Fatal Porsche 996 crash in BKK. Speedo stuck at 165mph

**Kwang** · 09-05-2012, 07:57 PM

Yep i did mine on the M40

**Bettyboo** · 09-05-2012, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Kwang

I did 130 mph once

Poof... I did 170 (275kph) down the M4 racing a 944 Turbo, he got a bit of a shock when my scruffy and nasty old Rover 3500 beat him on top end; maybe, when he came up behind me flashing his lights, he should have noticed the quad exhausts, or, maybe when he moved alongside me and gave me the finger, he should have noticed the bulge in the bonnet where the 4.2 engine was situated...

Got caught driving at 135mph somewhere down south on a clear carless motorway, rushing back from work to a g/fs birthday. Lost me license for a year, and me job; shit job, no loss...

I drove much too fast in those days, idiotic youngster... I changed dramatically many years ago; save as houses I am now.

**Kwang** · 09-05-2012, 08:17 PM

170 mph in an old Rover 3500? Get out of here.

**bobfish** · 09-05-2012, 08:22 PM

"Don't Fortuna's have mirrors?"

Well, thing is, a GT2 will hit the speed of 175mph within a mile [1.62km] from a standing start - and still be accelerating hard! Fortuna Dude'd be lucky [or not] to see him coming and/or appreciate the rapid closure rate.

Again, may the innocents in this episode RIP.

**Bettyboo** · 09-05-2012, 08:28 PM

^ I've been driving down Rama 2 recently and nearly pulled into the path of a Beemer doing, I'd guess, 180kph+; when you're used to vehicles doing about 120kph with the occassional nutter doing 140kph, then these rapidly moving vehicles seem to come out of nowhere!

(Kwang: it wasn't just any old Rover SDI, mate ...)

**Kwang** · 09-05-2012, 08:36 PM

Ive just googled it and indeed i was wrong, was it that p6 engine? That must have been scary doin that sped in a Rover, i bet it was all over the road, and drum brakes too :-)

**Bettyboo** · 09-05-2012, 08:42 PM

^ yeah, I was stupid. A youngster; I paid 400 quid for a beat up old shit heap with a suped up engine and massive racing exhausts - it was bloody fast until you came to a corner...

One day, as I was steaming along, flames started to come out of the engine... I was on my way to a job interview, got out and left it where I was, walked to a phone and called a cab; got the job and they gave me a company car to drive home there and then; never saw the Rover again... The neighbours were happy, it was the loudest thing you've ever heard. A right death trap, lucky I didn't kill meself and take out a few innocents... We live and learn.

**FailSafe** · 09-05-2012, 08:42 PM

GPS-verified 191mph on my Hayabusa out in the desert east of San Diego (if you're going by your speedometers, you can probably drop 10% off your mph- manufacturers tend to have them err on the 'happy side')- I rarely took that bike out when I didn't break 150mph- looking back, I am surprised I survived it (and zero speeding tickets, which was a miracle).

I hit ~110mph on the only straight-ish piece of road on Koh Samui once on a CBR-900RR- ironically, it was exponentially more dangerous (and stupider) than my desert run.

**Bettyboo** · 09-05-2012, 08:44 PM

^ bloody Americans...

**bobfish** · 09-05-2012, 08:45 PM

Okay Betty B, you've got me. I was kind of avoiding the "there I woz" trivia on this thread, but 170ish mph in a 400quid SD1? C'mon, spill the beans; let's hear the engine power/torque and gearbox/diff numbers!

Or was it just fitted with a "talk" converter

**Bettyboo** · 09-05-2012, 09:04 PM

^ I don't know. I was a kid, and didn't worry about all that shite; I know it was previously used for racing and had been bored out to 4.2; had this tiny wheel which was a complete danger; and these 4 massive exhausts; got stopped by the police all the time, but the documents were proper.

The speedo wasn't standard, probably came from Rinspeed...

**bobfish** · 09-05-2012, 09:19 PM

Lucky to be here then!!!

**Bettyboo** · 10-05-2012, 07:34 AM

^ yes, unlucky for you lot!

**BenBenBaa** · 10-05-2012, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by Kwang

I did 130 mph once, that`s 209kmh. My workmates wouldn't liftshare with me again afterwards. I had some fun with them guys, i used to wait for them to get in a deep sleep then drive on the rumble strip and shout "FUCK" No sense of humour some people :-)

This made me chortle. Reminds me of swerving slightly when my mate was falling asleep, so his head clonked into the side window. He woke up properly the third time...

