Two dead In Lamborghini Crash At Las Vegas Exotic Car Experience Center

Unfortunately texting while slamming the Lambo up through the gears is not a good plan. RIP, guys.

I have a friend who worked there as a driver. Zero control in an exotic car? He said they got damaged all the time.

I'm going to Vegas (again) next month and looked up their website. At first I was interested because it seemed like a good deal, but then I read the fine print - no thanks.

They advertise around $40-$60 a lap but you have to purchase a 5 lap minimum in the same car. So after the fees and all that crap you can't get out of there for less than $300 for 5 laps in a Corvette or Nissan GTR.

I noticed they don't have any Vipers. If you didn't know Vipers are very hard to drive because of all the torque at the back wheels - most of the cars listed are all wheel drive which would be much easier for an amateur to handle around a track.

This is why inexperienced people have no business driving high horsepower cars on a track. It's NOT like driving in a straight line on the highway as American muscle car fans seem to think.

Start with autocross, which is running a tight course at low speeds in a large parking lot. The only thing you're likely to hit is rubber cones. Once you get the hang of that, get a 150-200 HP car, add a roll bar and racing seats, and try your luck at a local track.

Once you get the hang of that, you might THEN try the 500+ HP exotics with one of these companies at an actual race track. I'm surprised more people aren't killed at these things myself.

In South Beach about a year ago a Lamborghini rear-ended a stopped SUV at over 100 mph - the passenger was killed - the video kinda shows the damage to the car - must have been a hell of an impact:

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My son and I are going in the opposite direction, stopped at the red light. We laughed our asses off but didn't stop. I was amazed when it turned out this video went viral!

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^ I imagine that happens a lot w/ a lot of high HP cars

Yes Papi; "real men" who are rich teens turn off the traction control, and on a sunny dry road they spin. I only spun my Lotus twice, both turning left from a dead stop on a wet road. I didn't hit anything either time but taught me to be very humble on wet roads!