Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#1
Yes its true.. imagine allowing Mr Bean himself to get behind the wheel of a McLaren F1 supercar, a machine with awesome breathtaking speed. Gordon Bennet! the mind boggles, as he had considerable trouble managing his little mini.
But in his other persona called Rowan Atkinson, he ran off the road and at some pace, the car hit a tree and caught fire...and now he is recovering in hospital.
Although these cars are gorgeous and no mistake, are they too fast for the road? are they too powerful to handle for the ordinary Joe?
I saw a bit of Top Gear the other night, just a bit as Im not a terribly huge fan, but I saw young Hammond drive a new Lamborghini that went faster than the speed of sound..ermm nearly. It hit 60MPH in 2.9 seconds and carried on travelling til it hit 200mph plus at breathtaking speed.
I mean I know they are FAB, but in safety terms...how could you stop one of them. it would have travelled half a mile before you could even react. Quite a few celebrities such as footballers with cotton wool between the ears are the only ones who can afford these things but they dont have the skill to go with the money. Quite a few of same have hit various buffers on the Queens Highway.
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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#2
These cars are far too powerful to be on the roads. Especially as I can't afford one!!
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#3
No, PaulB - these cars are not too fast at all, they are only as fast as people drive them.
Top Gear is one of the very best programmes in TV and these supercars, with their hi tech brakes can stop amazingly fast. But then if you are driving on the main roads properly and responsibly within the speed limits these advanced systems mean they are very responsive and safe, stop fast, quick to overtake and so on. Of course if you fancy a run on the German autobahn or a race track then you can have some real fun.
Remember as well, the technology pioneered by these expensive supercars eventually gets into normal road cars making them safer too....
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#4
anybody that buys one would want to take it to the limit, otherwise no point in buying one.
a 17 year old that has just taken a test in a vauxhall corsa would be qualified to drive one the same day as they have passed the driving test.
paul mentions that young footballers tend to purchase them and have all sorts of accidents because thay do not have the wherewithall to drive them sensibly.
how about putting speed limiters on them for use over here?
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#5
Don't be such a spoil-sport Howard.
Imagine the insurance premiums a 17 year old would pay! It would be more than the cost of buying even a McLaren F1....
Besides, I have known 17 years olds who are better drivers than most 50 years olds though they are not exactly typical.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#6
unfortunately barry youngsters that have that sort of money are usually superstars at what they do ,they earn small forrtunes and have people around them that tell the that they are perfect in every way.
it is only natural that they will go bananas behind the wheel of such a vehicle.
let us not forget that other vehicles and drivers do not have the qualities needed to survive an onslaught from the cars that rowan atkinson crashed.
not forgetting that atkinson is highly experienced with performance cars.
