๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ - ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ฌ? ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐โ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐โฆ. Traveling 186MPH on the autobahn through a left-hand turn, apparently, I ran over something. The right front tire went flat immediately.
I was able to maintain control until the tire came off the rim. At that point, hard left into the Armco where most of the front body work came off and into the opposite lanes.
We continued to spin and bounce between Armco on the right and left of the autobahn.
As depicted in the photos, everything was gone in the front except the engine. The front of the car was sitting on the oil pan. As designed, energy dissipation. Our structural engineers are second to none.
My co-worker and best friend and I looked at each other, ensured each other was OK, ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐!
Naturally, yours truly had none of the correct paperwork. They had us in the police car ready to take us away, when our German liaison showed up. This man is one of my personal heroes. He worked his magic, performed the German handshake, walked over to us and said, โyou and you, into my car, we go now before they change their minds!โ Honestly, that was not the first time or last time he kept me out of troubleโฆโฆโฆ
I was a bit worried about my buddy reflecting over this for at least 8 months until we returned to Germany. So, the next day, I grabbed another Z06, told him to get in the car. We headed back to the same autobahn, same turn, 190 MPH, problem resolvedโฆโฆ
We had no cell phones with cameras back then, the photos are courtesy of a good Samaritan who stopped to see if we were OK. As fate would have it, he was an American. Go figure......
