Quick, what is wrong with the interior if this Aston DB9?

[Bimota Guy]

Look closely...

[Bimota Guy]

This explains it...


July 23rd. A friend of mine was out riding his dual sport bike with some buds. (BTW, he has club road racing experience on a bike.) They stopped at a desert overlook and the 2 cars pulled in. The cars and bikes left at about the same time. The cars left them like they were parked. The DB9 did not make it through the first corner. My bud and his crew helped the two occupants out of the wreck. They were essentially unhurt. Bottom pic is at the desert overlook.

[Andrew]

And here I was about to say "too much maroon". *sigh*

[brian]

damn.....that is one ugly shame.

[frosty]

My first thought is "why is the floor mat infront of the wind shield?" Like they jumbled around the interrior for some stupid reason at a trade show.

[MX5bob]

And here I was about to say "too much maroon". *sigh*

Close. Too much moron, as in more on the gas than he should have been. :D

[frosty]

Was he by any chance trying to keep up with the ferrari? 'cause that would be stupid.

I had the honored opportunity to drive a DB9 about a year ago (in Rancho Sante Fe no less). I found it to be classy, forgiving in turns, but was slow to up shift / down shift (they wanted you to use the paddles; if it doesn't have a stick and a clutch peddle, then I drive it like the automatic it is).

But it's not a sports car. It's a touring car. Comfort is more important than skid pad numbers, so if he tried to keep up with his friend, he'd fail.

[froggy47]

Close. Too much moron, as in more on the gas than he should have been. :D


Trying to come up with something clever to say, but what popped into my head was "There but for the grace of God go I".

That would be b4 I learned all my mad autox skills of course.

And the red Ferrari is parked on the double yellow on a blind curve because......?

Makes for a pretty expensive flare.

:)

[Bimota Guy]

The plot thickens. Recently two other friends of mine spotted what appear to have been the exact same cars while they were on Mt Laguna. Drivers: John Moores and his son. :eek:

[Bimota Guy]

That would be b4 I learned all my mad autox skills of course.

That is "mad autox skillz" :D ;)



And the red Ferrari is parked on the double yellow on a blind curve because......?

Panic.

[froggy47]

That is "mad autox skillz" :D ;)


Panic.


I AM working on my message board/drifter/rapper vocabulary. Us AARP guys have a learning curve ya know.

[kb58]

I see the wrecked-car-to-be didn't even have plates. That means it was a dealer car or... brand spanken new...

Ouch...

[frosty]

Probably the latter.

A dealer who sells cars like that should give the buyer a real chance to drive it, but that seems a bit out of the way (admittedly, I don't know the area).

And if the driver had his car for longer, he wouldn't have made such a noob mistake. :rolleyes:

Maybe we should invite him to an autox so he can learn how to drive his Aston Mart.. oh, right... too late.

[Bimota Guy]

I see the wrecked-car-to-be didn't even have plates. That means it was a dealer car or... brand spanken new...

Ouch...
I think by the time it was crashed it had plates. The pic at the Laguna store was a few weeks earlier.

[froggy47]

Here's a prediction.

Some senator/congresscritter's/celebrity kid will kill himself in a high performance car/bike and legislation will be passed to either a) limit performance or b) require some kind of driving school for certain cars that are deemed "high performance".

You read it here first.

[frosty]

b) require some kind of driving school for certain cars that are deemed "high performance".

If the school was worth it, this wouldn't be the worst of ideas.

By worth it, I mean it's not BS like traffic school, drivers ed, or drivers training as it exists in this state.

I mean, being required to do autox right after you buy your 500 hp monster might not be the worst thing in the world.

[MX5bob]

If the school was worth it, this wouldn't be the worst of ideas.

By worth it, I mean it's not BS like traffic school, drivers ed, or drivers training as it exists in this state.


This state? Try the whole bloody country.

[barkingspyder]

I mean, being required to do autox right after you buy your 500 hp monster might not be the worst thing in the world.
You pick up his cones and then tell him he has to work.

[froggy47]

You pick up his cones and then tell him he has to work.


Yeah, exactly.

:)

[frosty]

This state? Try the whole bloody country.

I didn't want to speak on things I don't know (I've heard some states to be better, although not necessarily perfect, than CA is).


You pick up his cones and then tell him he has to work.

Err... I can be part of the goon squad who tells him. :D

[cshodges]

A driving school makes too much sense, so any legistlation passed would obviously take a different route.

[MX5bob]

Here's a prediction.

Some senator/congresscritter's/celebrity kid will kill himself in a high performance car/bike and legislation will be passed to either a) limit performance or b) require some kind of driving school for certain cars that are deemed "high performance".

You read it here first.
Problem is that some other rich people, known as campaign contributors, who don't want their kid to go through anything too hard to drive the hand-me-down Super Pazoozi, so they get said legislation dropped into a desk drawer. :rolleyes:

Frosty, driver testing in the U.S. ranges from some street driving to none. In Illinois when I took the test for cars it was 3-point turn, 50 feet of driving in reverse, drive on a parking lot course and maybe parallel parking. The motorcycle test was even more lame. :(

[frosty]

I remember hearing something a decade ago that my cousin was having to go to drivers training every day for 3 weeks. If she missed a day, she had to start over. This was either in Oklahoma or Texas... I think.

It's not great, but it's a huge step up from CA. Sitting as a passenger in a car doesn't count as training, even when the driver is blonde and she almost gets you killed twice per session (4 near accidents in only 80 minutes of seat time).

(Yes there's a hint of sexism, but it's an accurate description)

[froggy47]

I remember hearing something a decade ago that my cousin was having to go to drivers training every day for 3 weeks. If she missed a day, she had to start over. This was either in Oklahoma or Texas... I think.

It's not great, but it's a huge step up from CA. Sitting as a passenger in a car doesn't count as training, even when the driver is blonde and she almost gets you killed twice per session (4 near accidents in only 80 minutes of seat time).

(Yes there's a hint of sexism, but it's an accurate description)

If I had a buck for every idiot move I see EVERY DAY in normal driving I'd be driving a new GT3 like Gary T.

[MX5bob]

I remember hearing something a decade ago that my cousin was having to go to drivers training every day for 3 weeks. If she missed a day, she had to start over. This was either in Oklahoma or Texas... I think.

It's not great, but it's a huge step up from CA. Sitting as a passenger in a car doesn't count as training, even when the driver is blonde and she almost gets you killed twice per session (4 near accidents in only 80 minutes of seat time).

(Yes there's a hint of sexism, but it's an accurate description)

But the amount of time in a car is very little, regardless of the state. In CA, aren't parents allowed/encouraged to right-seat instruct their kids? And maybe the 4 near accidents in 80 minutes was part of the instruction. :p Nothing is taught about evasive maneuvers and the testing for licenses is a joke. :eek:

[frosty]

But the amount of time in a car is very little, regardless of the state. In CA, aren't parents allowed/encouraged to right-seat instruct their kids? And maybe the 4 near accidents in 80 minutes was part of the instruction. :p Nothing is taught about evasive maneuvers and the testing for licenses is a joke. :eek:

I guess we want parents to teach their kids their values, but definately not teach them how to drive. :D

[barkingspyder]

I guess we want parents to teach their kids their values, but definately not teach them how to drive. :D

The value part seems to be lagging as well.

[MX5bob]

I guess we want parents to teach their kids their values, but definately not teach them how to drive. :D

I'm not sure I want some of these parents to teach their kids how to drive. "See, when Mommy's in hurry, she just holds the burger in her left hand and steadies the wheel with her left wrist; that way Mommy can chat on the cell phone and go 75 mph." :mad: