928 crashes in Germany...
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How wet?
IMO, it couldn't have been all that wet… In the last photo there are solid skid marks left on the pavement. When it is raining hard, ins't there a total loss of traction and tires slide with a layer of H2O between them and the pavement? Perhaps there is an accident investigator on the board that can give expert commentary on this?
The Armco and the chassis did a great job of dissipating what was obviously a high energy crash.
I have put well over 150,000 miles of driving in my various 928's, and thank goodness never been involved in anything like this (knocking on wood).
The Armco and the chassis did a great job of dissipating what was obviously a high energy crash.
I have put well over 150,000 miles of driving in my various 928's, and thank goodness never been involved in anything like this (knocking on wood).
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The individual driving this 928 did not survive the accident:
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The individual driving this 928 did not survive the accident:
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#34
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It is just common sense. I had to look up the meaning of "expound" as my English is quite rudimentary. Would anyone think that the car would look like this if it were traveling 20 or 30 mph before the accident if all other variables were the same?
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Well, still think just high speed in a straight line should not cause the crash. Something must have brought the car from the straight line. Be it another car's behaviour casing the driver to divert, or perhaps a technical mishap like a blown tyre or uneven braking left/right
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Well, still think just high speed in a straight line should not cause the crash. Something must have brought the car from the straight line. Be it another car's behaviour casing the driver to divert, or perhaps a technical mishap like a blown tyre or uneven braking left/right
#39
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Yes, it's true that at 20-30 mph there would be no damage, but go 30 on the AutoBahn and you get arrested or turned onto a hood ornament. Life at 30 Mph is SO BORING!!! When I was stationed near San Diego, I liked to run Laguina Seca in my '58 NASH METRO. It was really great to wind it up to 57MpH after turn 11...LOL Driving a slow car 'Fast and Hard' can be VERY exciting. 'Speed" is relative. Drive a 928 on the same track and at the same speed as I did, and you fall asleep. (METROs used the same Austin A-50 engine block as Sprites & Midgets. So all the speed goodies for Sprites & Midgets bolted right on.) I found German Police video of an 928 blowing the left front tier at 260KpH! The car went into the grass and came apart as it rolled about 6 times. After the finally flopped on it's belly, a literal steaming hulk, the door opens, the driver gets out and starts kicking the side of the car!!! (I tried to down load it but my browser didn't want to do it.) 3 Cheers for Dr. Porsche's design and Krupp Steel!!
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Yes, it's true that at 20-30 mph there would be no damage, but go 30 on the AutoBahn and you get arrested or turned onto a hood ornament. Life at 30 Mph is SO BORING!!! When I was stationed near San Diego, I liked to run Laguina Seca in my '58 NASH METRO. It was really great to wind it up to 57MpH after turn 11...LOL Driving a slow car 'Fast and Hard' can be VERY exciting. 'Speed" is relative. Drive a 928 on the same track and at the same speed as I did, and you fall asleep. (METROs used the same Austin A-50 engine block as Sprites & Midgets. So all the speed goodies for Sprites & Midgets bolted right on.) I found German Police video of an 928 blowing the left front tier at 260KpH! The car went into the grass and came apart as it rolled about 6 times. After the finally flopped on it's belly, a literal steaming hulk, the door opens, the driver gets out and starts kicking the side of the car!!! (I tried to down load it but my browser didn't want to do it.) 3 Cheers for Dr. Porsche's design and Krupp Steel!!
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Seems to me some people are confusing 'speed caused the accident' with 'speed caused the level of damage once there was an accident'. Kinetic energy is proportional to speed ^2, so it rises exponentially.
Inappropriate speed in the conditions MAY have caused the accident, but there are a few unknowns here.
jp 83 Euro S AT 56k
Inappropriate speed in the conditions MAY have caused the accident, but there are a few unknowns here.
jp 83 Euro S AT 56k
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The individual driving this 928 did not survive the accident:
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The individual driving this 928 did not survive the accident:
http://members.rennlist.com/pageauto...ed895speed.htm