Paul Walker dead in car accident..... RIP!
03-26-2014, 10:27 AM
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03-26-2014, 11:43 AM
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IIRC, the car was owned by the shop that the guy worked at which I believe was funded by Walker.
They didn't put them on, it says they were the original tires the car came with from the factory and had never been changed apparently.
They didn't put them on, it says they were the original tires the car came with from the factory and had never been changed apparently.
03-26-2014, 01:42 PM
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Oh wow, those tires were hard as a rock then. Some people still really believe that age does not affect tires. Even had a guy at a tire shop tell me I needn't replace the tires on my wife's car when they are from '06 according to the stamp - because they still have tread. You can ease on the throttle in the wet and come around in this all-season equipped street car. Can't imagine what a C-GT would be like when they were known to be squirrelly even on brand new rubber.
03-28-2014, 08:17 AM
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Tire age is totally important.
However the more I think about this one, 9 yr old tires on a garage queen like a 911 were probably not the real problem. Sure they are at a lower performance level but I doubt they were cracking and ready to blow. I doubt they were plastic rocks too. Driver error.... this accident would probably still have happened if they were on new all season touring tires.
That of course does not diminish the sadness.
However the more I think about this one, 9 yr old tires on a garage queen like a 911 were probably not the real problem. Sure they are at a lower performance level but I doubt they were cracking and ready to blow. I doubt they were plastic rocks too. Driver error.... this accident would probably still have happened if they were on new all season touring tires.
That of course does not diminish the sadness.
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03-28-2014, 08:35 AM
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Though the driver in question was an experienced race car driver, what happened here was a combination of all those things: old tires on a car that is known to be a handful and unforgiving and a driver trying to push it on city streets given those conditions - definitely a recipe for trouble. It has no electronic aids like many other super cars, to "catch" drivers when they push it too far.
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