# Top Gear: Car + Lightning **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 4, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463 "2007-10-04T14:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/1 "2007-10-04T14:36:54Z")
What happens when your car gets hit by lightning. Well, if it is a vw it just gives you a pleasant error message My guess the dashlights had nothing to with the lightning, its a factory option ---
**Author:** ![JDMAllstars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@JDMAllstars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMAllstars)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/2 "2007-10-04T15:06:47Z")
ahahaha fuck that is AWESOME!! not only did he zap that car once scared the guy and did it 3 more time :lol: but wow! thats alot of voltage to get hit with that many times in a row and no damage or anything. good thing he had the windows up ---
**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/3 "2007-10-04T15:19:45Z")
to bad a lighting bolt is like 400 million volts not a weak 800,000. ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/4 "2007-10-04T16:26:19Z")
[quote=“DrDoS,post:3,topic:36463"”] to bad a lighting bolt is like 400 million volts not a weak 800,000. [/quote] Not quite… 10-120 MV by most estimates. and 800KV is damn hard to generate especially with the correct Amperage to simulate lighting strikes… I’ve seen it melt glass with no problems and cause incorrectly made composite aircraft fuselages literally EXPLODE. The Voltage is only what makes it arc, it’s the amperage that’s insane being upwards of 100kA… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/5 "2007-10-04T18:18:05Z")
Why is it that Hamster always gets stuck doing these type of tests? ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/6 "2007-10-04T18:21:12Z")
true. The duration is rather short but it is quite a thermal shock, arcs are extremely hot ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/7 "2007-10-04T19:05:10Z")
[quote=“DrDoS,post:3,topic:36463"”] to bad a lighting bolt is like 400 million volts not a weak 800,000. [/quote] amperage kills. IBBFry ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/8 "2007-10-04T19:10:19Z")
I’d like to see what it did to the top of the car… ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/9 "2007-10-04T21:39:46Z")
[quote=“Nikuk,post:7,topic:36463"”] amperage kills. IBBFry [/quote] Oh dont worry… real lightening has plenty of that 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/10 "2007-10-05T06:46:13Z")
Yah I was looking at that skinny wire holding the washer…it could carry many amps threw it ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/11 "2007-10-06T17:04:57Z")
[quote=“JayS,post:5,topic:36463"”] Why is it that Hamster always gets stuck doing these type of tests? [/quote] Because hamsters are animals that experiments are performed on? :poke: ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-car-lightning/36463/12 "2007-10-06T18:28:23Z")
fuck i want a tdi mk5 hatch…:bloated: