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Have you ever seen a Dually smoke all 4 back tires at once? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mafOvbSfLck It's a 6.4L powerstroke diesel - F350 super duty (or could it be a 450 or 550? I dunno) Now that's impressive as hell. edit: In the video description it says F450
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Maserati MC Stradale making some nice noises.
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May 17, 2011 04:40
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2ndclasscitizen posted:Maserati MC Stradale making some nice noises. The video doesnt do the sound of this car any justice and yet the video is glorious. If oyu ever hear the sound of this motor, you'll remember it for the rest of your life.
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May 17, 2011 12:07
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This is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84 A dude put a Merlin V12 engine in a '55 Chevy. You might recognize the Merlin V12 as the thing that made the Spitfire, the P-51d Mustang, and the De Havailand Mosquito such amazing aircraft. But how did he... Where did he get a loving.... And how did it fit in the.... 
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May 18, 2011 22:59
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VikingSkull posted:I told you NASCAR owns. amazing youtube comments on that one
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May 18, 2011 23:11
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The Scientist posted:This is amazing: Rod Hadfield is a maniac who just won't stop building gorgeous cars. http://www.smoty.com.au/comps/smoty2010/carpdfs/pdf10_13.pdf http://youtu.be/8AMJJjeqX1o
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May 18, 2011 23:43
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Didn't know you could mimic an F1 car with a slide guitar. I guess you can and it's pretty drat convincing. Those downshifts are amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KfLyTSuD_s
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May 20, 2011 02:29
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Kill-9 posted:Didn't know you could mimic an F1 car with a slide guitar. I guess you can and it's pretty drat convincing. Those downshifts are amazing. Well, you can play music with a F1 engine, so it makes sense  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSNAtKhzBKQ
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May 20, 2011 07:25
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This one that was linked at the end of that one is cool too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JPBdBIFGNQ
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May 20, 2011 20:39
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More revs = more noise = more better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dH8-bNsoMk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70nTOODg5Dc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPB1vf8eM5M Also, the 787B is back (sort of).
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May 21, 2011 01:56
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Is Japan insane? No police or something? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diPHCBs72Ig Some seriously impressive (and dangerous) driving, especially in the 2nd half. If you look in the related videos though, there's loads of them. Is street racing just accepted?
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May 22, 2011 01:08
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Found this in the related videos. There's like 15 cars all going flat-out on the highway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na8yWWuQ_D8 
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May 22, 2011 02:24
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blambert posted:Is Japan insane? No police or something? They're in Hong Kong actually. I believe Japan has cracked down somewhat on street racing.
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May 22, 2011 02:51
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Holy gently caress I don't even park that close to other cars. How do the other drivers in that club (I assume) put up with that poo poo? Nevermind, they're obviously all idiots.
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May 22, 2011 13:23
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scrutineer posted:They're in Hong Kong actually. I believe Japan has cracked down somewhat on street racing. From what I understand in China there aren't actually any traffic police whatsoever. Even if you break the law near a police car they aren't going to do anything about it. This is totally anecdotal but I'm sure somebody can confirm or deny.
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China maybe, but not in HK, the cops are forever arresting street racers and Impounding cars for "Illegal modifications"
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Synonamess Botch posted:From what I understand in China there aren't actually any traffic police whatsoever. Even if you break the law near a police car they aren't going to do anything about it. This is totally anecdotal but I'm sure somebody can confirm or deny. I lived near Shanghai for 6 months back in 2003 and everyone seemed to drive however the gently caress they wanted to. I only saw what could be called comprehensive traffic enforcement when I visited Beijing, and this was only really near major tourist attractions. Regardless of where they were in the country cabs would drive as fast as they could manage while still being able to make corners and avoid solid obstacles.
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May 22, 2011 16:47
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In the first video the way he lifts the power on and off whilst passing the apex's (apexi?) makes me cringe.
