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Paul Walker, R.I.P.

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I have to admit that the "Fast & Furious" series is one of my guilty pleasures. No, they certainly are not cinematic masterpieces, but as an entertaining way to kill some time, or get sucked in while flipping through the cable on a lazy afternoon, they were great. My serious gearhead friends said the movies were pretty spot-on with the technological end, other than nitrous becoming the equivalent of cutting in on an afterburner. The movies did help give rise to the sport-compact movement, which in my opinion really was the first serious car movement since the decline of the muscle car (Yes, there were always gearheads, even in the emission-clogged 70s and 80s). Overall, I think it helped our hobby by infusing fresh blood. Most sport compact guys do seem to appreciate their LBC "forefathers", even if they would prefer to cram a turbocharged Miata motor into a Sprite, as my one friend suggested I do.

Paul Walker will be missed.
 
Sad to hear about this, although I must admit that, while I have heard of "Fast and Furious" I never saw any of the shows and probably wouldn't know Mr Walker if he was standing right in front of me.
 
I also never saw him on film, or even knew who he was till I saw the film connection. Still sad news.
 
I guess when Life tries to imitate Art, the results tends to be far more disappointing when things go wrong. There aren't stunt people, stunt cars, special effects or CGI to save you from the simple laws of physics.

Unlike the Porsche that Walker was riding in, one of the aspects of driving a Sprite is that it only has enough power to just barely kill you.
 
SaxMan said:
Unlike the Porsche that Walker was riding in, one of the aspects of driving a Sprite is that it only has enough power to just barely kill you.
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All it takes is barely....
 
TOC said:
All it takes is barely....
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That was a bit tongue in cheek -- I stole that line from a description I heard about a Piper Cub airplane.
 
I'm seeing more and more stories where it seems he was a really good guy, shame he's gone and it's only now that word is getting out how he really was. While folks often speak well of the dead, you can see it in his eyes that all good that is spoken is true. he sounds like someone I would have liked to meet. (and I hardly ever say that)
 
Of course, one of the sillier aspects are the "news for the sake of news" stories, such as this one story saying why the Porsche was such a dangerous car:

https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/03/us/paul-walker-crash-car/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

Mid-engine dangerous? Really? No electronic stability control? Has this person driven a car that was made before 2005?

Any car when pushed beyond its performance envelope is going to be dangerous. For someone like Rodas, who was an experienced driver of high performance cars, the Carrera was something he would have been used to. Sometimes it's just that one slight moment of inattention that can end up being fatal.
 
It might have been a tuck under wreck. Porsche Carrera GT- Unsafe at any Speed.
 
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