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This is quite an incredible feat. I thought after reading Alex Roy's 'The Driver', that this record would stand for a long time. Certainly not be broken by a fu

by spuz 13y ago

This is quite an incredible feat. I thought after reading Alex Roy's 'The Driver', that this record would stand for a long time. Certainly not be broken by a full two hours. What is interesting here is that these guys have decided to go public almost immediately. Roy and his team were sworn to secrecy for something like 2 years while the statute of limitations in the states that they committed crimes expired. I wonder how these guys think they will get away with not seeing the inside of a police cell. For those interested in what this kind of thing takes, I recommend this talk by Alex Roy at Google NY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQpg0tvap4A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQpg0tvap4A

Ntrails 13y ago
Do you consider a diamond heist to be an incredible feat because as it turned out no one was hurt? The reason they succeeded is they didn't get caught. Everything else is irrelevant. Next time they should fly to Germany and fuck about on the autobahn for a couple of days, at least people will be prepared for drivers to be doing that speed. Edit: I do think 55mph is a pretty dumb limit though.
- Xylakant 13y ago
  > Next time they should fly to Germany and fuck about on the autobahn for a couple of days Please don't. We have enough idiots over here mistaking the autobahn for a racetrack. I'll tell you a secret: It's not. People get killed here just as in the USA, for example the accident when a professional test driver for Mercedes cannonballed his prototype car into a previous accident. Despite darkness and bad visibility he was going beyond 190km/h and impacted with 170km/h, killing the driver of another car - despite the fact that that person was already out of their car. Two people that were out on the autobahn trying to help other victims of the crash narrowly escaped death. I remember that quite well since I passed there like half an hour before. If you want a race, take your car to the Nürburgring for a weekend. It's still legendary and still dangerous, but at least people know what they signed up for. It's actually affordable: 195 EUR for 4 laps with instructor: http://www.service-zum-nuerburgring.de/details.php?id_nr=3069&knr=24 http://www.service-zum-nuerburgring.de/details.php?id_nr=306... Edit: Picture of the accident: http://www.nq-online.de/index.php?&kat=56&artikel=5699 http://www.nq-online.de/index.php?&kat=56&artikel=5699 There's not much left of the car.
- spuz 13y ago
  I'm impressed because having read that book (did you?) I have an idea of how much work went into planning and preparing for the task. If a diamond heist was as equally elaborate and was pulled off successfully (with no one hurt) then yes I would probably be equally impressed. I wouldn't consider not getting caught their biggest feat by any means. I think there is probably a larger risk of hurting someone than getting caught in the method and approach they used. The feat is in anticipating and minimising the risks they were taking. I think whether or not you believe what they did was right is irrelevant. You are allowed to be horrified by what they did and yet still acknowledge that it took a huge amount of effort and dedication.

by spuz 13y ago

Ntrails 13y ago

Do you consider a diamond heist to be an incredible feat because as it turned out no one was hurt? The reason they succeeded is they didn't get caught. Everything else is irrelevant. Next time they should fly to Germany and fuck about on the autobahn for a couple of days, at least people will be prepared for drivers to be doing that speed. Edit: I do think 55mph is a pretty dumb limit though.

Xylakant 13y ago
> Next time they should fly to Germany and fuck about on the autobahn for a couple of days Please don't. We have enough idiots over here mistaking the autobahn for a racetrack. I'll tell you a secret: It's not. People get killed here just as in the USA, for example the accident when a professional test driver for Mercedes cannonballed his prototype car into a previous accident. Despite darkness and bad visibility he was going beyond 190km/h and impacted with 170km/h, killing the driver of another car - despite the fact that that person was already out of their car. Two people that were out on the autobahn trying to help other victims of the crash narrowly escaped death. I remember that quite well since I passed there like half an hour before. If you want a race, take your car to the Nürburgring for a weekend. It's still legendary and still dangerous, but at least people know what they signed up for. It's actually affordable: 195 EUR for 4 laps with instructor: http://www.service-zum-nuerburgring.de/details.php?id_nr=3069&knr=24 http://www.service-zum-nuerburgring.de/details.php?id_nr=306... Edit: Picture of the accident: http://www.nq-online.de/index.php?&kat=56&artikel=5699 http://www.nq-online.de/index.php?&kat=56&artikel=5699 There's not much left of the car.
spuz 13y ago
I'm impressed because having read that book (did you?) I have an idea of how much work went into planning and preparing for the task. If a diamond heist was as equally elaborate and was pulled off successfully (with no one hurt) then yes I would probably be equally impressed. I wouldn't consider not getting caught their biggest feat by any means. I think there is probably a larger risk of hurting someone than getting caught in the method and approach they used. The feat is in anticipating and minimising the risks they were taking. I think whether or not you believe what they did was right is irrelevant. You are allowed to be horrified by what they did and yet still acknowledge that it took a huge amount of effort and dedication.