Watch: 10 times supercar drivers proved they didn’t deserve their rides

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Look, I’m not going to sugarcoat this piece of editorial at all. This is, straight up, a list of supercar drivers caught on video smashing their very expensive cars in entertaining ways. That’s it. 

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If you want insight into the performance of these special vehicles and the history of the brands that make them, go ahead and click on pretty much any of our other supercar-related stories.

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If you want to have a cringe and a laugh at the expense of some wealthy owners who also happen to be not-skilled drivers, on the other hand, then scroll away. 

Here are 10 times supercar drivers didn’t deserve their rides. 

Audi R8 Roundabout Run

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This is the opposite of a victory lap: twice around a roundabout and then straight into the curb. This V10 Audi R8 driver was leaving a car meet in Preston, U.K. when he figured he’d do a bit of stunting at the circular intersection.

He wasn’t able to get the wheels to spin in the roundabout, but he did manage to get them to lose traction on the exit, throwing the low-slung car’s back end out and into a lamp post, leaving the car’s rear end dismantled. 

Ben Chen, Supercar Crash Enthusiast

The safest place to be when Ben Chen is behind the wheel is right in the middle of the road. Earlier this year, the supercar collector was caught on camera blazing down the streets of Manhattan in a Porsche-based Gemballa Mirage GT, losing control and parking it momentarily inside a Toyota Sienna .

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Somebody also got a video of him driving away after the accident; police caught up with him shortly after that and arrested him for driving under the influence of drugs. Chen also totaled a McLaren MP4-12C in Texas in 2013.  

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Underage Driver Double-Destroy and Ditch

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A Toronto kid managed to total not one but two super-expensive machines before he even had his license. We’re not mad, we’re impressed! However, the owner of the parked Audi R8, which the underaged driver smashed into with a McLaren 720S and then ran away from, was probably right pissed! 

Bulls to the Wall

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If it walks like a Mustang, quacks like a Mustang, and spins out of control like a Mustang, it might be a Lamborghini . This Huracan Performante was lined up next to another Lambo for a V10 duet, but then the driver lets his foot off the clutch and rips straight ahead before pulling an unintentional hard left into a wall. 

Richard Hammond’s Rimac Hill Climb

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You might’ve caught this bit of excitement on season two of The Grand Tour. In the episode, Richard Hammond proves despite his experience and skill, he is still the most crash-prone of the three seasoned auto journalists on the program as he rockets a Rimac Concept One up the Hemberg Hill Climb at the Swiss Hillclimb Championship. He didn’t win, but he did survive with just a fractured knee . 

Bugatti Bird Watcher

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This video actually ended up costing the driver of this Bugatti more than just the price of the car. The driver initially claimed it was a low-flying pelican that sent him veering into a Florida lake, before this damning video surfaced, but it was later discovered the stunt was pulled intentionally in order to cash in on a US$600,000 insurance settlement. 

Heels in Wheels

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It’s true, electric vehicles have crazy amounts of torque. The get-up can take you by surprise if you’re not prepared, as this person clearly wasn’t. She steps out of the passenger door of the i8 after backing it onto a pole and her neighbour’s yard (house?) carrying what looks like a pair of heels. Flats next time, girl. 

Crash-Test Drive

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A person doesn’t have to speak Italian to get the gist of what the passenger and dealership employee are spouting off after the driver of this Ferrari California hits the gas in a turn, loses control, and careens the car into a wall. You break it, you buy it?

“The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Seen…”

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OK, so this vintage Mercedes-Benz SL isn’t a supercar, but it did park on one. The owner’s reaction sums it up: “That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.” He obviously hasn’t seen the rest of the videos on this list.

Cars and Too Much Coffee

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Cars & Coffee events are meant to be relatively low-key, admire-and-rev-the-engine type affairs, but it’s nearly inevitable that someone will take it too far and attempt to be Vin Diesel on the way home. Here, a 2005 Ford GT peels out and then meets the median. The driver was uninjured but his GT did earn a scratch accent to match those white racing stripes.