Thanks we can now untwist our panties,unless you own a Bentley
Rainbow bridge, tragic vehicle accident.
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It was a Bentley, the couple was returning to New York from Canada. Details are still emerging. The victims were a man and his wife from Grand Island, N.Y., both in their 50s, who owned several businesses in western New York and it is believed they were returning from a cancelled concert.
But the video is awful to watch - the car is going very fast, estimates put it near 100 mph, it hits a curb/barrier gets airborne, flies over 100 feet before impacting the structures. No car would survive that intact. There are more details from credible news sources, but the ones to which I subscribe put this behind a paywall, so, please do your own search.
But the video is awful to watch - the car is going very fast, estimates put it near 100 mph, it hits a curb/barrier gets airborne, flies over 100 feet before impacting the structures. No car would survive that intact. There are more details from credible news sources, but the ones to which I subscribe put this behind a paywall, so, please do your own search.
2018-2021 Bentley Continental GT and Flying Spur recalled with risk of stuck accelerator
Bentley has recalled 400 examples of its Continental GT and Flying Spur, citing a potential fault with the accelerator assembly.
www.drive.com.au
That is from Australia and notes that the "A post lower trim" may foul the accelerator pedal. On an Australian (UK, Japan..) RHD car the accelerator pedal is adjacent to the A post, but not on a LHD car. I couldn't find that recall in the US, but I admittedly didn't search deeply.2018-2021 Bentley Continental GT and Flying Spur recalled with risk of stuck accelerator
Bentley has recalled 400 examples of its Continental GT and Flying Spur, citing a potential fault with the accelerator assembly.
Unintended acceleration makes sense, but not sure if this particular issue applies, but I could be incorrect.
There was an infamous 2006 crash of a Ferrari Enzo in Malibu that was estimated to be at least 100 MPH when it spun out and hit a utility pole. The engine ended up several hundred feet ahead of where the passenger compartment stopped more or less intact with the driver (there was some controversy since he claimed he was only the passenger) survived. I recall an LA Sheriff’s Dept sergeant had a press conference where he said that a million dollars buys a lot of passenger protection. It didn’t go head on though, but it did obliterate the rear.
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Tell me about it, I met them. Kurt's father apparently died also in a traffic accident last year. And if it is the exact members of the clan I met and sold equipment too, they had been on an airliner out of the Falls sleepy Airport/ANG base that lost cabin pressurization causing them to go unconscious on a return flight from vacation over a decade ago...
Just sad...
The latest speculation.
www.westernjournal.com
Possible Cause Revealed for $300K Car Explosion on US-Canadian Border
Investigators believe a mechanical failure could have been behind the vehicle explosion at a border crossing in New York.
www.westernjournal.com
More on the two who died.
buffalonews.com
Is there any way for a mod to change the topic subject? At this point it's pretty clear there was no bomb, but just the force of the impact and the fuel catching on fire.
'Tragic, horrible incident': Friends mourn couple killed in Niagara Falls bridge crash
Kurt P. and Monica Villani, who died Wednesday when their car exploded at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, were a kind and hardworking couple who were closely tied to their Grand Island community, their friends said.
Is there any way for a mod to change the topic subject? At this point it's pretty clear there was no bomb, but just the force of the impact and the fuel catching on fire.
Have been passenger in a Continental GT...and it's straight line performance is staggering...as are the service costs (look up my post on that)....interestingly, those who can afford the car, and the service costs refuse to buy the correctly rated light truck tyres that are needed to carry the weight at speed.
Bentley has some serious PR cleanup on this one and their perceived safety of vehicle…..
Great post and others on this page. I remember the "media" insinuations of a bomb and most believing it.The latest speculation.
Possible Cause Revealed for $300K Car Explosion on US-Canadian Border
Investigators believe a mechanical failure could have been behind the vehicle explosion at a border crossing in New York.
Successful family, bad Bentley ended their lives I am sure. We may never know though but another post in here, the car has a "history" of sticking throttle. Amazing.
