Dec 1, 2013 - 12:26 AM
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As some of you may know already Paul Walker died in a car crash today. He was the passenger in a Porsche that hit a tree an caught fire.
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Dec 3, 2013 - 1:00 PM
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I was reading another article yesterday saying how as they were leaving there was a fluid trail, which would've caused the fire. From the pictures you'd think they were going way over 50. Then again there have been other mid-engine cars that just fall apart. There was a Ferrari 458 near me that was wrecked and the sub-frame that holds the engine just fell away from the car. The front of the car was ok, and even the rear of the car looked ok it was just detached. I'm guessing they slid it sideways into a pole or tree, and it just broke apart. It's an occupant safety thing, the car absorbs the damage and falls apart instead of resisting it. So, it may be possible they weren't going that incredibly fast. Though from the pictures I've seen they probably were killed on impact, at least one would hope that was the case, so that'd make you think they were going faster than they should have by a good margin. The only way to really know for sure is to take a few Carrera GT's and crash test them at various speeds to replicate the damage.
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kurt95gt r.i.p paul walker :( Dec 1, 2013 - 12:26 AM
DST94 A huge icon we all knew. Dec 1, 2013 - 4:15 AM
njccmd2002 Yup. Sad that it had to be so young. Hell be ms... Dec 1, 2013 - 8:38 AM
cheela I couldn't believe it when I heard.
Fast and ... Dec 1, 2013 - 11:16 AM
kurt95gt Brian died in a Porsche an he wasn't even driv... Dec 1, 2013 - 11:23 AM
Box I didn't really care for the movies, but he wa... Dec 1, 2013 - 11:32 AM
bnr32celica What a shame.
I owned Integras because of this mo... Dec 2, 2013 - 6:01 PM
Smaay Its sad that Paul Walker has passed away, however ... Dec 2, 2013 - 6:18 PM
Tigawoods either they were going way too fast or the carrera... Dec 3, 2013 - 9:43 AM
azian_advanced i also heard on the radio that there was suspicion... Dec 3, 2013 - 9:56 AM
Tigawoods honestly all that comes out will be theories and s... Dec 3, 2013 - 11:10 AM
kurt95gt I'm not saying what they were doing was right.... Dec 3, 2013 - 12:02 PM
Julian_Navia Idk how good this will be for comparison but this ... Dec 4, 2013 - 1:04 AM
kurt95gt That's a truck with a steel frame an body
No... Dec 4, 2013 - 2:47 PM
mgnt232 F&F was the initial inspiration for me to work... Dec 4, 2013 - 9:06 PM
kurt95gt If it was for him I'd be driving my nova as a ... Dec 5, 2013 - 1:28 AM
Tigawoods So now there is talk of canceling FF7
before I c... Dec 5, 2013 - 7:24 AM
Zake QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Dec 5, 2013 - 6:2... Dec 5, 2013 - 8:21 PM
njccmd2002 they will use cgi graphics maybe.. Dec 5, 2013 - 8:00 PM
Trodai QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Dec 5, 2013 - 8... Dec 6, 2013 - 10:56 AM
RabidTRD QUOTE (Trodai @ Dec 6, 2013 - 10:56 ... Dec 9, 2013 - 7:43 PM
SwissFerdi Wherever he is now, I hope he likes the tuna. Safe... Dec 9, 2013 - 6:07 PM
njccmd2002 QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Dec 9, 2013 - 5... Dec 9, 2013 - 8:11 PM
manolis Paul Walker's Reach Out Worldwide Dec 10, 2013 - 12:50 PM![]() ![]() |
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