Flying Capri

Started by eyepeeler, Feb 01 2012 10:54 PM

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#1 eyepeeler

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 10:54 PM

Not sure what the navigator must have been thinking at this point other than, "Holy Frock, this is gunna hurt". At least they were not on their own, a WRX STi went in the same way prior to the Capri.

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#2 A9X

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 08:33 AM

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 09:05 AM

That is scary stuff, lucky if you do not drown.

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:47 AM

is that the mediecke capri??

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 09:52 PM

Yeah it's his car but his son is driving!! Would you believe it landed on its wheels after rolling when it hit the water.

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Unlike the Suby WRX which as you can see did not!

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This is where it all fell apart for the 2 cars. Big drop off........

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Posted 08 February 2012 - 10:00 AM

^{This story is on the front page of ninemsn today......}

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Posted 08 February 2012 - 10:51 AM

there is a video of the crash here

http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/02/06/crash-footage-miedeckes-water-wipeout/

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Posted 08 February 2012 - 11:40 AM

F@rk nasty stuff

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Posted 08 February 2012 - 04:00 PM

Another rare and intersting car ruined! Why don't these idiots stick to racing porsches. No one cares when they get totalled!

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Posted 08 February 2012 - 06:19 PM

Because they belong on the road going hard.

And if you push hard, occasionally you wear the consequences.

As much as I dislike seeing these get bent, it is the price you pay to see them in anger, not cooped up in a collection behind a plastic chain

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Posted 08 February 2012 - 07:50 PM

Its never good seeing a racecar getting bent.

On the upside,it IS only fraud junk.......

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 02:33 PM

FYI it's a Perana, the Sth African V8 version of the Capri.

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 02:41 PM

Your point being?

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#14 Quagmire

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 10:28 PM

it's a rare car....like the chev v8 version of the torana over there...

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Posted 13 February 2012 - 01:07 AM

Not good seeing any of these "rare" cars goin off a cliff,
Be even worse if were a Holden.
Good to see they walked away.
Just as well the jap shit was the target!

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Posted 13 February 2012 - 10:59 PM

lucky they missed it then.......

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Posted 15 February 2012 - 05:55 AM

Quagmire, on 11 February 2012 - 10:28 PM, said:

it's a rare car....like the chev v8 version of the torana over there...

Exactly, the SA factory version of a Capri. Quite a lot rarer than a run of the mill Capri.
It would be sad to see a normal Capri going over, this is a bit more traumatizing, like seeing a pristine SMP going over say........

The Afrikaaners were a bit more proactive than us, and whacked V8s in every little car they could find, yet we couldn't manage to get one in an LJ.......

Grant..