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RIP Paul Walker
http://www.tmz.com/2013/11/30/paul-w...al-fire-crash/
Paul Walker -- best known for his role in "The Fast and the Furious" movies -- died Saturday afternoon after a single-car accident and explosion in Southern California ... TMZ has learned. The accident happened in Santa Clarita -- north of Los Angeles -- and according to multiple sources connected to Paul ... the actor was in a Porsche when the driver somehow lost control and slammed into a post or a tree ... and then the car burst into flames. Several of our sources -- some who are still at the scene of the accident -- tell us Paul and another person in the car were killed. Law enforcement is still on the scene, and we're told the L.A. County Coroner's Office is on the way. 1130_paul_walker_accident_scene_twitterAt this point, it's unclear what caused the accident, or who was behind the wheel when it happened. Paul was 40 years old. Sources close to Paul tell us he was in Santa Clarita for a car show to support the Philippines typhoon relief effort, and had been taking friends out for rides in his new Porsche GT. The accident happened during one of those test spins. Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/11/30/paul-w...#ixzz2mBbZkyJy |
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12-02-2013, 05:27 PM | #211 |
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Agreed- its called driver error.
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12-02-2013, 05:33 PM | #212 | |
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12-02-2013, 05:49 PM | #213 |
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NBC showing a story now on Paul Walker, hearing his dad talk about him was heart wrenching
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12-02-2013, 05:51 PM | #214 |
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Police have ruled out a 2nd car and are focusing on speed, donut spins and possibly a blown tire
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12-02-2013, 05:52 PM | #215 | |
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I'm probably wrong, but i'd think a $500K Porsche super car is a bit more complex than your everyday chevy. |
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12-02-2013, 06:05 PM | #216 |
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he was probably rolling with Firestones.
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12-02-2013, 06:36 PM | #217 | |
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The primary reason(especially for sports/supercars) is feel. With direct linkage you feel the car and feel the road, if your steering doesn't have a direct linkage to the wheels you lose feeling and have numb steering which is quite bad for performance driving. Hell the Porsche community was up in arms when the 997 came out because it was coming with electronic steering assist versus hydraulic. People used to hate on electric power steering assist because it gave that 'numb' feeling. For any supercar that's meant to be raced/tracked it would be unheard of to remove the driver feedback by unlinking the steering, much less a Porsche. Steering links could have broken which would have disabled it, but no way a loss of fluid alone caused a loss of steering control. The mechanical connection would have still been there.
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And they were bad ass. Should be a carbon fiber monocoque. Edit: just looked it up. Pure carbon fiber monocoque and subframe. They were hauling balls to cause that much damage. Also, not buying power steering leak as the cause. Driver error is my bet. Last edited by KC native; 12-02-2013 at 07:07 PM.. |
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12-02-2013, 07:11 PM | #220 | |
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I'm not trying to argue with you, just stating that we don't know enough to dismiss what the report is saying. I know my Trans Am is a pain in the ass to steer when i lose power steering, i could only imagine how difficult it would be to steer it around a corner at 120+ MPH. |
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If there was a stream of fluid before the impact and no tire marks....that COULD mean mechanical error. |
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I think the bigger question is if the fluid caught fire and caused something to explode |
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12-02-2013, 07:16 PM | #223 |
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and actually there are quite a few cars that have a pressure switch that cuts down the line pressure at highway speeds.
they get too easy to turn if they don't do it and make the car feel like you have to herd it down the road |
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(sorry couldn't resist. ) Frankly if there's any fluid loss that could have caused said event I would put my money more on a brake fluid loss. If the driver lost it and realized it was going badly and put both feet in but the brakes were gone the resultant confusion might have lasted long enough for him not to turn depending upon how fast he went.
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The hood isn't wrecked to shit. They had side impacts to do that damage. It looks like they may have hit shit with both sides of the car.
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