Knight Rider

[DaveB]

Man loses control driving 100mph in a straight line on a superwide motorway in an American 'sports' car.

A decent German saloon can go 150mph on the autobahn while the driver listens to a Bach lute suite on the stereo. Not only that, when Helmut slams his foot on the brake, the car stops. When he steers to get past something, the car goes where he steers.

Is this not more evidence that the American car industry's real problem is that they make tulip cars?

If you follow the link to the article the video is at the bottom. The kid was over taking at 100mph on the grassed central reservation and hit a bump that threw the car in the air.

The yanks may make crap cars but in this case thats not the cause of the accident.

[OwlHoot]

Some years ago I did 120 MPH for a few miles, south of Dallas Texas, trying to get to a decent shoe shop in Hillsboro before they closed at 8:30pm.

Next day my US colleagues said they were sure I'd have been in jail for at least week if traffic cops had pulled me over.

[SupremeSpod]

YouTube - Cadillac CTS-V Nurburgring 2009

This 'yank-tank' must be pretty good, the exception rather than the norm.

Yep, that and the GT40.

[gingerjedi]

YouTube - Cadillac CTS-V Nurburgring 2009

This 'yank-tank' must be pretty good, the exception rather than the norm.

[NickFitz]

Well perhaps not, but when I drove a car in the states about 10 years ago it was very wobbly indeed; soft suspensions as they don't drive so fast.

Oh, I'm not suggesting US cars are any good.

Apparently they all think the way things skid and fishtail on shows like Starsky and Hutch is how a car is supposed to handle. Sell them one that goes where it's pointed without any fuss and they'll bring it back and complain

[doodab]

Well perhaps not, but when I drove a car in the states about 10 years ago it was very wobbly indeed; soft suspensions as they don't drive so fast.

It's all to do with the resonant frequency. 1.7Hz (IIRC) is considered acceptable by most people, apparently. Obviously needs to be properly damped as well.

[Mich the Tester]

A 19-year-old driver crashing a 25-year-old car probably doesn't tell us anything about the state of the modern American car industry.

Well perhaps not, but when I drove a car in the states about 10 years ago it was very wobbly indeed; soft suspensions as they don't drive so fast.

[doodab]

A decent German saloon can go 150mph on the autobahn while the driver listens to a Bach lute suite on the stereo. Not only that, when Helmut slams his foot on the brake, the car stops. When he steers to get past something, the car goes where he steers.

And the best bit is that when he presses the accelerator, it goes even faster....

[NickFitz]

Man loses control driving 100mph in a straight line on a superwide motorway in an American 'sports' car.

A decent German saloon can go 150mph on the autobahn while the driver listens to a Bach lute suite on the stereo. Not only that, when Helmut slams his foot on the brake, the car stops. When he steers to get past something, the car goes where he steers.

Is this not more evidence that the American car industry's real problem is that they make tulip cars?

A 19-year-old driver crashing a 25-year-old car probably doesn't tell us anything about the state of the modern American car industry.

[Clippy]

Must have literally just happened as it played OK before I posted it.

[Mich the Tester]

Man loses control driving 100mph in a straight line on a superwide motorway in an American 'sports' car.

A decent German saloon can go 150mph on the autobahn while the driver listens to a Bach lute suite on the stereo. Not only that, when Helmut slams his foot on the brake, the car stops. When he steers to get past something, the car goes where he steers.

Is this not more evidence that the American car industry's real problem is that they make tulip cars?

[Spacecadet]

"This video has been removed due to terms of use violation"

KUATB

[NickFitz]

"This video has been removed due to terms of use violation"

[Spacecadet]

video has been removed

[Clippy]

Driver survives dramatic US highway crash.

Personally, I prefer the edited version below. Didn't K.I.T.T used to have a Turbo Boost mode!