Lambo VS Tree
04-15-2010, 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
04-16-2010, 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
FRAME
Tubular frame made from high-strength steel alloy with carbon fibre structural parts.
As taken from http://www.lamborghini.com/2006/lamb...l.asp?lang=eng
FRAME
Tubular frame made from high-strength steel alloy with carbon fibre structural parts.
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.
04-16-2010, 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.
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.
04-16-2010, 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.
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.
04-16-2010, 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
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
04-16-2010, 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.
I'd probably total one in a week. Shame to see a Murcielago eat it like that.
