The car meetups They are always fun and exciting. Properly understood, they’re a great place to chat about cars with other aficionados, look at well-maintained and well-kept machinery, and even make friends over a common passion. When problems come is when some fans try to impress their fellow man, usually in the presence of cameras or spectators. The departures from the meetups are usually one of the most problematic points in this regard.
And I’m not just saying this because of the fame that Ford Mustangs have gained at the start of the Cars & Coffee in the United States – a more glamorous way of calling hangouts. You don’t need a Mustang to accelerate and try to drift a car in front of an expectant audience, mobile phone in hand. The conclusive proof is the video recorded at the exit of a concentration in Munich, which features a beautiful BMW 635i with Alpina parts. In the presence of the public, he left the parking lot by crossing the car.
Trying to impress someone by risking too much does not usually have a good result.
In his head it was spectacular, but he did not know how to countersteer fast enough – or modulate the accelerator correctly – and the skid ended in a violent correction against a curb. The curb broke the front bumper, took one of the front wheels out of its place and also, broke the crankcase of the car, according to the huge oil stain that he left on the ground. The public ridicule is mixed with the tremendous mechanical breakdown, causing a shameful cocktail, which was also totally avoidable.
