# Crazy R8 accident. Driver loses legs, guard rail shishkabobs R8. **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 22, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273 "2009-12-22T10:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/1 "2009-12-22T10:43:33Z")
[http://forums.xpowerforums.com/showthread.php?t=52163](http://forums.xpowerforums.com/showthread.php?t=52163) dayum ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/2 "2009-12-22T10:46:53Z")
:puke Wow. That’s crazy. ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/3 "2009-12-22T10:47:45Z")
oh wow ---
**Author:** ![dubnix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dubnix/32/6392_2.png) [@dubnix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dubnix)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/4 "2009-12-22T10:55:04Z")
Thats crazy … ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/5 "2009-12-22T10:55:15Z")
how the fuck? ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/6 "2009-12-22T11:09:01Z")
Wow dumpy Audi’s can’t even take a beating from a guardrail, AMIRITE Benny?!? :lol ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/7 "2009-12-22T11:25:17Z")
srsly ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/8 "2009-12-22T11:32:42Z")
drive fast, take chances. ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/9 "2009-12-22T11:36:55Z")
> [@WTBorrow: Ladder anything higher then 6ft](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtborrow-ladder-anything-higher-then-6ft/27589/3): > > drive fast, take chances. ^^ This. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_GSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin_gsr/32/6412_2.png) [@Justin\_GSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin_GSR)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/10 "2009-12-22T11:37:13Z")
holy shit i cant even begin to think ---
**Author:** ![xreaction](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xreaction/32/6409_2.png) [@xreaction](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xreaction)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/11 "2009-12-22T11:57:10Z")
so much for teh airbags…:rofl ---
**Author:** ![Dread](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dread/32/6544_2.png) [@Dread](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dread)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/12 "2009-12-22T12:15:10Z")
Well… Im never buying a mid-engine car ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/13 "2009-12-22T12:50:12Z")
> [@Ricer Ownage](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ricer-ownage/27594/7): > > Well… Im never buying a mid-engine car :rofl @ irrelevent drivetrain layout commentz. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/14 "2009-12-22T12:56:53Z")
> [@Ricer Ownage](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ricer-ownage/27594/14): > > :rofl @ irrelevent drivetrain layout commentz. Actually…if the engine was in the front, the guard rail might have crumbled against the block. Yes it’s a big piece of metal, but the block is MUCH stronger than the body of a car which is thin. Might the engine have ended up on his legs from the impact? Possibly. Might it also have prevented the GR from slicing through the car? Possibly. We’ll never know…but I see what Dread was saying. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/15 "2009-12-22T13:08:36Z")
Actually if the engine was in the front, the guard rail might just skim right past the drivers side of it and still hit the driver. Maybe if it had a steering shaft it would of deflected the guard rail a bit… ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/16 "2009-12-22T13:11:03Z")
> [@FS: 1998 vw new beetle](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1998-vw-new-beetle/27484/14): > > Actually if the engine was in the front, the guard rail might just skim right past the drivers side of it and still hit the driver. Maybe if it had a steering shaft it would of deflected the guard rail a bit… Possibly. Or maybe it would have just hit enough of the block, if there was one there. Who knows. Too late now. ---
**Author:** ![Dread](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dread/32/6544_2.png) [@Dread](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dread)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/17 "2009-12-22T13:48:29Z")
> [@Ricer Ownage](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ricer-ownage/27594/14): > > :rofl @ irrelevent drivetrain layout commentz. Theres no way a guardrail is going to shear through a block like it did the rest of the car, but who knows maybe he hit it in just the right spot to allow the guardrail to pass into the cabin with the engine in the front or not. ---
**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/18 "2009-12-22T14:48:02Z")
Yikes… ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/19 "2009-12-22T14:55:47Z")
Obviously they were speeding, miraculously they both survived. However everyone should know the chances they are taking when they speed, whether the driver was driving recklessly or it was equipment malfunction, but to each there own. Fortunately no innocent bystanders were hurt/killed in the accident. ---
**Author:** ![Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hang_your_cross/32/6381_2.png) [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-r8-accident-driver-loses-legs-guard-rail-shishkabobs-r8/249273/20 "2009-12-23T09:08:26Z")