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Started by Wise Old Elf , Mar 24 2013 06:44 PM

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#1 Wise Old Elf

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 06:44 PM

http://metro.co.uk/2...-house-3557160/

Unfortunately this is why insurance is so expensive for young people. The TT lost control mounted a kerb and flew over 2 parked cars to end up embedded in a house.

The driver is in a critical condition and I hopefully he will get better but when the testosterone boils up please keep a lid on it guys. No parent needs a call from the hospital that this guy's parents got.

Drive safe.


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Posted 24 March 2013 - 06:47 PM

but i didn't think the TT wasn't released until 2001.....

Edited by charie t, 24 March 2013 - 06:49 PM.

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 06:48 PM

The car lost control? He was driving like a gentlemans sausage more like :lol:

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:03 PM

jesus thats just up the road from my old house! I away at the moment I wish I could of been and seen it! will get on fb for more news as two friends live on that road!

also I have seen that car at college, number plate TII TEE

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:04 PM

Should have the plate TII TTY :shifty:

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:08 PM

but i didn't think the TT wasn't released until 2001.....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_TT - a quick look on wiki ( so must be right lol ) says released in 1998

do I recall they were unstable at speed (the old ones)

look on wrecked exotics before driving a fast car , or a slow car fast ... http://www.wreckedexotics.com

makes you think

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:18 PM


but i didn't think the TT wasn't released until 2001.....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_TT - a quick look on wiki ( so must be right lol ) says released in 1998

do I recall they were unstable at speed (the old ones)

look on wrecked exotics before driving a fast car , or a slow car fast ... http://www.wreckedexotics.com

makes you think


Looking on Google Streetview I would say it is a 30mph residential street. So the instability at speed issue would not have been the cause of the accident. We all drive too fast at times but there is fast and there is 'clear two parked cars and embed in a house' fast!

Looks like the corner of Long Meadow Walk and Uplands Rd North. Its a bend but at 30mph it should not be a problem. I would say excessive speed will be a huge contributing factor. If we had not had the snow he may of got away with it.

Edited by Wise Old Elf, 24 March 2013 - 07:25 PM.

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:24 PM

GTAIV Swing Set Glitch?.... :shifty:

How the hell do you manage that?

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:36 PM

We saw it on the news and struggled to see how it ended up when we saw the photo through the front of the driveway. Then we saw where the car went through the hedge and I think he must have been going far too quickly!

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:37 PM

We saw it on the news and struggled to see how it ended up when we saw the photo through the front of the driveway. Then we saw where the car went through the hedge and I think he must have been going far too quickly!


I think so!

There's no way you could get up there doing 30mph! :lol:

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:43 PM

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:46 PM



but i didn't think the TT wasn't released until 2001.....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_TT - a quick look on wiki ( so must be right lol ) says released in 1998

do I recall they were unstable at speed (the old ones)

look on wrecked exotics before driving a fast car , or a slow car fast ... http://www.wreckedexotics.com

makes you think

So the instability at speed issue would not have been the cause of the accident.


Wasn't giving that as an excuse - just info

wonder what the take off speed was - 70+ mph ?

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:57 PM

The house is lower than the road on the corner so that would have helped him gain altitude.
Looking at how far the car got into the house he was going some.

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:59 PM

The house is lower than the road on the corner so that would have helped him gain altitude.
Looking at how far the car got into the house he was going some.


He was probably to busy making sure his hair was okay....


Though I say that, early TT's were known to have violent handling characteristics.

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Posted 24 March 2013 - 07:59 PM


The house is lower than the road on the corner so that would have helped him gain altitude.
Looking at how far the car got into the house he was going some.


He was probably to busy making sure his hair was okay....


Though I say that, early TT's were known to have violent handling characteristics.


No car would have violent handling characteristics doing 30mph in a housing estate :shifty:
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