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Fluid leak has been ruled out. Seems speed is the driving force.Comment
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i think i am a non automotive guy.
whats more confusing to me is that idk if this thread is about driving a car or giving a shit about walkers death. personally i am more concerned about how many people seem to care that this guy is dead.Comment
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LOL half breed? That's a first.
Looks like I struck a nerve. Great response, though. Telling me to climb out of a hole after I just told you to start climbing out of one. BRILLIANT DUDE.
There's probably 3 or 4 people on this forum that know cars like I do, and can back it up with what they drive and have done. I know two of them are MVPete and Atlas. As for the overwhelming majority here, it should be on the list of topics no one should be giving advice on here, which IMO also includes the topics of finance, children, and marriage. You, W2B, and the other contingent of driving homophobes probably can't even change the oil on your car, or could even point out the drain plug. As a person whose family has been in the business for years, I have no desire to listen to your pontifications. Think of it like you and Rosetta not wanting to hear most of what people say about fitness/lifting. In fairness to Rosetta though, his knowledge far exceeds yours.Oh shit look at that "mr. my family has been in the business for decades." Authorities say speed was a factor. But what do they know, they probably can't even locate a drain plug.CNN) -- It has three times the horsepower of the average car. It's notoriously difficult to handle, even for professional drivers. And now, it's known as the car actor Paul Walker was riding in when he died.
Both Walker and his driving team partner, who was behind the wheel, died after the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT they were in slammed into a pole and burst into flames. Los Angeles County authorities say speed was a factor in the crash and are investigating how fast the exotic car was going.
So why is the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT so different from other street cars? Here are five reasons:
1) It flies on the road
The sports car has a top speed of 208 mph, a very high-revving V10 engine and more than 600 horsepower, said Eddie Alterman, editor-in-chief of Car and Driver magazine.
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"This was not a car for novices," Alterman said. "Actually, the Carrera GT program began as a racing program."
Todd Trimble, an exotic car mechanic in Las Vegas, said the Carrera GT is a "very hard car to drive."
"It's (a) pure racer's car. You really need to know what you're doing when you drive them. And a lot of people are learning the hard way."
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2) It's incredibly expensive
Brand new, the car costs $450,000.
An oil change alone costs $900, Trimble said.
3) The engine is in the middle
Having the engine in the middle of the car means it's more agile and turns more quickly than a car with the engine in the front or in the rear.
The Carrera GT is able to change direction "very quickly, very much like a race car," Alterman said.
"It was beyond a super car. It is what we call a hyper car."
4) It has no stability control
The Carrera GT is also unusual because it has no electronic stability control. That means it's unforgiving with mistakes.
"Stability control is really good at correcting slides, keeping the car from getting out of shape," race car driver Randy Pobst said.
"Paul was by far the best driver -- a natural car guy," he said.
Alterman said learning to drive a car like a Carrera GT can be extremely tricky.
"Every car is sort of different. And this one, especially since it had such a hair-trigger throttle, because it changed directions so quickly, there is a lot to learn."
5) There are only 1,300 of them
Porsche made only about 1,300 Carreras GTs -- and they're disappearing fast.
"They're getting rarer and rarer," Trimble said. "Most of the time, when they do get wrecked, there's not much left of them."
Speeding in a car like this in residential areas is a disaster waiting to happen.
Surprising that I haven't seen you mention how this car has no electronic stability control. Guess your grease monkey of a father never taught you anything about this car.Last edited by Tailback U; 12-04-2013, 04:07 AM.Comment
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I am a car enthusiast (not sure why this even matters?) but disagree with what F16 is saying, and I imagine the other posters that he pointed out would agree with me because his stance makes no sense. Speeding through a residential area is the worst place you can do it, I don't understand what is so hard to comprehend about this.Comment
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Sounds like that vehicle doesn't even belong on a public road, based on the description of how unstable it sounds and difficult it is to drive.Comment
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f16 taught us that the laws of physics do not apply if you operate a vehicle recklessly, you are a professional driver, you can locate the oil plug, you change your own oil, you own a '13 Shelby, you come from a family whose been the business for years. . . .Comment
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Wow, with each post f16 sounds more and more like the 17 year old kid from high school who would sit on top of his Yellow Jetta with a grease rag every day after last period.Comment
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Report is that police think the car was going 90mph in a 45mph zone. No issues with that.. right fharm?Comment
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