Reply to: t'is but a slight scratch

[Dark Black]

From the article:


What the flippering heck does "playful" mean in that context?!

I'm guessing it means too responsive or reactive, in that the slightest twitch means you shoot across two lanes in an instant if on the motorway, or plough into someone's house otherwise!

Also the tiny steering wheel, which I gather these things have, must make the steering even more dangerous, unstable, and hard to control!

Again... "ability"

HTHBIDI

[TheFaQQer]

'tis

[OwlHoot]

The driver claims he crashed while trying to avoid a badger

McLaren driver says he swerved to avoid badger | Daily Mail Online

From the article:

Mr McClurg added: 'The steering on these cars is manufactured to be quite playful,

What the flippering heck does "playful" mean in that context?!

I'm guessing it means too responsive or reactive, in that the slightest twitch means you shoot across two lanes in an instant if on the motorway, or plough into someone's house otherwise!

Also the tiny steering wheel, which I gather these things have, must make the steering even more dangerous, unstable, and hard to control!

[Dark Black]

Gee, and another one.
This time a Ferrari, owned by the driver for just one hour.

Ferrari driver writes off new car on M1 in Barnsley - BBC News

All the toys, no ability...

[barrydidit]

Sadly the owner escaped death.

NAT?

[BrilloPad]

Gee, and another one.
This time a Ferrari, owned by the driver for just one hour.

Ferrari driver writes off new car on M1 in Barnsley - BBC News

Sadly the owner escaped death.

[barrydidit]

Gee, and another one.
This time a Ferrari, owned by the driver for just one hour.

Ferrari driver writes off new car on M1 in Barnsley - BBC News

Everyone knows a supercar won't last very long in Barnsley. I hope it was insured to be there..

[GJABS]

Gee, and another one.
This time a Ferrari, owned by the driver for just one hour.

Ferrari driver writes off new car on M1 in Barnsley - BBC News

[PurpleGorilla]

Owners want to show off to their mates.

Traction control off.

Race mode on.

Idiot mode engaged.

[greenlake]

The driver claims he crashed while trying to avoid a badger

A badger, eh....?

[AtW]

Those drivers crashed their Macs in futile attempt to beat depreciation....

[GJABS]

The driver claims he crashed while trying to avoid a badger

McLaren driver says he swerved to avoid badger | Daily Mail Online

[darmstadt]

Maybe Mclarens shouldn't be sold to numpties...or they're crap (I suspect the first though)

Driver crashes new £215,000 McLaren just 10 minutes after taking delivery

Multi-million dollar McLaren F1 crashes near Queenstown | Stuff.co.nz

A Mclaren crashed near us a few years ago, flying down the autobahn (driven by one of the heirs to BMW) and he hit a Trabant. Guess which one could still drive away?

[VectraMan]

Isn't that the whole idea - that the car takes the hit, leaving the occupants unharmed? I know when my wife wrecked my car, the damage to car looked awful - but the occupants were all fine.

If you watch f1 you'll know they always talk about a 'survival cell' that contains the driver and all the other bits of the car are designed to crumple or shatter and absorb energy in a making it look more dramatic than it really is kind of way.

So I imagine McLaren are using the same principle in their road cars.

Probably shouldn't have caught fire though. F1 cars don't do that these days.

[BrilloPad]

They were fine. But still a rubbish driver though

A high performance car needs a high performance driver. Which is why sassy drives an Aygo....