Video: Pick-up hits 30 million baht McLaren - one of only three in Thailand

[stanleycoin]

Did the pick up driver do a runner ? 

 

[jenny2017]

40 minutes ago, BEVUP said:

I think if he didn't hit the Mc Laren he would of hit the other car 

Pickup put his breaks on way to late 

  

     Brakes of a pick up are not as good as brakes of an Mc Laren. Not enough distance for all involved. 

[jenny2017]

2 minutes ago, stanleycoin said:

Did the pick up driver do a runner ? 

 

Nope, the Mc Laren driver did.....?

[worgeordie]

Accidents happen,especially in Thailand, looks like he just got

the McClaren still on red plates,just the type of car you need

for the Autobahns of Thailand,should get up to 200 M.p.h

easy.

regards Worgeordie

[Radar501]

48 minutes ago, madmitch said:

If the owner can afford a 30m car then he can afford to have the car repaired. 

I recall back in the 1990's Asian Financial Crisis, so many Mercs and BMW's were re-possessed in BKK.   Just coz you owned a luxury sportscar didn't necessarily mean you could afford it.

 

The McLaren driver might owe 31 mil. baht on his 30 mil. baht toy.

[Jonathan Fairfield]

With so many potholes I wouldn't chance driving a 30 million baht car on the roads here!

[chopin2]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

the McLaren and a Mercedes Benz had been racing

So many races everywhere,  no wonder the accident statistics.

[stevenl]

1 hour ago, cleverman said:

Doubt it. If proven dangerous driving , no ins.

Nonsense.

[toofarnorth]

1 hour ago, assayer said:

A couple thousand baht at the neighborhood body shop and all is well

 

Agree , but DON"T leave the key or inform Somchai how to start the Big Mc. He would just love to show his mates his borrowed car.

[jenny2017]

18 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Accidents happen,especially in Thailand, looks like he just got

the McClaren still on red plates,just the type of car you need

for the Autobahns of Thailand,should get up to 200 M.p.h

easy.

regards Worgeordie

Have you ever thought what the "Autobahns of Thailand" would look like without Farang money? ?

[chopin2]

13 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

With so many potholes I wouldn't chance driving a 30 million baht car on the roads here!

No McLaren pick-up in the pipeline? Something for the Udon Hi-so .

[Spidey]

1 hour ago, Wilsonandson said:

What a fuss. A couple of scratches on the bumper. A little paint, buff and polish, sorted.

Plus creased wing. New wing, new bumper, respray = megabucks.

[NCC1701A]

8 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Plus creased wing. New wing, new bumper, respray = megabucks.

this would be at least $15,000 USD back when I had a Range Rover in the States with the side panel and bumper and lets say a rear door. So double or triple for McLaren.

 Hope they can match the paint.

[Spidey]

6 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

 Hope they can match the paint.

Recently had one wing of my white car resprayed, here in Thailand. Guy wanted to buy the paint in advance so I offered to give him the chassis number to ensure a match. "Not need" he said and took the filler cap cover off to take to the paint shop. Asked me what I thought when he'd finished the job. I said "Close, but no cigar!".

[Vacuum]

59 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

With so many potholes I wouldn't chance driving a 30 million baht car on the roads here!

I agree. But this guy has big money and a small d*ck.

[overherebc]

2 hours ago, ChiangMaiLightning2143 said:

No vehicle like that should be allowed on public roads, only race-tracks 

 

 

Most roads here are like race tracks.

[KhunBENQ]

3 hours ago, assayer said:

A couple thousand baht at the neighborhood body shop and all is well

No no!

Has to be flown to manufacturers site for special repair by the one and only mechanic approved.

No less than a million.

(not meant serious, but don't expect that this car will go to some arbitrary body shop)

 

Surprised to read that the pickup driver is blamed most.

The two irresponsible racing pricks shortened his path.

Motorway 7 is NOT a race track.

And it's another proof why pickups are NOT safe cars.

Long break distance, immediately flying off the path on a full break (no ABS you can bet, no electronic helpers).

 

Edited August 13, 2018 by KhunBENQ

[Justgrazing]

Paah t'is nothing .. If McLaren can rebuild Mr Bean's F1 after this even if the insurance bill was close to a million pound allegedly then the 720 can be sorted no problem .. ( naff colour by the way ) .. McLaren thereselves advise and organise driver training at reserved tracks for this sort of car .. Good luckee charms and amulets don't have the protection power needed for these motah's ..

Edited August 13, 2018 by Justgrazing
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[DavisH]

This is what happens when you got a supercar with big brakes stopping fast and being followed by a pickup. This wouldn't have happened if the guy in the supercar wasn't speeding and having to brake harder than normal when it got stuck behind slower cars. 

[Hooliganzone]

4 hours ago, Wilsonandson said:

What a fuss. A couple of scratches on the bumper. A little paint, buff and polish, sorted.

Left side over wheel arch is also damaged......100k min to repair by Mc Laren surely he's not going to get a 30 Million car fixed by the local bodyshop...5555

[Jeffrey346]

4 hours ago, assayer said:

A couple thousand baht at the neighborhood body shop and all is well

 

Not quite..  I'll bet the paint will cost upwards of B100,000 and we don't know if there is any damage that is not visible to the eye. 

[kannot]

4 hours ago, sweatalot said:

Nothing to do with fast driving. The McLaren had stopped when the pickup hit it

The Pick up driver "thought" he was in a Mclaren...what a tw-at! I rather surprised he didnt try and race with a bed full of fruit as  well.

[swanny321]

  Bit of an anti-climax, I was hoping to see that monstrosity of

consumerism pulverized into smithereens!

[kannot]

8 minutes ago, Hooliganzone said:

Left side over wheel arch is also damaged......100k min to repair by Mc Laren surely he's not going to get a 30 Million car fixed by the local bodyshop...5555

No way is that 100k more like 1  million up

[Mises]

Looks like a grey import to me, has the owner paid the import tax? Maybe it arrived in kit form, pity they left it in primer, was the top coat of paint not included in the kit?

[Esso49]

Shame that but there again just illustrates further the brainless Thai drivers and the penis for brains who drive pick-ups

[pattayapip]

15 minutes ago, DavisH said:

This is what happens when you got a supercar with big brakes stopping fast and being followed by a pickup. This wouldn't have happened if the guy in the supercar wasn't speeding and having to brake harder than normal when it got stuck behind slower cars. 

Fair play sort of, but being "Followed" by a pick up ? More like Pickup stupidly trying to keep up, or get past in traffic
Yes maybe the Guy should not have been driving so fast (Lovely Car Though) But the Pick Up Driver . .  Hmmm Situation Normal here . . 

[transam]

Fink someone was not reading the road ahead....?

[DrTuner]

Somchai will fix it, a bit of chicken wire and bondo.

 

Probably the same somchai who thought his plastic brembo brake caliper caps made his clapped out pick up a F1 car.

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

No no!

Has to be flown to manufacturers site for special repair by the one and only mechanic approved.

No less than a million.

(not meant serious, but don't expect that this car will go to some arbitrary body shop)

 

Surprised to read that the pickup driver is blamed most.

The two irresponsible racing pricks shortened his path.

Motorway 7 is NOT a race track.

And it's another proof why pickups are NOT safe cars.

Long break distance, immediately flying off the path on a full break (no ABS you can bet, no electronic helpers).

 

Most pick ups are driven with no load in the bed so no real grip at the rear wheels or are overloaded ending up with the front wheels on the verge of waving about in the air. Plus tyre pressures that are way over the limit required.