Frank Bullitt Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Is he breaking it for parts? Holy moly ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I bet he needed his pants surgically removed after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch79 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Haha, Is that the roof in a tree at 1:36? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_GT Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 How fast would you need to be going to cause that amount of damage? Unfortunately the video seems to be glorifying the incident. It looks like something that would happen in BeamNG when you hit a tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Is he breaking it for parts? Holy moly ! After that he saves a lot of time and money on breaking, all is ready for sale including engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 WTF did he hit to make that do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Bullitt Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 I'm guessing back end stepped out at high speed, side impact on the nearside/passenger side against one of the many metal pillars or trees you see in the video and being a soft top it tore the car in half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_bandido Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Considering the 2015 Mustang has a Euro NCAP rating of 2/5, I'm impressed that the driver walked away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Considering the 2015 Mustang has a Euro NCAP rating of 2/5, I'm impressed that the driver walked away. I really should pay more attention to such things. Quickly checked the MX5 to find it has 4/5, phew! For a modern car 2 is pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_bandido Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I'd still have one. Spent two weeks driving one about in America recently and it was great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Spent two weeks driving one about in America recently and it was great fun. Have you driven a few convertibles for fair comparison, or was it just the topless experience in general? I've only driven the Tiger, Lotus Elise (Track), Caterham (Track), MGF, Peugeot 206cc, Jeep, MX5 - they're all great fun. The 206cc was on Rhodes so not exactly driven hard to show its weaknesses on those Greek roads. Something about the wind whistling over your scalp is just lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_bandido Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Have you driven a few convertibles for fair comparison, or was it just the topless experience in general? I've only driven the Tiger, Lotus Elise (Track), Caterham (Track), MGF, Peugeot 206cc, Jeep, MX5 - they're all great fun. The 206cc was on Rhodes so not exactly driven hard to show its weaknesses on those Greek roads. Something about the wind whistling over your scalp is just lovely. We had the hard top; I'm not a fan of convertibles. I was more on about the Mustang as a model rather than specifically the convertible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 We had the hard top; I'm not a fan of convertibles. I was more on about the Mustang as a model rather than specifically the convertible. Oh, shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_bandido Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 It handles A LOT better than the previous iteration. With a few tweaks it could be a serious weapon. Credit where it's due for Ford, the new Mustang is actually a serious contender for more than just driving in a straight line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Hard to believe its torn apart to the extent it has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mark Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Hard to believe its torn apart to the extent it has Not really considering how rubbish their Euro NCAP score is. https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-americancars/ford-mustang-made-a-bit-safer/36459 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Here is the actual crash test videos and the cars don't disintegrate like the one posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mXiuIvwrGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mark Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 But crash test video is all in a controlled environment, all coupes, never leaves the ground, doesn't roll over or barrel roll, straight level impacts, only colliding with one object. I'd guess none of those applied to the destroyed mustang crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Found the news report on the crash http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/speeding-driver-survives-explosive-car-crash-into-biking-trail/448778668 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 That video reminds me just how scruffy and uncared for many of the streets are in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_bandido Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Was that satire? I was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the roads in the states, even ones in the middle of nowhere. Was awful coming back to the UK, even chunks of the M25 looked like they had suffered a meteor strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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