mattyb Donating Members 1,097 Member For: 15y 10m 13d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast, QLD Posted 01/11/09 12:31 AM Share Posted 01/11/09 12:31 AM (edited) Glad to hear he's okay. Edited 01/11/09 12:33 AM by mattyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6TWolf Donating Members 176 Member For: 14y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: Wellington New Zealand Posted 01/11/09 02:22 AM Share Posted 01/11/09 02:22 AM I'm a great fan of self-selection or darwin theory or whatever it is...but it's a very worthy discussion I reckon.The Darwin Theory is great....that is until you realise that it is an unfortunate fact that it is not always an inanimate object such as a power pole that is the "other party" in such crashes. It can just as easily be a family!I dont know the facts surrounding the crash in the OP so my comments are more generalised. What owners of ANY motor vehicle need to get their heads around (and this is even more encumbent on those with modified and/or high powered cars) is that we have a duty of care.There was a case here in NZ recently where a young bloke in a WRX crashed, killing his passenger. He had hit a diesel spill....that was not disputed. Nonetheless he was doing (by his own admission) about 120 in a 70 zone, around a corner signposted 55kph.It is unquestionable that the diesel spill was a causal factor in the crash however at sentencing the judge was clear that whilst diesel was a causal factor in the crash, speed was the causal factor in the injuries sustained.I am also interested in the discussion regarding tuners. I fully agree that it is unrealistic for a tuner to turn away work based on age or experience of the paying customer. I do however know of one highly experienced tuner in Auckland who will not provide performance enhancement unless relevant upgrades and/or maintenance are done to suspension and brakes. The interesting spin off is that many of his customers are attending track days and running rings around other cars with significantly more power....the difference being suspension and brakes.Interesting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Member 573 Member For: 15y 8m 23d Gender: Male Posted 01/11/09 05:30 AM Share Posted 01/11/09 05:30 AM I can put my hand on my heart and say if I was able to buy a car like I have right now or even my BA (340+ atw) I would have killed myself before the age of 20... Not really a funny thing to think about but even learning to drive in a MY99 wrx really didn't give me any extra understanding for how a high powered car can react when treated with negligence... It took me a great while to learn how dangerous an automobile can be and ever since I wrote my first car off (E21 BWM) I have not had 1 traffic infringement which is now around 9 years later. It took an event that almost killed myself and 2 other Innocent people to help me realize that the car isn't really the weapon its the driver. I have since owned many fast cars and like I said have a very clean record I just hope the younger blokes out there don't have to go through what I have, to understand that we are lucky to have these cars and there is always the right time and place in which to use them.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENVI.BA Member 146 Member For: 15y 4m 16d Gender: Male Location: 2155 Posted 21/02/10 07:18 AM Share Posted 21/02/10 07:18 AM that's crazy!!! the icc is sitting under the steering wheel. if the driver wasnt disabled before the crash I bet they are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 04/03/10 06:07 AM Share Posted 04/03/10 06:07 AM Some pics from when it was in the impound yard. This thing was nearly identical to my T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang3 12" member Donating Members 2,107 Member For: 18y 10m 3d Location: Perth WA Posted 04/03/10 11:47 PM Share Posted 04/03/10 11:47 PM fark me he was lucky to survive that one!! car is mangled up bigtime!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXENG Member 24 Member For: 17y 2m Posted 21/04/10 02:52 PM Share Posted 21/04/10 02:52 PM Fark that guy is lucky...........How the hell can anyone survive that????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 19y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 19/07/10 01:15 PM Share Posted 19/07/10 01:15 PM does he wanna sell some parts dibs front cut!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyD Member 41 Member For: 13y 10m 8d Gender: Male Location: VIC Posted 25/12/10 10:55 AM Share Posted 25/12/10 10:55 AM (edited) Hate to dig up an old thread, but this made me LOL when I did the rego check. Edited 25/12/10 10:56 AM by TonyD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 25/12/10 11:04 AM Share Posted 25/12/10 11:04 AM Lol, cars been parted out now, a mate has most of it in his garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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