R.I.P Paul Walker

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Walker's car collection.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/13/paul-walker-car-collection-tour-video/#continued

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U189SwhPXKI"]Amazing Car Collection at AE Performance - YouTube[/ame]



Remember when this video came out. Interesting that the collection is Paul Walker's. More Mustangs then I would have expected the guy would have owned.

[SoLOwX3]

hey guys please join in on the effort here to help fund raise for what paul started.. offering tee shirts and 100% of the proceeds will go to the fund raiser.. its not my site or anything but i've got a bunch of guys around me to order some (cleveland ohio) they will ship after new years.. www.booster.com/paulwalker

thank you!

Just bought 2, thanks for posting this man.

R.I.P Paul Walker

[Oxer]

what a legend.

[Khalil]

^ Yeah that made all the feels come back when I read it on Facebook. Vin Diesel is the fucking man.

[SheaMoose]

[siopaolover]

I wish I had found this thread earlier!

Like most, I was pretty devastated when I had heard of what happened. Like what's been said before, the movies brought people together, even if the acting was mediocre and the plots kinda sucked. It got so many of us in the younger generation into modding cars and making them our own. It strengthened our car scene and made it what it is today. Imagine how many people in this generation would be into cars if these movies didn't exist?

Personally, the most important part of these movies is how they brought me closer to my brother and cousins. We'd watch these movies a lot growing up and would always joke around about them. Whether it was a "bullshit, asshole. No one likes the tuna here" or a "we hongry", these movies gave us something to connect over. Now we're all passionate about cars, and I honestly don't know where we would've been without these movies.

It's understandable though, for anyone who didn't have a personal connection to these movies to question why we're so affected by the death of a celebrity. And it's because we saw him as much more than that.

[MarkoE500]

hey guys please join in on the effort here to help fund raise for what paul started.. offering tee shirts and 100% of the proceeds will go to the fund raiser.. its not my site or anything but i've got a bunch of guys around me to order some (cleveland ohio) they will ship after new years.. www.booster.com/paulwalker

thank you!

[HKSpeed]

A guy stole the roof off the wrecked car while it was being transported, then posted about it on Instgram. He was arrested afterwards.
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/06/m...porsche-wreck/

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Forewarning, this post is a little long.

What GLi16v posted but here it is embedded.



What makes this video so powerful is the fact of family, bringing together a group of people with a common passion and love; for most of us it's cars.

"The most important thing in life will always be the people in this room, right here, right now. Salud mi familia."

Saw this video on FaceBook, which actually inspired me to write something about it.

"You know, I wasn't really going to post anything about this since everything has been said that needs to be said about Paul Walker. But after seeing this video, I felt inspired to share something a little insightful on my page, for once maybe?

I had this discussion with people at work, a discussion about why "car guys" were making such a big deal about Paul Walker's death. Yes, the Fast & Furious series has had a ton of terrible acting, weak plots, expected twists and cheesy one-liners, but he was a massive part of something that shed light on a life that most do not understand. There is a bond between most in the scene that can be attributed to that of a family.

While I will not go as far to say that the friends I have made in the car scene are any where near as important as my actual family (go cry somewhere else guys) I will say that they are a big part of my life, who I am and what I do. These friends will go out of their way to help, sometimes without ever meeting you. They may pick up and send parts your way, cook up some food and have you over or even give you a place to crash if need be.

This series also subtly hit on the fact that no matter where you came from, what you do for a living, your beliefs, your level of education or your salary, people of all walks of life can become very close simply because of some shaped forms of metal held together by a couple bolts."

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I'm slightly disturbed about the fact that no one is mentioning Roger Rodas. He was a huge loss, too.

I posted up about Roger on the first page. post #19

[Blacky]

phew!! glad im not the only one... thanks for posting, i guess i forget my age age sometimes, i still feel like im 22 most days
and btw Senna has brought me close to tears.

blacky what you probably dont know is those movies made the import scene a frustrating thing to be associated with, the kids (not that i wasnt a kid at the time that got into it immediately after FF came out really just fucked it all up. theft skyrocketed and cops really cracked down, and people that i looked up to that were into cars did not hold back with their utter disdain of anything japanese. i remember trying to have conversations about cars with people back then and just giving up because of all the misinformation and hype generated by those movies.

that being said things seem a lot better these days, but i think it has more to do with he availability of info and forums like stanceworks that are more accepting of different styles. i just had no idea that soo many people thought that highly of a guy that i associate(rightly or wrongly) with the temporary setback/ downfall of something ive dedicated my life to

That's fair enough and I completely understand where you're coming from, the other guy just put forward his point in an ignorant manner in my opinion.

[Aitch]

Maybe it's just a generational thing, but I didn't see everyone up in arms when Carroll Shelby died in 2012 and they're won't be any hype on here when Pete Brock passes.

I get your point, but a lot of us in the 20-30ish age range don't feel a personal connection to them. I hugely respect the respective contributions to the automotive world, but when there isn't that same feeling of personal connection you won't see the same outpouring of grief. In that respect it's kinda the nature of the beast, where you have a famous movie star who was brought into people's lives in a larger-than-life way, who obviously shared the same passions.

[Jlyons617]

I'm slightly disturbed about the fact that no one is mentioning Roger Rodas. He was a huge loss, too.

In all honesty I had to look him up. Interesting guy. I do have to say i bet he got in a little over his head with that Carrera GT. He went form racing Boss 302 Mustangs in The Pirelli series to a half million dollar 200+mph supercar.

[MommysLittleMonster]

I'm slightly disturbed about the fact that no one is mentioning Roger Rodas. He was a huge loss, too.

[Jlyons617]

Maybe it's just a generational thing, but I didn't see everyone up in arms when Carroll Shelby died in 2012 and they're won't be any hype on here when Pete Brock passes.