Deadly SLR accident in Qatar
A 22 year old male died when he lost control of his Mercedes SLR and crashed in Qatar. Jalopnik has photos of whats left of the car which isn’t much. [Link]
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Jul 18, 2008
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1. Komsomol | July 18th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Must have been doing those driving tricks you got linked a few posts back.
Shame on you Mark.
2. Nobu | July 18th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
It’s called population control. The stupid ones do stupid things to remove themselves from the gene pool.
3. holla | July 18th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
oh well at least he died happy.
4. kwt23 | July 18th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
asta’3firullah….walla hal nas moo fahim laish isogoon ibsir3a. Madri laish mista3yileen,
5. tec | July 19th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Looks like he’s been involved in a hamas homecoming………
6. Maya | July 19th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Damn it. Why do morons go around thinking that dicks get bigger when you drive faster?!
7. crocko rock | July 19th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Other than a wheel (which could easily be a fake) what the hell says that this is a wrecked SLR?
Screams Fake
8. Mark | July 19th, 2008 at 12:16 am
y would it be a fake?
9. jaz | July 19th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Look at the exhaust tail a third of the way up from the lower far left of the picture… it definitely came off an SLR…
10. H.H | July 19th, 2008 at 12:32 am
allah yer7amo!
11. crocko rock | July 19th, 2008 at 12:45 am
What say’s it’s real Mark?
A broken headlamp and a wheel?
Plus, the car looks way too mashed up. For USD 500,000 you can bet this car comes with some major safety features and it certainly wouldn’t just disintegrate as per this picture.
The junk in the pictures could be from a wanette for all we know.
12. Mark | July 19th, 2008 at 12:48 am
are you one of those conspiracy theorist?
13. crocko rock | July 19th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Oh yes, yes yes
14. jaz | July 19th, 2008 at 1:04 am
It does have safety features… traction control, advanced ceramic braking, composite carbon fiber chassis and body, but this car had a driver and he probably switched all those off making a high speed pass…
He was probably doing excess of 240kph maybe more than 300… and got caught by side wind and lost control and hit a lamp post or another car. And physically if he hit a lamp post… that would be like falling from a height of about 1km… maybe more u think something would survive that?
15. Mr.pedro | July 19th, 2008 at 1:58 am
@Crocko Rock
Dude seriously,, you dont know anything about cars :)
16. q8dizer | July 19th, 2008 at 2:58 am
poor guy ….. 22 years :(
off topic
mark it’s strange that u didnt mention Dark Knight on ur blog I mean its freaking huge
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/
a 94% on rottentomatoes.com
Heath Ledger(RIP) is set to grab an Oscar for the Joker or at least a nomination
it can break spider-man 3 record of 152 M on its 1st weekend
17. somechick | July 19th, 2008 at 4:08 am
shame on you crocko rock…a guy just died and ur having a hard time believing what his car was! the hell with that dude!
allah yr7ima inshallah
18. Mr.pedro | July 19th, 2008 at 4:35 am
these high end cars are made to save the driver (allah yer7ama) i bet that the driver didnt wear seat belts which all arabs think that its disrespectful (to wear seatbelt) and you can see how the cabin is clean and unharmed from the crash but the massive speed and over Gs that developed from the crash fataled his life these cabins are made just like formula one cars composite carbon fiber and can take over 10G (Maybe less maybe more) of its actual weight …allah yer7ama
o Guys and Gals please wear seat belts save your soles if you drive carefully others on the same road dont
G=Gravity Force
2kg on 1g = 2kg
2kg on 2g = 4kg
19. Q8-manal | July 19th, 2008 at 10:12 am
او٠شنوا هذا :(
لاØول Ùˆ لاقوة الا بالله العلي العظيم
مسكيييين الله يرØمه ان شالله
20. Kuwait | July 19th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Mclaren Mercedes SLR for sale.
Some assembly required.
21. iLsuL6ana | July 19th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
allah yer7ma…poor kid :(
Probebly what he wanted so much killed him, thats why sometimes its bad to get what we want so much!
22. mo3ath | July 19th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
where is the road ?
was he driving on the sand or what ?
must be the top speed to do this much of damage !!
23. nxman | July 19th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
To hell with car someone died for god’s sake!
24. holla | July 19th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
قطر = خطر
25. iRise | July 20th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
What exactly did he crash into?
26. M. Hussain | July 20th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
According to an e-mail forward I received from a friend, the driver was Shaikh Jassem bin Hamad bin Jassim bin Faisal Al-Thaani.
27. okra | July 21st, 2008 at 8:55 am
How did this happen?
28. Elvis | July 23rd, 2008 at 10:46 am
I drove past the wreckage the next morning. So to confirm it was a Mclaren Mercedes SLR. I seen it, so no conspiracy there. He didn’t hit any light poles, it was at night when the crash happened, so no telling what caused him to wreck, the tire marks left on the road aren’t very long, so he didn’t hit the breaks long before he left the pavement, once you levae the pavement where he did, the ditch slopes down quickly, so he definitly rolled almost instantly. not sure what the exact distance from where he left the road till he stopped but it was a long ways. speed had to be in the upwards of 260+kph. story from people that supposely knew him are that his dad owned the city centre mall, if you don’t know, its the largest mall in the middle east, or so they claim. so his family had to money to buy the car. and they say that they now how fast he was going because the police found his cell phone and he was recording his speed with it.
29. BoooM | August 10th, 2008 at 10:38 am
R.I.P. Wot mo can I say!
BooM!
30. Qtr | August 25th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
U have no rights to make jokes about the accident god knows what were his cuircumstances that made him drive at that high speed
So if u guys could afford an SLR wouldnt u try it to its highst speed limit sure u would!!
allah yer7ma!!
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