Re: [MBZ] Porsche autobahn crash

[l02turner]

RLE wrote:<unbent,>>>


That must have been a huge impact - which speaks volumns about the strength 
of these cars.  I've spent a bit of time browsing junk yards and the MB's I 
saw nearly always had intact people compartments.   Rarely did it look like 
the passengers would have not survived.  Haven't seen many Porsches in junk 
yards - I guess the specialist junk yards grab the Porsches as soon as they 
become available.  But there was a place north of Richmond Va - McLawhorns - 
had a little Renault or something on a tall  pole out front - they had the 
best selection of sports cars I'd ever seen.  Rows of 911s, more rows of 
356s, MGBs. Jags, etc.I was in heaven.


Anyway - that Porsche took a lot of damage and yet the passengers appear to 
have not only survived, but walked away!


Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB, 91 300D Turbo)
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First, it's her, not him. You notice the bandaged female and two others, 
one

sitting on the ground in one photo. The rear seatbacks are up because that
area was occupied. The interesting thing is that only the car ends are 
literally

shredded but the cabin is almost unbent, except fot the cowl coming back
slightly and popping up the hardtop a little in front. And it took a hell 
of a
force to yank the engine out and jam the left front wheel and strut under 
the
guard rail without the tire. It's a 996 Cabrio which came with two tops. 
Luckily

the car didn't flip.

I've seen skidmarks just like this at the track and they always end up the
same way. Very high speed followed by inappropriate   braking or a lane 
change.
Of course, a deserted section of autobahn is tempting. And just because 
one
has the money to buy a fast car doesn't mean the skill and judgement comes 
with

it. In Seattle we call it the Microsoft syndrome.

And, I'm speaking from 25 years experience as an instructor in PCA's 
Driver

Ed program.

RLE
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Re: [MBZ] Porsche autobahn crash

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First, it's her, not him. You notice the bandaged female and two others, one 
sitting on the ground in one photo. The rear seatbacks are up because that 
area was occupied. The interesting thing is that only the car ends are 
literally 
shredded but the cabin is almost unbent, except fot the cowl coming back 
slightly and popping up the hardtop a little in front. And it took a hell of a 
force to yank the engine out and jam the left front wheel and strut under the 
guard rail without the tire. It's a 996 Cabrio which came with two tops. 
Luckily 
the car didn't flip.

I've seen skidmarks just like this at the track and they always end up the 
same way. Very high speed followed by inappropriate   braking or a lane change. 
Of course, a deserted section of autobahn is tempting. And just because one 
has the money to buy a fast car doesn't mean the skill and judgement comes with 
it. In Seattle we call it the Microsoft syndrome.

And, I'm speaking from 25 years experience as an instructor in PCA's Driver 
Ed program.

RLE