Magnus-walkers-277-911-involved-in-collision

[pjfamilyguy1]

Hes ok and I know its only metal, but looks like a big job to fix.

http://thesupercarkids.com/magnus-walkers-277-911-...

no idea if the lorry hit him or the otherway round, tricky to see from the photos.

[EricE]

pjfamilyguy1 said:

no idea if the lorry hit him or the otherway round, tricky to see from the photos.

Are we looking at the same picture?

The guy drives like a complete lunatic, it was only a matter of time. Glad nobody was injured.

[gazza285]

pjfamilyguy1 said:

No idea if the lorry hit him or the otherway round, tricky to see from the photos.

Apart from the skid marks on the road?

[pjfamilyguy1]

ok ok I missed those sorry !

[ghiblicup]

Video - http://video.startribune.com/porsche-crashes-durin...

[Condi]

Are we supposed to know who Magnus Walker is?

Turns out hes not actually that famous or important!

[SidewaysSi]

EricE said:

pjfamilyguy1 said:

no idea if the lorry hit him or the otherway round, tricky to see from the photos.

Are we looking at the same picture?

The guy drives like a complete lunatic, it was only a matter of time. Glad nobody was injured.

How do you know how he drives? And please define 'lunatic'...

[stanglish]

I know the chap - he's in one of the Chris Harris videos. Seemed like an eclectic but very friendly chap.

Going off that video though he lost the rear, over-corrected and ditched it himself. Could happen to anyone and it's obviously more likely to happen if you're being interviewed by a reporter at a time, a little distracted and driving a car like that which is a bit of a beast.

Edit: I don't personally know him! Just know of him from t'vids.

Edited by stanglish on Thursday 27th August 20:16

[SirSquidalot]

What a tool! It's not like it was a blind corner either, no excuse

[EricE]

SidewaysSi said:

How do you know how he drives? And please define 'lunatic'...

stop signs? ha! speed limits? haha! he treats the public street ike a racetrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRDGczbEyM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQcjM6cKxdU

lunatic: an extremely foolish or eccentric person

jalopnik said:

His passenger, news anchor Vineeta Sawkar, has been outspoken post-accident. She told one reporter, “This guy, I don’t know why he was driving as fast as he was on that frontage road… All we wanted was some nice video of him in his car, that he restored. It was bizarre. I’m just thankful I got out of it alive and no one else was hurt.” She told Facebook that she asked Walker to slow down before the crash.

http://jackbaruth.com/?p=3412

Edited by EricE on Friday 28th August 08:43

[ZX10R NIN]

It looks like a case of a bit to quick & cold tyres, did he hit the Mercedes to as it sounded like he did.

[jodypress]

EricE said:

stop signs? ha! speed limits? haha! he treats the public street ike a racetrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRDGczbEyM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQcjM6cKxdU

lunatic: an extremely foolish or eccentric person

Thanks for those videos. The second one is particularly enjoyable. Very well filmed too.
Roads are completely empty and you do realise that on the USA most people treat stop signs as give ways and can turn right on a red.

[Steven_RW]

Condi said:

Are we supposed to know who Magnus Walker is?

Turns out hes not actually that famous or important!

Interesting post. In the same way the OP may have assumed people know who he is, you are also assuming people don't...

If you are in to porsches, you probably know who this guy is.

I'm not even into porsches and have seen him and his car in several magazines and internet video clips.

RW

[Ray Singh]

[thecremeegg]

No idea who this fella is but he ran out of talent it seems....driving too fast

[SidewaysSi]

jodypress said:

EricE said:

stop signs? ha! speed limits? haha! he treats the public street ike a racetrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRDGczbEyM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQcjM6cKxdU

lunatic: an extremely foolish or eccentric person

Thanks for those videos. The second one is particularly enjoyable. Very well filmed too.
Roads are completely empty and you do realise that on the USA most people treat stop signs as give ways and can turn right on a red.

Exactly - slightly different in the US. He did do a 30 minute film, "Urban Outlaw" a few years ago which shot him to fame in Porsche circles. He is a talented guy and very good driver.

"Treating roads like racetracks" and "lunatic" seem somewhat misguided.

[EricE]

Ray Singh said:

SidewaysSi said:

He is a talented guy and very good driver.

"Treating roads like racetracks" and "lunatic" seem somewhat misguided.

[LayZ]

Was a particularly poor bit of driving - you'd think he'd be well versed in 911 handling by now. Usual lift-off oversteer 911 crash.

[Some Gump]

SidewaysSi said:

Exactly - slightly different in the US. He did do a 30 minute film, "Urban Outlaw" a few years ago which shot him to fame in Porsche circles. He is a talented guy and very good driver.

"Treating roads like racetracks" and "lunatic" seem somewhat misguided.

I've had a quick squint at these videos.

The completely empty streets seem less empty to me. First one has a truck in, second one starts with him overtaking a car on the freeway or whatever it is they call it.
Since his vid claims "closed roads and professional driver" and the closed roads bit is clearly bks, I'm calling custard on the second part too.

He might be well known or might not - but if that was some bradford kid, or the car was a supra then PH would be up in arms (correctly) pointing out that a city is not the place for spirited driving at any time of the day.

[beach bum]

I hope that Pagoda has brown leather upholstery.

The guy was obviously trying too hard to impress the reporter and the cameras.

Edited by beach bum on Friday 28th August 08:59