By Steven Symes 
It’s another day and we have a video showing a Porsche 911 GT3 RS crashing into a tree while showing off leaving a car meet. If all that sounds familiar and you’re just wondering why it wasn’t a Mustang this time, it’s because this sort of thing is all too common and for a reason.
Concept Ford Mustangs look like some sort of a joke.
First, in the video we see the driver in the pricey German track toy rip it taking off from the meet, then enter a turn hot. He surprisingly sticks that turn, but as he swings wide coming out, then tries to drift into the next turn he gets into trouble fast.
The weight transference gets that back end whipping around to the left, so when the driver tries steering right into the next turn, the rear of the Porsche doesn’t heed and the supercar begins to spin out.
With the drive tires and more weight in the rear, the 911 GT3 RS shoots right, hops the curb and ends up in the grass as the driver straightens it out, for a split second. Then the car swings left, the driver obviously panicking instead of taking his foot off the accelerator and letting things calm down.
Taking another 90-degree turn, the supercar hits a tree with the front driver-side fender, snapping the axle and doing untold amounts of damage to the suspension. It’s possible there’s also frame damage we can’t see, which would make this crash far pricier than what’s easily enough financial carnage to make most people faint.
In the big picture of things this accident boils down to two factors. First, if you’re at a car meet in a high-powered vehicle and the crowd is encouraging you to send it, don’t. Even if you have experience, and if you do you should already understand this, a public road not only has imperfections but other drivers and pedestrians which can make things literally go sideways in a split second.
Second, and even more relevant in this crash, if you have a thoroughbred track car like a Porsche 911 GT3 RS, get some professional instruction at a track on how to drive it well. These supercars can get you into a mountain of trouble in no time if you’re only used to driving your mom’s Camry.
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