Maserati crash on the M6

[dem maser]

You guys have some eyesight!!

 

[BennyD]

I must have to see through my readers; they have lenses like beer bottle bottoms.

 

[Klive]

The back certainly looks like a 32 or 42. I guess the sport button must have been on or msp off.

 

[Ambient69]

Grey QP, on sky news earlier.

 

[StuartW]

http://news.sky.com/story/1163274/crash-car-left-hanging-from-m6-bridge

Video here, very lucky

Cat C I guess, another cheap entry into QP ownership imminently to appear on ebay I would imagine!!

 

[Rags]

A friend of mine crashed his QP into a LR Defender about two weeks ago. LR guy steered into his side of the road. QP written off. Surprisingly LR also looked pretty beat up.

 

[zagatoes30]

Lucky it didn't go any further

 

[bigbob]

A friend of mine crashed his QP into a LR Defender about two weeks ago. LR guy steered into his side of the road. QP written off. Surprisingly LR also looked pretty beat up.

A defender is roughly the same weight as a QP - 2000 kg or thereabouts.

 

[bigbob]

Worst time of year for that sort of thing as we all forget over the summer how dangerous rain and/or low temperatures are with wide, summer rubber. Have my winter tyres going on next week.

 

[Parisien]

A friend of mine crashed his QP into a LR Defender about two weeks ago. LR guy steered into his side of the road. QP written off. Surprisingly LR also looked pretty beat up.

They were of course pre-crumple zones etc the LR......but a hefty beast all the same, plus when very old who knows condition of the ladder chassis etc


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[bigbob]

They were of course pre-crumple zones etc the LR......but a hefty beast all the same, plus when very old who knows condition of the ladder chassis etc


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Yeh, they last about 20 years then people replace them with a galvanised chassis, costs about £5k IIRC all in but then the car will last forever. Sold mine at ten years/100,000 miles, went very quickly.

 

[Parisien]

Defenders hold their value like nobodies business.....even going up at times, aint they stopping production soon? Mind you Jaguar /LR have a huge model expansion programme lined up over the next 5 years


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[bigbob]

18 months time. I looked at buying a 110 wagon as a keeper but it was going to be £30k incl the VAT. Lower spec ten year old ones are about £14k.

 

[Parisien]

Why don't they ship production overseas for a few more years.........still a big demand, plus if they up-rated a few areas....could go on for another 10!

Even sell the things in kit form surely!!!!

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[bigbob]

Remember there is a Portuguese company makes a similar product having had a licence from LR many moons ago.

 

[bigbob]

OK, they were Spanish and have gone bust!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santana_Motor

 

[Parisien]

Oh....obviously never got to grips with how to get the low build quality nor intermittent Lucas electrics.........


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[Rags]

Well my friend is lucky to be in one piece. Broke his collar bone and something else. Saw the pics and it wasn't pretty.

 

[bigbob]

Any idea what happened?

 

[Rags]

Any idea what happened?

yes he was driving on a small windy country lane. Head on collision. LR guy driving on wrong side of the road on a blind turn.