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The Spokeslist (local autox club) had quite a bit of discussion about this earlier today. It happened this afternoon in downtown Austin. There were photos of the Exige on a flatbed being hauled away--the front clam (obviously) is gone and the windshield was badly damaged. It was a local Austin driver; not sure if he is active on this forum.
Unless the cab was going backwards pretty fast, you'd think he would have stopped going up the front of the Lotus as soon as his wheels were raised off the ground. So.....I'm thinking Lotus-hits-cab.
i dont know about that... admittedly its difficult with only one pic to look at the evidence but it seems as though the airbags didnt go off in the lotus which they really should have if the lotus ran into the cab. also if the lotus did run into the cab there should be a small amout of debris laying right next to the tire as the clam gets pressed into the road and shears off pieces of fiberglass.
I've seen so many photos on LT where an Eli/xige hits a bug and the entire front clam is in bits. Seems to me like this Exige should be in far worse shape than it appears in the photo.
That is going to cost a few dollars to fix. There are better ways to hail a cab than that. I wonder who hit whom or if it was a mutual exchange of silliness?
Come on you all, has no one else ever been in a taxi? Those people drive like maniacs. I wouldn't be surprised if the taxi driver had been in reverse at full speed when this occurred.
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