Terrible Driving Punted This Poor Nissan Silvia S12 Into A 'Ring Barrier

There’s bad driving and then there’s sheer, wanton incompetence, to which an increasingly rare old Nissan has fallen victim at the Nurburgring

It’s always sad to see a lovely old car meet a sticky end, and many of those have come at the often tricky Nurburgring. Its frequently changeable microclimates can see random patches of fog, rain, hail or even snow at one corner while everywhere else is sunny.

That’s not what happened here, though. As our hapless helmsmith in the Nissan Silvia S12 approaches a left-hand bend slightly too quickly he is too close to the inside, turns too little, too late, understeers, hits the brake and seals his own fate for a shameful tryst with the outside barrier.

Terrible Driving Punted This Poor Nissan Silvia S12 Into A 'Ring Barrier

We had to watch this several times to grasp the scale of the driver’s failure. Everything that could be wrong about the attempted turn was wrong. We genuinely feel terrible for the owner of the car, and terrible for the damage to the car itself, but this is a neatly-packaged masterclass in how not to take any corner, anywhere, ever.

We hope that the car is repairable, for one thing. We also hope the driver was unharmed and properly insured for Nurburgring laps. After the paperwork is completed, a little driver training wouldn’t go amiss.

Comments

Daniel Busker

terrible driving is a bit of an overstatement, the dude just misjudged a corner. on any track with a proper run of area this wouldn’t have been a big deal

10/17/2018 - 10:18 |
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Yeah, judging by the article I expected the driver to be all over the place

10/17/2018 - 11:17 |
14 | 0

Yeah the article reads as a little petty. Wonder if the owner of this S12 stole Matt’s girlfriend in high school or something

10/17/2018 - 11:37 |
41 | 0

Especially because this is a blind late apex corner at the bottom of a hill. This camera angle makes the corner look simpler than it is

10/18/2018 - 00:43 |
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dmackster1124

deja vu stoops playing

10/17/2018 - 10:45 |
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Willempie ¯\_(ツ)_/¯🔰

This car doesn’t have ABS so that might be the reason he crashed.

10/17/2018 - 11:02 |
6 | 1
Anonymous

This is so sad, Alexa play Despacito

10/17/2018 - 11:39 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Why i du dis?

10/17/2018 - 11:39 |
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Itsuki

Deja oops

10/17/2018 - 11:50 |
5 | 1
Anonymous

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

10/17/2018 - 12:06 |
1 | 0
Anonymous
10/17/2018 - 14:11 |
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In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

deja OOF

10/17/2018 - 19:21 |
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Anonymous

There are some bad driving habits here, but I hope he turned a corner after this.

10/17/2018 - 17:10 |
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Anonymous

Don’t be too judgemental, we’ve all left a few skid marks around the ring, after all.

10/17/2018 - 17:13 |
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Anonymous

I have a black silvia s12 for sale 1000 euros

10/17/2018 - 19:33 |
1 | 0

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