careful out there

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Man dies after crash in Ariel Atom in Kemsing

[MadMaxAtom]

Tragic. I wonder if they were wearing helmets and belts.

[AtomJohnny]

Terrible news. So young too. Hopefully the number remains at 3 for a very long time.

[Terry Kennedy]

Tragic. I wonder if they were wearing helmets and belts.

Over at the other place, Tom (Ariel UK) said it was a car that was taken to a non-factory service shop and after the service, the techs decided to take the car out and see what it could do. So, insufficient experience with the car, and probably incomplete personal safety equipment as well.

[Curt]

Saw a pretty Ferrari 458 at my local Cars and Coffee this weekend. Afterwards, he flipped it.
This Ferrari 458 Was Obliterated After A Crash In Virginia

Drive safely.

[Terry Kennedy]

Saw a pretty Ferrari 458 at my local Cars and Coffee this weekend. Afterwards, he flipped it.

That's one of the reasons I don't take my BMW to shows any more - people leaving events seem to feel compelled to show off their mad driving "skillz". At one event, somebody tried drifting out of the parking lot and did a 720-degree turn out the driveway, across the road, and down the cliff on the other side.

To add a little levity to a serious topic... A couple years ago I had wrapped up an evening of working on the Atom and decided to take it through the local Taco Bell drive-thru for a quick bite. I pulled over in an empty area of the parking lot to eat, and noticed that the local chapter of the Fast and the Spurious (you know the type - cars with coffee-can exhausts and blue undercarriage lights) was meeting on the other side of the parking lot. Eventually someone spotted me and the whole crowd started yelling for me to come over.

I resigned myself to not being able to eat my meal in peace and quiet and drove the Atom across the lot to where all of their cars were. After I spent perhaps 15 minutes answering the usual questions, the head F&S-er says "Does it come with an automatic - I can't drive stick".

[AtomJohnny]

...a car that was taken to a non-factory service shop and after the service, the techs decided to take the car out and see what it could do.

Apparently it was the owner of the garage, where the car was being serviced, that was driving.


I never leave my car anywhere to have it serviced, repaired or anything fitted. It's either DIY or stay with the car the whole time. This is the reason why.