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May 22, 2011 16:52
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blambert posted:apex's (apexi?) apices 
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VCR 2.0 posted:Found this in the related videos. There's like 15 cars all going flat-out on the highway. Few things are as gripping as watching a street race at 10 frames per second
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May 22, 2011 17:41
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Synonamess Botch posted:apices Apectopodes 
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http://vimeo.com/16922457 http://vimeo.com/14364527 Cheap(ish) cars going faster and more sideways than they have any right too.
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May 22, 2011 21:34
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blambert posted:In the first video the way he lifts the power on and off whilst passing the apex's (apexi?) makes me cringe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8By2AEsGAhU They've been watching too many Senna videos.
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May 22, 2011 22:00
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Ziploc posted:http://vimeo.com/16922457 Those videos make the safety steward in me cringe.
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VCR 2.0 posted:Found this in the related videos. There's like 15 cars all going flat-out on the highway. That was just loving terrifying, especially that part where he goes wide on the outside and cuts back in to avoid ploughing into that truck they all overtake. They all had them honda's going pretty darn quick though.
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May 23, 2011 11:59
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Superior German limo traverses the bump with a little scrape. Imperialistic American heavy iron gets stopped in its tracks. Obama's limo beached: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo5zH0Il8B0 Does anyone have a link that shows how they got it unstuck?
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May 23, 2011 18:04
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You'd think they would have run into that problem before...
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meatpimp posted:Superior German limo traverses the bump with a little scrape. Imperialistic American heavy iron gets stopped in its tracks. Obama's limo beached: That wasn't so much getting stuck as it was the front suspension deciding "gently caress it, I'm going to pull the front wheels as high up as I can!" Seriously, what was that? If it were actually stuck on a bump like that the front wheels would be dangling, not crammed up into the wheel wells.
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May 23, 2011 18:13
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meatpimp posted:Superior German limo traverses the bump with a little scrape. Imperialistic American heavy iron gets stopped in its tracks. Obama's limo beached: In another video, they show him get in a different car and just leave the limo there. I imagine they got a tow truck behind it and simply dragged it back. Watch this view
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Sockington posted:In another video, they show him get in a different car and just leave the limo there. Yep, that view shows what's up. I was wondering why the driver didn't just raise the height of the front suspension to clear the obstacle... the smoke/vapor/whatever release that you can see in this angle makes it look like that wee small bump took out the pneumatic/hydraulic/whatever front suspension. That's the best that the ol' USA can do? 
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May 23, 2011 18:25
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That was one of the 2004 Bush models.
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Comments suggest that it's a defense mechanism which was automatically tripped. The speed at which it happened and how the wheels tucked up seem to support the idea that the car intentionally dropped itself. Why it would be beneficial to have such a system is another question of course, I guess possibly to make it less likely to roll in a side impact or if it gets caught in a nasty storm...
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The right front wheel isn't touching the ground for a little bit as the limo reaches the top of the ramp, because of the angle between the limo and the ramp. Maybe it has some sort of system that detects if a wheel isn't touching the ground and then the limo automatically tries to lower its center of gravity in order to counteract what it thinks is a potential rollover?
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Also I'm pretty sure that car is weighed down by about 50 tons of atomic blast proofing and whatnot so it's not exactly a regular car getting stuck.
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Craptacular posted:Maybe it has some sort of system that detects if a wheel isn't touching the ground and then the limo automatically tries to lower its center of gravity in order to counteract what it thinks is a potential rollover? I would go with that. Whatever it is it seems like it is automatic because the brakes appeared to lock at the same time too, way faster than that driver could have reacted.
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I've seen some armored doors but drat those are thick.
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I was rooting for the Jeep the entire time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zayuLb8hPE
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Jeremy Clarkson apparently made a series of documentaries for the BBC called "Speed". They're awesome. Also they've been uploaded to video.google.com so I'm pretty sure you can watch them no matter what country you're in. Well, except maybe China. http://www.google.com/search?q=jere...962fefeca4d61a2
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I've seen clips of the show on the Top Gear YouTube page and was wondering where they were from. Thanks. I can't, however, seem to find episode 3.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcS2nw9SrsQ Well that powerslide didn't go as planned.
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