Mountain View, CA accident

[twobjshelbys]

Separate incidents. Both where the skill and common sense of the driver was severely undermatched to the characteristics of the car. They failed to acknowledge the snake hiss voice that a Cobra utters every time you get in it: "I'm going to kill you". Cold pavement, cold tires and the slightest twitch on the pedal can result in catastrophic results and you don't even have to be doing anything bold. A move you can make in your daily driver - like accelerating a little in a turn in to merging traffic in an intersection - can be unforgiving in a Cobra.

[Dominik]

I had to give some input on a Cobra accident in Germany, initially over the phone. It was a stroked 427 FE (I forgot the actual displacement, which was noted in the car's registration paper)

The accident damage assessor asked me how I can assume that the rear came around in the wet in a slight bend. And how I could even tell if it wasn't a FWD car.

I hung up. No point in driving out to check. Clearly I don't have the qualification to assess the accident. (I actually don't)

What I am saying here is, that some people out there can tell a lot by looking at pictures.

Oups, did I also reply to a dormant post?


Just read the comments about the 2010 accident:
"Praise be showered upon The Lord that nobody was crossing the street or climbing in that tree."

Climbing in that tree? - Hilarious!