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Old 05-02-07, 07:58 PM
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Unhappy Porsche 997 GT3 Accident . . .


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Old 05-02-07, 08:12 PM
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Old 05-02-07, 09:05 PM
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Old 05-02-07, 09:20 PM
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Ouch.

I'm not understanding the discoloration...?
I would think that having the fuel tank rupture, more of the car would have flame damage...as it looks, the gas combusted at impact and minimal was left to burn the rest of the car...?
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Snow!

I hope everyone was safe.
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Old 05-02-07, 09:36 PM
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wow...i'm actully speechless.
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Snow!

I hope everyone was safe.
Given the smiley I assume you know that's not snow but foam to put the fire out!

As for everyone being safe I don't see how the driver of that Porsche could have survived.

Edit: upon reading the post at the link, sadly I was right.
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And it seems from the report that the Porsche was going 200kph around midnight and just didn't stop at all and ploughed into the back of that tanker. I wonder if the tail lights of the tanker weren't working or is was going really slow and the Porsche driver just totally underestimated how quick he was coming up on the tanker.

That thread reminds me of the bad accident thread we've just debated here.
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Old 05-02-07, 11:21 PM
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are you sure its a gt3? The markings arent very discernable...
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Originally Posted by leedogg
are you sure its a gt3? The markings arent very discernable...
I don't know if you're joking but there's a HUGE "GT3" painted in blue on the side of the car!
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Old 05-02-07, 11:29 PM
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are you sure its a gt3? The markings arent very discernable...
well the door says gt3...=P

srsly, the rear bumper and the center exhaust should give it away. another gt3 totalled and its driver past away =(. It seems like there are more fatalities with the gt3 compared to the turbo.
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I have seen these types of accidents down here, but not with that foam or a nice car such as this Porsche.
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Originally Posted by thetopdog
I don't know if you're joking but there's a HUGE "GT3" painted in blue on the side of the car!
WHAT? when I first saw it, I could have sworn it said CT3. I think you guys are mistaken. This is obviously one of the rarely seen cheap knockoff models made in Korea. Clearly no real porsche owner would deface their car door with something so hideous and blatant. I bet it had "Poshu" painted all over the hood.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
Given the smiley I assume you know that's not snow but foam to put the fire out!

As for everyone being safe I don't see how the driver of that Porsche could have survived.

Edit: upon reading the post at the link, sadly I was right.
Yeah. If the sudden impact didn't kill him, the broken bones and disorientation during the fire would have.
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WOW, what an impact.
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