Popular Post Venom Posted April 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2020 First light rain of the year is always the most dangerous time on thai roads, the rain causes the rancid oil and other oil based putrid to float to the road surface. Yesterday i watched three motorbikes go down at the local roundabout with the span of about ten minutes. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 2 hours ago, webfact said: The unseasonal rains in Bangkok yesterday and the resulting slippery conditions on the roads claimed a high profile victim yesterday. above missed the other more relevant 'condition' - that of 'Speed' The boxer engined goKart, could have fared better, with high(er) profile tyres too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varun Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Doesn't matter if it's a pickup or a Porsche - always "brake failure" - same same but different 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMartinHandyman Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 This is why Porsche puts the expensive stuff in the rear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said: Probably in a hurry to deliver food parcels to the poor ???? Must have been trying to make a fast food delivery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSky Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) Hope the driver and passenger weren't injured! As for the car.. Edited April 14, 2020 by NightSky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRoadrunner Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 2 hours ago, metempsychotic said: More to the point it was the first rain for months on end. When that happens a film of oil is lifted from the pavements and they can be like sheets of wet ice. Dude has probaly never driven the car in the wet, let alone first rain. Good point, see the idiots all the time, driving too fast and too close when it first starts to rain. Add to the above the fact that a 911 is twitchy and unpredictable in the wet and it is no surprise if your underwear goes to the laundry. Add to that the fact that a certain nationality appears to be totally lacking in driving skills and we have a recipe for disaster. Nice car wasted on an idiot. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kullstar Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Is it me or did someone have it away with the headlights? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Quote พ (Phor) Daddy paid, eh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints77 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 owner should have spend a little more money and bought a 911 4S instead of a just 911 S lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Good dent in the front of the Porsche. Bet he was not driving at at the speed limit. Did anyone else notice the car already on the tow-truck? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbeach Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 What's with all these luxury cars crashing at a time when hardly anyone is on the roads and a great percentage of the country's population is out of work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadgw Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I see no mention of BREATH TESTING??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a10ams Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 PSM, Porsche Stability Management or whatever they call it nowadays, possibly switched off. More likely wealth overcame skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Yes it was the Porsche or the trees fault, it certainly could not be the innocent driver, for sure. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 "The unseasonal rains ..." Wasn't supposed to rain today. I didn't notice ... 13 hours ago, Rookiescot said: Thing is once a 911 back end steps out its very hard to recover from. This is because of the pendulum effect of the engine BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE. ???? A guy I knew took a test drive in a new 911 with the salesman. He ended up spinning it out into a corn field in the midwest, USA. He agreed with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 18 hours ago, webfact said: A white Porsche spun out of control near the Lert La School inbound on Kaset-Nawamin Road. More "right foot syndrome" than driving ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Word Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 19 hours ago, Chang_paarp said: Did anyone else notice the car already on the tow-truck? No, just you; there's no other car on the recovery truck that the Porsche is being winched on to in those pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 A rich kid roaming around in a car which is fantastic but requires more than just two hours of brainless little video snoring at the Department of Land Transport. Most likely not even paid yet - oh well. And then they ask Europeans, with real driving school and real exams including basic car knowledge of checking battery acid, tire pressure and level of engine oil. In my driving exam the expert told me to stop and asked me to change a tire (which I had learnt at a driving school). Here they hardly know where to put a key into the ignition ....... go figure ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/14/2020 at 4:23 PM, cardinalblue said: CV restrictions have no effect on Thai driving habits... same old same old... He may well have had a case of Corona. Or half if he shared with his friend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Quote The Khok Khram police said when the driver is out of hospital they will be charged with negligence and damage to state property. ... and given a stiff 200 baht fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy one Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Poor dude should have taken Janis Joplin's advice Oh Lord wont you buy me a Mercedes Benz, My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, Grumpy one said: Poor dude should have taken Janis Joplin's advice Oh Lord wont you buy me a Mercedes Benz, My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends ... could instead quite easily have ended up imitating James Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaLa Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Anyone remember those 1980's BMW's. They would have been ideal for Thailand with its 3 roundabouts. Even in the dry the back end was always a bit twitchy when encountering bends. I actually find most of the Thais to be very proficient at avoiding each other, my wife has great spacial awareness when driving, but they are lost when it comes to even the most gentle curve. Makes me laugh when the road sign indicates DANGER BEND AHEAD ..reduce speed to 10KM. The sharp bend they proclaim would't even register back in Derbyshire / Staffordshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soi3eddie Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 On 4/14/2020 at 1:33 PM, metempsychotic said: More to the point it was the first rain for months on end. When that happens a film of oil is lifted from the pavements and they can be like sheets of wet ice. Dude has probaly never driven the car in the wet, let alone first rain. As for unseasonal rains, it has rained every songkran I can remember. Songkran usually indicates the very beginning of wet season. Last month when heading out of Bangkok north of Rangsit it started raining (first time in months). No drivers were compensating for the slippery conditions. In the period of 30 minutes we witnessed or passed at least 7 crashes. 360s on the opposite carriageway and fishtails in front of us. Pure carnage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 9 hours ago, DaLa said: Anyone remember those 1980's BMW's. They would have been ideal for Thailand with its 3 roundabouts. Even in the dry the back end was always a bit twitchy when encountering bends. Yup, I've had a few of them, even raced one. I think I drove more sideways than straight, especially in the winter. Good practise for drifting. They don't have winter here so they don't know how to flip the back out and control with gas pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRoadrunner Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 3 hours ago, DrTuner said: 13 hours ago, DaLa said: Anyone remember those 1980's BMW's. They would have been ideal for Thailand with its 3 roundabouts. Even in the dry the back end was always a bit twitchy when encountering bends. Yup, I've had a few of them, even raced one. I think I drove more sideways than straight, especially in the winter. Good practise for drifting. They don't have winter here so they don't know how to flip the back out and control with gas pedal. I have driven hundreds of different cars but the 1980's BMW is most dangerous car I have ever driven. It would swap ends on you without warning. Sent my underwear to the laundry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattayadgw Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Good tradesman never blames his tools... it should have read 'driver NO match for Bangkok's slippery roads'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadee Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 wonder how much the insurance premium is on a porsche like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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