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[n1k_ns]

Just saw this over on SELOC,

Sorry if its a repost:

Was this anyone on here? Apparently the driver was Ok once cut out of the wreckage....

Mate of mine (non-Lotus owner) who was coming back from holiday on the Norfolk broads took the photo.

Proof again that these little cars are very tough

Edited by n1k_ns, 24 September 2007 - 10:06 AM.

[i need nos]

crash aside, that lotti has lovely wheels, is it a 111s?

[jasvxt]

Lucky chap considering

[VXJON]

crash aside, that lotti has lovely wheels, is it a 111s?

111r Or 111s both have the same style wheels


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Looks like the Audi reversed right over it

[Dave E]

WTF I blame that new V/stol parking system Still glad no one's got hurt.

[n1k_ns]

But the audi has had a front impact There is also a tree lying down in the background

[flamy]

crash aside, that lotti has lovely wheels, is it a 111s?

first thing that i noticed was those alloys, look great imo

There is also a tree lying down in the background

somehow i dont think that was invloved

[TangoAlpha]

But the audi has had a front impact

Really minor damage though...I'd guess it was shunted into the car in front.

There is also a tree lying down in the background

Probably not seen that many Lotuses all in one go before.

[n1k_ns]

Ahh you never know, could be a lorry or a tank involved that we don't know about Unlikley though....

[VXJON]

Update over at MLOC

[theotherjonnymac]

How the hell....

[jneill]

Update over at MLOC

I've admitted blame, no point denying anything here. Traffic was moving at a fairly slow pace (I honestly couldn't say how much, but I'd guess around 30 - 40ish) when all of a sudden everything stopped. I braked hard but obviously saw it all too late and smashed into the back of the audi. There was a bloody big bang and the next thing I know there's an A8 on top of me.

The car was a complete mess, but amazingly one of the fire crew managed to start it drive it up onto the verge.

[Crimson_Killa]

Update over at MLOC

im sorry but

For what it's worth I would like to say that I wasn't driving quickly or beyond my limits. I just didn't see everyone braking soon enough.

if you cant see someone braking soon enough then thats beyond your limits as a driver ie too close at too high a speed.

im not saying im infalible but I would like to think the times im "enjoying" myself are when im away from most cars and on a fairly empty road.

all said im glad he got out alive obviously!

[The Knobs]

i had a datsun 240Z do that up the rear of a mark 1 scort i had back in the dark ages, the Z was frontally totalled and my scort had a bent exhaust and a dent in the rear valance.

[P11 COV]

I find it hard to believe that an Elise would go under a car the wieght of the Audi and lift it up

[chrismh75]

I find it hard to believe that an Elise would go under a car the wieght of the Audi and lift it up

I thought about this too, and imagine the A8 is a softly sprung car and assuming it was braking very heavily too, the nose would be down and the rear already unweighted when impact took place.

[The Knobs]

I find it hard to believe that an Elise would go under a car the wieght of the Audi and lift it up

now if you were a physics teacher Its a wedge basically, the rear of the audi was probably high due to braking, the elise front low because of braking, hey presto.