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post Dec 4 2011, 09:31 PM
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post Dec 4 2011, 09:53 PM
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Thats alot of parts available for someones project. They must have been

traveling tight and quick. How to translate? I know we have a member

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post Dec 4 2011, 11:00 PM
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post Dec 4 2011, 11:15 PM
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Did anyone pick up a hose? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)



I miss Howard. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

It's good to remember him. Thank you Andy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Dec 4 2011, 11:46 PM
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Did anyone pick up a hose? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)



I miss Howard. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

It's good to remember him. Thank you Andy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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post Dec 5 2011, 05:57 AM
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post Dec 5 2011, 06:03 AM
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Japanese NASCAR W/O the oval track?
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post Dec 5 2011, 08:43 AM
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post Dec 5 2011, 09:24 AM
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Did anyone pick up a hose? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Care to explain to those of us that came along after Howie. He must have been a cracker jack.
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post Dec 5 2011, 09:47 AM
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Did anyone pick up a hose? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Care to explain to those of us that came along after Howie. He must have been a cracker jack.


A few years back, a jackass software developer with too much money was drunk driving his Ferrari on Hwy 1 at 0-Dark-30 in the morning with some guy he had just picked up at a party. He got airborne and piled it up leaving only a pile of Ferrari parts. Howard, who was a good part of the heart of 914World/Club happened by and picked up a hose from the wreckage. He put it on eBay and IIRC the auction got shut down. Because of some very good Ferrari engineering, everyone walked away, or I should say in this case, ran. When police arrived no one was at the scene. They caught him later. Turned out the Ferrari was leased and no recent payments had been made.
Howard passed away of a brain aneurism a year or so later. He hosted and organized one of the biggest WCR in history. He was the BFF of our Birthday Fairy Lisa K. She doesn't even own a 914 but she keeps up her duties as birthday fairy to honor her memory of Howard.
We have had a few members pass away. James Montebello and Howard were two of the best for sure, not to minimize any of the others...

Here is the story as told by a Swedish paper:


A rare one-million-dollar Ferrari sports car belonging to a Swedish game industry mogul slammed into a pole during a high-speed street race on Tuesday, reducing it to scrap metal, US police said.

Ferrari crash Swede faces new trial (4 Nov 06)
Ferrari Swede in LA court (24 Oct 06)
Ferrari smash Swede rejects LA plea deal (17 Oct 06)

Police in the plush Los Angeles district of Malibu said the 2003 Ferrari Enzo, only 399 of which were ever made, was owned by Stefan Eriksson, 44, a controversial former executive of the failed handheld gaming company Gizmondo.

The driver lost control of the Ferrari at around dawn when it careened up an embankment, probably became airborne and then slammed into a pole, slicing the vehicle in half, police said.

Eriksson, who was slightly injured in the crash, told police he was a passenger in the vehicle and that the driver was a German man called Dietrich who had fled the scene, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Sergeant Philip Brooks told AFP.

"Whoever was driving the Ferrari and a Mercedes came out to Malibu for a little race," Sheriff's Department Sergeant Philip Brooks said. "The other car racing was a (500,000-dollar) SLR Mercedes," he said.

Eriksson had a blood-alcohol level of 0.09, which is above the legal limit, Brooks said, adding that nobody had been arrested in connection with the crash but that officers were still seeking to identify the driver of the car.

"He's still considered as the passenger," Brooks said of Eriksson. "We're continuing our investigation. He's not in custody."

The red Ferrari Enzo, other examples of which are owned by such high-flyers as Oscar-winning movie star Nicolas Cage and US fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, was speeding are more than 192 kilometers an hour (120 mph) when the crash occurred, Brooks said.

The impact sheared the red Italian sports car in two, separating the entire front section from the rest of the vehicle. The 650 horsepower car had a top speed of more than 360 kilometers (225 miles) per hour.

"For a million dollars, you get a very good passenger-safety system, and apparently, in this case, it did work," Brooks said.

Police determined that Eriksson was once an executive of the video game industry firm Gizmondo.

"He told us he is or was the head of Gizmondo," Brooks said, adding also that Eriksson had previously professionally raced Ferraris in Europe.

Internet records show that Eriksson was the executive officer of Gizmondo Europe -- a unit of a US company Tiger Telematics -- which developed games and a high-tech gaming console.

British press reports said Eriksson resigned in October last year after a Swedish newspaper claimed he was convicted in Sweden in the early 1990s for alleged involvement with a Swedish mafia outfit.

The company filed for bankruptcy in Britain last month after reporting a net loss of 140 million pounds (225 million dollars) for the third quarter of 2005 on sales of 1.4 million pounds.
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post Dec 5 2011, 10:07 AM
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In case you missed the original episode

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/special/enzo/

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fe...0,3986184.story

http://forum.miata.net/vb/archive/index.php/t-207426.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Eriksson

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post Dec 5 2011, 05:23 PM
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SOMEBODY SLOWED DOWN!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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post Dec 5 2011, 06:02 PM
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Guess they really do handle like they are on rails.
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post Dec 6 2011, 09:13 AM
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Admin. Edit: agreed. Not cool Mark.


Not even funny !! These comments should not be posted here at all
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post Dec 6 2011, 10:22 AM
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QUOTE(BMXerror @ Dec 5 2011, 03:31 PM) *

Admin. Edit: agreed. Not cool Mark.

Not even funny !! These comments should not be posted here at all

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) People should try to remember that this is 914 "World". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

Back on topic...

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Jamie, any scoop as to who that group was and what happened? Clearly they were running close together and someone in front slowed down.

Richard
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post Dec 6 2011, 11:23 AM
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Admin. Edit: agreed. Not cool Mark.

Not even funny !! These comments should not be posted here at all

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) People should try to remember that this is 914 "World". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

Back on topic...

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Jamie, any scoop as to who that group was and what happened? Clearly they were running close together and someone in front slowed down.

Richard

A translated article here:
http://hereisthecity.com/2011/12/05/the-wo...sive-car-crash/
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post Dec 6 2011, 11:57 AM
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