Mechanic wrecks Porsche..........Floriduh back in lead!

[JupiterSunsation]

Picture showed a yellow boxter rolled into mangroves.....


Mechanic test drives customer's Porsche at 163 mph before...BAM!

January 29, 2010 02:55 PM

Kenneth R. Kasten owns Sanibel Shell Service Station.

Nanelle Wehmann, a regular customer of Sanibel Shell Service Station, dropped off her 2008 yellow Porsche Boxster for some routine maintenance.

She never got her Porsche back.

That's because e owner of the station, Kenneth R. Kasten, wrecked her car.

Really wrecked her car.


He allegedly drove the Porsche 163 mph down McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers before he lost control and flipped the car into the mangroves on the side of the road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

It was the only vehicle involved in the crash.

Kasten wasn’t seriously injured and fled the scene before emergency crews arrived, reports the Fort Myers News-Press.

Wehmann is thankful that Kasten wasn't hurt.

Kasten has been charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene of a crash.

Wehmann said she doesn’t hold any ill will towards Kasten or his business and said she’s still willing to bring her vehicles back to the station in the future.

“I have no reason to think I wouldn’t,” she said. “It’s a well-respected place.”

DUH!

Double DUH!

[MacGyver]

Wehmann said she doesn’t hold any ill will towards Kasten or his business and said she’s still willing to bring her vehicles back to the station in the future.

“I have no reason to think I wouldn’t,” she said. “It’s a well-respected place.”

I'm thinking NOT! :smash:

[Wrinkleface]

Wehmann said she doesn’t hold any ill will towards Kasten or his business and said she’s still willing to bring her vehicles back to the station in the future.

“I have no reason to think I wouldn’t,” she said. “It’s a well-respected place.”

I'm thinking NOT! :smash:

Blond????????????????????????????????????????:leaving:

[MacGyver]

Blond????????????????????????????????????????:leaving:

Or he has a really big....errr.....wrench :willy_nilly:

[imco offshore]

sugar daddy will buy me the color I want NOW !!

[MarylandMark]

:eek:

[pullmytrigger]

163 in a Boxter eh?.....Lap after lap I could pull one up Mosport's long back straight with my 305 tpi Iroc.....try 123

[Expensive Date]

I don't know think mommy banging Jr is still in the lead.

[catastrophe]

Or he has a really big....errr.....wrench :willy_nilly:

Well he does pay particular attention to his vegetable garden.:)

[JupiterSunsation]

163 in a Boxter eh?.....Lap after lap I could pull one up Mosport's long back straight with my 305 tpi Iroc.....try 123

Maximum output of the 3.2-litre six-cylinder in the Boxster S is 206 kW (280 bhp), ensuring acceleration to 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds and a top speed of 268 km/h or 166 mph. To capitalise on this extra power, the Boxster S comes with a new six-speed manual gear-box, new multiple synchromesh and optimised gear travel ensuring not only a very precise, but also very fast gearshift (approximately 15 per cent faster than before).

[pullmytrigger]

Maximum output of the 3.2-litre six-cylinder in the Boxster S is 206 kW (280 bhp), ensuring acceleration to 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds and a top speed of 268 km/h or 166 mph. To capitalise on this extra power, the Boxster S comes with a new six-speed manual gear-box, new multiple synchromesh and optimised gear travel ensuring not only a very precise, but also very fast gearshift (approximately 15 per cent faster than before).

Oh so you can tell the one in the weeds is an S....

for the record its the black one ahead of the red Vette....whatever that thing is.

and my above post is a fact.....not a cut and paste:kiss:

[Audiofn]

Oh NY can top that. The place I worked when I was younger did work on a famous designers car. His mechanic had put some new turnbos in the 959. He took it for a rip and flipped the car. The car was not in the country legally (at the time you could not have the 959's in the country). They had the cr on a flat bed before any police could show up and covered it and drove it to the shop. We hid the car for over a year with I think it was two searches by customers looking for the car. They never found it and a while later we restored the car.

