Lotus Elise Wreck (in car video)

In car video from my Lotus Elise wreck earlier this year. The audio never cut out, I just took the volume down so you couldn't hear my wife screaming. The car ended up being declared a total loss, body panels & labor rates with these cars is through the roof.

http://www.LotusEliseBlog.com

Made on a Mac, with iMovie 08.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 111R
• Elise
• Exotic
• Green
• in-car
• incar
• Krypton
• Lotus
• totaled
• video
• Wreck

[zenabilo]

Not sure these have airbags, my 2005 model Elise111s doesn't have any.

[kryptongreen]

@zenabilo

The federalized Elise/Exige have airbags as I believe it was a requirement for US sale. I asked the Lotus USA rep who came to evaluate the car for insurance why they didn't deploy, he said they were designed to deploy in a head on collision, not a collision at angle such as this.

[lightlearner]

screaming mad, scared, or both?

[kryptongreen]

@lightlearner

Screaming scared for sure. She had never been in an accident or even really felt a car "lose it". We laugh about it now (3 years later) saying that she picked a good first accident to be in ;)

[jameznash]

notice the dents in the metal barrier - me thinks you are not on your own at ending up in it.

Light weight car vs silly road design = crash. Just look at how quick it let go. No chance of saving it. Everyone would have ended up crashing that car.

No bad driving in this clip - just a bit of bad look.

My mates Lotus 2 eleven is even worst for that kind of thing.

[feverpitch82]

I bet you didnt get laid that night

[NatinhaLemos95]

RIP Elise.

[fttp211]

Revs were WAY too high, gear too low. Which is even worse for weight transfer if you lift.

[youngstunna323]

@jameznash that shit almost happened to me in my SW20 MR2 a few days ago on freeway junction that turned a hard 410 degrees with a dip mid turn.....very scary

[BornAgainEngineer]

@s0caltrukker Green's a ballsy colour.

Anyone who has the money for one of these cars isn't bound by limits.Silver and black for emotional queens who care too much what the other men think about them.

[s0caltrukker]

did your wife pick the color?

[nudzagbud]

@jameznash I agree, definitely a rough turn, but it sounds like he hit the brakes while turning - not that big of a deal in a front motor car, but with the weight over the rear, shifting the weight of the car I believe is what caused this, in conjunction with that awkward crest/turn combination.. happy everyone is okay.. hope you'll still have sweet cars

[erelaxx]

haha what a twat

[TheChronosus]

not to say you're a bad driver, i know that these are tricky to drive and you can see that its a tricky road... but you can see the point where you are still turning left even though the car is already facing the barrier. that points out that you didn't pay enough attention to the road and/or didn't expect that crest like that (which is fairly obvious even in video, which is odd) will destabilize the light and rear drive car and didn't even think of counter steering until its too late

[Shockyfel]

es lo que pasa cuando es mucho coche para un muñones...

[magg0tmacdonald]

rookie mistake