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BREAKING: Toyota's chief test driver dies behind wheel of LFA in Germany

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Old 06-23-2010, 04:17 PM
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traggic, RIP...hopefully he died doing what he loved
 
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Another reminder that anything can happen, no matter who you are and what you drive.

Both cars took the impact quite well. LFA was smashed in front but so did the BMW 3 series. Hard to believe that the driver died.

I will stick to buying alum or steel cars. I have seen too many CF cars end up in fatality. So scary.
 
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always the same ... coming off the Ring, driving like you are still on it ... you can do that right there on the Autobahn going buy, just keep it down on country roads ... if you are "veering" into oncoming traffic you are going faster on narrow German backroads than anywhere allowed on broad highways in the US.
 
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Terrible news
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very sad news and I hate to say it, but having it happen in a spy car no less.

praying for his family, just sucks losing someone that way.
 
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Something funny going on.

From the video, it looks like a survivable crash, the cockpit was still completly intact.

Either he wasn't wearing his seat belt, or he was wearing a harness with no neck restraint?
 
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Just starting thinking about it... maybe he had a heart attack before the crash... they wont know untill an autopsy.

but your right very fishy stuff.
 
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hate to bring this up but maybe he forgot what side of the road he was supposed to be on.
 


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