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Drover posts valid points in this forum. "it", on the other hand, is like a broken record. "It" never adjusts their argument, never acknowledges that anyone else might have a valid point & always says the same thing, over & over & over again.
Which one should stop posting in the forum? The one who adds opinions or the one who wastes bandwidth by posting the same exact thing ad nauseam?
I know who you got "It" from. Maybe you didn't but I thought it was a funny coincidence.
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Originally Posted by alpha_1976
You mean people should never talk about their speeding because they died?
I feel bad as this guy seemed to be a good person. But fact remains driver of that car was out of his mind. Otherwise you explain how someone who is doing 45MPH or even 55MPH can end up like that?
It's not people shouldn't talk about speeding but people shouldn't mouth off before the results come back and even then it isn't always 100% because there will never be an account of how it happened. The people in the car won't say anything either.
In a Porsche Carrera GT (or similar hypercars), it is entirely possible to do 45 to 55 and end up like that. You touch that thing at more than 30 mph and it is totaled. I learned the hard way with my old NSX. That's the joy of aluminum and/or carbon fiber monocoque. Fantastic for handling but the integrity is so compromised after collisions that it is mind-blowing. You make a collision at that speed around a pole or tree and something can easily ignite.
Last edited by Yellow Jacket; 12-01-2013 at 04:33 PM..
The driver was Roger Rodas, owner and CEO of Always Evolving motorsports. He was a very experienced driver. More information about him can be found on their website http://alwaysevolving.com/
He had a lot of track experience and is probably a better driver than 99% of drivers out there. Something went very wrong here, but do not make the mistake of thinking this was some punk kid tearing around in a car he knew nothing about and couldn't handle. He was also very involved in charities, such as Dream Rides 4 Kids, and Reach out Worldwide.
If you're going to talk badly about the dead, you should probably consider that he did more for humanity and charitable causes than you ever will.
McKinney, thank you! I know Paul Walker was a good actor and well liked and I am sorry he was killed. But, in 4 pages of posts on this thread, McKinneyOwnr was the first one to even mention the driver of the car. I'm on facebook a lot and most of last night and this morning, there was nothing but Paul Walker! Paul Walker! Paul Walker? Anybody thing that Mr. Rodas might have a family? If Paul was in the passenger seat, then SOMEbody had to be driving!
Don't start the insults against me about what I just said about Paul. I saw the first Fast and Furious and know he was a good actor and I read on here he had children. I AM sorry for the families loss. It's just that, even though Roger Rodas wasn't a well known person, he still has family that are hurting right now for their loss.
In a Porsche Carrera GT (or similar hypercars), it is entirely possible to do 45 to 55 and end up like that. You touch that thing at more than 30 mph and it is totaled. I learned the hard way with my old NSX. That's the joy of aluminum and/or carbon fiber monocoque. Fantastic for handling but the integrity is so compromised after collisions that it is mind-blowing. You make a collision at that speed around a pole or tree and something can easily ignite.
I was so shocked to see this headline this morning, and so sorry for his 15 year old daughter.
RIP, Paul. I had the biggest crush on him back in the early 2000s. He seemed like a genuinely nice guy.
Yeah that really sucks. It'd be a bit less tragic if I got killed in a car wreck. All my kids are grown & married. They want me around, of course, but don't really need me. Having a teenager at home is a different matter entirely.
It's not people shouldn't talk about speeding but people shouldn't mouth off before the results come back and even then it isn't always 100% because there will never be an account of how it happened. The people in the car won't say anything either.
In a Porsche Carrera GT (or similar hypercars), it is entirely possible to do 45 to 55 and end up like that. You touch that thing at more than 30 mph and it is totaled. I learned the hard way with my old NSX. That's the joy of aluminum and/or carbon fiber monocoque. Fantastic for handling but the integrity is so compromised after collisions that it is mind-blowing. You make a collision at that speed around a pole or tree and something can easily ignite.
This. It doesn't take much for these cars to fold. My uncle had a yellow '91 targa top and a wheel chunk from an 18-wheeler flew at him and smashed the entire bumper off, drove over and even caused frame damage (rt 22 NJ). My aunt was mad at him because she thought he was driving crazy (and the man was one of the slowest drivers of anybody in my life, to this day I do not know why he owned that car).
RIP to Mr. Walker. I never thought he was the greatest actor but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy some of his movies; and from some of the interviews he seemed down to earth.
I am not much into celebrities, but he seemed like a fresh-faced nice dude.
Stupid way to die that makes me angry. Driver could have taken another family out with him, too...
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Maybe you didn't but I thought it was a funny coincidence.
