A sad day for AF

One of our beloved moderators Hypsi87 passed away...here's the thread his roommate made for us here... I'm still in shock..and denial....

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=433101

Dude you know how much this sucks? He was pretty young.

Yeah, i considered Andy a good friend... We were supposed to go cruising this summer. He was a good guy and extremely knowledgeable...he'll definately be missed, he was going places...

For being 22, and doing what he was doing now? Yeah he was going somewhere, sucks because he had his life pretty tight and right.

I was hoping this was a sick joke. Andy was a good man, hes going to be missed terribly on the forum and by those who talked to him outside of our little world.

take something away from the tragedy though, and learn that of all the places to skimp on price, tires are not among them. recapped tires are for semi trucks guys, not performance cars.

I was hoping this was a sick joke. Andy was a good man, hes going to be missed terribly on the forum and by those who talked to him outside of our little world.

take something away from the tragedy though, and learn that of all the places to skimp on price, tires are not among them. recapped tires are for semi trucks guys, not performance cars.

i donno what to say, i didnt really know him, apperantly he was really smart when he came to cars but why would he drive on recapped tires?

deff a sad day for af

yeah, its too bad it isn't a joke.

he's helped me countless times with car related matters. i didn't know he was only 22, he definitely had something good in store for his future. its sad that it had to end due to poor tires. and it happened while he was trying to help someone else.

yeah, its too bad it isn't a joke.

he's helped me countless times with car related matters. i didn't know he was only 22, he definitely had something good in store for his future. its sad that it had to end due to poor tires. and it happened while he was trying to help someone else.

yea, i seen that in the post he was trying to help someone else... it said on the other forum that he was thrown from his car when if flipped over, i donno but im guessing he didnt have his seatbelt on

Was he not wearing a seatbelt though? Because it said he was thrown out of the car, although I know as much as the next guy does, only according to what we've read. I was hoping that this was a sick joke, but I kept reading on the Turbo Buick forum and his uncle posted so it kinda sealed the deal there.

Btw can someone tell me what recapped tires are? Is it just a tire that has had a repair because of a hole? Kinda like a bike if you will (only thing I can relate to)

now this really sucks the big one....i hate to hear about things like this and him being so young make it all worse....everyone please...please make sure everytime u get into your car u wear your safty belt. being thrown from a car is no joke! it saved my life when i fliped my honda so im telling u all dont become a posted sad story in here, this sucks and im sorry to hear about this. he was a great guy and he took a joke real well as well as dished them with the best of em. his knowledge and fun spirit will be missed. and ill say this again u all wear u safty belt i hate to sound like a corn ball but remember i use to be a cop and i seen this happen alot, and many of u guys in here are verry young and have many great things ahead of u, so please dont cheat yourself and play it safe. god bless that mans family and i know hes up there reading this...we will miss u man, and u will not be forgotten! :worshippy thanks for all u helped us with.....

Was he not wearing a seatbelt though? Because it said he was thrown out of the car, although I know as much as the next guy does, only according to what we've read. I was hoping that this was a sick joke, but I kept reading on the Turbo Buick forum and his uncle posted so it kinda sealed the deal there.

Btw can someone tell me what recapped tires are? Is it just a tire that has had a repair because of a hole? Kinda like a bike if you will (only thing I can relate to)

recapped is when your tires go bald you get new treads stitched to the old tire... like retread on a big rig... (thats why you see chunks of tire all over the roads becasue they go pretty easy)

Holy shit.. this is another one of those jokes you mods are doin right? Like the april fools joke... right?

Man.. I just can't believe that.

Holy shit.. this is another one of those jokes you mods are doin right? Like the april fools joke... right?

i donno what the april fools joke was i wasnt really an af person at that time, but i really hope this isnt a joke, its really not funny to joke like this...

It's not...funeral services were yesterday. I didn't hear about this until today so i couldn't make it to his arrangements. So i thought this would only be right to do..kinda like an AF visitation i guess..i posted in all the other forums he visited, as a show of how much respect i had for him since i never got to tell him personally... :frown:

Well, here's his last post here on AF. He's got a couple of pictures of him on it.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=3241609#post3241609

RIP hypsi

I feel I have truly lost a good friend and I can't even begin to imagine what his family is going threw but this forum will never be the same to me.

