This Lexus rolled over in Estonia as its driver tried filming the car reaching its top speedvia Carscoops Have you ever wondered why the speedometer goes all the up to those huge numbers if it seems like your car could never go that fast? And I don’t just mean in your little Elantra; they increase the numbers accordingly in, say, a Porsche. Like dangling a little something-something just in front of your nose. Or better yet, daring you to test it out. This Estonian gentleman was simply doing what we all yearn to do in our hearts: seeing if his car could go as fast as advertised. Let anyone here who hasn’t considered it throw the first wrench. But – there’s always a but – he ran into a few problems, of course, as Carscoops reports. Like how it’s not enough to simply tell your friends, Hey, dudes, I got the Lexus all the way up to 260 km/h! because someone will always say, Sure you did, Jakob. I’ve heard Estonians can be a tough room. The upside is we no longer have to strap our best friend into the death seat to film our antics; we have dash-mounted cams that can record our stupidity up close, though they are admittedly mostly used to capture the dumbass-ery of others. Thankfully, our video star passed up the passenger-cameraman option (or all his friends did); unfortunately, he also passed up the dashcam method. He chose instead to hold his phone to record himself, because when you’ve announced you are going to hit 260 km/h, you only need one hand and a little bit of focus. This video should be more horrifying, actually, than it is. Estonia must produce some pretty cool customers, because according to the story, shortly after hitting that speed, however, he lost control of the car and can be seen applying opposite-lock to help correct a slide. It doesn’t work and, for approximately eight seconds, the Lexus can be heard sliding down the road before it slides into an area of grass and rolls onto its roof. As the Lexus skids to a stop on its roof, all our Speed Racer does is hunt around for his phone. If he pooped his pants, he doesn’t mention it. Take Our
Origin: Put on Your Judgy-Pants: Big on speed, short on brains, caught on film