Good Week @ 996Outpost.com
- Einsteiger
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Tragic. Two people died that didn't have to. These are the best cars in the world, but if you don't respect the speed and drive for conditions, disaster. Est 100 mph on a public road. Not good.
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- 32wildbilly
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I hear you. It was reported on the nightly news that they jumped a median, went across two lanes, off the road, hit a rise on the shoulder, took flight and landed in the building on the SECOND floor. They did not give the flight distance but from the vantage point of where they left the road it appeared to be a minimum of 20 to maybe 50 yards or even further. Could have been the camera angle, but I don't think so...That is a significant amount of kinetic freakin energy!Battery Guy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:06 pmThat was a base Boxster too. Just shows how fast these cars really are - I have a base C2 3.4 and I’m always amazed how fast the car is - passed a guy on a two-lane last week and was going 95 before I knew it. I’m assuming the two guys in the Boxster were idiots, plus it was cold this morning so they may have hit a slippery spot. But still - damn...32wildbilly wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 4:46 pm
I did not realize that a Boxster would go that fast! Saw the logistics of this accident and that thing was MOVING to fly as far as it did!
Daryll
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NBC's nightly news said there was a ditch/bank involved after the last curb. Still though, a lot of energy would have been burned at each point (not to mention gravity and the wall). So for it to make it completely into the building while airborne is impressive from a physics stand point.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:25 pmI hear you. It was reported on the nightly news that they jumped a median, went across two lanes, off the road, hit a rise on the shoulder, took flight and landed in the building on the SECOND floor. They did not give the flight distance but from the vantage point of where they left the road it appeared to be a minimum of 20 to maybe 50 yards or even further. Could have been the camera angle, but I don't think so...That is a significant amount of kinetic freakin energy!Battery Guy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:06 pm
That was a base Boxster too. Just shows how fast these cars really are - I have a base C2 3.4 and I’m always amazed how fast the car is - passed a guy on a two-lane last week and was going 95 before I knew it. I’m assuming the two guys in the Boxster were idiots, plus it was cold this morning so they may have hit a slippery spot. But still - damn...
Daryll
I think 100mph before crossing the median is a low estimation. 120+ would not surprise me.
- 32wildbilly
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Concur and heavy on the +gnat wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:34 pmNBC's nightly news said there was a ditch/bank involved after the last curb. Still though, a lot of energy would have been burned at each point (not to mention gravity and the wall). So for it to make it completely into the building while airborne is impressive from a physics stand point.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:25 pm
I hear you. It was reported on the nightly news that they jumped a median, went across two lanes, off the road, hit a rise on the shoulder, took flight and landed in the building on the SECOND floor. They did not give the flight distance but from the vantage point of where they left the road it appeared to be a minimum of 20 to maybe 50 yards or even further. Could have been the camera angle, but I don't think so...That is a significant amount of kinetic freakin energy!
I think 100mph before crossing the median is a low estimation. 120+ would not surprise me.
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- B3DAWG
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I haven't forgotten this one when it was on the news. The news reporter showed the actually flight point and I'm still scratching my head how a 3500+ lb vehicle could take flight with very little ramp. Basically, it was just a cemented drain ditch. Watch and then you might see how the Porsche hit the second floor.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:25 pmI hear you. It was reported on the nightly news that they jumped a median, went across two lanes, off the road, hit a rise on the shoulder, took flight and landed in the building on the SECOND floor. They did not give the flight distance but from the vantage point of where they left the road it appeared to be a minimum of 20 to maybe 50 yards or even further. Could have been the camera angle, but I don't think so...That is a significant amount of kinetic freakin energy!Battery Guy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:06 pm
That was a base Boxster too. Just shows how fast these cars really are - I have a base C2 3.4 and I’m always amazed how fast the car is - passed a guy on a two-lane last week and was going 95 before I knew it. I’m assuming the two guys in the Boxster were idiots, plus it was cold this morning so they may have hit a slippery spot. But still - damn...
Daryll
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Speed kills! That guy was lucky.b3freak wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:25 amI haven't forgotten this one when it was on the news. The news reporter showed the actually flight point and I'm still scratching my head how a 3500+ lb vehicle could take flight with very little ramp. Basically, it was just a cemented drain ditch. Watch and then you might see how the Porsche hit the second floor.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:25 pm
I hear you. It was reported on the nightly news that they jumped a median, went across two lanes, off the road, hit a rise on the shoulder, took flight and landed in the building on the SECOND floor. They did not give the flight distance but from the vantage point of where they left the road it appeared to be a minimum of 20 to maybe 50 yards or even further. Could have been the camera angle, but I don't think so...That is a significant amount of kinetic freakin energy!
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Today is Veterans Day.
A shout out to all our Vets and active duty servicemen and women.
It now has a new meaning for me
HOOAH!!
A shout out to all our Vets and active duty servicemen and women.
It now has a new meaning for me
HOOAH!!
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- OceanBlue2000
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This happened close to where I grew up. That building is down a little rise from where they took off, but still. The road they were on is a four lane county road with a lot of commercial properties on both sides. Under normal conditions it would be impossible to get up to 100 MPH because of the traffic. Six in the morning I could see it I guess. Yikes.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:25 pmI hear you. It was reported on the nightly news that they jumped a median, went across two lanes, off the road, hit a rise on the shoulder, took flight and landed in the building on the SECOND floor. They did not give the flight distance but from the vantage point of where they left the road it appeared to be a minimum of 20 to maybe 50 yards or even further. Could have been the camera angle, but I don't think so...That is a significant amount of kinetic freakin energy!Battery Guy wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:06 pm
That was a base Boxster too. Just shows how fast these cars really are - I have a base C2 3.4 and I’m always amazed how fast the car is - passed a guy on a two-lane last week and was going 95 before I knew it. I’m assuming the two guys in the Boxster were idiots, plus it was cold this morning so they may have hit a slippery spot. But still - damn...
Daryll
The Asbury Park Press is reporting that a 22 year old was driving.
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Strange things I have in head, that will to hand.
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A guy went off an overpass in a Boxster a number of years back...just a couple of miles from here. He landed shiny-side down. Did not buff right out.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
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Agreed!
Here are some photos from my 10-day Naval career...
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.