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Kid drinks, drives at violent speeds and almost kills his passengers and who knows who else using the road. Wish we had appropriate legal consequences in the US.
 

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I don’t know what all the fuss is about — that should buff right out.

Also looking forward to the inevitable “#4 sign” memes, the luckiest little fella in the whole sequence.
 


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Evidently it is possible to roll a low suspension EV with a heavy battery in the floor (therefore low center or gravity).
If you hit the kerb going at speed sideways, no problem. Near infinite lateral grip at ground level.

As a contrast a lot of SUVs have low grip tyres fitted to stop them rolling over in the "moose test" swerve, according to one of the senior tyre engineers I worked with in racing...
 

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I counted 12 rolls, although could have been more once it went off camera.
My understanding was physics says a car can only roll 8 times. No idea where I heard this but I could be wrong as I usually am
 


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As a contrast a lot of SUVs have low grip tyres fitted to stop them rolling over in the "moose test" swerve, according to one of the senior tyre engineers I worked with in racing...
I thought with EV's they just make sure the suspension is designed such that the wheels fall off at a lower side forces than it would take to flip the car, leaving the car to slide on it's belly, which I would assume does not have much lateral traction. Wouldn't that be a better solution than low grip tyres? It would also help hitting a kerb, at least the first one.
 

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This happened right down the street from me. Couldn’t believe it.
 

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When I first got my Taycan I didnt floor it for a while because 1) I couldn't find a safe enough road to do it, and 2) The acceleration is just ridiculous compared to my X7 50i (which I came from), and that thing is wicked fast. I can only imagine how this kid lost control and on top of that the weight of the Taycan is insane....
 

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How he missed and went between A) the two fuelling islands, B) the parked red car, C) the "4" numbered post for the parking bay and D) finally the stone boulder in the bottom left hand corner is just remarkable....
Wow this boy was lucky, it could have been way worse!!!
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