Hyundai mark the end of scrappage.. by bangering an i10!

[Lankytim]

 

Full story and vids HERE,

 

http://www.cardealermagazine.co.uk/publ ... -i10/29516

 

Interesting to hear about the pre-production cars and what they get used for.

[trigger]

There was a little piece about this in this months PC magazine, It only lastest 1/2 a lap or something, In 5 years time there be special i10 banger events.

[pogweasel]

I think we covered this via 'youtube moments' last week.

 

Would you care for some of this delicious chick-pea roast?

[504GL]

Read the comments, seems a few people there have been involved with banger racing a bit too long and have lost a few braincells......

[Lankytim]

Ah, sorry guys I didnt realise it was a roasted pea. Im sorry, and must be punished. Severely.

[pogweasel]

Simply wear the hair-shirt for the rest of the afternoon and your sins will be forgiven. Still, the last version didn'y include the 'static' report, so that's new content!

[VWPowered]

i'd of blew it up...my hyundai's crap not impressed really

[504GL]

i'd of blew it up...my hyundai's crap not impressed really

Should've bought a Panda!

[trigger]

Don't you mean a Corsa 1.0

[whitevanman]

Errr....I'd try it.....

[FredTransit]

I thought there wasn't supposed to be much of it left after the track, not before......

[VWPowered]

lol@fredtransitowes me nothing so cant complain really

[FredTransit]

That's the thing about moderns, too much plastic and FWD, how are they gonna survive the track???

[RedSparrow]

Read the comments, seems a few people there have been involved with banger racing a bit too long and have lost a few braincells......

Quite.

Smiffers Says:February 7th, 2010 at 7:29 amShut the your face affro

Lovely stuff!

[fiatdaft]

That's the thing about moderns, too much plastic and FWD, how are they gonna survive the track???

i don't think that would be in the design mandate.

[FredTransit]

Er, well I don't think it was what Ford had in mind with the granny either, but my point is it's worrying how little substance the thing has!

[Tayne]

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[504GL]

Er, well I don't think it was what Ford had in mind with the granny either, but my point is it's worrying how little substance the thing has!

Personally I'd rather be in the i10http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ygYUYia9II'm not one of these people who crap themselves when they get in anything which has less than 5 stars in the NCAP ratings as well as ESP, TC etc etc, but I have to say I do feel a lot safer in my 500 than something older.

[FredTransit]

We've been here before i think. Sod it, I would rather not have an accident thank you very much. Seen as I spend more time driving than having accidents, I will stick to what I know and like.

[504GL]

We've been here before i think. Sod it, I would rather not have an accident thank you very much. Seen as I spend more time driving than having accidents, I will stick to what I know and like.

Oh I agree completely and tbh I still want an older car even though I know in an accident I'm toast.

[Tayne]

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[504GL]

A head on is the worst kind of accident.

Your kinetic energy and their kinetic energy has to be disappated/converted.

Hitting a tree or a blast wall is preferable to a head on with another car.

 

I lost control and was trying to avoid a head-on when this happened.

I went through a line of fence posts sideways, the last one was concrete.

If I had hit the other chap then I reckon we both would have been dead/seriously injured.

 

And an old Volvo isn't exactly unsafe.

Again I agree but the point still stands that newer cars are safer due to having stiffer bodies

[Tayne]

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[VWPowered]

my body's stiff cos itz has strut braces, bwarrrrr

[Lankytim]

To be fair I think any FWD car striking a post like the i10 did would have the wheel pushed back and the driveshaft popped out. The problem is most banger drivers dont keep wishbones and driveshafts for i10's in their hiab lorry.

[fiatdaft]

A head on is the worst kind of accident.

Your kinetic energy and their kinetic energy has to be disappated/converted.

Hitting a tree or a blast wall is preferable to a head on with another car.

 

I lost control and was trying to avoid a head-on when this happened.

I went through a line of fence posts sideways, the last one was concrete.

If I had hit the other chap then I reckon we both would have been dead/seriously injured.

 

And an old Volvo isn't exactly unsafe.

you think so huh?

 

3rd time i have posted this

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBDyeWof ... L&index=11

[wilko]

Read the comments, seems a few people there have been involved with banger racing a bit too long and have lost a few braincells......

They might like you to think so, but judging by the names they've used, at least 2 of them are only "involved" to the point of watching the racing and being a teenage pain in the ass on various banger racing forums...

That's the thing about moderns, too much plastic and FWD, how are they gonna survive the track???

You'd think wouldn't you - Mondeos make ridiculously strong bangers.

A head on is the worst kind of accident.Your kinetic energy and their kinetic energy has to be disappated/converted.

I disagree - side impacts are worse - a 40mph side impact that just misses the A-pillar is more likely to be fatal than 2 cars moving at 40mph colliding head on. A mate who ran a big scrappies used to get the severe & fatals from the police compound to weigh in - some of the side impact ones were horrific.

[504GL]

They might like you to think so, but judging by the names they've used, at least 2 of them are only "involved" to the point of watching the racing and being a teenage pain in the ass on various banger racing forums...I disagree - side impacts are worse - a 40mph side impact that just misses the A-pillar is more likely to be fatal than 2 cars moving at 40mph colliding head on. A mate who ran a big scrappies used to get the severe & fatals from the police compound to weigh in - some of the side impact ones were horrific.

Yeah side impacts are scary. My wife actually witnessed a head on accident a couple of years ago. Was about 60 or so mph closing speed and both people walked away. Airbags did their job and although the wife had to yank the door on the Rover 75 that was involved to get it open, the guy inside was alive although very winded and shaken.

[Lankytim]

And an old Volvo isn't exactly unsafe.

you think so huh?3rd time i have posted thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBDyeWof ... L&index=11

All that video proves is that a 5 year old design is better than a 25+ year old design. Things do move on, a Volvo 940 is no less safe today than the day it rolled from the production line. What I want to know is, what happens if a modus hits another modus head on? Does the impact and lack of energy absorbsion cause a rip in the fabric of space-time and create a black hole which zaps the occupants back in time to the age of the dinosaurs? Id take the Volvo everytime, just to be safe.

[504GL]

And an old Volvo isn't exactly unsafe.

you think so huh?3rd time i have posted thishttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBDyeWof ... L&index=11

All that video proves is that a 5 year old design is better than a 25+ year old design. Things do move on, a Volvo 940 is no less safe today than the day it rolled from the production line. What I want to know is, what happens if a modus hits another modus head on? Does the impact and lack of energy absorbsion cause a rip in the fabric of space-time and create a black hole which zaps the occupants back in time to the age of the dinosaurs? Id take the Volvo everytime, just to be safe.

roflWell here's what happens if a wanker crashes into a Fiat 500