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My grandfather was a drunk, and a drunk driver. He got into more accidents than he cared to remember, and in all but one case basically walked away without serious injury. The whole family always thought there was something about being really drunk that must help avoid traumatic injury.
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el topo posted:My grandfather was a drunk, and a drunk driver. He got into more accidents than he cared to remember, and in all but one case basically walked away without serious injury. The whole family always thought there was something about being really drunk that must help avoid traumatic injury. flexibility
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Jan 19, 2011 09:22
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hippynerd posted:flexibility It's no lie, drunks have a lower injury rate in accidents just due to not tensing up as much in an accident. Combination of outright relaxation and slower recognition of what's about to happen. Content: 4G63 rail dragster runs a 7.14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj-u8FUmISA
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Jan 19, 2011 09:34
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYpOFimB7ZA I watched this again today. Check out the crazy lower control arm bushing deflection at 1:48.
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Jan 19, 2011 19:47
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mykel posted:A smart friend in high school claimed that seat belts were redundant because of the airbag. Failing, of course, to note that the seatbelt prevents your face/body from slamming into the steering wheel at the instant that the airbag shoots out. Anyone who thinks this has never seen an airbag go off. If anything seatbelts prevent the expanding airbag from crushing your nose.
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Jan 19, 2011 23:38
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The Third Man posted:new mustang 5.0-powered Cobra kit car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSlHi7b0rwk ...can't wait for the inevitable 5.0-powered Cobra Daytona kit car now.
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Fucknag posted:It's no lie, drunks have a lower injury rate in accidents just due to not tensing up as much in an accident. Combination of outright relaxation and slower recognition of what's about to happen. t1 VW runs a 6.52  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Lu7IlU-w4
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Muffinpox posted:Anyone who thinks this has never seen an airbag go off. If anything seatbelts prevent the expanding airbag from crushing your nose. Yep, they aren't quite as pillowy as the ultra-highspeed advertising videos for various manufacturers would have you believe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyNEH_A15Zs
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einTier posted:And these are exactly the kinds of accidents where people said, "see, it's better to not wear a seat belt." I would be dead if not for my seat-belt. I was in a head-on collision with a toyota tundra in a dodge neon (thankfully he was only going about 10mph as he made the turn in front of me, unfortunately I was doing 60.) and ended up cutting my forehead on the airbag, punching the windshield hard enough to put a spider-web crack in it (wow was my hand sore, also full of glass) and knocking myself out for a few seconds. If I hadn't had my seatbelt on I'm sure I would have gone into the windshield and broken my neck at the very least. And yet my wife continues to not wear her seatbelt unless I'm in the car reminding her because it's too uncomfortable. I don't think she realizes how much that bothers/scares me, even though I've told her it's "a lot". insta posted:Yep, they aren't quite as pillowy as the ultra-highspeed advertising videos for various manufacturers would have you believe. I have a very vivid memory of the accident and what I remember is all of a sudden the truck being very bright as it came across my headlights, and then being punched in the loving face by something enormous and white. You're exactly right, too, it's those slow-mo videos that make it appear as if it's an emergency pillow that you take a nap on. No, it's marginally softer than a bare-knuckle punch in the face from Joe-Bob "The Crusher" Jones. Jesus christ that airbag was terrifying. Again though, without that airbag I'm sure I would have suffered a pretty severe neck injury, as is it's just chronically stiff (yay nothing showing on the MRI so no money for it!) Dave Inc. fucked around with this message at 12:21 on Jan 20, 2011 |
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Jan 20, 2011 12:17
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Blinky Blinkerson posted:how about a 917 that hasn't been started in 30 years ? Quoting this because that second set of videos is the biggest cock tease ever. The first few videos are great restoration walk through videos. But then they just wrap it up with 3 slide-show videos that finishes the whole process. UGHNNNNN.
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Jan 20, 2011 12:28
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNe4uTxJ38 If you're not wearing a seatbelt in the back seat, you turn into a flying headbutt/Tiger Knee, straight into the back of a person who is already being hit by a car in front. I posted that on my Facebook and got a bunch of "Wow, I'm going to wear my seatbelt now." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Qhmdk4VNs This one tries harder, but is almost comical.
