[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by Professor///M

No and the video was going to fast… but if you put it in slow motion you can see the dude on a bike who caused the accident.

It was a joke on the lighter side

He had bigger issues then low psi

Didn’t properly test & tune the wheel/tire combo and crashed the car accordingly

[bunker]

the wipers still work!

[Pentland]

Originally Posted by bunker

the wipers still work!

Probably jolted the stalk when he crashed.

[G30 B58]

At least he wasn’t on public streets.

[Navin_Johnson]

Originally Posted by Pentland

Probably jolted the stalk when he crashed.

Looked to me like moisture came from under the hood at the bottom of the windshield after the first hit to the right wall. Rain sensors picked up the moisture and turned the wipers on.

[Rdurty2]

Why the hell is he not using the flappy paddles to shift? Both hands on the wheel at those speeds. There is zero advantage to shifting with the shift knob except to appear like you have a manual when everyone knows you don’t.

Not to mention with a car that heavily modified I’m sure with the upgraded trans he also has xHP. In that case he could manually set the shift points and just not worry about shifting manually at all.

[Navin_Johnson]

Originally Posted by M2siast

Water doesn’t turn the wipers on.

The stalk does. It was a physical motion of the stalk, either the impact, his hand, or the airbag.

Check page 153 of our owners manual.

I haven't driven in the rain yet, but I know this works just fine in my Telluride.

[KC87ZB]

I'll waste some more hot air here.

If the wipers were in Auto they would have swiped once or twice and stopped. They were obviously not in Auto as they stayed on. He bumped the stalk in the impact - this is a frequent occurrence in an accident.

But yes, the wipers are likely the only working item left on the car after he wrecked it.

[CatchF22DirtyF30]

This is wild, love 1stock and this car. Glad to see them walk away though, those are some tough speeds to go sideways at.

[M2Va]

Glad you walked away . Guys remember to try and always hold the steering wheel with two hands. When the steering wheel blows and your one hand / arm is in the way it can break your arm.

[F85MTuNED]

This thread truly opened my eyes to how weird the world is nowadays because you have many here giving their account as to what happen and last I check there was only a hand full of us at the track that day.

You also have those saying what they would’ve done and how much of an idiot he is etc… everyone has it all figured out when they aren’t in the situation so cool story I guess.

I’m not even going to give the other negative bs any attention so salute to those in this thread who are positive and those who showed love it’s highly appreciated..🫡

[KC87ZB]

Originally Posted by M2Va

Glad you walked away . Guys remember to try and always hold the steering wheel with two hands. When the steering wheel blows and your one hand / arm is in the way it can break your arm.

I think you are overestimating the force of the steering wheel airbag.

Back in the mythbusters days they showed it would be difficult for an airbag to dislocate a thumb (old style rim to rim airbags).

Anyway, an arm flopping around is more likely to break your nose when the airbag propels it into your face. If this thing could break arms there would be skull fractures every day.

[F85MTuNED]

Originally Posted by M2siast

100%.

It’s sad. Facebook is even worse.

Sad indeed…

[M2Va]

Originally Posted by KC87ZB

I think you are overestimating the force of the steering wheel airbag.

Back in the mythbusters days they showed it would be difficult for an airbag to dislocate a thumb (old style rim to rim airbags).

Anyway, an arm flopping around is more likely to break your nose when the airbag propels it into your face. If this thing could break arms there would be skull fractures every day.

Interesting read.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7723083/

[CatchF22DirtyF30]

Originally Posted by M2siast

Wouldn’t have pictured that guy as a “they”, but I guess it’s June…

You reaally went out of your way for this one. Thank you for your time guy!

[KC87ZB]

Yeah, thanks for digging that out. I think the key word though is "infrequently" as part of the subset...

It's a study. It can happen. It's not frequent.

[VegasG42]

Well, unfortunately, the same BMW M240i driver crashed his replacement G42.

This time the wreck was fatal. He was street racing his 7 second BMW and wrecked.

He died on impact.

[inevitab1e]

Originally Posted by VegasG42

Well, unfortunately, the same BMW M240i driver crashed his replacement G42.

This time the wreck was fatal. He was street racing his 7 second BMW and wrecked.

He died on impact.

That's terrible to hear. He had a new video out recently on the progress of his new build.
Unfortunately, I don't think he was wearing his seatbelt while racing. Ejected.

[kuzdu]

Originally Posted by VegasG42

Well, unfortunately, the same BMW M240i driver crashed his replacement G42.

This time the wreck was fatal. He was street racing his 7 second BMW and wrecked.

He died on impact.

Condolences to 1stock and the family. Him and the Mpowerhouse team are a bunch of cool guys. knew them since the gen1 340, TT and the gen 2 240. i use the street race on that same road 20 years ago, it's wideeeee open and i was just on this road saturday going to long beach. Sad to see this happen.

[VegasG42]

Originally Posted by inevitab1e

That's terrible to hear. He had a new video out recently on the progress of his new build.
Unfortunately, I don't think he was wearing his seatbelt while racing. Ejected.

Yep. No roll cage. No 5-point racing harness seat belt. Street racing. A lot of bad decisions.

Imagine driving a car at close to 180 mph on regular streets. That's wild

[VegasG42]