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RC45 · 03-14-2004, 11:54 PM

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.

RC45 · 03-15-2004, 01:02 AM

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.

RC45 · 03-18-2004, 04:08 PM

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...le&file_id=465

TT · 03-18-2004, 04:16 PM

Now you can

RC45 · 03-18-2004, 04:38 PM

And I did ---

Thanks

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!

RC45 · 03-18-2004, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by coombsie66

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.

RC45 · 03-19-2004, 01:21 PM

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?

RC45 · 03-19-2004, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by coloradosilver

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

Originally Posted by coloradosilver

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?

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..

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.