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Old 10-05-2015, 12:48 PM
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Default Porsche 918 crashes on Malta

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...malta-car-show
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hopefully the spectators will be ok.
Old 10-05-2015, 02:43 PM
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crazy. at first it looks like a race track but it is an airport used for a car show. a six year old is in critical condition. very sad.
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I still remember seeing videos of him picking his cars up.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...hypercars.html
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I usually hate when nice cars get wrecked, but in this case I feel horrible for the little girl. I hope she makes a full recovery!!
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Bad things happen when people don't know their limitations.
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Originally Posted by Greg981
Bad things happen when people don't know their limitations.
How did you know?!? We have never been out drinking together. Who told you?

Old 10-06-2015, 06:17 PM
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Hopefully all recover healthy. Many lesson's will be learned from that unfortunate day.
Old 10-06-2015, 11:54 PM
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Scary stuff. Hope everyone recovers quickly, especially the little girl.

In keeping track of how many 918s are left that have not been crashed.
-1. Gas station fire
-1. Walter Rohl track crash
-1. Russian tool in French Riviera
-1. UK Millionaire in Malta

914 left?
Old 10-07-2015, 12:30 AM
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One more Stan totaled in China in late Dec 2014. Speeding down a narrow residential st, jumped the curb and hit a tree dead on. No injuries but bye bye car.

I am sure there must be a few more.

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Old 10-07-2015, 12:53 AM
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Good info, Mark, I did not know about it.

Updated:
-1. Gas station fire
-1. Walter Rohl track crash
-1. Russian tool in French Riviera
-1. UK Millionaire in Malta
-1. Chinaman street racer

913 left
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Ok Stan since I cant sleep, I am going to add one more to your list but I will leave the creative description up to you......

What is the chance this poor 918 has survived in the hands of these 2 beauties???

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not surprising given the power and ability of these things(and many other cars). way beyond the skill level of most of those owners.
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Definitely a sad tale. So, the car's been out two years, production was very limited the first nine months, and, already we are down five. Give it a couple of more years, and it will be an eight series car. It drives like it's on rails, but, even trains and roller coasters derail occasionally.
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Originally Posted by PPo
How did you know?!? We have never been out drinking together. Who told you?

Word gets around!


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