RIP Paul Walker

wesley · 3 Dec 2013 at 15:43

Adam_101 said:
Haven't seen the video yet and dont think I will/or could.

nothing to see realyl. trees blocking the camera view

Adam_101 · 3 Dec 2013 at 15:47

wesley said:
nothing to see realyl. trees blocking the camera view

Ahhh, kinda glad really!

Neoni · 3 Dec 2013 at 15:47

Rodas, 38, and Walker, 40, co-owned an auto racing team named after Rodas' shop, Always Evolving. Rodas was a financial adviser as well as a professional driver who competed in 10 Pirelli World Challenge GTS races in 2013, his first year on the circuit. He finished second in rookie of the year standings, circuit spokesman Dave Drimmie said.

Something doesn't make sense somewhere if the above is true.. if he was a professional driver, how could such a thing happen or am i being daft? it has to be a mechanical failure somewhere?

Adam_101 · 3 Dec 2013 at 15:53

Neoni said:
Something doesn't make sense somewhere if the above is true.. if he was a professional driver, how could such a thing happen or am i being daft? it has to be a mechanical failure somewhere?

I thought the same thing...but heard the mechanical fault could have been due to that Car having known issues, but surely two guys who loved cars so much would have known that and not risk driving as fast (as speed was mentioned as a factor) as they did in that area?

Elrein · 3 Dec 2013 at 15:53

Neoni said:
Something doesn't make sense somewhere if the above is true.. if he was a professional driver, how could such a thing happen or am i being daft? it has to be a mechanical failure somewhere?

Maybe they'd been drinking or coked up, thing is the truth will never see the light of day with the car being bent up and smashed into a thousand pieces and driver and passenger being the well done side of crispy.

Neoni · 3 Dec 2013 at 15:56

Adam_101 said:
I thought the same thing...but heard the mechanical fault could have been due to that Car having known issues, but surely two guys who loved cars so much would have known that and not risk driving as fast (as speed was mentioned as a factor) as the did in that area?

I understand crashes can happen to the most experienced drivers.. but something somewhere definately isnt right

Adam_101 · 3 Dec 2013 at 16:01

Neoni said:
I understand crashes can happen to the most experienced drivers.. but something somewhere definately isnt right

You're right there!

leaskovski · 3 Dec 2013 at 16:03

anticonscience said:
And if it was a mechanical failure on a track you could still end up dead.

I take it you stick to the speed limit on every road you drive on?

Yep, I try my best to, even more so on residential roads. :cool:

dacads · 3 Dec 2013 at 16:06

I'm no accident expert but doesn't like damage was done from the front? Maybe because the engine is at the back or something

Also what's all this about they were in a race, I'm guessing that's just ********, daily mail or whoever making up a story

iamtheoneneo · 3 Dec 2013 at 16:13

Neoni said:
I understand crashes can happen to the most experienced drivers.. but something somewhere definately isnt right

The cars **** thats why.
Pretty much every experienced person that has ever driven has said as much - terrible to drive, unruly, lacking control, mind of its own etc all spring to mind.

I can see a world of hurt coming Porsches way eventually over this.

Silent_Scone · 3 Dec 2013 at 16:15

Just seen the CCTV footage released. Doesn't really explain a lot. Just a quick flash and an explosion, followed by a second larger explosion. I don't think anyone could argue the car was travelling at an alarming speed, but there are no other cars present so lays rest to the rumours that they were involved in a street race. I'd also say that considering the layout and the fact it was a common spot for speeding, that the car probably did suffer from a mechanical failure for him to lose control so spectacularly.

NightSt@lk3r · 3 Dec 2013 at 16:21

Neoni said:
Something doesn't make sense somewhere if the above is true.. if he was a professional driver, how could such a thing happen or am i being daft? it has to be a mechanical failure somewhere?

Unfortunately it appears the media can't tell the difference between a Professional racing driver and an Amateur racing driver, Rodas was an amateur in the purist form.

Im not dising the guy here, but he only raced part time for fun as a hobby paying for his seat out of his own pocket, it wasn't his profession.

Silent_Scone · 3 Dec 2013 at 16:24

NightSt@lk3r said:
Unfortunately it appears the media can't tell the difference between a Professional racing driver and an Amateur racing driver, Rodas was an amateur in the purist form.

Im not dising the guy here, but he only raced part time for fun as a hobby paying for his seat out of his own pocket, it wasn't his profession.

They seem to think now that it was a power steering failure. He might not have been up there on the talent scale, but it's a clear stretch of empty road, yet he managed to veer off into a tree. No skid marks leading up to the accident. Fluid was found a few yards up the road. Doesn't excuse the speeding, but still.

dacads · 3 Dec 2013 at 17:21

Somebody had to throw this in

It's one of those where who knows what really happened, I'm open to conspiracy theories but you can't just scream illuminati at everything. It's definitely strange though the amount of celebs that die from car crashes, drugs etc there's no doubt there's a dark side often involved

Robbo · 3 Dec 2013 at 17:23

dacads said:
Somebody had to throw this in

It's one of those where who knows what really happened, I'm open to conspiracy theories but you can't just scream illuminati at everything. It's definitely strange though the amount of celebs that die from car crashes, drugs etc there's no doubt there's a dark side often involved

Oh please. :/

Janesy B · 3 Dec 2013 at 17:28

Loads of people die because of car crashes and drugs.

Neoni · 3 Dec 2013 at 17:32

dacads said:
Somebody had to throw this in

It's one of those where who knows what really happened, I'm open to conspiracy theories but you can't just scream illuminati at everything. It's definitely strange though the amount of celebs that die from car crashes, drugs etc there's no doubt there's a dark side often involved

What a crock of ****.

Neoni · 3 Dec 2013 at 17:38

jionu · 3 Dec 2013 at 17:40

dacads said:
Somebody had to throw this in

It's one of those where who knows what really happened, I'm open to conspiracy theories but you can't just scream illuminati at everything. It's definitely strange though the amount of celebs that die from car crashes, drugs etc there's no doubt there's a dark side often involved

Brb collecting my tinfoil hat from the dry cleaners

Rybo89 · 3 Dec 2013 at 17:41

dacads said:
Somebody had to throw this in

It's one of those where who knows what really happened, I'm open to conspiracy theories but you can't just scream illuminati at everything. It's definitely strange though the amount of celebs that die from car crashes, drugs etc there's no doubt there's a dark side often involved