For every R8 that is totaled, a tho'sand hearts are ripped out and torne to shreads.

"Enter Herr Revrand Kommentor Polar with the Swansong of teh R8. . ."

Just need some cometic surgery and it will be kinda good as new

@Schm: R8, forgive them, for they do not know what they are driving.

Five linked allusions trying to pull together a coherent theme for a rather minor traffic accident 4,000 miles away from the US - damn, Ray! Your job can be a bitch some times. Fire would have helped. Or maybe a Basque insurrection in the background.

I'm at a loss for words.
Interesting that the site this came from had to like hide info cause people who knew the owner were flaming him hard and giving out his personal info.... USA got much tighter guidelines on that (and it's rare to lose a suit nowadays).

A commenter had a good point that R8 incidents are now like global events... HAIL!

@ϷЄαѣѲʆʯ Ȝ6Ȣ4: Thank you for your support!

Oh, come on... that'll buff right out... just ask my insurance agent.. he's confident!

@ϷЄαѣѲʆʯ Ȝ6Ȣ4: oh, just wait until the first Veyron crash. Will likely set off a recession in a 2nd world country.

for the accident, let me guess: Russian hoon?

The owner said that some kid named Nick Bollea was driving.

@cardesignmike: AHEM!

@POLAЯ - EDITOЯ WANNABE: WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS!!!!!
*runs off crying*

@POLAЯ - EDITOЯ WANNABE: dammit. i knew that it had probably happened. Thanks for pointing me out, EDITOR JERK.

@Simpsons-Movie-ruled: that mental image just made my day.

@POLAЯ - EDITOЯ WANNABE: Who are these idiots, and what the fuck are they all compelled to drive into? for POLAЯ 's sake!!!

The pics on the R8 source site, showed a hit traffic sign and jumped curb.. really the guy must have been askin for it for those two things to have eaten this up so badly.

Killdozer!
Wrong! Do it again!
If you don't eat your R8, you can't have any Veyron.
How can you have any Veyron, if you don't eat your R8?

Looks great in all black.

@iVision: First off, yes it does.. but I think it is still the "Lava Grey pearl effect" blade, the side pic doesnt quite seem all black..

I realized we have enough Doctors on this site to open an ER. DoctorNine, Dr. Danger, Dr. Spaceman, Dr. Schm. . .

Im a Doctor of Potonology, with a minor in hoontastic studies, as i said before.

*Self appointed, of course.

@ϷЄαѣѲʆʯ Ȝ6Ȣ4: shut up you snobby prickface... god what a totally, though unintentional, pretentious statement.

@ϷЄαѣѲʆʯ Ȝ6Ȣ4: It's the OM NOM NOMS!1!
THEY IS HERE TO EATED FANSEE KARS!!1!!

@goatrope: Why exactly would the Basque come over to Portugal to inssurect? We haven't done anything to them... yet.

Oh, and btw, according to the blog, the R8 ended up crashing into 2 parked Mercedes, so, ya know... Old luxury is still down 2 to 1.

Oil a man's sheets in his house? you ganna pay goombah.

Personally I think the average stiff driving the fastest cars on the planet with little or no training in HOW to drive these rockets, is doomed to crash and burn.
Let's not forget that race tracks are maintained, and carefully cleaned before high speed antics are attempted. City streets? not so much.

Whadda ya gonna do?

I think you haven't lived until you've crashed a rare, expensive, aluminum car. The closest I get is when I polish off a twelve of Yebisu Black and stand on the cans all at once.

POLICE REPORT: The Audi's Oil-Alcohol level was 3 times the legal limit. Suspect currently in the hospital recovering from broken struts and bruised face. Suspect is being charged with DUI and under age driving.

Longe de mim duvidar a segurança que este R8 deve de ter, Além de se um Audi, é um super-Audi, com 4x4 e toda a melhor tecnologia.

Mas já repararam que andam a reportar por todo o mundo acidentes com o R8!? Até o Ronaldo em Londres depois de um jogo, virou o dele!!!

@Mr. Subaru: the evils of ethanol?

@cardesignmike:

no worries, no worries

I promise you that was a test car

so I hope you will be able to sleep tonite

pound to fit... paint to match

hmmm, global hooning seems to be on the rise.

It looks better without the horse collar/Edsal grill. What they should have done was toss that fugly grill in the bed and came out with a new one for all the cars.

I witnessed some of the worst examples of driving I've ever seen in Lisbon.

the horror, the horror

What is it with you guys and the A8? So a guy in Portugal crashed one? Big deal.... Most of the people on here, commenting, reading, and fawning over these expensive penile overcompensators can't afford them, let alone ever drive them. "Oh look, there's a Bugatti Veyron, be still my heart"..... bulls**t! It's a POLAЯ Damned car, nice to look at, would give it a go, but really can't, so I don't waste my time really thinking about it. Time to move on...

He has insurance. They still produce these so it is not a big loss.....A 54 300SL is a big loss

for heavens sakes man, why.... why, i think i just died a bit

@UDMan: When Jalopnik needs needs to hire a hen mother, I'm sure they'll let you know.

Until then, shut yer cake hole.

@UDMan: A8? I bet you got that wrong on purpose just to prove how much you don't care.

I think the front end looks slightly better post crash.

@Omaxem: So you're saying this was a kamikaze R8? I will need to rethink the defenses I have in place given this new info.

So sad. Too much vinho? There's an awful lot of toe-out on the rear wheel. Not sure that's good for handling. Oh, and the camber's a little extreme, too. What kind of driving do they do there in Portugal?

Why would Audi diss Bentley? Isn't that like Pontiac making fun of Buick?

@Dr. Schm: Can I be the nurse? I've always wanted to pass scalpels, wear scrubs, and medicate things.

@smart42: I prefer to think of the whole uncoordinated, incompetent, overmoneyed, idiot driver thing as a natural process.

You see, all these sweet hyper performing cars belong in the hands of enthusiasts, gearheads, hoons, etc. (folks like us), but we often don't have the money.

Rich, incompetent people buy these things as fashion accessories, then crash them, rag them out or just get bored of them. Then these orphaned supercars eventually make their way into the hands of determined wrench turners (either in parts or salvage deals) who reconstitute them into their old functional form, but at a much lower price.

I hope the R8 has a huge production run.
That means there will be much more of them to go around on the used/salvage market a few years from now.

poor car :( another rich driver without skill

on another note whoever wrote/quoted that article, reading it gives me a headache..

All crashed and out in the open for the public to see? That's how an Audi gets whacked in Europe? Here in Detroit, they'd just sink you in the river under the dark of night, never to be seen again.

I have a technical question. I have crashed a few cars in my day (who hasnt) and you never forget that special sound that cruching metal and plastic makes. So does the price of the car change the sound it makes when it crashes? When you have decided to destroy something really expensive in a stupid method, can you tell the difference? Or does crashing a $200.000 plus exotic sound the same as say a Ford Escort? Comeon boys and girls, I know one of you know the answer...

@htrodblder: This one probably sounded like tossing and empty beer can down a stairwell... just my guess.

Further proof that dumb asses span all continents.

@UDMan: What the hell are you doing on a car enthusiasts site if you dont like cars?

@graverobber: Are you channeling Polar's keyboard?