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Paul Walker - R.I.P.

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Old 12-01-2013, 02:40 AM
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if he went out racing.. thats' how many of us think of him... sorta like the way he'd wanta go out... don't take me wrong.... dude was awesome.. fun... appreciated.... respects...
Old 12-01-2013, 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by MBHs2k
I just left the scene. They were pulling the bodies out but blocked our view with two fire trucks. All the news stations were there. You could see lots of tire marks. Debris was all over the street

Did you see an S?



This is soo sad for all involved especially when trying to do good for others! May Paul RIP!
Old 12-01-2013, 04:55 AM
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Carrera GT is not a car to fool around with on the street. Looks like he was going pretty fast seeing how crunched the car is. Very sad day and my condolences to his family & friends.

Was he street racing an S2000? Can't imagine there would be much of a race.... Maybe they punched it to lose the S and things unfolded for the tragic?
Old 12-01-2013, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by mosesbotbol
Carrera GT is not a car to fool around with on the street. Looks like he was going pretty fast seeing how crunched the car is. Very sad day and my condolences to his family & friends.

Was he street racing an S2000? Can't imagine there would be much of a race.... Maybe they punched it to lose the S and things unfolded for the tragic?
if this is true, this would mean the s2000 has propagated the death of these two iconoclasts, I could see bad things come from this...
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More info here

http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/g...cgt-crash.html
Old 12-01-2013, 07:05 AM
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So it seems the two people were driving far too fast for the streets. Based on the appearance of the impact they were going very fast.

Am I the only one who feels if you're going to drive like this on the street you get what's coming? These guys are wealthy enough to hit the track whenever they want. It's not sad to me that he or his driver are dead. It's lucky they didn't kill someone else in the process. He left a 15 year old daughter behind who now won't have a father. Imagine how tough her life is going to be as she goes from being a little girl to a woman without a father figure to guide her.

Seems to me bad choices will have a ripple effect on their families.

Too fast, too furious, kaboom.
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the driver was a ex race car driver.? no clue what a Carrera GT is like by i know my ACR Viper can definately be very unpredictible quicky... i would have assumed a CGT would have stability control, etc... maybe not..?
Old 12-01-2013, 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Scot
the driver was a ex race car driver.? no clue what a Carrera GT is like by i know my ACR Viper can definately be very unpredictible quicky... i would have assumed a CGT would have stability control, etc... maybe not..?
Nope. Mechanical failure?
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Very sad indeed. I just pray they went quickly.
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In this video here http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_9nu86t9n/ , there is no sign of the yellow S2000 and it looks to me that the car shooting the video would have had to pass the S2000 as they came up on the scene.

Warning!
Very graphic video!


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