RIP Paul Walker - killed in a CGT's passenger seat

[Topless]

Originally Posted by Timco

Just read on another site 45mph estimated crash speed.....in a 15mph corner. Correction. 45mph corner...

Saw just now on news as well.

Paul Walker's car wasn't racing, source says; speed in curve may have been a factor - NBC News.com

Some newscaster is making stuff up about their speed. I'll wait for the final analysis but to cut the car in half on impact and hurl the starter motor 200 ft onto the roof of a building down range? They were moving fast. Very very fast. A CGT goes from 60-100mph in 3 seconds.

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by Topless

Some newscaster is making stuff up about their speed. I'll wait for the final analysis but to cut the car in half on impact and hurl the starter motor 200 ft onto the roof of a building down range? They were moving fast. Very very fast. A CGT goes from 60-100mph in 3 seconds.

Agreed.

1. The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters. (Only add this because my original message....well, you know ) Not to change the subject, but WHY does anyone CARE if a message is too short???????? What's wrong with a one word reply?

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Topless

I'll wait for the final analysis...

Which I hope includes examination of those notorious center locking wheels that have been known to come clean off the car. If the rears were hurled from the car before impact then they were presumably not consumed by the fire.

[woodsman]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Which I hope includes examination of those notorious center locking wheels that have been known to come clean off the car. If the rears were hurled from the car before impact then they were presumably not consumed by the fire.

The tires are still on the car- all 4

Thanks for all these pics Timco- I now see that the rear section is bolted onto the passenger section. The bolts must have sheared off due to high lateral loads.

Frodo- the car stopped on the straight but the skid probably started mid way through the curve- a long lurid drift that wasn't caught in time. The inertia of the rear mass took control with the car spinning slowly about it's center axis while scrubbing very little speed off in the process.

[Timco]

Letter sent to dealerships re allowing anyone to drive this car....