Porsche 911 prototype crash with fatality
02-14-2009, 11:48 AM
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02-14-2009, 06:30 PM
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but the car is right hand drive, the drivers seat didnt reach the rail....The rails looks to have been dislodged form its original possition though as it is not symetrical... one side is very differant from the other indicating that perhaps the rail is on its side and what we see as right and left were once top and bottom...
Still very sad, I guess the only good thing to say is perhaps is was quick, and he went doing something he loved to do.
Still very sad, I guess the only good thing to say is perhaps is was quick, and he went doing something he loved to do.
The rail is as it should be, except lifted and bent. That rail design is pretty common from what I can recall seeing when I was in Germany anyways. I think the 911 was just low enough and going fast enough to go under the rail and lift it up, the car acting like a wedge.
Very sad news though, my condolences to his family and friends.
02-15-2009, 09:41 AM
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At least Porsche is making marked improvements in safety, though. I mean, at least this one crashed nose-first instead of tail-first!
BTW, am I the only one who thinks high-speed tests with a camouflaged car is an inherently very bad idea?
BTW, am I the only one who thinks high-speed tests with a camouflaged car is an inherently very bad idea?
02-15-2009, 02:03 PM
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Destroying the carefully crafted aerodynamic properties with duct tape, plastic and foil is simply an all-around recipe for disaster regardless of where the testing is done.
Public safety-wise, I don't see much difference between a professional driver testing a new car and the average German letting loose with his production car.
Public safety-wise, I don't see much difference between a professional driver testing a new car and the average German letting loose with his production car.
02-15-2009, 07:19 PM
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Destroying the carefully crafted aerodynamic properties with duct tape, plastic and foil is simply an all-around recipe for disaster regardless of where the testing is done.
Public safety-wise, I don't see much difference between a professional driver testing a new car and the average German letting loose with his production car.
Public safety-wise, I don't see much difference between a professional driver testing a new car and the average German letting loose with his production car.
Most German autobahns have speed limits similar to US speed limits anyways.
I agree to a point with the ghetto camo though.
