Final week we reported on a serious crash involving a YouTuber and his Tesla Mannequin S Plaid. The stripped-out sedan was within the working to in the future be the quickest of its type earlier than a serious accident on the finish of a protracted straightaway totaled it. Now, the proprietor is again with an replace on what occurred and why he wasn’t carrying any security gear.

The YouTuber is Cheyenne Lord, the person behind the channel Chillin with Chet, and his newest video centered on the accident in query. After hitting 170 mph on a closed racetrack the upgraded brakes on his Tesla Mannequin S Plaid failed and he ended up sliding right into a tire wall. He escaped however not with out important harm.

On this new replace, he particulars these accidents together with damaged ribs, a damaged knee cap, a fractured tibia, and a torn ACL. Regardless of what that lengthy and absolutely painful record entails, Lord thinks it could’ve been onerous to flee with a lot much less harm than he did contemplating the precise circumstances of the crash.

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For instance, he says that as a result of his left arm was positioned excessive above his torso as he tried to steer out of the flip it uncovered his ribs however {that a} head-on collision with the wall may’ve been a lot worse. In reality, he thinks that even when his arm had been down, his neck and head might need taken much more harm as his positioning on the time of the crash helped to guard these very important areas.

As for what occurred, Lord totally blames the crash on the DOT 3 brake fluid that was nonetheless within the system on the time of the incident. What we didn’t know from the final episode is that Lord and his group had bled the brakes and refilled what was misplaced with a correct race-spec brake fluid. What they did not do was to completely flush the system of the OEM DOT 3 and as Lord places it, when that fluid boiled over, he misplaced braking energy.

He totally admits that he ought to’ve been carrying a helmet however doesn’t cease there saying that he ought to’ve had an entire security swimsuit together with a HANS system to guard the forces that have been exerted on his neck and head in the course of the incident. At this level he’s glad that he made it out alive and hopes to salvage some elements of the automobile to construct some kind of MadMax-style EV.

Picture Credit score: Chillin with Chet on YouTube