[JupiterSunsation]

Oh so you can tell the one in the weeds is an S....

for the record its the black one ahead of the red Vette....whatever that thing is.

and my above post is a fact.....not a cut and paste:kiss:


No I can't tell it is an S but if in fact it was then the article could be correct. The original Boxsters were only 201 HP and still probably did 130+. Just because you ran someone at the track doesn't mean it was running flat out, maybe the guy/gal was uncomfortable at speed and was just having a fun day at the track.

I don't love Boxsters but they are a decent car for the money and when driven correctly would have ZERO problems out lapping an IROC. A couple of laps into hard driving that IROC will have brake fade that will prevent you from driving it hard until it cools down. All the big HP guys at the track run hard for a couple laps and overheat their brakes and then have to watch slower cars lap them until the brakes cool down.

My wife drove her M3 at Sebring a few years back for the first time and she was listening to her instructor and learning pretty quick. By the end of the first day she was lapping Corvettes/Cobras due to the brake fade issues and one guy came over to inspect the M3, swearing it had work done to it (which was bone stock right down to the tires!). Of course when I got behind the wheel I would drive it harder and I would be the guy with the brake pedal made of jello! :D Sebring is hard on brakes.......

[tommymonza]

How did they know this guy was going this fast one? And where he wrecked
i can't imagine there being any real break in the traffic to open it up.

[pullmytrigger]

No I can't tell it is an S but if in fact it was then the article could be correct. The original Boxsters were only 201 HP and still probably did 130+. Just because you ran someone at the track doesn't mean it was running flat out, maybe the guy/gal was uncomfortable at speed and was just having a fun day at the track.

I don't love Boxsters but they are a decent car for the money and when driven correctly would have ZERO problems out lapping an IROC. A couple of laps into hard driving that IROC will have brake fade that will prevent you from driving it hard until it cools down. All the big HP guys at the track run hard for a couple laps and overheat their brakes and then have to watch slower cars lap them until the brakes cool down.

My wife drove her M3 at Sebring a few years back for the first time and she was listening to her instructor and learning pretty quick. By the end of the first day she was lapping Corvettes/Cobras due to the brake fade issues and one guy came over to inspect the M3, swearing it had work done to it (which was bone stock right down to the tires!). Of course when I got behind the wheel I would drive it harder and I would be the guy with the brake pedal made of jello! :D Sebring is hard on brakes.......



Not that I give two chits about getting into a pizzing match with some computer commando like you.....

#1 Mosport has only one (only reasonably) hard braking section.....the rest of the lap is little dabs on the brake setting up for corners.....it posts one of if not THE highest avg speeds of any track the ALMS Series races on.....look it up!!!....if you intend to challenge my post and are basing your computer argument on brakes YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT!!!!

#2 Your assuming my brakes are stock.....

#3 Not running the car flat out.....what a joke!.....I could see little squats in the rear every time he shifted, the little wisps of greyish smoke out the pipes and the wiggles in the transitions......like me he was driving the chit out of that car!....and the blank look on the guys face in the pit when I told him it was a 305......."OH!...not a 350?....huh!!....."

#4 Were you there??? I was and I dont need to talk chit!

I know you guys think your cars are all that......sorry theyre not.
With peeps like you around no wonder people hardly post anymore....enough.....:rolleyes:

[DollaBill]

who cares. Call insurance and get another one. Why the hell do i pay it if I can't use it? And, it's not like it was an Enzo..

[Blue Oval]

Maybe she was ok with it because it was there for a tire balance for a vibration around 160mph?

[Brad]

Maximum output of the 3.2-litre six-cylinder in the Boxster S is 206 kW (280 bhp), ensuring acceleration to 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds and a top speed of 268 km/h or 166 mph. To capitalise on this extra power, the Boxster S comes with a new six-speed manual gear-box, new multiple synchromesh and optimised gear travel ensuring not only a very precise, but also very fast gearshift (approximately 15 per cent faster than before).
Porsche..com states 2010 Boxster S 310 HP Top track speed 170. I was very suprised!

[offshore24]

163 in a Boxter eh?.....Lap after lap I could pull one up Mosport's long back straight with my 305 tpi Iroc.....try 123

OK you win, your penis is bigger!

