Led, No, that was a Carrera GT that Walker died in. The GT is a much more visceral car without a lot of driver nannies, and a real 6 speed manual. Leno also crashed a similar Carrera GT. You'd have to almost try to crash a 918...
~Holland On Jul 14, 2016 12:43, "Les Noriel" <les.nor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Isn't that the same model Porsche that lost control in Santa Clarita and > took the life of Paul Walker? It's a different color > It's one of the most visually stunning Porsche's in my opinion. > > But I heard they are very unstable at high speed. Along those lines, Jay > Leno test drove one on the track and lost control of it on one of the high > speed banks. Apparently that is not an uncommon occurrence in this model. > > Those are worth more than my house so it is unlikely I'll ever get a > chance to drive one. > > -Les > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Larry Velez <la...@sinu.com> wrote: > >> Here is a fun listing. A million dollar Porsche: >> http://www.copart.com/us/Lot/26559066 >> >> >> >> Since the auction is ‘on approval’ the insurance company would probably >> want to see at leask $500K for this car to let it go. Getting repair parts >> for such a rare car would probably be super challening. >> >> >> >> -Larry >> >> >> >> *From:* mk2-16v@googlegroups.com [mailto:mk2-16v@googlegroups.com] *On >> Behalf Of *Larry Velez >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 13, 2016 2:11 PM >> *To:* mk2-16v@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* RE: [mk2-16v] CoPart >> >> >> >> Les, >> >> >> >> CoPart is basically a software company. They took the old business of a >> junkyard and added a layer of software and brought the auction process >> online. They now run large yards across the country and also work with >> local yards to be the marketplace for salvaged (and sometimes just used) >> cars. They have done a good job of building out the software to run the >> auctions online weekly and like Ebay there is a community of people making >> money from their marketplace as they buy and restore or part out cars much >> more efficiently than if you had to drive to a local yard. They will even >> ship a car to many of the other states efficiently because they are sending >> multiple cars between their own yards regularly. I think they have a >> couple of competitors trying to do the same thing LKQ and iaai.com are >> two. >> >> >> >> As for Mk1/Mk2 hybrids like the Cabrio – they probably suffered from >> their Frankenstein design – sort of like the VW Fox. >> >> >> >> -Larry >> >> >> >> *From:* mk2-16v@googlegroups.com [mailto:mk2-16v@googlegroups.com >> <mk2-16v@googlegroups.com>] *On Behalf Of *Les Noriel >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:37 PM >> *To:* mk2-16v@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* Re: [mk2-16v] CoPart >> >> >> >> I once had a 92 cabriolet. It wasn't my favorite MK1. Although it was >> probably the least problematic of all the MK1s I'd owned in the past. It >> just didn't have that tight feel of the Scirocco or the Rabbit. >> >> Les >> >> On Jul 13, 2016 10:33 AM, "Les Noriel" <les.nor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I've never heard of Copart. Apparently they're being auctioned. Is it >> similar to eBay motors? Or is it asset liquidation site? >> >> Les >> On Jul 13, 2016 9:32 AM, "Holland Phillips" <hollandphill...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Actually, two of the three are technically Mk1's, since there were no >> Mk2 Cabrios. >> > >> > ~Holland >> > >> > On Jul 13, 2016 09:28, "Larry Velez" <la...@sinu.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Was surprised to see Mk2s on CoPart. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Figured they would not get such old cars. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MK2-16v" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. >> >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/BY2PR04MB1990132578F744562EA7C52FC0310%40BY2PR04MB1990.namprd04.prod.outlook.com >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MK2-16v" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CABrbKB%3Dy-zFqwFCNWEhNEs%2BMOu8D1dGfFrzdMRr1qku9BEC5pg%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MK2-16v" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CAEpuu2Og9FH4v4SHy%2Bhktey0mQgmvCSpFeXuCE3zW7CWrYX26w%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CAEpuu2Og9FH4v4SHy%2Bhktey0mQgmvCSpFeXuCE3zW7CWrYX26w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MK2-16v" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/BY2PR04MB19905EBB0FD5A30855D83A0CC0310%40BY2PR04MB1990.namprd04.prod.outlook.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/BY2PR04MB19905EBB0FD5A30855D83A0CC0310%40BY2PR04MB1990.namprd04.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MK2-16v" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/BY2PR04MB199006E269F7BE130CD8FFB6C0320%40BY2PR04MB1990.namprd04.prod.outlook.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/BY2PR04MB199006E269F7BE130CD8FFB6C0320%40BY2PR04MB1990.namprd04.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MK2-16v" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CAEpuu2OyrnWwmx2Fp4hLyCrb-T7iCzuYN3iVj7EGJ4DHYdcsiA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CAEpuu2OyrnWwmx2Fp4hLyCrb-T7iCzuYN3iVj7EGJ4DHYdcsiA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. 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