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Old 05-02-06, 06:27 AM
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Default CL EXCLUSIVE: RR Phantom crashed in Gumball 3000 pics (56k Umm nope)
This is just in! My brother who is running along side Gumball 3000 sent me these pics just few minutes ago via Wi-Fi.

Apparentely Phantom lost the traction doing 120 in front of my brother. Inside the RR were owner and his friend who actually drove the car. They are both ok. Accident was near Belgrade final destination of Euro tour.

I am sure my brother will write me some more as soon as they get a break

He also said there are two SLRs that are squirting oil like crazy









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Old 05-02-06, 06:40 AM
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Old 05-02-06, 06:52 AM
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Old 05-02-06, 07:45 AM
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Daanggggggggggg.... the RR got owned. Good to hear they're ok.... that thing is probably built like a tank.

Was it dry outside? Proof that just because the car has the power, doesn't mean it should be going insanely fast!
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Old 05-02-06, 07:50 AM
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Their insurance agent probably felt that crash the instant it happened...
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WOW....that sucks. Lost traction at 120 huh. What the hell were they doing?? Have to pay careful attention when driving at those speeds.
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That does look pretty bad, but I'd have imagined a 120mph crash to look a lot worse.
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i bet thats cheap to fix...
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wow that thing is done

is that phrarells (sp) car from n.e.r.d? or was his a litte darker
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ouch that hurts..... though i don't think the owner really care that much..... he can just buy another 3 or 4 of them if he wants

very sad.... and slr squirting oil huh? that's funny, seems like it's a "common" problem?!

man it's nice we have insider news!
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that's one ugly RR.
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120 on a "tank" - owner must be lucky that he's alive, at 120 with that kind of weight
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Originally Posted by Faraaz23
Good to hear they're ok.... that thing is probably built like a tank.

Was it dry outside?
AT 120 mph, looks like it held up pretty well (unless it did a couple of fishtailling and didn't smack head on ).
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