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Old 10-15-2009 | 12:38 PM
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OK guys, get a load of this video! A couple of observations:
- this kid is toast once his father knows he is uninjured.
- he would not have lost it if he attended our Performance Driving School down here in Houston or any of the Street Survival schools that are organized nationally.
- Porsches are built well.
- The reporter calls this a 911...

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7059376

If anyone knows this young driver, I offer him free clinic!

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Old 10-15-2009 | 12:47 PM
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I'll give God the credit for that one .WOW
Old 10-15-2009 | 02:20 PM
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Dibs on the wheels!

Old 10-15-2009 | 04:57 PM
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Those Boxsters really ARE well balanced!! 70 foot drop and she landed on her wheels! Streak, those wheels would be perfect to go along with your other bent ones...
Old 10-15-2009 | 05:05 PM
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Funny, the reporter said it was a 911 convertible. May be insurance fraud...........
Old 10-15-2009 | 07:17 PM
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Holy crap! I'm guessing that that was a code brown moment. Amazing that it landed like that, and amazing that they walked away. I would imagine that dad will be locking the keys up to the next one.
Old 10-15-2009 | 07:27 PM
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I can't go one @#$%ing race without getting a chip or crack in the windshield....they drop a car 70 feet and the windshield didn't even crack.
Old 10-15-2009 | 08:52 PM
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That's hillarious!!!!

Originally Posted by Gary R.
Those Boxsters really ARE well balanced!! 70 foot drop and she landed on her wheels! Streak, those wheels would be perfect to go along with your other bent ones...
Old 10-15-2009 | 09:31 PM
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The bags didn't even blow
Old 10-15-2009 | 10:29 PM
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Amazing, no spinal injuries.
Old 10-15-2009 | 10:39 PM
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Amazing, no spinal injuries.
Kids are made of rubber. No other explanation.

If anything, it's that the car is totally destroyed (absorbing the energy of the various impacts on the way down) that saved the kids from being turned into soup. I guess they were wearing their seat belts, but that seems a little at odds to the behavior of teens, so I perhaps they knew they were risking more than a harsh word from dad even if they made it back home alive without totaling the (cough) "911 Convertible" ...
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Joost, that's the best avatar ever!
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Joost, that's the best avatar ever!
Brilliant design too. Guess who came up with it?!

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The boys were uninjured in the accident but after getting home the driver had to be admitted to the hospital to extricate his fathers boot from his a$$...
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Originally Posted by flyingpenguin
OK guys, get a load of this video! A couple of observations:
- this kid is toast once his father knows he is uninjured.
- he would not have lost it if he attended our Performance Driving School down here in Houston or any of the Street Survival schools that are organized nationally.
- Porsches are built well.
- The reporter calls this a 911...

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7059376

If anyone knows this young driver, I offer him free clinic!

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My offer still stands.

If somebody knows this guy through PCA somewhere in California, I'd like to offer him a free clinic at one of our upcoming Performance Driving School events at Lonestar Region PCA in Houston.

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