ALi-B

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Did you know James Dean's Porsche 550 aka the "Little B*stard" (and parts of it) went on to kill and injured further people; Quite a spooky story. That car mysteriously vanished.

I think this GT's days are over.

lordharding

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Rip Paul
So many petrol heads worshipped him and gave so much enjoyment
To millions with his FF movies

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Hope the driver was not show boating

David Lock

Sad news.

I instantly thought of James Dean. Killed in Porsche crash in California (1955).

dl

Godspeed Brakes

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Seen a google map on another site , and you could see doughnut marks on the floor so perhaps it was a site for the locals to go and play , just this time it went so wrong.

I think looking at the pictures , it would be right to assume they died on impact and not by the fire , to have that amount of damage the speed would have been high , and so sad that he died through someone else's driving .

RIP .

Dirk Diggler 75

R.I.P.

RobsyUK

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An american entertainment website is saying the driver was amlong term friend a racing driver.

nathmac

R.I.P fast and the furious won't be the same

tubbytommy

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its sad but i have to say the f an f films are ****.

the driver couldnt get the porshe into 32nd gear and span out i heard....

f1_fan

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The curse of James Dean's 'Little B4stard'

RIP Paul Walker!

stira2

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A bit harsh but i wonder if the ceramic brakes are still usable??

jayallen

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Very sad, RIP Paul...

I can't believe there is already video footage posted on the net of the car in flames which must only be minutes after the accident..

daveyj

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One of those rare gems who didn't appear to have his head up his own ***. I'm shocked and saddened by the news. Proper dude. At least he's been able to leave some sort of legacy behind and won't just go down as a statistic. Davidoff Coolwater just lost its cool.

mrmadcap

They say that the driver was in 16th gear, got confused over which gear he was actually in, was distracted from all the clunking coming from the gear stick and lost control.

CREWJ

Such a shame. He seemed like an all round good guy.

magepaster

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Very sad news indeed. Rest in Peace young man.

DYK

He did other cool movies also aside from F&F..seen couple Porsche drivers lose the rear end,one on a roundabout near me.where it wasn't level ground,and had a hump then dipped into roundabout,Porsche driver lost it on the hump,back end flipped.luckily just spun out and nothing more..They seem to think these super cars are uncrashable. Still a shame what happened.

Hells Scoob

Such a shame RIP Paul

bigphilbaby

very sad news, did a huge amount for charty, sent millions of his own money to charty.
Massive loss and such sad news, having skyline sticker made for my skyline to honor his death, money made from the sticker also goes towards his charty, such shame all these companies on ebay are making money from someone death(very sad times)

Fleetster

It is a real shame... I feel for his family and so close to xmas too.

I couldnt beleive it when my Son told me yesterday morning, I was hoping it was a Hoax!
RIP Paul Walker!

Fantom

Awful news.

But there are a couple of things about this story that annoy me:

1. There was another guy dead who doesn't get a look in as he isn't "famous"
2. There's no way they crashed at the speed limit. If that was 2 random guys everyone would be saying "what dicks for driving so fast/badly" etc

Such a shame though

JDM_Stig

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http://www.autoweek.com/article/2013...news/131209999

joz8968

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I agree.

1st point reminds me of Senna/Ratzenberger.

mje_wrx

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R.I.P - Paul walker and Roger rodras. I loved the films. Will not be the same without him.

daveyj

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Fair points! Re: point two, I guess that's the difference when there is an association with the deceased.

hodgy0_2

You know what they say

250k exotica wrapped around a lamp post in LA, tragic accident & much loved

£450 1.2 Cora wrapped around a lam post in Newcastle, could not give a **** and serves them right

Kwik

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That's not true. Nobody wants to see or hear of tragedies like these, even when it's likely someone was being irresponsible. It's made the news as it's someone famous.

SirFozzalot

Very sad.

Lisawrx

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He does have a point. You're probably right in that nobody (or most people) wants to see or hear of such tragedies, but it's the reaction to them that Hodgy is referring to. Of course this hit the news because someone famous was involved, but plenty stories hit the news involving 'normal' people, and the reaction is often as Hodgy says. (assuming this crash was to do with speeding/being reckless/running out of talent)

All that said, I still find it sad. Two people have lost their lives, regardless of apportioning blame, and their families and friends must be devastated.

RIP to both.

drb5

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Supposedly they were drifting.

There was a figure 8 road layout and the area is very quiet and a lot of folk use the area for "fun", but something obviously went the way it shouldn't have.