Driver smashes $300,000 sports car into a building (video)

[Mangochin]

So if he had resold the cocaine he would have made $500M by then.
Especially since, if Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story has taught me anything, it’s the frontman of a band never pays for his drugs.

[Otherbrother]

@Carla_Sinclair

A person driving a $300,000 sports car — a McLaren 720S

Honestly I was surprised to learn that you can buy a new McLaren for “only” $300k. The McLaren F1s used to cost about $1M decades ago. Now they’re about $20M.

[FSogol]

They have a street version that starts at $280k. There are dealerships for them around.

[jerwin]

Well. some of those doors might not open the right way.

These are not the doors of a billionaire! Full Clip from Silicon Valley S02E07

Among recent models the P1 was the expensive one.

[BethanyAnne]

I had a boss that had a tuned car, I think it was a GT-R. Made about 600hp on the gas he was running the day he gave me a ride. I’ve never experienced acceleration like that before. It slammed my head back into the headrest. Any car that powerful can get away from you in a heartbeat. I remember the Top Gear guys (during a Grand Tour episode) playing with a P1, an earlier McLaren. Their consensus was that the car wanted them dead.

I had a great time riding a fast bike 20 years ago. I get the appeal. But at a certain level, you just don’t need to be playing with these toys on the street. Take it to a track. Better yet, take a small, light 200 hp car to the track. Honestly, for me that would be way more rewarding.

[LurksNoMore]

I think some companies do offer track training for the buyers of their supercars. No idea if McLaren does.

[smulder]

@BethanyAnne

take a small, light 200 hp car to the track

2012 Fiat 500 Abarth - Jay Leno's Garage

[newbrain]

@d4l3d

It was the building’s fault for not signaling.

Where did I hear that excuse already?

Ah yes!
The famous last words of Edward Smith.

[BethanyAnne]

That poor guy from Fiat looks pretty nervous. The car looks like it would be real fun Oh, I just got to the spin, and the guy got all giggly. Cute.

[RickMycroft]

@Carla_Sinclair

early Sunday morning

No doubt he had a quiet, restful, Saturday evening.

@gracchus

I hope the car was his,

You break it, you bought it.

[anon72357663]

@BethanyAnne

But at a certain level, you just don’t need to be playing with these toys on the street. Take it to a track. Better yet, take a small, light 200 hp car to the track. Honestly, for me that would be way more rewarding.

It’s more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow

[FGD135]

Fortune cookie or headstone?

[zzzz]

@BethanyAnne

I had a great time riding a fast bike 20 years ago. I get the appeal. But at a certain level, you just don’t need to be playing with these toys on the street. Take it to a track. Better yet, take a small, light 200 hp car to the track. Honestly, for me that would be way more rewarding.

Better to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow.

@anon72357663 jinx!

[RickMycroft]

With each iteration, this supercar gets better—the McLaren 750S, tested

Yeah, about that handling…

[robertmckenna]

@d4l3d

It was the building’s fault for not signaling

The building didn’t have hi viz and a helmet on. Disgraceful. It also didn’t have to pay road tax. We need registration plates for buildings now to wipe out this scourge.

[anon72357663]

@robertmckenna

registration plates for buildings

Erm…