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

PORSCHE DRIVER KILLED AND TOYOTA FORTUNER KILLED. THE OWNER OF THE PORSCHE OWNED BUDDY HOTEL IN BANGKOK AND FORTUNER DRIVER WAS THE SON OF A GOVERNMENT MINISTER. ANOTHER CAR WAS INVOLVED AND DRIVER IN SERIOUS CONDITION. CRASHED HAPPENED APPROX 1230 AM

HAPPENED APPROX 1230 AM..........

.................................................. .......about 2 weeks ago, yaaaawn.

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

Come on man, its been huge news here for weeks. The speedo was stuck at 280 by the way.

You have to remember here a little slow, but he know there are no jet shi scamers in Phuket

280km/h.....280mph would make it rather fast....

of course that doesn't actually mean it was the speed he was actually doing on impact, but he sure was going fast.

Friend of a friend, but I have no sympathy

Originally Posted by aging one

The speedo was stuck at 280 by the way.

280kmph is 174.9 mph or thereabouts. Socal converted it to miles and was pretty close.

good for him. Too used to living here. Everything is now metric My daughters know the daughter of the idiot in the Porsche. They go to the same school.

Can't imagine 280 kph on a city street. The fastest I've ever driven was 205 kph, and that was on an almost deserted interstate when I was a teenager driving a tricked out 55 Chevy.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Can't imagine 280 kph on a city street.

Indeed, completely insane.

Good riddance, twat of the highest order, shame about the other driver.

monkeys driving above 50mph in fast cars is always a recipe for disaster,

I'm sure his mother cared.

Often an engine will free wheel during an accident, so register a greater speed than the car was doing.
As for the Porsche driver, that's stiff, but l do feel for the other maybe innocent victims.

Condolences to the families involved. Hope the remaining driver in critical condition will pull through.

The 996 GT2 has a fearsome 'widow maker' reputation among the Porsche fraternity. Driving one demands certain responsibility and ability... Neither unfortunately evident in this case.

Originally Posted by aging one

the idiot in the Porsche

the deceased

Originally Posted by aging one

...The speedo was stuck at 280 by the way.

As was said before this has nothing to do with the impact speed. I have a picture of a Honda Wave speedo stuck at 140 KPH

I wouldn't be game to try 180Km/h on any road in BKK

280kph is insanely fast for anything but a racetrack or places like Montana or Wyoming.
I once got a ride around a racetrack in Porsche 934 race car. He was hitting 300kph on the straightaways, brutally fast car, hurt when he hit the brakes and slammed into the shoulder harness! The side g-forces were pretty heavy as well.

I have often done 280 kph on a motor cycle, it's bloody scary.

If i'm not mistaken this happened on the Don Muang tollway which is just straight for miles and elevated so very much possible and actually very easy to get those kind of speeds. Much more difficult to avoid crashing into someone driving normal speed and changing lane etc front of you...

I have occassionally done 80 kph on a motor cycle, it's bloody scary.

Originally Posted by Ratchaburi

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

It crossed my desk yesterday prick face

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 :-)