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Last chance to enter today for the AMG GTR. Looks mint!
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The drivers name is Jean-Pierre Mouawad, French origin.
But don't let that stop you from calling him a Habibi, Lebo, Muslims, etc. The driver is still a first grade f***wit though! ![]() LMCT+ has nothing to do with the idiot drivers actions. That's like someone blaming Tatt's Lotto for busting up their brand new Mercedes they bought after winning the lotto. |
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Names don't mean a huge amount. I went to school with a kid whos first name was pierre claude. Thats his first name. I wont say surname or anything. Sounds pretty french, but he and his parents were south east asian. So first names are first names.
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Could very well be that clutch exploding though. https://www.whichcar.com.au/features...tch-autos-work This article explains how they work. But the 7 speed has been replaced by the 9 speed now. |
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I'm very surprised the car actually let that happen with all the electronic crap in them.
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Some of these new boxes might be behind 5-600hp engines and then some, but if you put them in a loaded motorhome and tried to reverse up a hill... they might not be as happy as a th400. ![]() |
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Honest question, what probably happened here to cause the failure?
Don't the car companies invest R&D trying to break transmissions etc (eg GM 'Rock Crusher' test). What did this fine gentleman do, that circumvented all the vaunted Mercedes R&D? Did no-one in product development say "What happens if we try a burnout, but leave the traction control on?"
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I dont think it would have been clutch related (tranamission, whatever). Modern cars say no before that happens. Id be, at a guess, be inclined to think an oil line to a turbo ruptured or popped off. From memory, the turbos in modern v8 amgs are in the valley in the centre of the block not in the conventional place.
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![]() "Your honour, my client was very fortunate not to be harmed by the vehicle's malfunction. We demand a replacement" Not sure how the dangerous driving charge will stick. He wasn't going fast, he didn't do a skid, and the bystanders weren't egging him on in any obvious way. How do you prove intent when the alleged intended action didn't occur? ![]() |
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Turbo oil line spill would change things a bit. Is it the kind of thing that would blow when you are trying to drive dangerous/do fully sik burnout?
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Well, intentional (attempted atleast) loss of traction, thats not legal. So the blokes getting his toasted car impounded anyways. The dumbest thing is, he shouldnt have let anyone post it online and just pled ignorance when it burnt to the ground.
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In my uneducated view, any overheating in a modern car, motor or otherwise the car would say no. But for something to erupt like that so quickly, there would have to be some form of propellant. So amg probably tested things but was never expecting someone to be loading a motor for as long, and with no airflow bar the fans, turbos get hot, rubber melts at some point. So i don't think its so much a design flaw, just a flaw with the driver doing the wrong thing in more ways then 1.
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