[PhatRoyale]

480 minutes — that is approximately the length of time it took one new Mustang owner to turn a perfectly good 2012 GT/California Special into the mangled insurance write-off you see here.

These pictures posted on TheMustangSource.com this past week show what can happen when you choose to turn off the traction control in the 412 horsepower V8 muscle car you've owned for eight hours before a high speed drive on public roads.

Apparently the owner of this car was traveling approximately 80 miles per hour through a corner when the Mustang lost traction and got cozy with a tree. Luckily the driver was the only one in the car and escaped with minor cuts and bruises. It certainly doesn't appear anyone sitting in the passenger seat would have been so lucky.

We completely understand the obvious temptation to find out exactly what your new Mustang GT is capable of. However if that quest for knowledge involves high speed cornering without the aid of traction control in a powerful car you aren't used to driving these pictures should be more than enough to reconsider.

 

[MR2Jedi]

Oh crap! He's lucky to be alive.
I also find it amazing that the skinny tree held up.

 

[TrailDust]

Got to laugh when the performance outmatches the driver's brains. Just glad the moron didn't kill anybody.

 

[Vmax2007]

That'll buff right out.

 

[Zembonez]

Poor Mustang. I've seen a bunch of Civics do the same thing. Pretty much anything you can drive 70 miles per hour in can make a big bang!

 

[Jegan_V]

I normally turn off the traction control in most of the boring regular cars I drive because in general its useless. On powerful stuff like the Mustang GT...even I'm not stupid enough to turn it off on something this powerful for the city streets. This is generally the problem with live rear axles, Ford has done wonders in the handling in spite of it. However its often trouble when you live in a place like I do with 3rd world standard roads, if it hops while cornering...slightly scary because it can be twitchy.

 

[zythr]

He played right into the insurance company's hand. They're not obligated to offer him much, if anything, since he's at fault. I'm also glad no one was hurt or killed.

 

[xpeed]

A bucket of bondo and duct tape will turn the car back to new.

 

[TrailDust]

Assuming that happened in California, the driver will likely find some scum-sucking lawyer to sue the homeowner for having a tree too close to the street that presented an undue traffic hazard, and also the emergency responders for not arriving fast enough, and last but not least Ford for some deficiency or another with the Mustang that contributed to his injuries. If the driver is from California, it's money in the bank.

 

[Vmax2007]

He played right into the insurance company's hand. They're not obligated to offer him much, if anything, since he's at fault. I'm also glad no one was hurt or killed.

Uhhh...what?

 

[zythr]

Uhhh...what?

Accident was totally his fault. Insurance company is not really required to pay him anything due to his reckless driving.

 

[ECHOKnight2000]

Uhhh...what?

Its Zythr, don't be surprised:lol::lol:


Lucky he's alive. But obviously no brains. Oh wells!! Poor Mustang!

 

[Vmax2007]

Accident was totally his fault. Insurance company is not really required to pay him anything due to his reckless driving.

Since when does ins not cover at-fault accidents?

 

[Vmax2007]

Its Zythr, don't be surprised:lol::lol:


Lucky he's alive. But obviously no brains. Oh wells!! Poor Mustang!

Oh c'mon, don't be so hard on poor zythr. :lol:

 

[ECHOKnight2000]

Oh c'mon, don't be so hard on poor zythr. :lol:

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[Zembonez]

Accident was totally his fault. Insurance company is not really required to pay him anything due to his reckless driving.

They will pay up for the car and his injuries (if any) but they may well cancel his butt very soon thereafter. IF he was insured prior to the accident that is.

 

[Vmax2007]

They will pay up for the car and his injuries (if any) but they may well cancel his butt very soon thereafter. IF he was insured prior to the accident that is.

I believe the coverage would only match the coverage he has on his previous car if he had not called and added it yet. So, if he only had liability on his previous car and hadn't called to add this one, he would be screwed.

 

[bee2]

That'll buff right out.

Luckily you are old enough not to make the same mistake with your vette

 

[bee2]

A bucket of bondo and duct tape will turn the car back to new.

Then off to the auction!

 

[Zembonez]

I believe the coverage would only match the coverage he has on his previous car if he had not called and added it yet. So, if he only had liability on his previous car and hadn't called to add this one, he would be screwed.

He would be screwed for sure!