Yeah, I remember. He also owned two NSX's and a few several Porsche's...one of which I believe is a Shark Werks. Joe is a big gearhead, and he said one time (I think on someone's podcast) that he regretted selling his MKIV Supra...it was the only fast sports car he owned that never gave him problems.He used to own a MKIV back in the day so I'm sure he's got a bit of fondness for the Supra.
Yup, and here is the shop's owner, also the same guy that wrecked it.This it?
Alright that means whole world needs to cancel him right now.Yup, and here is the shop's owner, also the same guy that wrecked it.
https://www.facebook.com/100067010024321/
Right lol.Alright that means whole world needs to cancel him right now.
Emphatically confirmed it was a technician doing a check drive after work performed on a paying customers car. Likely if not probably the owner of the shop, whose name and social media screenshot I deleted from another SF member's post upthread.
Based on the video and various accounts of the incident, as well as pictures of the wreck, my semi-educated wild-ass-guess is this:
An older ~900hp capable build on older engine management with zero traction control features,an incredibly poor choice of performance tires in general for a high HP RWD car (wreck pics appear to show Nitto Invos), cold weather that made those tires even worse to drive on, and likely a stock torsen diff doing what we all know the stock torsen diff tends to do when you combine lots of HP and especially in low traction situations - unlock unpredictably and seriously upset the car.
In the video you can see the car accelerate and step out a little bit to the left. The driver countersteers but it swings out a bit further to the right with a slight overcorrection. Then you see the car nose-down as the throttle is lifted. At that exact moment it almost looks like the inside (right side) rear wheel starts braking because the car rotates harder to the right, which is very consistent with how the stock Torsen LSD acts. The low traction from the cold and the poor tire choice only exacerbated and lowered the threshold for that shit.
Based on the video again, and how the car accelerated, I'd bet it was on wastegate boost or pump gas boost levels it wasn't on the 'let it eat' setting at all.
Sucks for the owner, sucks for the driver, sucks if that guy is the owner of the performance shop, it all just sucks.
It's only made worse by the peanut gallery and bloodthirsty court of internet justice who think themselves invulnerable to such mistakes trying to make that dude's life even worse. Doxxing that guy or dragging his name or the shop's name through the mud isn't going to enhance the end outcome for the owner of the now-wrecked car nor is it going to make that dude feel worse than he already does.
They're probably friends lol. Also mistake my @ss... he was flooring it and went well over the 55 mph speed limit. The camera car was already going around 80 mph.Right lol.
Also one of Supraforum's mod removed the profile and seems to be making excuses for the driver/shop owner.
https://www.supraforums.com/threads/mechanic-wrecked-mkiv.1129014/page-2#post-14008301
Yup, here is the proof.They're probably friends lol. Also mistake my @ss... he was flooring it and went well over the 55 mph speed limit. The camera car was already going around 80 mph.
I'm not going to defend the mechanic who did the work and who drove the car. I don't know anything about him or his shop. The Supra was in his care while he was servicing and tuning it.Right lol.
Also one of Supraforum's mod removed the profile and seems to be making excuses for the driver/shop owner.
https://www.supraforums.com/threads/mechanic-wrecked-mkiv.1129014/page-2#post-14008301
They removed the post on IG but here is a screen shot before it was taken down.This it?
Same