**Ratchaburi** · 10-05-2012, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by socal

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

Here we go again excellent late post by the Guru of Thailand

It crossed my desk yesterday prick face

Where the link Guru of Thailand or are you a little slow

**kingwilly** · 10-05-2012, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by Kwang

i used to wait for them to get in a deep sleep then drive on the rumble strip and shout "FUCK" No sense of humour some people :-)

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Poof... I did 170 (275kph) down the M4 racing a 944 Turbo, he got a bit of a shock when my scruffy and nasty old Rover 3500 beat him on top end; maybe, when he came up behind me flashing his lights, he should have noticed the quad exhausts, or, maybe when he moved alongside me and gave me the finger, he should have noticed the bulge in the bonnet where the 4.2 engine was situated...

nice work!

**Sailing into trouble** · 10-05-2012, 10:35 AM

The number of times most of us have come close to killing ourselves or someone else, but didn't is the only difference between us and some of these idiots we rant about. My early cars where 850cc mini's. The good ones had doors that stayed on when you opened them and plywood to cover the rust holes in the floor.

Also brakes where an optional extra, that I could never afford! At 100k the vibration became that bad that it would have been impossible to steer if it had not been for the 1/4 turn play in the steering wheel. When you survived a run to the Lakes it was celebration time if you only had minor breakdowns that did not need AA relay services.

God them where the days!!!

**Mozzbie47** · 10-05-2012, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by BenBenBaa

Originally Posted by Kwang

I did 130 mph once, that`s 209kmh. My workmates wouldn't liftshare with me again afterwards. I had some fun with them guys, i used to wait for them to get in a deep sleep then drive on the rumble strip and shout "FUCK" No sense of humour some people :-)

This made me chortle. Reminds me of swerving slightly when my mate was falling asleep, so his head clonked into the side window. He woke up properly the third time...

There's acouple of replys that got me laughing, but this one is a classic,, is it OK if l use it some day ?

**Thaihome** · 12-05-2012, 11:41 AM

I find it hard to believe he could have been going 280kph on the Don Muang expressway and maintained control. Going that fast on that road, with all the bumps and expansion joints would be a hand full and its not all just straight.

Here’s a Boxter going 175mph/280kph on the Autobhan. Imagine that is the middle of the night on the Don Muang.

I just don’t see it. 140-150 mph maybe, but even that is pushing real hard.

TH

**Bettyboo** · 12-05-2012, 11:45 AM

^ how do you know he's a boxer?

Here's one in flip-flops...

**Lostandfound** · 12-05-2012, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by Thaihome

I find it hard to believe he could have been going 280kph on the Don Muang expressway and maintained control.

The OP suggests he didn't maintain control.

**Bettyboo** · 12-05-2012, 12:03 PM

^ that was TH not me!

**Lostandfound** · 12-05-2012, 01:09 PM

Sorry BB. The site seems to want to attribute that nugget of insight to you instead. I'll try again.

Originally Posted by Thaihome

I find it hard to believe he could have been going 280kph on the Don Muang expressway and maintained control

**socal** · 13-05-2012, 04:18 AM

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

Originally Posted by socal

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

Here we go again excellent late post by the Guru of Thailand

It crossed my desk yesterday prick face

Where the link Guru of Thailand or are you a little slow

link is here dirt fuck

Porsche 996 GT2 wrecked, Bangkok, Thailand

**bobfish** · 13-05-2012, 04:42 PM

Nice videos gents. I think. The Boxster [please note the spelling] accelerated so s-s-sloowwllyy I think I may have fallen asleep. Over a minute in from a rollon start and it's just clocking 140mphish. The GT3 is getting there, but wasn't really unleashed. Thankfully.

What I'm trying to get at: the - for better words - MORON driving on the DM tollway probably didn't have a full appreciation of just what an animal car he was not in full control of. Until perhaps the last milliseconds of his sad life. 0-300kph [186mph] in a little over 30secs is REALLY moving out. Whatever speed he was really going, we can assume it was WW-AAA-YYYY to fast.

One of the most mature overviews of the [3rd gen] GT2, sans schoolboy crap, can be found here: . The reviewer, Chris "Monkey" Harris is probably the best wheelman in the current crop of motoring journalists [sorry Tiff!]

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