Journalist flips BMW i8 during a test drive

Needbmwpartzz · 07-01-2015, 08:22 PM

Cars are meant to be destroyed.....this one happens to get destroyed a little too soon.

E90joee · 07-01-2015, 09:30 PM

Salvage title resale $50k

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DCG · 07-01-2015, 09:36 PM

Fucking idiot!

Dam Mexican drivers! Same here in New York they don't now the rules of the road. And how do all the illegals get out of state licenses and plates is beyond me.

Poor i8, but how did it handle in the crash?

classyfast · 07-01-2015, 09:39 PM

Well the bottom looks aerodynamic!

JUSTIN335 · 07-01-2015, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deluxx3

How do you get out if the doors can't be opened?

Also now at least we know how the bottom of an i8 looks like

I really want to know this

Louv · 07-01-2015, 10:07 PM

Clearly this was one of the cars built for the Australian market, being driven in the northern hemisphere. That never works out.

So now... Where's the "through the floorboards" escape hatch? Wasn't that option TTFB ?

Padfan9 · 07-01-2015, 10:29 PM

Maybe I'm missing something but it looks like there is a puddle of blood in the second picture.

Falafel Combo · 07-01-2015, 10:33 PM

It needed bigger tires anyway.

Louv · 07-01-2015, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padfan9

Maybe I'm missing something but it looks like there is a puddle of blood in the second picture.

The reports (lacking much detail) state that no one was injured.

I think that's just a strangeness of the light reflecting off of the coolant.

However, perhaps the driver, seeing the the i8 was injured and in pain, shot the i8 in the head, to give it a quick and merciful death.

Padfan9 · 07-01-2015, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Louv

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padfan9

Maybe I'm missing something but it looks like there is a puddle of blood in the second picture.

The reports (lacking much detail) state that no one was injured.

I think that's just a strangeness of the light reflecting off of the coolant.

However, perhaps the driver, seeing the the i8 was injured and in pain, shot the i8 in the head, to give it a quick and merciful death.

Lol

jphughan · 07-01-2015, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deluxx3

How do you get out if the doors can't be opened?

Also now at least we know how the bottom of an i8 looks like

Break the windows -- why do you think track events require cars to run with windows down even in the rain?? If you can't break them from the inside, then wait for someone to help you from the outside.

pikcachu · 07-01-2015, 11:14 PM

That's an iRoll

BMWrules7 · 07-01-2015, 11:37 PM

Damn thing looks like a slot car with two electrode contacts up front and the slot pin in the rear.

DCG · 07-01-2015, 11:52 PM

To much tequila I'd say.

Hopefully BMW can get some good real word crash data from the reck. It looks like the BMW's i8 life module did it's job!

Louv · 07-01-2015, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DCG

To much tequila I'd say.

Hopefully BMW can some good real word crash data from the reck.

Who had too much tequila?

Igs · 07-01-2015, 11:56 PM

With the ways those doors open, looks like you get some time to yourself to reflect on how you ended up in that situation...

filetitan · 07-02-2015, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Igs

With the ways those doors open, looks like you get some time to yourself to reflect on how you ended up in that situation...

Bahaha

farishat · 07-02-2015, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulff3

"In Mexico..." What would Trump say about this?

It was his hair that was obstructing the view... petition congress to declare Trump a road hazard.

raysspl · 07-02-2015, 01:53 AM

Of course it's a journalist

M5Hambre · 07-02-2015, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by mrpizat

please tell me it was jalopnik. lol

That video was freakin awesome! What a 'tard!

Joe_E · 07-02-2015, 02:38 AM

This breaks my heart

ORIGIN M. · 07-02-2015, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N & M

This is why I don't show boat or overdrive the cars at test drive events. I tell you the comments are brutal. Without know what went wrong, it is amazing how some people rip the driver apart.

QFT ! ! !

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