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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by luder_5555,Apr 15 2010, 11:28 PM
i say its a draw. the car is totaled, and the tree is dead. everyone wins
I think you meant Everyone loses!
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 11:04 PM
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Hard to tell from the vid but how did he crash?

Trying to imagine what the driver was thinking, that must be an awful feeling....
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 04:01 AM
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He must have shifted as he was turning and upset the balance of the car maybe? It must have just gone around on him.

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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by txjeepn,Apr 15 2010, 11:19 AM
Yes and No.

As taken from http://www.lamborghini.com/2006/lamb...l.asp?lang=eng

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Tubular frame made from high-strength steel alloy with carbon fibre structural parts.

Yeah, I'm afraid that is misleading at best.

The car is a tube frame chassis (which it says on Lamborghini's website) that has floor pans and a firewall made from a flat composite panel. I attribute the description you posted to marketing lingo.

It is not even remotely comparable to a carbon fiber chassis. The only actual structural components that are made from carbon fiber are on the convertible and it is little more than a brace that spans the engine compartment.

That does not a carbon fiber chassis make.
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 06:52 AM
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shitty part is he'll probably get another lambo sometime soon and do the exact same thing.
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by herminator,Apr 15 2010, 01:06 PM
no, I'm pretty sure they have always used carbon extensively, to clarify I didn't mean the entire frame was carbon, but it is used extensively throughout.
I don't believe that is accurate. The body panels (with the exception of the roof and maybe and doors if I am not mistaken) are all carbon fiber. But the chassis is a tube frame chassis with some carbon fiber panels riveted on.

Again, I am not trying to sound like a jerk but that is not even remotely comparable to a carbon fiber chassis in classification, production methods, or the way that loads are distributed through the chassis.
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr.E.G.,Apr 16 2010, 06:54 AM
I don't believe that is accurate. The body panels (with the exception of the roof and maybe and doors if I am not mistaken) are all carbon fiber. But the chassis is a tube frame chassis with some carbon fiber panels riveted on.

Again, I am not trying to sound like a jerk but that is not even remotely comparable to a carbon fiber chassis in classification, production methods, or the way that loads are distributed through the chassis.
100% Correct.
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by s2k_cy,Apr 15 2010, 10:07 AM
Funny, that the engine was running after the crash!!!!!!!
The engine is in the rear of the car.
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 08:57 AM
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^^What does that have to do with it?

The rear of the car is over a curb. Thats a lot of trauma. The engine sit low in the engine bay. Look under your car Im sure you can see a oil pan. I bet there is oil leaking out at best. If not cracked open
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 09:17 AM
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Eh, it happens. Im sure you've got to feel like God driving that car.. regardless, can't beat physics. I'd probably total one in a week.

Shame to see a Murcielago eat it like that.
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