Jackass in a 997 GT3

[Jake D]

I was already rolling 60mph so this wasn't a quarter mile drag or anything like that. I had the top up and windows up. Maybe the speedo is wrong at that those speeds, not sure, but that thing climbed to 149 before I let up. I've read on here about others hitting the 150's and some claiming 160 is doable. I personally don't think so.

@ Lil Bastard- I love this forum and have learned a lot from it, but I am constantly amazed by the amount of people on here who talk about babying their car and only occasionally drive it "spirited" or at the first sign of any trouble their first response is "have it towed to a shop." I understand that driving responsible is huge. My jab wasn't at you but there is no need for someone (not saying you did) on here to say that those guys deserved to die or be dicks about him driving too fast or irresponsible. I hope it wasn't a drinking and driving thing although that's the initial appearance. With little to no info on what "actually" happened, who's to say he didn't wreck from trying to avoid a deer or something. I was speeding one night in a civic and tried to avoid a deer and end up rolling my car several times. The ideal thing to do is mow that SOB over but its not your first reaction. And yes, I am young and dumb, but I work my ass of for the things I have and one of those things is my car. It might not have been the best decision, but I wanted to enjoy every aspect of it. Had to do that top speed run at least once!

Anyone know if there is a law about speeding on private property. I don't need to take it to a track if I want to rip off some 1/4 or 1/2 mile times. My stepdad's drive is a straight black topped mile long personal runway basically. My personal record on a Ducatti was around 150mph on my driveway.

[madmods]

Would it be not more sensible to blame the MANUFACTURERS?! Come on guys....

I still believe that the majority of Porsche owners can make a decent judgement as to when it is safe to push their cars on public roads.

RIP Dunn

[mdex]

I stand by my inexcusable comment.

No one here is an angel, all of us have to some extent broken Traffic laws. The question here is the order of magnitude. 150 miles an hour on public roads leaves no margin of error. Any innocent bystander who you may have accidentally overlooked, and we all make mistakes, should not have to suffer for your ego boosting play.

Even if you're willing to die doing something stupid as driving double the posted limit in a straight line, and have no regard for the friends and family may leave behind, gives some thought to the time and cost to have the police and emergency workers scrape you off the pavement.

Far too often people forget that driving is a privilege, one we take it far too lightly here in North America. We forget to be courteous drivers, we don't think or plan for emergencies, and we do nothing to ensure that our skills behind the wheel are more than barely adequate.

In my opinion driving a Porsche doesn't entitle us to use the roads as a personal playground. Rather as someone who obviously values driving as more than a basic chore to get from A to B we should be held to a higher standard. We should set the tone on the roads. We should as a group be more aware, more skilled, and more courteous than those around us. We love driving, and be it on a race track, or driving to the corner store should we not display skills well above the norm.

Just my thoughts.....

[smshirk]

Originally Posted by mdex

I stand by my inexcusable comment.

No one here is an angel, all of us have to some extent broken Traffic laws. The question here is the order of magnitude. 150 miles an hour on public roads leaves no margin of error. Any innocent bystander who you may have accidentally overlooked, and we all make mistakes, should not have to suffer for your ego boosting play.

Even if you're willing to die doing something stupid as driving double the posted limit in a straight line, and have no regard for the friends and family may leave behind, gives some thought to the time and cost to have the police and emergency workers scrape you off the pavement.

Far too often people forget that driving is a privilege, one we take it far too lightly here in North America. We forget to be courteous drivers, we don't think or plan for emergencies, and we do nothing to ensure that our skills behind the wheel are more than barely adequate.

In my opinion driving a Porsche doesn't entitle us to use the roads as a personal playground. Rather as someone who obviously values driving as more than a basic chore to get from A to B we should be held to a higher standard. We should set the tone on the roads. We should as a group be more aware, more skilled, and more courteous than those around us. We love driving, and be it on a race track, or driving to the corner store should we not display skills well above the norm.

Just my thoughts.....

People drive these cars 140MPH+ every day in Europe in heavy traffic, without being bashed publicly. Just because we live in the proverbial nanny state doesn't mean anyone who makes an informed decision as to blowing the soot out of our cars on an open road is acting irresponsibly. AS to degree, you're breaking the law if you're doing 66 in a 65. If you are being safe there is no difference in the 66 or the 146. The only difference in us and our German counter parts is the speed laws.

[stateofidleness]

Yea, but in Europe, there are other cars doing 140 around you
If you're the lone ranger on the highway doing 140 in traffic, you'll look like a dick (true story).

I'm all for "driving it as the dr. intended" when the conditions are right, and so far, everyone that has made that argument has preceded it with "when there's no one else around"... basically saying... "if the highway is in the same state as an empty racetrack then.. " well of course! go for it!

...anddddd driving is definitely a privilege.

http://www.duiattorney.com/dui-basics/privilege-to-drive (first sentence)

Can we reinstate the 'inexcusable' statement? Drunk driving is not cool!

[zilla]

Originally Posted by smshirk

If you are being safe there is no difference in the 66 or the 146.

Reaction time, being safe or not, is drastically different.

[kpm]

Has there been any indication whether he went straight off or backed it into the guardrail.

The pictures of the skid marks I've seen looked really narrow for the size of tires normally on a GT3. If he tried to make that ramp and it swapped ends, the wing probably took over and the car started to fly. Even then the greatest driver in the world could not of saved it.

TMZ has pictures of the hulk...

tmz.com

[zilla]

Those TMZ pictures. Wow. There's nothing left of the car at all.

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by Jake D

My personal record on a Ducatti was around 150mph on my driveway.

What a wild, impossible image this conjures up!! (Not doubting your word, JD...with a driveway that long that certainly is plausible. I say that because my driveway, like many driveways, is like 100' long BTW, far as I know, on private property speed limits don't exist...shoot for the moon!)

BTW, guys, I hate to sound like your English teacher here, but it's "reckless" not "wreckless". (Unless you drive wildly and have never, as a consequence, had a wreck...then I suppose "wreckless" might make some sense?? )