996 crash
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arwebs

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278 months

Saturday 6th May 2006
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Apologies if this has been posted previously, but just found this:
996 crash


Edited to say: bugger, forgot to add a title and can't work out how to add one!


>> Edited by arwebs on Sunday 7th May 11:49

dilbert

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259 months

Saturday 6th May 2006
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Dont think you can after the event.......
Next time lucky eh!

DucatiGary

7,765 posts

253 months

Saturday 6th May 2006
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yeah and not alot of people will work out how to post in it either I guess.

(took me a while to work out)

DucatiGary

7,765 posts

253 months

Saturday 6th May 2006
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also, where the 996 crash ?

arwebs

Original Poster:

2,943 posts

278 months

Sunday 7th May 2006
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Jeez was I having a bad evening! Updated with link...

Irish

3,991 posts

267 months

Sunday 7th May 2006
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RMS leak in the last pic?

Good to see the all appear to have walked away unscathed!

BliarOut

72,863 posts

267 months

Sunday 7th May 2006
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Considering the amount of destruction to the car and the armco that passenger cell is in remarkably good nick

Nice one Porsche.

wildoliver

9,294 posts

244 months

Sunday 7th May 2006
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Horrible crash, but look at the structural integrity!

I had a bad one a while ago, and I'm rebuilding the car, the sierra that hit me was twisted so badly its in a scrappers.

Had I been in my Lotus I wouldnt be here...............

magic torch

5,781 posts

250 months

Sunday 7th May 2006
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Look at the pic of the engine, maybe a RMS leak caused the crash (edited to add - note to self read other posts in full first)

Nice to see inside of the car pretty much intact.

>> Edited by magic torch on Sunday 7th May 21:17

ballcock

3,855 posts

247 months

Sunday 7th May 2006
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As I suspected ... Ruffled Savannah interiors give the cockpit great natural integrity in a wipe out type scenario ..
No wonder I like it so much ...... !!

pikey

7,704 posts

312 months

Monday 8th May 2006
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"It'll polish out!"

Pickled Piper

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263 months

Monday 8th May 2006
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BliarOut said:
Considering the amount of destruction to the car and the armco that passenger cell is in remarkably good nick

Nice one Porsche.


Ehm, the armco is designed to deform like that in order to bring the vehicle to a halt and keept it on the correct carriageway with minimal damage to the occupants. I agree the car is very crashworthy.

pp

DucatiGary

7,765 posts

253 months

Monday 8th May 2006
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thats some crash, engine popped out by the looks of it.

stug

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248 months

Tuesday 9th May 2006
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DucatiGary said:
thats some crash, engine popped out by the looks of it.


No honestly it didn't just pop out. It simply didn't like being thrown around and therefore thought it would lift itself from the mountings and plop down on the road, then proceed to drain itself of vital fluids.

benaldo

393 posts

255 months

Tuesday 9th May 2006
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I think I would drain myself of vital fluids if I was in the car too !

porsche4life

1,164 posts

253 months

Friday 12th May 2006
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That will be a Cat D then ?

Great idea of Porsche to let the engine escape to reduce the crash momentum.