supercat
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 03:24 PM |
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Crashed Luego at Frankfurt Motorshow
Wandering along at Frankfurt Motorshow today and spotted this crashed UK Luego on the Frankfurt Police information stand.
 
luego_ff4
 
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 03:37 PM |
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Tree 1 luego 0 ...
Nasty, trees are very bad things to hit in any car..
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P ?
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 03:42 PM |
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whats the full transalation on the notice board pls 
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SeaBass
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 03:44 PM |
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Love the way the front end hasn't been laid out properly...
Does look like it's had a run in with an Ent.
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supercat
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 03:59 PM |
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Sorry dont speak German but I think the rough translation is the car was trying to overtake a van (maybe the other way round) and the car came off the
road and hit a tree. The driver was taken to hospital.
James
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 04:09 PM |
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Looks like a british built and registered one, I don't recognise it immediately though. On the plus side, if your interpretation is right, the
driver went to hospital so hopefully he is OK.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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supercat
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 04:34 PM |
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The passenger compartment looks mainly ok except for the drivers footwell which is very squashed.
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ashg
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 05:25 PM |
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looks fixable 
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
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Exocet (Finished & Sold)
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scootz
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 06:23 PM |
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MOT'd worse!
It's Evolution Baby!
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Simon
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 10:24 PM |
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Typical of the krauts to display a british kit car, given that they wouldn't allow such things in their country.
Why couldn't they have used the german made audi rs whatever that spit into several pieces when it hit a tree.
Ohh, they don't want to upset one of their biggest exporters, but a little known specialist uk manufacturer is fair game.
ATB
Simon
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stevegough
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| posted on 14/9/11 at 06:42 AM |
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The Luego seems to have fared better for damage than the Audi! Of, course it is difficult to make a comparison really, as there isn't enough
info of the two crashes....
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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Nick DV
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| posted on 14/9/11 at 08:24 AM |
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How odd!! I cannot see how that Audi has ended up like that with no damage to the tree. Also look at the marks in the grass, they suggest this
happened before said tree! I am no engineer, but the force required to 'split' the car in two - especially an Audi - must have been pretty
large and no doubt the driver would not have faired to well!  What about the two exhausts, rather neatly laid together!
Cheers, Nick 
"The force will be with you, always!"
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adithorp
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| posted on 14/9/11 at 09:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nick DV
How odd!! I cannot see how that Audi has ended up like that with no damage to the tree...
Cheers, Nick
Thats just because the insurance have been quick off the mark and the damage has already been repaired/filled and undercaoted. Just waiting for the
top coat now. 
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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Irony
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| posted on 14/9/11 at 09:39 AM |
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Looks to like the Velocity survived the massive impact reasonably well passenger compartment-wise. Must have skidded (judging by the offside rear)
and impacted the tree mid engine bay.
My mother asked me (as mothers do) about how safe my Viento is. I simply replied 'about as safe as a motorbike that you can't fall
off'.
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 14/9/11 at 10:00 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nick DV
How odd!! I cannot see how that Audi has ended up like that with no damage to the tree. Also look at the marks in the grass, they suggest this
happened before said tree! I am no engineer, but the force required to 'split' the car in two - especially an Audi - must have been pretty
large and no doubt the driver would not have faired to well! What about the two exhausts, rather neatly laid together!
Cheers, Nick
Maybe there was another tree there before?
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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stevegough
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| posted on 14/9/11 at 03:11 PM |
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Nah, there was a massive runaway chainsaw coming the other way......
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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scudderfish
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| posted on 14/9/11 at 03:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stevegough
Nah, there was a massive runaway chainsaw coming the other way......
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