When you take a brand spanking new car out for a test drive you’re being trusted with an expensive piece of kit that’s not your own, regardless of whether it costs €10,000 or €100,000.
So it’s best practise not to act like a d*ck while on said test drive, especially if it’s a powerful car you’re not used to.
Unfortunately, this test driver from Poznań didn’t heed our little pro-tip above and ended up smashing the 4.0L V8 RS6 Avant into a tram.
Petrol heads, look away now…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtToESnPlA8
The RS6 in question pumps out 412hp and in Ireland it costs a whopping €138,800 – but to be fair it’s one of the best performance cars on the market.
Via Jalopnik / Hat-tip to Darren for sending this our way
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