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HoonThatFerrari
12/04/09

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Must... not... lookuponhideousform!

I have no idea what they're doing here... I can't imagine they'd actually market this pig in any manner even remotely close to the way it looks right now.

IOW, this could be the Best. Mule. Ever.
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Pessimippopotamus
12/04/09

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It's one thing to camo the SLR as a Cerbera or the SLS as the Viper, but I didn't think they'd go far as to graft the Dodge Nitro face on a prototype.
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Mobius
12/04/09

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I love the very subtle Jalopnik decal on the side of the car. It is a promise from Mercedes to make this car light, pure, simple, and fun. Also, I much prefer this decal to the "Copyright Chris Doane/Brenda Priddy & Company" seen on some cars, and those weird floating KGP Photography chin spoilers.
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skitter
09/23/09

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I'm quite impressed with how intact most of the cabins are, and raise a glass to the engineers.
/and pass another glass to Darwin, even though everyone says he's had enough.
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gman1023
09/23/09

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One thing that continually amazes me about these sort of pictures is how generally survivable wrecks in Ferraris are. In all of the Enzos that Wreckedexotics.com lists (around 20) only 2-3 people died. The proportions are similar for other Ferraris. The same cannot be said of Lamborghinis or really any other brand. It seems that Ferrari is serious about the high-speed safety of their products.
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HoonThatFerrari
09/23/09

@gman1023: I agree... it seems that Ferrari tend to engineer their cars to have the engine pack more prone to separate from the passenger compartment on heavy hits - whether that's intentional or just a fluke of functional design, I don't know; but you do tend to see a lot of bad Ferrari wrecks with the engine pack scattered along the highway, and everything forward of that intact.
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gman1023
09/23/09

@HoonThatFerrari: Very true, I hadn't noticed that fact before, but it definitely seems to happen. Ferrari's relative safety might be a result of their racing roots. Since they were for decades a company that sold road cars to finance race cars, they certainly have a long history of engineering cars to be survivable at high speed. While Lamborghini has some racing in their history, they certainly don't have the level of experience that Ferrari does.
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Nytmare
09/23/09

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That BMW 528i looks like the teleporter beaming accident at the beginning of the first Star Trek Movie.

As for Stephan's Enzo, why does the reported speed keep creeping up and up? I doubt he was going more than 100. "196" is a ridiculous claim, impossible to even achieve that speed on that kind of road.
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HoonThatFerrari
09/23/09

@nytmare: 1.) Have you been on that road? 2.) Have you been on that road in a really fast car?

I have... and there are a few sections where you can really get some serious speed going - before hitting a curve & have it all turn into shit if you're not careful and/or don't know what I call the "bog-down points"

I guess what I'm saying is: I would not be surprised at any speed reported in that particular car on that roadway.
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exartist
09/23/09

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Last January 5 kids were killed in an M5 in Florida after they drove off the end of runway. IIRC they estimated the speed to be well in excess of 160. I'm sure others know the details better than I.
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jodark
09/23/09

@exartist: I've read that same story. Basically, it was a young driver who didn't know anything about breaking distance and the distance-illusion created by high speeds, so the car was basically lauched from that hill into the tree. Truly tragic and the reason you never give a young person the keys to a car like that.
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
09/23/09

@jodark:

I'd say the breaking distance on this M5 was about three feet....

/sorry
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skaycog
09/23/09

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Sadly, the Ford GT doesn't escape unscathed either. There have been approximately 50 Ford GT wrecks that have appeared on Wrecked Exotics in the last few years. This particular one occurred in Cleveland. A 19-year old kid crashed into a telephone pole.
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SeanKHotay
09/23/09

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Very convenient having a debris field nearby to spread the Enzo parts out over.
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acarr260
09/23/09

@SeanKHotay: That's why I always avoid debris fields when I'm out hooning. From my limited understanding, they basically just make your car fall apart as you drive through minding your own business.
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Alexander Card
09/23/09

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I wake up in the mornin'
And I raise my weary head
I got an old coat for a pillow
And the earth was last night's bed
I don't know where I'm goin'
Only God knows where I've been
I'm a devil on the run
A six gun lover
A candle in the wind, yeah

