Posted on 12/03/2013 9:31:33 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
I call BS. No way that kind of damage and fire comes from a 45 MPH crash.
Yes, and it was mostly done on dirt tracks, too. When you got to asphalt, you didn't want to drift as much, as you didn't go as fast doing so.
BS, just another liberal weenie spouting off. Its the driver behind the wheel that makes a car dangerous, just like a gun, its the person holding it that makes it dangerous.
Drive like hell. You’ll get there faster.
I guess since Paul Walker played an outlaw racer in movies, he thought he was one in real life?
Fishtailing is wagging back and forth; drifting is turning in one direction for a significant duration.
” call BS. No way that kind of damage and fire comes from a 45 MPH crash.”
Just a hunch, but I bet the owner removed the “sack” in the fuel tank to shed weight.
I also bet there were some
For the record, I own:
Porsche 550 (a real one, thank you, with proper engine — and a bare aluminium gas tank, which is why I am aware of this issue)
Two 356s (an A and a C Couple)
Porsche 993 S (my favorite)
998S (my daily driver)
Other claims do exist.
According to local investigators, Paul Walker‘s friend Roger Rodas was driving over 100 mph in the moments before the crash that tragically claimed two young lives. Find out the latest news on this unspeakable tragedy below.
http://hollywoodlife.com/2013/12/02/paul-walker-car-accident-speeding-police-report/
Wait, he died when he was only going 45? What a deathtrap, there’s no reason anyone should die at those speeds.
“Yes, and it was mostly done on dirt tracks, too. When you got to asphalt, you didn’t want to drift as much, as you didn’t go as fast doing so.”
Oh, I don’t know,,,, on a dirt track, you wanted your front tires on the “smooth” part of the track, but wanted your right rear tire against the cushion. That’s a bit different.
Way back when, “drifting” the right corners was the fastest way through. But as technology and design changed, it became less so. I raced karts as a kid, both on dirt and asphalt. Dirt was much more fun!
But you’re right to say “drift as much.” But they still did drift. As tech and designs changed, so did cornering style. The style had little to do with today’s “sport” of “Drifting.”
I bow before your greatness.
A Subaru STI is the best I can do.
All cars are dangerous when exceeding the speed limits by more than 100%
The Porsche Carrera GT was one of the very last Porsche models that lacks the modern vehicle stability and traction controls designed to keep drivers from dangerous oversteer or understeer. Indeed, if you drive the current-model Porsche 911 GT3 or 911 Turbo, it’s very hard to get into a dangerous handling situation due to modern stability and tracition controls on the drivetrain.
How much does the fuel cell bladder weigh? Wow what a dumbass Hollyweird thing to do.
Actually the Superbird was only made for one year in order to homologate it for NASCAR competition. And quite a few of them were converted into regular-issue Road Runners by dealers in order to get them out of their inventory.
the road where the crash occurred is covered in reflective dots.
Quick! Sue the taxpayers who own the road!
Given that diesel-electric locomotives were in use for close to thirty years before unions dropped their requirements that engine crews included a fireman (which is only necessary on a steam locomotive), I’d bet my life savings on them fighting automated brakes tooth and nail.
Drifting is the synchronized swimming of the motorsports world.
Some people can break a crowbar in a sandbox and lose one of the pieces.
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