{"id":128562,"date":"2024-06-04T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/?p=3025396"},"modified":"2024-06-04T18:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:50:00","slug":"23-yo-porsche-driver-finds-the-river-limmat-in-his-911-gt3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/23-yo-porsche-driver-finds-the-river-limmat-in-his-911-gt3\/","title":{"rendered":"23-YO Porsche Driver Finds The (River) Limmat In His 911 GT3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GT3-wet-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GT3-wet-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GT3-wet-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GT3-wet-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GT3-wet-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GT3-wet-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Driver of a Porsche 911 GT3 lost control and skidded into the Limmat river in Switzerland.<\/li>\n<li>Local news reports say the driver was 23, and his passenger only 17.<\/li>\n<li>This is the latest in a string of watery 911 accidents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What is it about Porsche 911s and water? Barely a week goes by these days without us covering an accident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/04\/81-year-old-in-porsche-993-turbo-goes-bridge-jumping-in-germany\/\">involving a rear-engined Porsche<\/a>&rsquo;s desperate attempts to replicate the feats of their WWII-era Schwimmwagen<strong> <\/strong>ancestors, and this latest incident isn&rsquo;t the first to star a GT3.<\/p>\n<div id=\"6a782b01-facb-45f3-a88f-ddf1b1f97657\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\" max-height=\"306\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"4d84e4c9-9937-4f84-82c0-c94544ee6f2a\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\" max-height=\"600\"> <\/div>\n<p><script>\n var adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};\n         adpushup.que.push(function() {\n             if (adpushup.config.platform !== \"DESKTOP\"){\n    adpushup.triggerAd(\"4d84e4c9-9937-4f84-82c0-c94544ee6f2a\");\n             }\nelse{<\/p>\n<p>     adpushup.triggerAd(\"6a782b01-facb-45f3-a88f-ddf1b1f97657\");\n}         });\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Footage and images from the scene show a 992-generation 911 partially submerged in the Limmat river in Switzerland, and rescue crews&rsquo; attempts to extract it without causing further damage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/another%20porsche%20takes%20a%20swim!%20this%20time%20a%20911%20cabrio%20in%20a%20canal\/\">Another Porsche Takes A Swim! This Time A 911 Cabrio In A Canal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hard to look at the straps wrapped around the stick-thin spokes of the forged alloy wheels without wincing as the crane hauls the stricken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/porsche-911-gt3\/\">GT3<\/a> from the water, though they seem to do a good job of getting it back on dry land intact.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n  window._taboola = window._taboola || [];\n  _taboola.push({\n    mode: 'thumbnails-a-mid',\n    container: 'taboola-mid-article',\n    placement: 'Mid Article',\n    target_type: 'mix'\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n  window._taboola = window._taboola || [];\n  _taboola.push({\n    mode: 'thumbnails-oc-2x1',\n    container: 'taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic',\n    placement: 'Mid Article Thumbnails Organic',\n    target_type: 'mix'\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, as the water gushing from the interior confirms, the repair bill is already going to be big, if the insurance company even decides to sanction a repair.<\/p>\n<p>Local news reports say the unnamed driver was just 23 and his passenger only 17, and that they were traveling north east along the Chlosterstrasse, a small road that briefly runs parallel to the river. Swiss website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nau.ch\/news\/polizeimeldungen\/schlieren-zh-porsche-kommt-von-strasse-ab-und-landet-in-der-limmat-66773145\">Nau.ch<\/a>, which has a video of the extraction, says the driver lost control shortly after a left turn, and we can see from the skid marks that car slid backwards into the river.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Porsche perde controle e mergulha no rio Limmat na Sui&ccedil;a&#128562;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2kAa5WGmuiI?feature=oembed\" onload=\"resizeIframe(this,this.parentElement);\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photo Ecletica Sol\/Zerin Dube<\/h4>\n<p>Judging from the section of Google map shown below, it looks like the driver lost the back end on the left-hand curve exiting onto the straight section next to the river, and slipped into the water as if he was trying to recreate James Bond&rsquo;s famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/lotus\/\">Lotus<\/a> Esprit beach scene in reverse.<\/p>\n<p>We don&rsquo;t know whether the road was dry or greasy, whether the traction control was on or off, or how much experience the driver had pushing 503 hp (510 PS) rear-engined sports to the limit. But we do know that this probably won&rsquo;t be the last time we see a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/porsche-911\/\">911<\/a> take a bath this year.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/911-crash-water.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n                <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/webp\/2024\/06\/911-crash-water.webp 2200w, https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/webp\/2024\/06\/911-crash-water-400x265.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/webp\/2024\/06\/911-crash-water-1024x679.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/webp\/2024\/06\/911-crash-water-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/webp\/2024\/06\/911-crash-water-1536x1019.webp 1536w, 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adpushup.triggerAd(\"5646c171-cb6e-4e2c-8440-49013ca72758\");\n             }\nelse{<\/p>\n<p>     adpushup.triggerAd(\"e7c4c913-3924-4b2d-9279-6c00984dd130\");\n}         });\n<\/script><br \/>\n&mdash; Zerin Dube (@SpeedSportLife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeedSportLife\/status\/1797717860438925333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GT3-wet-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>Young driver lost control of his GT3 and plunged into the Limmat river in 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