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einTier posted:Since we're talking vintage Nurburgring,  that a bit maybe?
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Fucknag posted:It's no lie, drunks have a lower injury rate in accidents just due to not tensing up as much in an accident. Combination of outright relaxation and slower recognition of what's about to happen. Isn't it also something about not going into shock?
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Revolvyerom posted:Did I just watch someone get crushed by their own car? Jared592 fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Jan 21, 2011 |
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Jan 21, 2011 20:43
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Blinky Blinkerson posted:how about a 917 that hasn't been started in 30 years ? Youtube Commenter posted:why does the spare wheel turn around? But man, what a car. It痴 an engine on wheels.
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Revolvyerom posted:Did I just watch someone get crushed by their own car? don't youtube Don MacTavish
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This is how Spa is done in case you didnt know. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1fjt2MY0g&feature=related
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Jan 22, 2011 05:28
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Video from a rallycross. Not terribly exciting, but the quality is good, and the 'star' has a cool name: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cia135Ex5UA&hd=1
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Jan 25, 2011 07:26
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Preoptopus posted:This is how Spa is done in case you didnt know. Wrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-hXjerSPMw (I know it's a repost)
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Jan 25, 2011 15:00
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God drat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18FvMi1-vzg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sj2HgGwDOU Over 200 PSI boost in to a DT466 apparently, video description's in moonspeak so that's just what Autoblog's got listed.
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I don't know where else to put this, but others should see it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjndqL1HHy0
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I was playing with Tubedubber and was pretty shocked at how well these sync up. http://tubedubber.com/#MYEtWoAfSIY:P1lcZM0MNek:0:100:0:0:true Ayrton Senna, Meet Gyorgi Ligeti. The 2nd lap is much quicker.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUMuW7KohLg Bike in a Truck on a Truck
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Jan 26, 2011 14:42
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Dread Head posted:God drat drat, impressive reflexes on that car in the left lane.
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A cheeky little forty year old going round the Sarthe circuit for your listening pleasure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9XH2tVV5Mw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMK4E8wHoY Stumbled on this weird salesperson in the passenger seat of a testdrive. Guy really wants some young _____.
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Jan 26, 2011 20:54
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As much BMW love as there as here, this has probably been posted. But my god, the sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbkkxwzK9HE
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Jan 26, 2011 21:37
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A virtual reality gimmick ad campaign from half a year ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9fAAXXO4zo What I missed before is this car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9fAAXXO4zo#t=2m04s What is that?
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kimbo305 posted:A virtual reality gimmick ad campaign from half a year ago: What is what? Which car?
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Sigma X posted:What is what? Which car? Sorry, it's the red roadster behind the guy at 2:05 or so.
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kimbo305 posted:Sorry, it's the red roadster behind the guy at 2:05 or so.
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Knobjockey posted:Fiat Barchetta maybe. Barchetta definitely. 
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Ah, thanks. The way the rear fender curves down threw me off. From other angles, the Barchetta looks squarer. I guess I should have figured it from the headlights.
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E46 CSL straight pipes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qju9iEFqp3Y Sounds like the loving apocalypse.
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A girl posted this vid on Facebook which resulted in a massive argument of it being fake or not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS_deWiMsHg&feature=player_embedded I call bullshit. Edit. That M3 is vulgar in a good way. Edit 2: Looks like its Asian to me. Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Jan 27, 2011 |
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Preoptopus posted:A girl posted this vid on Facebook which resulted in a massive argument of it being fake or not. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS_deWiMsHg&feature=player_embedded Its Russia, who knows really
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Jan 27, 2011 21:58
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the chic in psychic posted:Its Russia, who knows really Sign in the back says Shanghai.
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iwentdoodie posted:As much BMW love as there as here, this has probably been posted. But my god, the sound. Seeing and hearing videos like this one make me think that every sound engineer for every racing game out there doesn't know jack poo poo about what cars actually sound like, and the reverberance they produce. Such a gorgeous noise!
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I hate F1 but I had goosebumps through most of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk7zmKM37M0
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