MS3 wreck

[mr_mazda329]

This just happened today in vegas. Trying to figure out if I know the guy or not. Hope that guy is ok.

http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10358559


Last part of the video, you can see the motor in the road.

[GoFast]

eeek i hope their ok. almost looks like that new blacktop and 95 expansion project was too much to resist...

[H3br3w_Ham3r]

Damn. Looks like the passenger area stood up well. Good to hear the guy was conscious.

[BillTheCat]

Wonder what kinda motor mounts he had...

[KZL_99ES]

and he was still conscious???

...yet another reason why you buy a MS3.

[bluelion]

Wonder what kinda motor mounts he had...

i know this is no laughing matter, but....hahahahahahaahah that comment was funny.....

well i'm sure that person is a member on one of these boards. he's got blacked out rear emblem and after market wheels..... crazy.

[dane25]

that's pretty bad man...

[Captain KRM P5]

ouch thats rough

[evilmonkeyMSP]

Sounds like the guy is ok


NHP says medics have rushed one man to the hospital. He was treated and released.

doesnt sound like he was being smart tho if he was the only one involved...


There is no word on what caused the accident but it appears only one car was involved.

[walti]

Sounds like a wreckless driver to me if the only person involved in the accident was himself.


eeek i hope their ok. almost looks like that new blacktop and 95 expansion project was too much to resist...

The freeway is lookin nice bud, so much bigger and so much less traffic.

[GoFast]

Sounds like a wreckless driver to me if the only person involved in the accident was himself.



The freeway is lookin nice bud, so much bigger and so much less traffic.


awesome! I havent seen it since last november of 07 but anything north of the curve was looking really good. Have they started the 15 yet? I know that was next on the list.

[Hank3]

Article here (http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10358559).

http://ktnv.images.worldnow.com/images/10358559_BG1.jpg

Wish it would've been one of these instead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipw3KsWuGZg&feature=player_embedded

[squidmotion]

daughter totaled out our old corolla this morning... took out 8 posts of farm fence on the way to school... pics forthcoming...

[derspi]

Seeing that the engine flew out from the engine bay, they were most likely the OEM mounts! You guys remember that video of a road race with an MS3 that barrel rolled 8 or 9 times? The engine flew out of that car as well so...

And let's not jump to conclusions here, yes, the driver COULD have been reckless but it could have been a deer or something! You know those deer just love to pop out of nowhere, even if it is in the middle of the Nevada desert!

[Circle9]

Hehe, the first thing I said to my self when I saw the motor had fallen out was "I bet he had stock mounts on"

[F430TECH]

The first thing I think is No wonder the Insurance is cheaper on the Z06 Corvette I am looking at :-P

[matsuda]

Seeing that the engine flew out from the engine bay, they were most likely the OEM mounts!

It looks like a good part of the front end is missing.
I doubt that stronger mounts would have made a difference.

[hugador]

Been there, done that. It sucks to lose a car like that. Hope we get the full story and learn from it.

[derspi]

It looks like a good part of the front end is missing.
I doubt that stronger mounts would have made a difference.

No shit sherlock! Not too many production cars spit out their engines in major accidents. That's why the mention of the barrel rolled MS3 with the FLYING projectile engine. As violent as that crash was, having the engine pop out like that just doesn't seem right.

[Wastegate13]

You do realize that modern cars are designed to drop the engine and transaxle upon a front end collision to prevent them from being forced into the passenger compartment.

[08cosmic3]

^ What he said.

[hawaii3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5w-ygpCiJw&feature=related

[///M Compact]

The first thing I think is No wonder the Insurance is cheaper on the Z06 Corvette I am looking at :-P

Exactly. The MS3s is unusually adept at helping the law of natural selection take its course. I think of it as a turbocharged dose of chlorine for the human genetic pool.

[walti]

awesome! I havent seen it since last november of 07 but anything north of the curve was looking really good. Have they started the 15 yet? I know that was next on the list.

The 15 is still the 15. Still a lot of traffic with construction going on. They are trying to expand it, it feels like it's been forever though.



And let's not jump to conclusions here, yes, the driver COULD have been reckless but it could have been a deer or something! You know those deer just love to pop out of nowhere, even if it is in the middle of the Nevada desert!

LOL. I've lived here for awhile, and I have not seen or even heard of any deer accidents.

[twelveinch]

Crazy... what a wreck... good to hear the guy was at least conscious.

Hmm, I wonder if I could get some parts... J/K

[Stamperman]

Glad to hear that the driver was OK.

Wouldn't it be ironic if the engine falling out is what caused the wreck?

[maestro]

Wouldn't it be ironic if the engine falling out is what caused the wreck?

LOL, I can't even picture that.
*(drive2)* *BOOM* " What the H#!! was that!?" *crash*

[derspi]

You do realize that modern cars are designed to drop the engine and transaxle upon a front end collision to prevent them from being forced into the passenger compartment.

Sure, but they really shouldn't be tossed out like projectiles either. Granted these are probably high speed and quite violent collisions but having the engine heaved out like that is another accident three lanes over.

[GoFast]

And let's not jump to conclusions here, yes, the driver COULD have been reckless but it could have been a deer or something! You know those deer just love to pop out of nowhere, even if it is in the middle of the Nevada desert!

LMAO! I'm gonna go with no on that one....but it it's a theory....(rofl2)

[derspi]

LMAO! I'm gonna go with no on that one....but it it's a theory....(rofl2)

Come on, you just KNOW moose & deer love munching on cacti and tumbleweeds in Nevada. Common knowledge!