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    Senior Member Carroll Shelby marshall_mosty's Avatar
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    porsche-sued-over-crash-that-killed-paul-walker

    http://time.com/96990/porsche-sued-o...d-paul-walker/

    Complete crap... Folks will find any reason to sue... If they only knew what the majority of the hobby world "races", they would realize he was driving an engineering masterpiece...
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    Senior Member Carroll Shelby Fbody383's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by marshall_mosty View Post
    ...they would realize he was driving an engineering masterpiece...
    I appreciate the Carrera GT but, having never driven one, I also believe it is NOT capable of being driven by just anyone. Does that make Walker's accident the car's fault? Probably not. But this is why "you" and I need to show up for jury duty - life is not a risk free proposition.


    http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/24/4...rrera-gt-case/


    And Jay Leno spun and nearly crashed one at Talledega trying for a closed course speed record:

    http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...he_carrera_gt/

    Would I like to drive one, sure. Do I fully expect some kind of stap oversteer? Yes.
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    Tires were 10 years old.
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    There is already a precedent in which Porsche will pay out. $360,000 for not fitting the car with Traction Control.

    http://www.sportscarmarket.com/colum...or-4-5-million

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    Quote Originally Posted by BryanL View Post
    Tires were 10 years old.
    WOW! Why would the tires be so old?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ShadowBolt View Post
    WOW! Why would the tires be so old?

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    Now there's the pot calling the kettle black

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    Quote Originally Posted by ShadowBolt View Post
    WOW! Why would the tires be so old?

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    OE tires on a car that isn't driven very often is pretty common.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trublu View Post
    Now there's the pot calling the kettle black
    I don't get it. I don't have anything with 10 year old tires. Completely worn out maybe but not old.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ShadowBolt View Post
    I don't get it. I don't have anything with 10 year old tires. Completely worn out maybe but not old.


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    Age not tires mate

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