[hotjava66]

seems to me you crash anything at 165 that doesnt have a roll cage and full harness you are toast. also i have driven some pretty fast cars and it takes a fair amount of road to get to 150 in a street car

[Fountain38SC]

Here's the interesting part - Kenneth R. Kasten owns Sanibel Shell Service Station. They have or had ties to offshore racing as in they race or did race. They are/were also involved in the development of an experimental boat a couple years ago. Unless the station has been sold in the last couple years but wtf do I know? This could all be dated info having nothing to do with the current owner.

[MarylandMark]

If it is the same guy..

Was going to put a turbine in it!

[HiZ]

How did they know this guy was going this fast one? And where he wrecked
i can't imagine there being any real break in the traffic to open it up.

Taddle Tale Livorsi GPS in the Center Counsel! :driving:

Possible that the guests concern was related to high speed wind noise, vibration, wheel pull, etc.
He was on a service test drive. Making sure the vehicle was to mfg spec and to the guests expectations.
Like she said, they are well "respected" lol

[JupiterSunsation]

Not that I give two chits about getting into a pizzing match with some computer commando like you.....

#1 Mosport has only one (only reasonably) hard braking section.....the rest of the lap is little dabs on the brake setting up for corners.....it posts one of if not THE highest avg speeds of any track the ALMS Series races on.....look it up!!!....if you intend to challenge my post and are basing your computer argument on brakes YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT!!!!

#2 Your assuming my brakes are stock.....

#3 Not running the car flat out.....what a joke!.....I could see little squats in the rear every time he shifted, the little wisps of greyish smoke out the pipes and the wiggles in the transitions......like me he was driving the chit out of that car!....and the blank look on the guys face in the pit when I told him it was a 305......."OH!...not a 350?....huh!!....."

#4 Were you there??? I was and I dont need to talk chit!

I know you guys think your cars are all that......sorry theyre not.
With peeps like you around no wonder people hardly post anymore....enough.....:rolleyes:

You do know what IROC stands for right? :D

You were the one that stated a Boxster couldn't break 123 mph......I just noted they all can do it and the S model breaks 160.....

[pullmytrigger]

You do know what IROC stands for right? :D.

do know what they call a BMW driver whose got nothing left and has to resort to calling people names.......????

[northernoffshore]

Just saw this thread and laughed. Kenny crashed down the street from me and I found the porsche tag bracket at the sceneand put it on my junk truck. My estimation is high 90's and speedo spun to wide open. His idea of test drives are to run it like it was stolen and burnouts etc..Sanibel is. is a goofy place to begin with not to mention sanibel shell. (He dumped the clutch in a customers saab so hard the motor dented the hood). He used to race with Mel Voss team magnum 27 when Mel was hurt. He would hold the thottles wide open and the engine would usually blow. Mel is a good guy that deservsed a better deal.He raced with Dr.Santiago (zero cavity, mcmanus baja style top gun)in a bat boat also. He is involved with the sea slug boat and that boat is rigged nice with a good motor exhaust and imco drive and box now, so when it goes up for auction, it would good to buy for the right price to strip. He worked on my custom dually way back when and snapped the started off the block with a jack ruining the long block, so I have some animosity towards that situation and sanibel shell. I'm sure he brags to his buddies that he was going that fast(163)but from where he crashed he would of been a hundred feet farther back in the mangroves bushes if that were the case.

[Boss460]

Not that I give two chits about getting into a pizzing match with some computer commando like you.....

#1 Mosport has only one (only reasonably) hard braking section.....the rest of the lap is little dabs on the brake setting up for corners.....it posts one of if not THE highest avg speeds of any track the ALMS Series races on.....look it up!!!....if you intend to challenge my post and are basing your computer argument on brakes YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT!!!!

#2 Your assuming my brakes are stock.....

#3 Not running the car flat out.....what a joke!.....I could see little squats in the rear every time he shifted, the little wisps of greyish smoke out the pipes and the wiggles in the transitions......like me he was driving the chit out of that car!....and the blank look on the guys face in the pit when I told him it was a 305......."OH!...not a 350?....huh!!....."