You're brought into this world
But they say you're born in sin
Well at least they've given me something
I didn't have to steal or have to win
Well, they tell me that I'm wanted
Yeah I'm a wanted man
I'm colt in your stable
I'm what Cain was to Able
Mister catch me if you can

I'm goin' down in a blaze of glory
(Down)
Take me now but know the truth
I'm goin' down in a blaze of glory
(Down)
Lord I never drew first
But I drew first blood
I'm no one's son
Call me young gun

You ask about my conscience
And I offer you my soul
You ask if I'll grow to be a wise man
Well I ask if I'll grow old
You ask me if I known love
And what it's like to sing songs in the rain?
Well, I've seen love come
I've seen it shot down
I've seen it die in vain

Shot down in a blaze of glory
(Down)
Take me now but know the truth
But I'm going down in a blaze of glory
(Down)
Lord, I never drew first
But I drew first blood
I'm a devil's son
Call me young gun
Yeah

Each night I go to bed
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
No, I ain't lookin' for forgiveness
But before I'm six foot deep
Lord, I got to ask a favor
And I'll hope you'll understand
'Cause I've lived life to the fullest
Let this boy die like a man
Starin' down the bullet
Let me make my final stand

Shot down in a blaze of glory
(Down)
Take me now but know the truth
I'm going down in a blaze of glory
(Down)
Lord, I never drew first
But, I drew first blood
I'm no one's son
Call me young gun

I'm the young gun
Young gun, yea eee yea
Young gun
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acarr260
09/23/09

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Hey, somebody got some Faces of Death in my Jalopnik!
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ThreeLitre
09/23/09

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That 528i is scary. I used to own one of those. Holy crap.
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ThreeLitre
09/23/09

@ThreeLitre: On another note, that fact the the driver of that Enzo walked away from a crash at 196mph is redonkulous. 196! wacky.
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tripl3fast
09/23/09

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All the steel and carbon fiber and titanium still can't stand up to a good old tree.
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BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom
09/23/09

@tripl3fast: Say, now there's an idea - make a supercar out of a tree!
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skitter
09/23/09

@BaconSandwich: Morgan beat you to it, but only by a few decades.
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Jo Schmo
09/23/09

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Trees show again and again how nature 1-ups the exotics of man.
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FЯeeMan
09/23/09

@Jo Schmo has lost that commenting feeling: You have officially earned a heart click with that, my new friend!
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HoonThatFerrari
09/23/09

@Jo Schmo has lost that commenting feeling: Great way of taking a Blue Oyster Cult song & making it sound like it should be a Neil Peart/Rush lyric! lol
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littleYodaPickup
09/23/09

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So, I've always wondered how do they determine the speed at impact from these? Were the speedometers intact in all cases? Or is this a case of big brother computer saving data? Or CSI reading skid marks?
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Flathead Smith
09/23/09

@littleYodaPickup: It’s easy; they replay the multiple satellite movies that the National Security Agency (NSA) kindly provides.
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HoonThatFerrari
09/23/09

@Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger:

NSAGUY1: "*clxzzznk* Ahh... roger, we have a 175MPH Enzo on east-west fifteen in Quatar, do you copy?"
NSAGUY2: "*clixkzzznchnk* Ahh... yeah. Copy - we got 'im".
NSAGUY1: "clkchunk* "Ahh, I've got fifty bucks that says he doesn't make it."
NSAGUY2: "*clzzck* Ahhh, copy... fifty bucks - yer on. By the way, shouldn't we be monitoring terrorists?"
NSAGUY1: "*clchunk* Ahh, yeah, but you know, the administration needs money for all those bailouts, so they said it's cool for us to record these & sell the vids to the highest bidder."
NSAGUY2: "Ahh, Roger... can we take a commission if we sell 'em on ebay?"
NSAGUY1: "Ah, that's a big negatory, Station Two.
NSAGUY2: "Damn. OK, tracking now... I have the ground shot - you got the overhead?"
NSAGUY1:"Yep, I got it... DOH! He crashed."
NSAGUY2: "Yep saw it. Got it."
NSAGUY1: "OK, send me the feed later, copy? Oh, and you owe me fifty bucks."
NSAGUY2: "Roger, Over?"
NSAGUY1: "Under, Done."
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