Car Literally Wrapped Around A Tree

mee · #41 ● 11-11-2012, 06:54 PM

180ks frozen in time on the speedo , he was a rev head and a 1/2 , lil four banger with a chevy badge on the grill , ive seen a car wrapped around a post before, but this on is of the scales !!!!!!!

Adelator · #42 ● 11-16-2012, 12:17 AM

Seems correct. Not sure if the impact itself can alter the final needle positions. I have a Seat Ibiza with 130 hp and at 180 km/h the RPMs are around 2800 in 6th gear. I don´t think this tree-car could do that.

Originally Posted by gatagato ↗

It's Brazil, not Puerto Rico. The speedometer is showing 180 Kilometres per hour = approx. 112 Mph
And the fact that the speedometers indicates 180 does NOT mean that the car was travelling at that speed: if he was pushing the throttle while the car was in flight then the wheels kept accelerating, and that's the speed that was recorded, not the actual speed of the car before/during the flight.

mp350 · #43 ● 11-16-2012, 01:14 AM

crazy it said life on the door

noogan · #44 ● 11-16-2012, 03:57 PM

the medic girl is hot

Tslice · #45 ● 11-16-2012, 11:05 PM

It's my opinion... But I think the tree should be punished. 1st Degree Murder.

gatagato · #46 ● 11-25-2012, 05:17 PM

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Bad_Ash · #47 ● 11-25-2012, 06:22 PM

Kinda funny that the vehicle model was "life"...

Rachee · #48 ● 11-25-2012, 09:22 PM

Holy shit!

johnleeknoefler · #49 ● 11-25-2012, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by wilcox009 ↗

I am suprised his body was that intact. Thats why you buy your kid a car with a full frame not a unibody.

I was gonna mention that. Unibody is a great concept until you get those speeds and a side impact. Thankfully he was wearing a seat belt. It could of been real bad.

johnleeknoefler · #50 ● 11-25-2012, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by nyazzip ↗

1)"unit body", not "unibody", and 2)a car with a frame would not help you when you broadside a tree at 50 mph, i guarantee you. might even make things worse, because less of the energy would be absorbed by the car

Both terms are correct. When I worked in car sales I was taught to call it a unibody. That's here in USA.

modern cars use unitary construction which is also known as unit body, unibody, or Body Frame Integral construction.[3] This uses a system of box sections, bulkheads and tubes to provide most of the strength of the vehicle, to which the stressed skin adds relatively little strength or stiffness. The shell of a bird's egg is a perfect monocoque

Car Literally Wrapped Around A Tree

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