#4 Were you there??? I was and I dont need to talk chit!

I know you guys think your cars are all that......sorry theyre not.
With peeps like you around no wonder people hardly post anymore....enough.....:rolleyes:

I hardly post and it's actually posts like this that is why. The original argument was top speed and you were wrong and an S is capable of the speed in the article. You seem to be the computer commando here. Why so defensive and argumentative when it was the top speed that started this?

[JupiterSunsation]

I hardly post and it's actually posts like this that is why. The original argument was top speed and you were wrong and an S is capable of the speed in the article. You seem to be the computer commando here. Why so defensive and argumentative when it was the top speed that started this?

Guy was stuck in the 80's with his IROC-Z with the "big 305 motor" and couldn't understand how some of the newer foreign cars can put down some serious numbers. I didn't take it personal and laughed it off.

I don't care for them but some of those Subaru WRX/Lancer Turbos are extremely fast and can dust off some big HP highline cars.

[tommymonza]

So what is the story with the Sea Slug going up for auction ? What a waste of time and who ever gave this guy one dime for that to be built is crazy.

[northernoffshore]

So what is the story with the Sea Slug going up for auction ? What a waste of time and who ever gave this guy one dime for that to be built is crazy.

No just saying they got rid of the o/b and spent some money on it. You could rig a nice single with the hardware from it. Maybe if they make another XXX movie they could use as a stunt boat.

[LaughingCat]

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[northernoffshore]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haDTyBS8xnU The sea slug

[pullmytrigger]

I hardly post and it's actually posts like this that is why. The original argument was top speed and you were wrong and an S is capable of the speed in the article.

OMG.....!!!....isnt this OVER!!
re read the whole thread.....my argument was theres no way he could hit then wipe out at 163 and gave a REAL WORLD account of something that happened on a RACE TRACK where you start in second gear and run wide open for the better part of a MILE then only have to drop one gear at the end to make the turn and we still couldnt get anywhere near the supposed 163 stated in the artical and that was only in a S model which IMO it probably wasnt.....even if it was an S he would probably need the better part of 2 to 2.5 MILES to open it up , inch up to top speed then be able to come to a safe stop, and it didnt look like he was in Bonneville Utah or Montana......I still call BS!!!!

And the damage to the car.....more proof......look what happens to Nascars when they crash.....get sideways at 180 maybe scrub off 20 mph sliding then start crashing at.....160!......the blocks fly out the rearends dislodge....by the time theyre done theres nothing left of those cars and they have roll cages on roll cages.....and how do I know what the roll cages are like???......I happen to own one...... IM sorry but if you slide off the road at 160 in a production car.....your dead.

even an eyewitness to the crash calls BS...see post above yours

[pullmytrigger]

with the "big 305 motor"

where did I say that???.....you cant find anything so you just make something up eh?.....L

and for the record I expected to get really waxed by these guys, Im not afraid of being beat.....I raced for years and got beat all the time.

and I should have got beat.....I have FIVE G's into my car not SIXTY FIVE Gs like they do.....:smash:

[tommymonza]

Quote here
163 in a Boxter eh?.....Lap after lap I could pull one up Mosport's long back straight with my 305 tpi Iroc.....try 123

[pullmytrigger]

Quote here

ahhhhhh....what Im referring to is I didnt say "big 305 motor" like I think it is a "big" motor cube wise or has "big" power or think its a "big" deal or is a "big" badazz motor......get it???.....you guys nieghbours??? haha

[Boss460]

and how do I know what the roll cages are like???......I happen to own one......

Sorry I didn't realize. I bow to your obvious greater knowledge. Please forgive me for ever doubting you. I am in absolute awe over your superiority. You are definately the only person here qualified to give an opinion. How dare anyone here question it.

[pullmytrigger]

I was ready to leave it alone a month and a half ago......

[northernoffshore]

You guys need to have sanibel shell test drive your cars to see how fast they actually are, and also how loud the stereos can play, how long a burnout it will do and how flips into the mangroves it can handle......................