Mr. Bean selling his twice crashed McLAREN F1 for £8 million !!!!!!
02-11-13 | 10:43 AM
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While I agree that everyone has a bad day once in a while, you simply cannot compare road accidents to race incidents as you implied by mentioning Schumacher, whose "accidents" all happened on the track. You are never supposed to drive on public road like you're racing on the track where everyone's driving at the limit trying to beat each other to the finish line. You're supposed to drive responsibly and defensively on the road. There's a huge difference between Mr. Bean's accident and Schumacher's.
Last edited by ydooby; 02-11-13 at 11:32 AM.
02-11-13 | 01:18 PM
#17
While I agree that everyone has a bad day once in a while, you simply cannot compare road accidents to race incidents as you implied by mentioning Schumacher, whose "accidents" all happened on the track. You are never supposed to drive on public road like you're racing on the track where everyone's driving at the limit trying to beat each other to the finish line. You're supposed to drive responsibly and defensively on the road. There's a huge difference between Mr. Bean's accident and Schumacher's.
I think since Bean doesn't race on the track for a living, he takes it out on the street and drive irresponsibly, so he crashed. Where M Schumacher got all his needs for speed on the track already, he probably drive like a grandma on the street.
My point was even people with good driving skills make mistake once in a while, if you push it, incidents would happen.
02-11-13 | 07:48 PM
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While I agree that everyone has a bad day once in a while, you simply cannot compare road accidents to race incidents as you implied by mentioning Schumacher, whose "accidents" all happened on the track. You are never supposed to drive on public road like you're racing on the track where everyone's driving at the limit trying to beat each other to the finish line. You're supposed to drive responsibly and defensively on the road. There's a huge difference between Mr. Bean's accident and Schumacher's.
Also keep in mind the Mclaren F1 has no driver aids whatsoever, no traction control, not even ABS, a true drivers car, and also keep in mind the accident happened in wet weather, so he could of been driving the speed limit, but made a small error and the accident was the result.
In the end he is now Ok and after alot of money the Mclaren is to.
02-12-13 | 07:39 AM
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While I agree that everyone has a bad day once in a while, you simply cannot compare road accidents to race incidents as you implied by mentioning Schumacher, whose "accidents" all happened on the track. You are never supposed to drive on public road like you're racing on the track where everyone's driving at the limit trying to beat each other to the finish line. You're supposed to drive responsibly and defensively on the road. There's a huge difference between Mr. Bean's accident and Schumacher's.
The bottom line is that driving on public roads carries risk because of the unpredictability of other drivers and various conditions of the environment and surroundings. If someone chooses to drive a car on public roads, they will get into accidents. It's as simple as that.
02-12-13 | 09:15 AM
#20
I just know even top driver get into accidents too, both on the track and the street.
Another example came to mind is the Japanese drift king (Keiichi Tsuchiya) crashed his own NSX-R while drifting it for fun. He wasn't in a competition.
Last edited by BNR34; 02-12-13 at 09:23 AM.
02-12-13 | 09:27 AM
#21
While I agree that everyone has a bad day once in a while, you simply cannot compare road accidents to race incidents as you implied by mentioning Schumacher, whose "accidents" all happened on the track. You are never supposed to drive on public road like you're racing on the track where everyone's driving at the limit trying to beat each other to the finish line. You're supposed to drive responsibly and defensively on the road. There's a huge difference between Mr. Bean's accident and Schumacher's.
We are talking about different points. I was saying Mr. Bean crashed is not because he can't drive.
02-13-13 | 03:00 PM
#26
Schumacher infamously hit a guy with his car once when trying to overtake another car on a small road in the UK. That may be what BNR34 is referring to.
The bottom line is that driving on public roads carries risk because of the unpredictability of other drivers and various conditions of the environment and surroundings. If someone chooses to drive a car on public roads, they will get into accidents. It's as simple as that.
The bottom line is that driving on public roads carries risk because of the unpredictability of other drivers and various conditions of the environment and surroundings. If someone chooses to drive a car on public roads, they will get into accidents. It's as simple as that.
01-23-15 | 05:45 PM
#28
Rowan Atkinson selling his McLaren F1 for £8 million
Crashed twice
Rowan Atkinson has decided to sell his McLaren F1 and is asking a whopping £8 million.
Famous primarily for his role as Mr. Bean, 60-year-old actor Rowan Atkinson has decided to part ways with his McLaren F1 which was bought as new back in 1997 for £640,000. After two accidents and 41,000 miles, the ultra-rare supercar is up for grabs through luxury London dealer Taylor & Crawley and can be yours for a cool £8 million.
We remind you the first crash occurred back in 2009 when he rear-ended a helpless Rover Metro while the second incident - and much more serious - happed in August 2011 when he lost control of the F1 on a slippery road near Peterborough and heavily damaged the car while injuring his shoulder in the process. It took a whole month just to figure out the repair costs and in the end the insurers had to pay no less than £910,000 to get the supercar back in shape.
Rowan Atkinson's McLaren F1 wears chassis #61 of only 64 standard street cars ever made while the entire production stood at just 106 units including five LMs, three GTs, 28 GTRs, one LM and five prototypes.
Rowan Atkinson has decided to sell his McLaren F1 and is asking a whopping £8 million.
Famous primarily for his role as Mr. Bean, 60-year-old actor Rowan Atkinson has decided to part ways with his McLaren F1 which was bought as new back in 1997 for £640,000. After two accidents and 41,000 miles, the ultra-rare supercar is up for grabs through luxury London dealer Taylor & Crawley and can be yours for a cool £8 million.
We remind you the first crash occurred back in 2009 when he rear-ended a helpless Rover Metro while the second incident - and much more serious - happed in August 2011 when he lost control of the F1 on a slippery road near Peterborough and heavily damaged the car while injuring his shoulder in the process. It took a whole month just to figure out the repair costs and in the end the insurers had to pay no less than £910,000 to get the supercar back in shape.
Rowan Atkinson's McLaren F1 wears chassis #61 of only 64 standard street cars ever made while the entire production stood at just 106 units including five LMs, three GTs, 28 GTRs, one LM and five prototypes.
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