First Gumball Crash in Germany! (+video)

[dodo]

It happend this night at 03:30 between Koblenz and Frankfurt on the Autobahn A3. It was wet..

This american Viper couldn't take a turn and spun out in front of me!

Fucking scarry, i almost shit my pants!

Only 2 british 997 and a finnish (or swedish) S4 stopped. All other cars like SLR, Murcie, 550 etc. slowed down to look at us helping them and asking if everything is alright.




I did not film the crash (of cource I had my eyes on the road ), but here's a small clip from the wrecked car:

Gumball3000 2006 Viper Crash in Germany - YouTube

Gumball3000 2006 Viper Crash in Germany - YouTube

[spanky]

Everyone was ok in the car?

[ZfrkS62]

eeyouch...that looks like it's going to cost some deniro to fix

[dodo]

Originally Posted by spanky Everyone was ok in the car?

yep. at least no bad injuries. both could walk around.

[bmagni]

good to know theyre ok...
and the ones who didn't help must pray to God for that not happening to them...

[dodo]

I stayed longer than every other gumballer there! Because i had to wait for the police to get my warning triangle back.. obviuosly none of the gumballers had one.

[coloradosilver]

After seeing a car crash like that..what kind of asshole doesn't stop to make sure everyone is alright. Says a lot for the other drivers...Wankers. :roll:

[RC45]

Originally Posted by mrmojo77 Seems that Vipers are not suitable for high speed cruising. Good that passengers are allright and very nice work from you dodo to stop and help.

Uhm - correction - the driver waqs not suyitable to high speed cruising.

Vipers are as capable as any other very high horsepower car, with wide rear tyres and little electronic aids to help drivers that exceed the mechanical grip of tyres in the wet. :roll:

Countach, 512BBI etc would have all reacted the same way to same bad driver input.

Originally Posted by dodo This american Viper couldn't take a turn and spun out in front of me!

Nice that you stopped to help - but try take the obvious bias out of your comments.

High HP RWD car, wet road, wide tyres, stupid speeds and driving beyond your and the conditions of the road... would happen no matter what RWD non-electo-nanny wide tyre high HP car this yahoo was driving.

So.... when you Gumball clowns going to kill your first civilian?

I drove along with the Gumballers a couple years back - and there is no excuse for the fucking dangerous stunts they pulled. I drive fast - but with respect for my and more importantly other road users - almost all the Gumballers to a T that we came across as they drove through Houston were driving like fucking maniacs.

They reqlly do act like they are above the law and with little re4straint on the road.

[yg60m]

I'm with RC for this one, it could have happen on every other car, just think to the wrecked Enzos ... (despite the fact they have 500 kg of downforce at 300 km/h).

Glad they were not bad injured !! Congrats for your help dodo

[DeMoN]

^ guess you dont agree with Tiff when he drove the corvette (not z06) and viper and said neither could take cornes huh? You should just drop it man, you cant insinuate that you know more than Tiff on that one. The only place the Driver was not suitable was when he went to the dealership to buy the goddamn viper.

[666fast]

Originally Posted by DeMoN ^ guess you dont agree with Tiff when he drove the corvette (not z06) and viper and said neither could take cornes huh? You should just drop it man, you cant insinuate that you know more than Tiff on that one. The only place the Driver was not suitable was when he went to the dealership to buy the goddamn viper.

I've also read that they are both extremely good handlers. Just gotta know what you are capable of.

Why is it everytime a car slips off the road, particularly an american car, it's automatically the cars fault? Some of the best cars in the world are crashed.

Want proof? go to wreckedexotics.com

This wasn't the cars fault, the car does what you tell it too and the driver made an error. Luckily, nobody was hurt this time.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by DeMoN ^ guess you dont agree with Tiff when he drove the corvette (not z06) and viper and said neither could take cornes huh? You should just drop it man, you cant insinuate that you know more than Tiff on that one. The only place the Driver was not suitable was when he went to the dealership to buy the goddamn viper.

Take Tiffs comment in context - and I will tell him to his face is full of shit if he tries to say the same thing out of context - as you have done..

Tiff is not god... he is also prone to TV hyperbole when the cameras are on.

To play your game then , EVERY car TopGear ever tested that posted slower times than the C6 Coupe or Viper are complete and utter shit... right?

I mean you AND Tiff say so... :roll:

[TT]

Dont' tell me this is once again Torquenstein :roll:

[coombsie66]

^^ No torquenstien was in a Ford GT this time, which has ground effects

[SPEEDKILLAR]

Originally Posted by insane I can't belive how protective you always get of American cars RC. Every topic doesn't have to turn into one of those arguments. Whack crash btw, thank god they were ok.

Can you blame him that he isn't able to afford a decent sportscar :roll: