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Old 04-30-2011 | 07:12 PM
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Phil Defranco wrecks his rx-8... into a fire hydrant.

Those of you who are Phil Defranco fans he wrecked his rx-8 today. Some pretty sad video 25 seconds in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVQJ3...&feature=feedu
Old 04-30-2011 | 07:18 PM
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Damn!!! this blows... Poor RX8...

But this guy is still pretty funny... im stealing this video to show to some friends lol
Old 04-30-2011 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by WTBRotary!
Damn!!! this blows... Poor RX8...

But this guy is still pretty funny... im stealing this video to show to some friends lol
He's a great guy. He does a news show 3 times a week on his sxephil channel. Funny as heck. I like to think of it as extreme motor cleaning.
Old 04-30-2011 | 07:27 PM
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That water shooting out of the wheel wells... poor RX8.
Old 04-30-2011 | 08:15 PM
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WOW IM AN EVEN BIGGER FAN HAHA! i love this guy he's hilarious
Old 04-30-2011 | 08:35 PM
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Youtube views will help him buy another one.

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Old 04-30-2011 | 08:50 PM
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atleast his engine bay will be clean
Old 04-30-2011 | 08:56 PM
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Ummm, maybe I'm missing something but how is this guy funny? I'm glad you're ok and I wish the 8 was too but that video wasted a few seconds of my life...
Old 04-30-2011 | 08:56 PM
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he'll need to sell a bunch of monkey posters to buy a new one. someone send him clear corners
Old 04-30-2011 | 09:04 PM
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That sucks but who's Phil Defranco?
Old 04-30-2011 | 09:24 PM
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looks flooded to me...
Old 04-30-2011 | 09:56 PM
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lol " all i can think was OH ****!!" that cracked me up!
Old 04-30-2011 | 10:28 PM
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Who???
Old 04-30-2011 | 11:39 PM
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4:20 wow the size of the geyser compared to the car is just crazy. You'd think the water would have been shut lol
Old 04-30-2011 | 11:59 PM
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maybe try to "DE-FLOOD" the car...it might still work ! LOL
Old 05-01-2011 | 03:17 AM
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Phil defranco is funny I like his yt channel.....
His car is totaled though....the power of the water killed everything in his engine bay.
Old 05-01-2011 | 04:02 AM
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I've been watching his videos for all these years and I never knew he drove a Ti-Gray Rx8. lol
Old 05-02-2011 | 03:47 AM
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Poor 8. Never heard of Phil Defranco since now.
Old 05-02-2011 | 06:55 AM
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Phil may be a nice guy... but let’s call a spade a spade huh ? He certainly babbles like a girl in his 'fun' video. More obviously he doesn't take care of his car or apparently even care.... and just how does a reasonable and prudent driver end up going so fast ... so way way too fast … in a construction area... on a "curvy" road... in a residential area … that they end up spinning around backwards, hit a wall, continue on and blow into a hydrant and a mail box???

... ok so in a residential area he crashes ... and then he proceed in wonderment as to what all the fuss is about??? ... and post up a lame *** utube rant about why some sane person living there got pissed at him because he "didn't really do any damage"?

Let's see. Damages are... car of course, but that’s this idiots problem thankfully… oh wait in truth it goes on the backs of others insured by his insurance company… cost to taxpayers for repair and replacement of hydrant and the emergency personnel that responded .. that’s easily several grand to the townsfolk there, some citizen's mailbox replacement cost and inconvenience, whatever, but would you want to be replacing yours? … and in general who wants some idiot kid making mayhem in their neighborhood with their out-of-control sport car?

There could have been kids, other cars, pedestrians taken out by his shenanigans. He is one lucky sob I would say, considering. What a load. Pathetic, and where are the police to kick his *** into court for reckless driving???

He treats the whole thing like “Ah, oh well….duh…check this out…” And stop with the babbling Phil…. Oh and by the way Phil... don’t get another RX-8 - you put the communityl to shame And worse no more RX-8s in your videos please, it almost sounded there like you did it on purpose....just for fun... and for utube ...your first accident I mean.

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Old 05-02-2011 | 01:55 PM
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the treads on his rear wheels were worn and needed for a change, which is why he spun out if you listened
Old 05-02-2011 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 8upbad
Ummm, maybe I'm missing something but how is this guy funny? I'm glad you're ok and I wish the 8 was too but that video wasted a few seconds of my life...
his actual show is good. i don't really like his vlog
Old 12-09-2011 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Spin9k
Phil may be a nice guy... but let’s call a spade a spade huh ? He certainly babbles like a girl in his 'fun' video. More obviously he doesn't take care of his car or apparently even care.... and just how does a reasonable and prudent driver end up going so fast ... so way way too fast … in a construction area... on a "curvy" road... in a residential area … that they end up spinning around backwards, hit a wall, continue on and blow into a hydrant and a mail box???

... ok so in a residential area he crashes ... and then he proceed in wonderment as to what all the fuss is about??? ... and post up a lame *** utube rant about why some sane person living there got pissed at him because he "didn't really do any damage"?

Let's see. Damages are... car of course, but that’s this idiots problem thankfully… oh wait in truth it goes on the backs of others insured by his insurance company… cost to taxpayers for repair and replacement of hydrant and the emergency personnel that responded .. that’s easily several grand to the townsfolk there, some citizen's mailbox replacement cost and inconvenience, whatever, but would you want to be replacing yours? … and in general who wants some idiot kid making mayhem in their neighborhood with their out-of-control sport car?

There could have been kids, other cars, pedestrians taken out by his shenanigans. He is one lucky sob I would say, considering. What a load. Pathetic, and where are the police to kick his *** into court for reckless driving???

He treats the whole thing like “Ah, oh well….duh…check this out…” And stop with the babbling Phil…. Oh and by the way Phil... don’t get another RX-8 - you put the communityl to shame And worse no more RX-8s in your videos please, it almost sounded there like you did it on purpose....just for fun... and for utube ...your first accident I mean.
+1 ......this doucher talks smack about idiot people for a living on youtube and gets paid well for it, take a look in the mirror a**hole, STFU and please go away. Why do people listen to such non-sense?
Old 12-09-2011 | 11:28 AM
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Nice resurrection.
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