So I browse forums at work, car related. Anyways, you may have noticed in the news about a car crash in florida, happened a couple days ago. Well it was one of the forum kids. creepy, because he said he was going to find a spot for a high speed run, and everyone was like, well, be careful you know.
Article on Jalopnik
So the situation is this: Basically, take 5 (thats right, five) KIDS.. driver 18, passengers of 18, 19, 19, and 20.... put them in a 500hp 2008 M5 (V10)... get them on the runway near john travoltas house.. get the car up to probably 155 no problem.. maybe higher if de-limited.. maybe even 180.. I mean the car can do 211 or something preposterous.. and then the questions start..
The car exited the runway and hit a tree 15ft up from the ground... 200 ft away. The runway was 85ft above the ground level of the tree. Its like bad physics question.
assume:
car has 500hp/potential top speed of 211mph.
car wieghs 4000lbs.
5 occupants, assume 180lbs per occupant
Impact is 15ft up from ground level 85ft below runway surface
So you've got a 70ft fall over 200ft. Thats like a trajectory of 21 degrees or something.
now you all know my math skills sucks, but I think someone ran out of stopping room at 70mph and flew off a cliff.
Meanwhile it made it to jalopnik, but there is an eerily appropriate ad that plays to the left of it. check it out.
Friday, February 1, 2008
It's a small world, but nothing changes
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Damn, thats wild. I had indeed seen that headline. I didn't really read into it because there's always some wildly fast car crashing somewhere. The enzos, the bugatti, etc etc.
Did you, like, know the kid? Or just knew of him, in general.
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