Hypsi will always be handsome and a wonderful guy in my eyes...I'll miss him. I can't believe this happened. :crying:

I remember him being pretty funny for when he was here, Heh remember how he was when he explained about the electric fan turbo? Andy though did make me want to get a GN, which I still plan to get one.

this sucks, i remember him and how helpful he was, he seemed like a great guy although i never got to really know him R.I.P hypsi

Here's the article on the accident http://www.pjstar.com/stories/071905/POL_B71ADVLH.013.shtml

Wow, I cant believe that his seatbelt actually tore. A question here, how do police tell how fast they go when all you can see is the aftermath? 100 sounds pretty fast, I rarely go that quick.

damn..... i just dont even know what to say, at least i can take solice knowing he was being smart and had his belt on. i just need to, i mean, fuck, punching bag is getting a workout tonight...........

they can determine your speed through physics. if you slam on the brakes and leave skid marks, they can tell how fast you were going. they can also calculate for the given information like the mass of the vehicle and number of times it has flipped and distance traveled, and then figure out how fast you had to be going for the end results.

I honestly cant believe it.. no more drunken moderation, no more ban stories, no more aim chats till 4am, no more CAT vs JD battles with me and Big..

*the only thing i can do.. crank one of his favorite cruisin tunes (van halen- summer nights)

RIP HYPSI87

at least i can take solice knowing he was being smart and had his belt on

yea, at first i thought he might not have had his belt on becasue he was thrown from the car but after reading the story about the seatbelt tearing. im glad he was wearing his seat belt, even tho the seat belt failed him they usually saves lives. :(

I honestly cant believe it.. no more drunken moderation, no more ban stories, no more aim chats till 4am, no more CAT vs JD battles with me and Big..

*the only thing i can do.. crank one of his favorite cruisin tunes (van halen- summer nights)

RIP HYPSI87


playin it myself now that you told us about it.

i don't know what to say...

yeah at least he was being safe going that fast

fuck man....honestly..i dont even know what to say right now.

so what was he driving, his gn or something else

thats what i was trying to figure out.

It sounds (to ME) that he was infact driving his GN, going to pick up a different car to repair the A/C or something with it. If he died driving his car, i'd think that he was happy, I know I would be if I died while driving my car, I love the thing.

i just dont believe that he would have recapped tires on his GN.

if he was driving the gn, atleast he was driving somthing he loved

Yeah, I wouldnt think he'd have recapped tires on his GN, but maybe he did, but it does sound like he was altough im not able to confirm it. But atleast now I know why there's so many tires on the road because im always wondering when I see em when im driving on the highway.

This is with the utmost respect to Andy and all of our forum members.

We will miss you Andy, you were always there when we had a question (or when I had about 600 you were on it all the time and always helped me understand better.)

Andy was doing over 100mph. Speed kills guys, even *with* a seat belt. Remember this the next time you plan to go racing on the highway. We can learn from this terrible tragedy without disrespecting a good man.

Thank you Andy for all your knowledge and caring on the forums.

im still sort of in shock

yeah i know this isnt cool at all, its like it didnt happen and u are waiting for him to pop up in here like he did. damn ill miss the "grandmom car" convo's we use to kid around about. things wont quit be the same

Was he not wearing a seatbelt though? Because it said he was thrown out of the car, although I know as much as the next guy does, only according to what we've read. I was hoping that this was a sick joke, but I kept reading on the Turbo Buick forum and his uncle posted so it kinda sealed the deal there.

Btw can someone tell me what recapped tires are? Is it just a tire that has had a repair because of a hole? Kinda like a bike if you will (only thing I can relate to)

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/071905/POL_B71ADVLH.013.shtml
actually if you read this it talks about it. He was wearing his seatbelt and it snapped

Yeah we cleared that out already, its straight.

Well Hypsi made me actually consider getting a turbo and not just be all motor like I thought the best was, and make me open my eyes up about how good your V6 can get with the right turbo setup.

I am at a loss for words... Andy was such a good guy, funny, knowledgeable, helpful, friendly... can't believe this is for real

You know he's cruisin in the GN above us - RIP, Andy

Hey guys just some more information as it comes to light. Andy was driving a GN that one of his friends had purchased. The previous owner was the one who had the tires recapped.

This poor gentleman feel absoutely horrible about the whole thing:

FWIW, those tires were on the vehicle for two or three years with several thousand miles on them and I never saw any odd wear or anything. They were also purchased directly from the retread company and had nothing to do with BGC. Thought that should be clarified. Please believe me that I would NEVER knowingly sell a vehicle that I thought was compromised.

