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Audi R8 impaled on guardrail. Driver survives ( amazingly )

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Old 12-20-09, 04:28 PM
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If the engine was up front it or its bracing and components may have stopped the guardrail from penetrating the cabin or deflected the guardrail away from the driver.
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Old 12-20-09, 05:01 PM
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This is precisely my point about the incredibly high HP vehicles available today. Not that they shouldn't be offered, but so few have the track skills needed.
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Old 12-21-09, 09:17 AM
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Sad and scary accident, probably wishes he was dead.
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Old 12-23-09, 10:04 PM
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There was an A4 that crashed a few years ago and both the driver and the passenger behind the driver were impaled by a metal pole. Both survived but let's just say the driver won't be passing on his genes. You can probably guess how the pole is positioned inside the car.
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Old 12-25-09, 01:00 AM
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A lot of the times in these situations of totalled exotics its the car that "overinspired" the driver and inflated confidence. The problem is the laws of physics will always prevail
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