totalled already
I am not usually one to blame exotic car crashes on "rich people
who don't know how to drive", but I think it is safe to say that this
accident was without a doubt the result of some seriously stupid
driving on the part of some seriously rich person. It's amazing
though that the driver escaped unhurt. :shock:
This is the 3rd Enzo that we know of that has been totalled already
I have seen photos of the two wrecks that have been talked about
in this thread, but does anyone have any photos of the third crash?
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