Hey guys just some more information as it comes to light. Andy was driving a GN that one of his friends had purchased. The previous owner was the one who had the tires recapped.

This poor gentleman feel absoutely horrible about the whole thing:

FWIW, those tires were on the vehicle for two or three years with several thousand miles on them and I never saw any odd wear or anything. They were also purchased directly from the retread company and had nothing to do with BGC. Thought that should be clarified. Please believe me that I would NEVER knowingly sell a vehicle that I thought was compromised.
thanks for clarifying, i wonder whats going to happen to his gn, if it gets sold , i hope someone gets it that will love it as much as he did

I remember reading that his uncle is taking the car and racing it at the gran nationals like Andy was doing.

thanks for clarifying, i wonder whats going to happen to his gn, if it gets sold , i hope someone gets it that will love it as much as he did
His GN was left to someone named Jason, who was the one who co-signed for the car when Andy was purchasing it.

Jason is his uncle who lives in LeRoy Illinois, and i'm hoping to make a visit out there to him for all of us to let him know how much he meant to us, and show him all the responses from the threads.

Speaking of which, Josh has been kind enough to offer to deliver letters to Andy's family from us if we send them to him. I for one , find the need to express to his love one's how much being friends with Andy meant to me and how much knowing him effected the person I am today. If anyone would like to just take a few moments to write up a little something on Andy let it be a funny post that made you laugh or how he answered your question or PM or how in some way he effected your life as well I would greatly appreciate it, cause Andy gave alot to this forum and if you had known him you know he took this forum and his advice very seriously and we should all in this time express to his family just how much we all appreciated this. There will never be another like him.

Josh's Mailing address to send letters for his family is:
Joshua Jacobson
906 1/2 South Vine Street
Apartment 101
Urbana IL, 61802


John

I am honestly just shocked.

Well guys... I wanted to do something commemorative for Hypsi. It's not much, but it's the least I could do. I hope you all enjoy it. And feel free to use it for whatever, it's for everyone to share. I just wanted to show my respect for this great man. If you would like a personal copy of this picture (without the AF watermark stamp on the bottom right, and better quality), then PM me with you e-mail and I'll send it.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/279329hypsi1.jpg

Wow blind, thats amazing and if you still have my email please send that to me. Thats really nice of you man and truly does represent Andy.

Wow blind, thats amazing and if you still have my email please send that to me. Thats really nice of you man and truly does represent Andy.

I checked my old PM's and e-mails and couldn't find your e-mail anywhere. What was it again?

Damn, I was going to do something similar to that, beat me to it..

I checked my old PM's and e-mails and couldn't find your e-mail anywhere. What was it again?
[email protected] , I figured you would have it in from your paypal but no biggie. Thanks again.

John

Hey guys just some more information as it comes to light. Andy was driving a GN that one of his friends had purchased. The previous owner was the one who had the tires recapped.

This poor gentleman feel absoutely horrible about the whole thing:

FWIW, those tires were on the vehicle for two or three years with several thousand miles on them and I never saw any odd wear or anything. They were also purchased directly from the retread company and had nothing to do with BGC. Thought that should be clarified. Please believe me that I would NEVER knowingly sell a vehicle that I thought was compromised.

yea, i was getting that feeling from that post on turbobuick, it sounded like he just picked up his buddies car and was heading to his house when it happened, but i wasnt sure... thanks for shedding more light on this.

he had no idea what he was walking/driving into, just think about this tho, he had to get to that car somehow, so to drive all the way out there... atleast 14 miles. (ppl have busy lives & im sure he had 1 too), just to park his car and pick up the other one to take it all the way back to his place to fix it, it just goes to show you how good of a man he really was.

Damn, i feel really bad about this. I didn't really know him that well, but he did answer a couple of questions i posted in the past. He was a great man, and will be missed dearly.

What a shock. He was so young.

I'm not on the board much but its news like this that almost makes me want to stay away.



I have to believe he is on his way to a better place. My heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends. Peace Andy.

i didnt know him very well.........but reading his posts i had a respect for him R.I.P

btw im not that for from urbana

I read the title of the post and totally thought of it as just another joke, but man, this really sucks. He was a cool guy....I never had any questions for him, but he always had a witty response for my ceaseless rantings. He will be missed.
But let this be a warning to you guys and gals -----triple digit speeds belong on a track, not on the freeway. PLEASE drive safely.