Thursday's "Muppet of the day" award goes to

sheps · 07-01-2010, 11:00 AM

The driver of the Mugen Civic type R that wanted to play crash test dummy (and wipe out the worlds oldest surviving E-Type Jag, as well as some innocent pedestrian's) at Goodwoods moving motorshow today.

see here

E902717 · 07-01-2010, 11:07 AM

Just saw that on cockheads... What a muppet

sheps · 07-01-2010, 11:11 AM

The funniest thing is the (literally) hundreds of people saying "Yeah, accident waiting to happen". Why? Becuase one needs to drive a car within 10 feet of walking people? One doesn't [b]have]/b] to drive like a bell end. Why is it any different to negotiating a high street or any other area where cars are close to pedestrians?

dxb335d · 07-01-2010, 11:12 AM

Fackin' ell. Was it a Honda stand? why were the keys even in the freakin' car.

sheps · 07-01-2010, 11:23 AM

It was a moving show - MOTP could take out the cars and drive up the hill.
Supposedly this guy was about to go out on a run, fainted at the wheel and (in the words of Arnie in Commando) all f*ckin' hell broke loose.

My guess is the salesman probably told the poor bugger driving that Mugen wanted £38k for a breathed-on civic and that caused him to faint.

E902717 · 07-01-2010, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sheps

My guess is the salesman probably told the poor bugger driving that Mugen wanted £38k for a breathed-on civic and that caused him to faint.

Think you're spot on there sheps!

Captain Chaos · 07-01-2010, 11:31 AM

Not sure it's accurate to say that it wiped out the E-Type

, but yes proper end of bellness. Wonder if that Honda was 'one of the fastest Civics ever built' and it caught him out...

Boyd1963 · 07-01-2010, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Chaos

Not sure it's accurate to say that it wiped out the E-Type

, but yes proper end of bellness. Wonder if that Honda was 'one of the fastest Civics ever built' and it caught him out...

Oli · 07-01-2010, 12:17 PM

I was up the other end of goodwood when it happened, saw the ambulance go by. Cracking day though, I really enjoyed it and will be back there tomorrow at 8.

pjs · 07-01-2010, 12:28 PM

Very funny, hope no one too injured though. I saw some bloke crash a classic escort last year when he ran out of talent. Lets see some more Goodwood pics.

sheps · 07-01-2010, 12:52 PM

I was there a few years ago, and saw a S Type R jag being driven 'enthusiastically' trying to set the same pace a bright orange 997 Carerra S that was going hard. In an attempt to poke it sideways he gave it a bootfull on the entrance to a corner, but instead of going into a beautiful drift he understeered straight into the hay bales at the edge of the track and ruined the whole side of the car. Awesome fail.

zltm089 · 07-01-2010, 01:47 PM

bloody hell....wat went wrong with that idiot?

rogerxp · 07-02-2010, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by zltm089

bloody hell....wat went wrong with that idiot?

...in fairness, if he fainted, he can't really be blamed whole-heartedly. As Sheps says it was probably Honda's fault for telling his the price

zedman · 07-02-2010, 03:55 AM

apparently he was a guy who worked for Honda who blacked out whilst he was driving....

there's a guy that knows him over on PH

chrisbin · 07-02-2010, 04:41 AM

Yeah, from what I heard he wasn't a member of public but was the demonstration driver and he had a fit/fainted at the wheel, so actually not quite so funny....unfortunately will inevitably bring into question the whole concept...

07-01-2010, 11:00 AM	#1
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sheps Colonel 73 Rep 2,396 Posts Drives: C63 AMG Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cambs, UK iTrader: (2)	The funniest thing is the (literally) hundreds of people saying "Yeah, accident waiting to happen". Why? Becuase one needs to drive a car within 10 feet of walking people? One doesn't [b]have]/b] to drive like a bell end. Why is it any different to negotiating a high street or any other area where cars are close to pedestrians? __________________ Gone but not forgotten: 325i M Sport (E92), Black Sapphire, Coral Red Dakota, 19" 225's, Seat Heating, 6FL and de-badge Replaced by 6.2 litres of AMG powered C class.
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sheps Colonel 73 Rep 2,396 Posts Drives: C63 AMG Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cambs, UK iTrader: (2)	It was a moving show - MOTP could take out the cars and drive up the hill. Supposedly this guy was about to go out on a run, fainted at the wheel and (in the words of Arnie in Commando) all fckin' hell broke loose. My guess is the salesman probably told the poor bugger driving that Mugen wanted £38k for a breathed-on civic and that* caused him to faint. __________________ Gone but not forgotten: 325i M Sport (E92), Black Sapphire, Coral Red Dakota, 19" 225's, Seat Heating, 6FL and de-badge Replaced by 6.2 litres of AMG powered C class.
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Captain Chaos Lieutenant 6 Rep 473 Posts Drives: cars n stuff Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK iTrader: (2)	Not sure it's accurate to say that it wiped out the E-Type , but yes proper end of bellness. Wonder if that Honda was 'one of the fastest Civics ever built' and it caught him out...
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Oli Campervan man 94 Rep 2,667 Posts Drives: RS3 and VW Kombi Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: here, there, everywhere...... iTrader: (1)	I was up the other end of goodwood when it happened, saw the ambulance go by. Cracking day though, I really enjoyed it and will be back there tomorrow at 8. __________________ www.bmvs-camperhire.co.uk Genuine VW T5 California Rental
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pjs Colonel 275 Rep 2,774 Posts Drives: i8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NORTH iTrader: (1)	Very funny, hope no one too injured though. I saw some bloke crash a classic escort last year when he ran out of talent. Lets see some more Goodwood pics.
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sheps Colonel 73 Rep 2,396 Posts Drives: C63 AMG Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cambs, UK iTrader: (2)	I was there a few years ago, and saw a S Type R jag being driven 'enthusiastically' trying to set the same pace a bright orange 997 Carerra S that was going hard. In an attempt to poke it sideways he gave it a bootfull on the entrance to a corner, but instead of going into a beautiful drift he understeered straight into the hay bales at the edge of the track and ruined the whole side of the car. Awesome fail. __________________ Gone but not forgotten: 325i M Sport (E92), Black Sapphire, Coral Red Dakota, 19" 225's, Seat Heating, 6FL and de-badge Replaced by 6.2 litres of AMG powered C class.
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chrisbin Colonel 112 Rep 2,333 Posts Drives: 640i MSport Coupe Join Date: May 2005 Location: S.Wales, UK iTrader: (1)	Yeah, from what I heard he wasn't a member of public but was the demonstration driver and he had a fit/fainted at the wheel, so actually not quite so funny....unfortunately will inevitably bring into question the whole concept... __________________ Current: F13 640i MSport, e85 Z4 3.0i Previous - Alpina D3 BiTurbo E90 LCI Manual, 320d M Sport E92 Auto, 330i M Sport E92 courtesy of BMW UK....320i M Sport E92 Auto, 320d SE E90 Manual.
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