This morning brought some seriously wanton scenes of vehicular destruction in the form of five supercars smashed up in the UK and government-sponsored motorcycle-shredding in China. We weep for these lost brothers, but in grief there is also time for reflection: Today we honor the memories of our favorite fallen chariots by asking you to share a memory...a glimpse into your pain. Whether by fire, flood or hoontastic exploding cliffjump, what's the worst way you've lost a car?
Us? We've lost a few. One that sticks in our minds was an RX-7 Turbo T-boned into a Supra (the Supra's fault). As I kicked the door open on the Mazda and stepped down from significantly higher up than I remembered the car sitting before, I knew it was a goner. Was it a particularly special car? No, but watching its fluids leak slowly into the storm gutter and knowing it would never run again set off a pang of emotion that I remember to this day. The whiplash sucked too...