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sorry.. but the F50, Enzo, and F430 do not do a thing for me. I loved the era marked by the F40, The 360, 456, and the 550... after that, they just started to get weird looking. I do like the 612 Scagletti for some reason though.
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Former Gizmondo exec's crashed $1m Ferrari Enzo
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/22/former-...m-ferrari-enzo/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/22/former-...m-ferrari-enzo/
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found some more links
video - http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/f...lines-frontpage
article - http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/22/former-g...ari-enzo-crash/
another video - http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=14542@kcbs.dayport.com
video - http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/f...lines-frontpage
article - http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/22/former-g...ari-enzo-crash/
another video - http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=14542@kcbs.dayport.com
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Skid marks 1100 feet long and still snaped the pole and broke the car in half. I dont know about that. Those cars have traction out the ars. Your telling me that it toke 400 YARDS to slow the car down to 60 or 70 MPH? Im not sure, either they were going much faster or that fact isnt right, last time i checked I got my car to stop coming off the freeway in well under 1100 feet. Am I not getting something?
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QUOTE (Double_A @ Feb 22 2006, 01:34 PM)
Skid marks 1100 feet long and still snaped the pole and broke the car in half. I dont know about that. Those cars have traction out the ars. Your telling me that it toke 400 YARDS to slow the car down to 60 or 70 MPH? Im not sure, either they were going much faster or that fact isnt right, last time i checked I got my car to stop coming off the freeway in well under 1100 feet. Am I not getting something?
Some claim the cars were going in excess of 200 MPH. In reality, both cars will barely go over 200 MPH. Let's just say they were doing between 150 and 200 mph and leave it at that.
Skid marks were indeed 1100 feet long. The faster you go, the longer it takes to stop. 30-0 might take you 40 feet, but 60-0 will take you over 130 feet. 100-0 will take you over 300 feet. I have no doubts that at 180+ mph, you need more than 1100 feet to stop.
The other thing to consider...this is PCH. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY. Blown sand from the beach, and it's carved into a hill, so dirt/rocks are always falling down onto the roadway (and when it rains...houses fall onto the roadway). It's NOT what you would call a "high traction surface".
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^ And also, locking up your brakes to the point your leaving skidmarks... you do not have the traction that you do by pumping your brakes (hence why they made anti-lock brakes).
If I remember right from physics, the frictional coefficient of a moving object (tire locked, skidding accross the road) is lower than the coefficient of a non-moving object (Tire moving with road = nonmoving relative to the road).
The "Traction out the arse" does not apply in this case.
If I remember right from physics, the frictional coefficient of a moving object (tire locked, skidding accross the road) is lower than the coefficient of a non-moving object (Tire moving with road = nonmoving relative to the road).
The "Traction out the arse" does not apply in this case.
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