Paul Walker dead following car accident

[Gman]

It was only a matter of time. Now they seem to be blaming the car over on MSN; Walker's Porsche Carrera GT: Is it safe? What's next? Ban the Carrera GT!

At least this new article was fair; Porsche Carrera GT: A Le Mans race car for the street

[TheWeeze]

The story as I heard it was that the Porsche was in their shop for repair, and the tech's couldn't exactly figure it out and get it started and diagnose the problem. So the driver took the keys, and Walker (having a partial stake in the company) wanted to tag along. The car wasn't 100% perfect, and so the story that there were fluids on the street prior to the skid marks doesn't sound too far fetched. Maybe they were being reckless, maybe they weren't, I'm not sure. But the car wasn't in perfect working order prior to driving it.

[hatidua]

The car wasn't 100% perfect, and so the story that there were fluids on the street prior to the skid marks doesn't sound too far fetched. Maybe they were being reckless, maybe they weren't, I'm not sure. But the car wasn't in perfect working order prior to driving it.

No amount of fluid on the street, mechanical woes, or other issues will cause a car, any car, to end up like that Porsche ended up....if driving at normal speeds. At the posted 45mph limit that street had, you could drive that car into a concrete wall and live through it.

[hurley842002]

No amount of fluid on the street, mechanical woes, or other issues will cause a car, any car, from ending up like that Porsche ended up....if driving at normal speeds. At the posted 45mph limit that street had, you could drive that car into a concrete wall and live through it.

Can't argue with that....

[Ronin13]

No amount of fluid on the street, mechanical woes, or other issues will cause a car, any car, to end up like that Porsche ended up....if driving at normal speeds. At the posted 45mph limit that street had, you could drive that car into a concrete wall and live through it.

I just saw the scene on a report on TV, the speed limit was 35, not 45... Even at 35 you can still screw up enough in a high performance car and be killed. It happened on Sheridan a few years ago, 37 MPH, driver killed (I know the Lakewood traffic investigator who investigated the accident).

Sent from my evil, black smartphone.

[hatidua]

I just saw the scene on a report on TV, the speed limit was 35, not 45... Even at 35 you can still screw up enough in a high performance car and be killed. It happened on Sheridan a few years ago, 37 MPH, driver killed (I know the Lakewood traffic investigator who investigated the accident).

You can also be killed by falling in your bathtub....but you cannot, no matter how hard you try, do this to a car at 45mph:



If if boiled down to those two fatally wrapping some carbon fiber around a telephone pole, or hurting a single bystander, I'm glad it went the way it did.

[blacklabel]

You can also be killed by falling in your bathtub....but you cannot, no matter how hard you try, do this to a car at 45mph:

But a drone could do that at 45mph.

[Rabid]

You can also be killed by falling in your bathtub....but you cannot, no matter how hard you try, do this to a car at 45mph:
If if boiled down to those two fatally wrapping some carbon fiber around a telephone pole, or hurting a single bystander, I'm glad it went the way it did.

This guy was doing less then 50mph according to the police report. Crazy things can happen.

[Ridge]

The story as I heard it was that the Porsche was in their shop for repair, and the tech's couldn't exactly figure it out and get it started and diagnose the problem. So the driver took the keys, and Walker (having a partial stake in the company) wanted to tag along. The car wasn't 100% perfect, and so the story that there were fluids on the street prior to the skid marks doesn't sound too far fetched. Maybe they were being reckless, maybe they weren't, I'm not sure. But the car wasn't in perfect working order prior to driving it.

That seems unlikely, since they were leaving a car show and had given multiple people rides in the car prior to the crash.

[TheWeeze]

That seems unlikely, since they were leaving a car show and had given multiple people rides in the car prior to the crash.

You're right. They were coming from a show put on by their shop. But the car was acting up which is why they were in it. Rodas saw one of his guys having trouble with it and Walker hopped in and they took it out. I was wrong about it being in the shop for repair, misunderstood it when the wife told me. All of this is based off TMZ reports, so take that for what it's worth.