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Re: Nurburgring crash videos - a gentle reminder....
« Reply #10 on: 14 January 2013, 17:49 »
Ooooooooooooh. me me me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaC8ihrJq_s

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Re: Nurburgring crash videos - a gentle reminder....
« Reply #11 on: 14 January 2013, 18:39 »
Looks nasty that mate.

3k on armco though.....what they make it out of...gold? :o

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Re: Nurburgring crash videos - a gentle reminder....
« Reply #12 on: 14 January 2013, 19:45 »
140mph sideways video capture = winning.

3k on armco though.....what they make it out of...gold? :o

No - they make it out of Germans.

Remember - they have to remove the old stuff and put in new stuff and charge for the track closure if relevant and charge for the safety car and the recovery and and and .....

Here's three and a half minutes basically of wincing:

http://youtu.be/I42oPr2iBKY
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Re: Nurburgring crash videos - a gentle reminder....
« Reply #13 on: 14 January 2013, 21:11 »
Ooooooooooooh. me me me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaC8ihrJq_s

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Seen this before but that's bullpoo, 3k for that, didn't even look like you damaged it!


Some good Vids in here.

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Re: Nurburgring crash videos - a gentle reminder....
« Reply #14 on: 15 January 2013, 10:50 »


Seen this before but that's bullpoo, 3k for that, didn't even look like you damaged it!


Some good Vids in here.

Doesn't look like much, I flattened a total of 28metres of barrier (about 9m of barrier 3 beams high) and 5 upright posts were bent. Plus marshall attendance, flagging, they charge you for all of it. Then recovery was another 220 euros on top.

As harsh as it sounds, I'm a civil engineer by profession, and 3k for that much barrier to be removed and re-installed with new gear isn't a bad price at all sadly :(

same rules apply in england too, if you crash on the road you're charged for the barriers, difference is, your UK insurance deals with it all so you never even know about it.

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Re: Nurburgring crash videos - a gentle reminder....
« Reply #15 on: 15 January 2013, 15:11 »
As harsh as it sounds, I'm a civil engineer by profession, and 3k for that much barrier to be removed and re-installed with new gear isn't a bad price at all sadly :(

Love the civil engineering approach to crashing at the 'ring :grin:

A mate of mine who's a civil engineer has said the same.
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Re: Nurburgring crash videos - a gentle reminder....
« Reply #16 on: 15 January 2013, 18:58 »
as an ex aircraft engineer - the small amount of air time was sufficient in my cherry taking crash at the ring  :whistle:

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Re: Nurburgring crash videos - a gentle reminder....
« Reply #17 on: 16 January 2013, 00:37 »
As harsh as it sounds, I'm a civil engineer by profession, and 3k for that much barrier to be removed and re-installed with new gear isn't a bad price at all sadly :(

Love the civil engineering approach to crashing at the 'ring :grin:

A mate of mine who's a civil engineer has said the same.

Didn't look like you fecked up 9m worth of barrier though.  You sure you wern't milked for previous damage.  :grin:

as an ex aircraft engineer - the small amount of air time was sufficient in my cherry taking crash at the ring  :whistle:

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Re: Nurburgring crash videos - a gentle reminder....
« Reply #18 on: 16 January 2013, 07:02 »
Unfortunately it was all from my accident, despite only hitting one car length section, it was pushed so far back that it stretched and ripped the bolts out of the two adjacent sections as well and bent the uprights supporting them.

Got pics of the barrier damage somewhere as well. Despite being a bit in shock at the time, looking back they were really fairly reasonable.

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Re: Nurburgring crash videos - a gentle reminder....
« Reply #19 on: 16 January 2013, 22:12 »
what was the death toll in the 70s? Car safety looks to have moved on quite alot too!