# Paul Walker has Died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-walker-has-died/675184 "2013-12-01T03:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-walker-has-died/675184/141 "2014-03-26T21:20:37Z")
You ain’t kidding. I have a 1985 Corvette, and back in the day I bought it from my Dad. He stored it a lot and didn’t drive it much. Thing handled like a beast - all over the road, even at highway speeds. (Not that it’d go huge anyway; it’s an automatic and the base model. So, performance for '85 maybe, but now? Not so much.) It needed new tires, badly. Took it in for new tires - after he replaced them, the service guy asked me how old the tires were. I wasn’t sure; they coulda been the originals for all I knew. (This was a while back, they still might have been 15 years old. Which isn’t cool.) Service guy said, “Yeah, we knew they were old. Rubber was all cracked. Those were dangerous.” And they were. After the tire change? Night and day. Car handled like a kitten, smooth and awesome. 9 year old tires, on a performance car like that? Oof. Scary. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-walker-has-died/675184/142 "2015-09-29T06:09:02Z")
Well it wasn’t driving too fast nor old tires; instead it was all Porsche’s fault: > [@](#): > > The daughter of late actor Paul Walker, who died in the fiery crash of a Porsche sports car in California two years ago, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the car company in Los Angeles on Monday, court records show. > > Meadow Walker claimed in the complaint that the automaker skimped on safety features for the vehicle, which could have either prevented the crash entirely or at least kept Walker alive. > > Paul Walker was a passenger in the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT driven by Roger Rodas, who lost control of the vehicle before it careened into trees and a utility pole in Santa Clarita, northwest of Los Angeles, killing both men in November 2013. > > The suit said Porsche AG knew the car model had a “history of instability and control issues” and added that the seat belts were designed such that in a crash, the shoulder belt anchor would be pulled along with the rear engine compartment while the seat anchor would remain in place. > **[Daughter of late actor Paul Walker sues Porsche over fatal crash](https://www.yahoo.com/news/daughter-actor-paul-walker-sues-porsche-over-fatal-043821712--sector.html)** > > (Reuters) - The daughter of late actor Paul Walker, who died in the fiery crash of a Porsche sports car in California two years ago, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the car company in Los Angeles on Monday, court records show. Meadow Walker... ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-walker-has-died/675184/143 "2015-09-29T13:37:37Z")
The tire issue alone is going to sink any lawsuit, IMHO. Culpatory negligence leading to the primary cause of loss of control, at greatly excessive speed. Issues with safety and passenger protection will be a slim hook for a modest good faith and public image settlement by Porsche. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-walker-has-died/675184.md?page=7)