http://forums.clubsi.com/showflat.php?Board=UBB4&Number=2493445

Don't do what this guy did. At least it's not a merc

Yikes!

So much for those hi-reving Ricers ...

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1992 500E (Daily Driver)
2004 Porsche RUF 955 Dakara 550

What's even stupider is wondering what speed this dumba$$ was doing when this happened. If he was redlining in fifth gear he must have been doing at least over 60 mph.

Notice the 25 mph speed limit sign in front of the car...

As far as I'm concerned that story is completely unreliable. I believe the pictures but obviously the account is faulty since it indicates that the engine caught on fire. I certainly don't see any fire damage.... you guys.

You have to be a moron to do something like this to a car. Maybe this was the guy's first stick shift. The people on that forum feel sorry for this guy?!?!?! I have no sympathy for people who don't have the intelligence to learn how to drive their machines properly.

...and Daddy will have to cough up the money for the damage...

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2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

poor car

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1995 black pearl/black Mercedes-Benz E420 :

I had a Chevy 350 in an El Camino SS come unglued at 60 mph with almost as much damage. As best we could figure, a valve dropped on the right bank side and disintegrated a piston. The parts from that fell into the cankcase and came up in the left bank, thus destroying a couple of pistons in that side. Some or all of the debris fell back into the crankcase between the crankshaft and the block causing catostropic damage to both as well as the oilpan. In short, the only reuseable parts of the engine were the intake manifold and the flywheel.

I took the URL and posted on another site, and someone there noticed that not only is that a 25mph sign, but a school zone.

I don't feel sorry for the guy in the slightest...the car, maybe, but not the driver. He had it coming...

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1991 Ford F-350, work in progress
1984 Ford F-250 4x4, 6.9l turbo diesel, 5 speed manual
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