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Old 10-07-09, 10:33 AM   #16
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You would think a car with so much technological wizardry would be almost crash proof. Kinda like the Evos. Friggin amateurs.
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Old 10-07-09, 10:34 AM   #17
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I bet he launched it from a stop light or something and then couldn't handle the raw power it delivers.

nah, probably due to texting.
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Old 10-07-09, 10:36 AM   #18
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his car was going to be repo'd by the bank.

so he decided to deliver it himself.
hahaha... right on brother u too crazy
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Old 10-07-09, 10:44 AM   #19
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I think you guys can't see what happen, he got busted by a Lexus with JZ motor, got piss off with his automatic tranny ***** car and decide to total the car and buy a stick shift machine getting some loan in the bank, the manager said no, sorry, he back up just a little and full throttle on this mo. ****. bank,
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Old 10-07-09, 10:49 AM   #20
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Maybe the floor mats got stuck

It looks like it was in Chinatown and the driver is a young Aisan kid, more car than he can handles I guess.
not chinatown, although there are a lot of asian shops on that street.
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Old 10-07-09, 10:51 AM   #21
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Old 10-07-09, 11:27 AM   #22
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Maybe the floor mats got stuck

It looks like it was in Chinatown and the driver is a young Aisan kid, more car than he can handles I guess.
Nope, nowhere near Chinatown. But we do have a lot of (too many, in fact) really bad drivers with too much money in this part of the world.
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Gives a whole new meaning to "launch control".
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Old 10-07-09, 11:37 AM   #24
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he was hoping to make a withdrawal to pay for the dealer mark-up
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Old 10-07-09, 11:53 AM   #25
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another GT-R crash?...i have noticed that a lot of people have been crashing this car since it came out
Sadly, most high performance sports car drivers cannot drive(or not nearly as good as they think), you see that all the time ...
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Old 10-07-09, 03:34 PM   #26
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I bet he launched it from a stop light or something and then couldn't handle the raw power it delivers.

nah, probably due to texting.
Texting gets my vote.
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Old 10-07-09, 06:00 PM   #27
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another GT-R crash?...i have noticed that a lot of people have been crashing this car since it came out
No different from any moron in a Ferrai Enzo or Carrera GT
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another GT-R crash?...i have noticed that a lot of people have been crashing this car since it came out
No different from any moron in a Ferrai 430, Carrera GT, or even a Koenegsegg CCX. If anything the GTR has more computer aids to help keep it on the road
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Old 10-08-09, 07:27 AM   #30
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hope people got insurance...
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