Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/07/15/2-3-million-lotus-hypercar-crashes-seconds-after-launch.html
…
5 Likes
Contributed by Gail Sherman
9 Likes
Lotus seems to point to driver error when responding to Road and Track
ah the time-honored corporate “clearly it was pilot error”; because that’s far more conducive to near term profits than “the design itself has notable problems”.
9 Likes
I love watching jackasses in cars with too much power for them crash doing stupid stuff.
Though when its on an actual course with a professional driver, it’s not nearly the same level of Schadenfreude.
6 Likes
Funny, it this was a Tesla they would be blaming the driver all day long.
As for damage - what sort of insurance policy do folks have when they take their daily ride to the test track? Seems like not a great idea unless you want to foot the entire repair bill for 2 seconds of whatever feels you get from that activity.
But seriously, these are great instructional videos, I’ve learned never be a middle-aged balding man in a high-power convertible ripping out of a show & shine parking lot.
4 Likes
Yeah, maybe they were just using that term to mean “survivable?” Because I’ve heard that most minor supercar collisions that don’t even have a lot of visible damage still end up as a total insurance write-off because they can’t repair the composite body/chassis structure to its original condition. And the damage on this car is certainly pretty visible.
5 Likes
We were this close to being rid of these two fools before they could metastasize into their worst selves:
8 Likes
4 Likes
Where’s a time eating beetle when you need one?
3 Likes
“closed course. professional driver. DO NOT attempt.”
5 Likes
Supercar 0 : Haybales 1
5 Likes
Goodwood Hill is not even a test track, it is a very posh bloke’s driveway, and posh blokes go there to watch posher blokes and their grimy menials drive really expensive cars as fast as their pockets allow.
6 Likes
5 Likes
Until you’re minding your own beeswax on the east side of York St, just south of Queen in Toronto and that $(too much) “super-car” pops out of the underground parking of the Four Seasons opera house, just opposite you, and loses control. 
That’s not as much fun.
Fortunately, the idiot in question hit nothing, and just drove off in shame.
9 Likes
Yeah, it sucks when a jackass suddenly make it YOUR problem.
I like it when they fishtail into a curb or light pole. No one hurt but their car and pride.
5 Likes
Sadly trees, walls, light poles and even curbs are expensive to repair/replace and it’s usually taxpayers footing the bill. So even when nobody gets hurt this is much more enjoyable to watch when it’s on private property.
3 Likes
That’s true, and I hope the jackasses have to pay to fix those if they are found at fault for the accident.
2 Likes
My money is on insufficiently warmed up tyres and too much torque on the insane acceleration.
4 Likes
Your personal auto policy won’t cover your car if you run it into the wall at a track. There are specialized insurance companies that insure that risk and it’s not cheap.
The front end of the car’s body is certainly toast. Maybe some mechanical parts, too. But it’s not necessarily a total loss. A lot of that $2.3MM price tag is the engineering–the parts aren’t THAT expensive (they’re still way they hell more than the parts on my minivan, but not millions).
And with nobody getting hurt and damage limited to the car itself and a few hay bales, I’d say that’s “minimal” even if the car does get totaled.
2 Likes
it’s sponsored, sponsored, sponsored.
1 Like
