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I do respect our fallen, always have and always will.
Paul Walker dies in a car crash.
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I still can't quite believe this has happened. When I first saw it yesterday this was my reaction.
R.I.P Paul & Roger
R.I.P Paul & Roger
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Meant that church group mate.
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Yeah I know the feeling all too well.I still can't quite believe this has happened. When I first saw it yesterday this was my reaction.
R.I.P Paul & Roger
Woke up yesterday, straight on to Jalopnik and Boom, there it was.
Edit: thanks for the clarification sems4arsenal. 👍
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That's not really the point....
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I had heard the second car theory as well.
I agree the steering loss theory seems more likely.
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What I meant with that post was that powerful cars can easily lose traction on street tire, it's up to the driver to judge his/her surroundings, and drive safely.
After reading some news, the car lost control more likely from mechanical failure than human error. I only wished the car had fuel cut feature, the explosion and fire after the crash would probably have been averted.
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A fuel cut isn't going to be of any use if the tank is ruptured.
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Because the WBC has nothing better to do...
One person suggested doing burnouts in front of them, I'd get in on that.
One person suggested doing burnouts in front of them, I'd get in on that.
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Carrera GT 24 gallon fuel tank is mounted directly behind passenger seat cell, I don't know what are the chances it will rupture when the chassis broke in half
If the power steering failure is true, the car might also have had electrical failure ?
If it hits hard enough to break the chassis in half then it's more than enough to break the fuel tank.
More like break their 🤬 skulls in half.
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Any car can do that. The whole point is that the Carrera GT has a solid reputation for being a terrorizing car to drive, regardless of how safe you are with it.
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What the heck? I've never seen a better use of the word :censored:holes.
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Even calling them that is being nice.
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Me and my brothers started a FnF marathon today, each evening one movie. We grew up with the first FnF movies, these movies, Gran Turismo and F1 made us to car nuts.
I haven't seen this movie for years and I have to admit, it forgot how good this movie was. Great action scenes (no over the top stuff as in Fast 6), a good story, great characters, very good soundtrack and pacing. There was a really heartbreaking scene though, when Dom (Vin Diesel) told Brian (Paul Walker) the story of how his father lost his life by... (don't know how many of you saw this movie, so ill pit it in spoiler tags)
That one was really hard to watch, especially with the music playing in the background
Overall a very good movie!
edit: Sorry, dont know how to put spoiler tags while using my ipad :S
I haven't seen this movie for years and I have to admit, it forgot how good this movie was. Great action scenes (no over the top stuff as in Fast 6), a good story, great characters, very good soundtrack and pacing. There was a really heartbreaking scene though, when Dom (Vin Diesel) told Brian (Paul Walker) the story of how his father lost his life by... (don't know how many of you saw this movie, so ill pit it in spoiler tags)
... crashing out in a race and then being burnt alive, while Dom could do nothing but watch.
That one was really hard to watch, especially with the music playing in the background
Overall a very good movie!
edit: Sorry, dont know how to put spoiler tags while using my ipad :S
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Change your backwards slash in the last code to a forwards slash. 
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Hit me a bit when I heard the news, especially since I've come to love the FnF series. I really hope they can move on with the movie series, and perhaps rewrite the movie somehow to include Brian dying and the rest of the group has to avenge his death. Of course, if the rest of the cast declines to continue filming, then who knows what the future of the series will hold.
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The problem is not losing traction under power. And even if it were, losing traction in a front-engined car is much different from losing traction in a mid-engined car.
The light rear end of a front-engined car is easy to bring under control. The rear end of a mid-engined or rear-engined car is a gigantic hammer head that will swing out on you and kill you in no time flat.
It's not the Carrera GT's ginormous power that's the problem. It's that the rear end is twitchy as hell. My former editor-in-chief at TTAC once noted that the Carrera GT loves to step out under braking. Hard. Even at speeds as low as 40 mph. The CGT is the kind of car that will bite you just for looking at it the wrong way.
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New developments beyond the power steering fluid development:
Law enforcement estimates the car was travelling 45 miles an hour, and state that the accident happened where the limit transitions down to 15.
If there was a problem with the steering or with the brakes... or if problems with the steering caused the driver to hit the brakes... or even if the driver simply tapped the brakes to slow down, it is very possible the rear end stepped out, leaving the driver no chance to control the car.
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And yes, cars can break in half at speeds as low as 45 mph. Crash-testing occurs at a relatively low 35-40 mph, and side-impact tests weren't a big item when the Carrera GT first came out.
Like I've said... it's levels of expectations. You expect that you might die if you drive a supercar at 150 mph. You don't expect anything to happen at 45.
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brb crying
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Feels man
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This photo is hard to look at.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...gibson-breaks-memorial-site-article-1.1534641
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...gibson-breaks-memorial-site-article-1.1534641
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Man, 45 mph in a supercar that said to have excellent safety design talk about bad luck ....
talk about bad luck ....
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I have a hard time believing a carbon tub broke in half at 45mph, but if it is true, Porsche should be ashamed of themselves.
I read something that investigators had removed the car's ECU. I wonder if that's what is telling them the speed. I also wonder whether the explosion itself is what broke the car in half, the fuel tank is right there in the middle.
I read something that investigators had removed the car's ECU. I wonder if that's what is telling them the speed. I also wonder whether the explosion itself is what broke the car in half, the fuel tank is right there in the middle.
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This photo is hard to look at.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...gibson-breaks-memorial-site-article-1.1534641
We feel you bro, we feel you
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While I don't know if that speed is fast enough to destroy it, it is typically a safety measure put in place for many supercars. The Enzo & Aventador chassis' are designed to split at the rear subframe upon a hard enough impact.
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I thought the car crashed into a tree or something which some how ignited the fuel (which is in the front of the Carrera GT) and then a fire broke out.
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