A little "OOPS", a MK II replica bites the dust
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Seymour Snerd
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Anyone know the owner? Is it one of us?
Grady,
Dennis told me what happened but I didn't fell free to post until you showed up.
He says it is all cosmetic and I am glad it was not worse.
Yes, I know that feeling of "just being a passenger" with no control....not a good feeling.
Helicopter- a loose collection of parts flying in close formation trying to kill the pilot from the moment they leave the factory!
Dennis told me what happened but I didn't fell free to post until you showed up.
He says it is all cosmetic and I am glad it was not worse.
Yes, I know that feeling of "just being a passenger" with no control....not a good feeling.
Helicopter- a loose collection of parts flying in close formation trying to kill the pilot from the moment they leave the factory!
Glad you're OK. Aquaplaning at 20 mph? Wow. I think the road surface in the US is somehow a "more oily mix" than we use in the UK perhaps to combat extreme high & low temperatures. They have started to put a road surface down in the UK now that has almost zero spray, ultimate draining properties and no tyre noise, but it's extremely expensive.
I would put that as much down to the road surface as standing water having had experience of same in Alabama and Tennessee.
It's not relevant to this but i run really aggressive Cooper STT on my 4x4 and aquaplaning is a thing of the past - not really suitable for your average GT, but they do sing well at 60mph!
I would put that as much down to the road surface as standing water having had experience of same in Alabama and Tennessee.
It's not relevant to this but i run really aggressive Cooper STT on my 4x4 and aquaplaning is a thing of the past - not really suitable for your average GT, but they do sing well at 60mph!
Seymour Snerd
Lifetime Supporter
What a relief. Can we change the thread title to "a Mk II replica saved by helicopter pilot?"
Let us know if there's anything we can do to help.
Let us know if there's anything we can do to help.
Glad you are OK!
Grady, glad you are OK. Any car crash you can walk away from, is a good car crash.
These things happen. If you were driving a suburban with knobby tires it probably wouldn't have hydroplaned, but we put certain tires on these GT40s because, well, that's what should be on there....and those tires aren't made for maintaining contact with the road through water 2 inches deep.
Very smartly, the author pointed out that GT40s don't have ABS. Good to get that cleared up. Like that would have made a difference.
Get those new panels back on and get right back on that horse and ride!
These things happen. If you were driving a suburban with knobby tires it probably wouldn't have hydroplaned, but we put certain tires on these GT40s because, well, that's what should be on there....and those tires aren't made for maintaining contact with the road through water 2 inches deep.
Very smartly, the author pointed out that GT40s don't have ABS. Good to get that cleared up. Like that would have made a difference.
Get those new panels back on and get right back on that horse and ride!
Very glad your OK....speaks loudly of the integrity of the inner SPF structure. You must be gutted to see the car like that. But that's what we have insurance for and I'm sure you'll have her back on the road before the next rain.
On a lighter note and I hope you're not offended but it reminds me of a ROAD & TRACK photo I saw of a Ferrari 512 BB sitting at an oblique angle on the side of the road half in a ditch and up against a tree ....the owner standing nearby lighting a cig. The caption read......"Good tires Ted but certainly not great tires."
On a lighter note and I hope you're not offended but it reminds me of a ROAD & TRACK photo I saw of a Ferrari 512 BB sitting at an oblique angle on the side of the road half in a ditch and up against a tree ....the owner standing nearby lighting a cig. The caption read......"Good tires Ted but certainly not great tires."
