Your words resonate with me...I can't emphasize enough how fleeting life is and what we, as a whole, take for granted.
Yeah, I'm not going to go all Jalopnik here and talk about the car. This was a life lost, and seems like it was relatively preventable. Always leave a thick margin on public roads.......to the car's limits, to your own skills and most importantly to the safety of others sharing the road.
lawsuit of improper design and unsupported door structure lead to lethal injury which could have been preventable. I was not privy to any details of the suit or settlement. Honestly, I prefer to know that he died instantly from his own fault than to see him as a vegetable if the damage was close enough to kill him but not enough. If you all saw head injury patients, or comatose patients, it's almost more heartbreaking to know it once was your bro/sis/mom/dad/friend, but no one is home, so to speak. Speaking as a doc, not a family member of this tragic loss. We have come to terms, but still anniversary dates and birthdays open the wounds. Be careful all.
Thanks so much for having the courage and strength to post this message of remembrance for your brother. If I can gather any sense from your writing, I'd bet that he and you were both from a close and loving family and that he was a good man. My brother and I were and always will be best friends, so this resonated with me on a very personal level. Although we live on opposite sides of the country, we are still able to share our love of cars, sports and above all else, family. I will never take that for granted. Cheers to your brother's memory, Henry
I have known some people who died in Porsches and VW's. I have a hard time with owning either make as a result. Corvettes too, but the newer ones are so much better made than the ones these people lost their lives in. Things happen, people die, parts fail, skills lapse, physics intrudes, even Mr. Murphy shows up. What can you do? Your best. Prepare yourself. Try not to do anything extra risky. Take classes. Stay up on your maintenance. Plan ahead as much as you can. Remember those who have died with respect and love. Mourn then move on. Enjoy the life you have.
Cuneo put the words to my thoughts. Let's all remember: While the 348s and 355s are safer than 166s, they ain't up to todays standards, and the open cars are even a bit lower on the safety scale than the berlinettas. Stories like this hopefully remind us that it CAN happen to you. And if it can happen to you, maybe it can happen to me.
Why they would never sell as many cars, they don't care never will. Just like motorcycle dealers will sell a bike to someone who has never once riden a bike, not even a motorcycle license is needed. They leave the dealer and wreck the bike just outside of it. People will always try to kill themselves in cars.
