December 27, 2007: Amazing Audi accident photos

StereoMike · 01-04-2008, 05:49 AM

He sold the car on ebay.
A cached page:
http://www.motor-auktionen.de/archiv/330/index.html

In the end he got even more than 4500 EUR for it (but there's a comment to the auction that there were issues for the buyer didn't pay)

manu · 01-04-2008, 10:45 AM

when a car hits a tree not frontly but from its side, it usually wraps around the tree.
It could be that Emergency services had to cut the two parts of the car to open it and extract the driver from it.

another experience of car vs tree here (another audi... warning, despite no real graphic, the story is kind of sad since the two people did not survive this accident

) :

http://timeslips.bootnetworks.com/a3tree/index2.html

xoxoxoBruce · 01-04-2008, 04:13 PM

I think it hit on the right front corner and tore the car in two.

ZenGum · 01-04-2008, 10:32 PM

I've spoken with rally drivers, one thing that makes them a little cautious is trees by the track.
At moderate speed and with a larger tree, a car will wrap around a tree.
At very high speed and with a thinner tree, the tree will slice through the car.
Although these trees are pretty thin, I believe that this guy was, as Bruce put it, honkin'.
And I reckon he's alive due partly to seatbelts and crumple zones but mostly just dumb luck.

Pi · 01-11-2008, 04:09 PM

That guy in the first picture with his mobile is one of my NCO's...
He's the guy who was sitting in the car.
That accident happened last year, I was speaking to him today.

glatt · 01-11-2008, 04:40 PM

Wow! Small Cellar world.

ZenGum · 01-19-2008, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pi

That guy in the first picture with his mobile is one of my NCO's...
He's the guy who was sitting in the car.
That accident happened last year, I was speaking to him today.

Well, did you get his story?
Was he honkin', or was he viciously ambushed by a tree?
It might be wise to be a bit vague for legal reasons; was he crawlin', cruisin, or honkin'?

Pi · 01-22-2008, 03:39 PM

Well he said he was driving around 100km/h and the road, a country road, was on a some spot slippery...
That's what he said...

01-04-2008, 04:13 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think it hit on the right front corner and tore the car in two. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-04-2008, 10:32 PM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I've spoken with rally drivers, one thing that makes them a little cautious is trees by the track. At moderate speed and with a larger tree, a car will wrap around a tree. At very high speed and with a thinner tree, the tree will slice through the car. Although these trees are pretty thin, I believe that this guy was, as Bruce put it, honkin'. And I reckon he's alive due partly to seatbelts and crumple zones but mostly just dumb luck. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-11-2008, 04:09 PM	#5
Pi desperate finder Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 437	That guy in the first picture with his mobile is one of my NCO's... He's the guy who was sitting in the car. That accident happened last year, I was speaking to him today. __________________ Complex simplex

01-22-2008, 03:39 PM	#8
Pi desperate finder Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 437	Well he said he was driving around 100km/h and the road, a country road, was on a some spot slippery... That's what he said... __________________ Complex simplex

01-04-2008, 05:49 AM	#1
StereoMike Fellow-Commoner Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10	He sold the car on ebay. A cached page: http://www.motor-auktionen.de/archiv/330/index.html In the end he got even more than 4500 EUR for it (but there's a comment to the auction that there were issues for the buyer didn't pay)

01-04-2008, 10:45 AM	#2
manu Writer of Writings Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14	when a car hits a tree not frontly but from its side, it usually wraps around the tree. It could be that Emergency services had to cut the two parts of the car to open it and extract the driver from it. another experience of car vs tree here (another audi... warning, despite no real graphic, the story is kind of sad since the two people did not survive this accident ) : http://timeslips.bootnetworks.com/a3tree/index2.html

01-11-2008, 04:40 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Wow! Small Cellar world.

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