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Mike G posted:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7602705952127403216&q=crash&hl=en I drove off the road today due to ice. Missed a light pole by about half a meter. I did use my superior driving skillz to miss it though. I should have used my superior skillz to not drive so drat fast on ice 
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Ak Gara posted:Something is wrong. It sounds like he's going flat out in top gear but he's having trouble overtaking another car? It's because they used a Mercedes Benz W116, not a ferrari  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwKhd_KzwHA&mode=related&search=
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Erotic Moose posted:They are holding their weight up with their arms so their feet just skim over the asphalt, same concept as "skitching" off of a motorcycle. I don't believe it. The road must be covered in oil or something. They don't seem to be holding much weight on their arms the way they are holding on, or they should have arms like Popeye. Those guy must take the prize for craziest fuckers ever.
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This was posted in the "Amazing facts or photos of SCIENCE" thread in GBS, but might be of interest here: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6390440238503396689&q=e46 How to build a BMW 3-series from beginning to end. Very cool. Sorry if this was posted already. E: The E46 is really pretty, I feel bad for BMW for making ugly cars nowadays E2: I like how the film ends by showing all the workers and how they are just regular happy human beings (and with those great German union wages, they ought to be happy). Oldsmobile fucked around with this message at 10:34 on Dec 31, 2006 |
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Ziploc posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-5wXo1aepg&mode=related&search= It could be one of those lovely semi-automatics. My buddy had one and yes, it was lovely. But Preludes are nice. Limited slip diff in the front and when the vtec kicks in... yay  But it is kinda silly to have a car with subpar performance below a certain rpm mark and then all hell braking loose once you go over that very steep line. Ziploc posted:Edit: http://youtube.com/watch?v=aexl_eeiHDw Bah, the crazy fucker, I hope he loses his license. I didn't think his shifts were especially lovely, he even blipped the throttle. What kind of Honda was he driving? An S2000? The dash seems to be from an S2000. Oldsmobile fucked around with this message at 10:57 on Jan 3, 2007 |
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Cat Terrist posted:Rally driver vs Race driver Wow, Gilles Panizzi is a loving racist Next he could could go to South Africa in blackface or something  Man I love it how the rally drivers feet are all over the drat pedals, but the race driver does little more than some heel-toeing. Edit nr 54324: I want one of those cars 
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The King of Swag posted:Edit: I removed the url simply because I don't want anyone to think I'm proud of it, which I'm not. I just like the twisties too much for my own good Did you drive on the same road, it kinda looked like it? Don't worry about it too much. It's one thing taking blind corners when you're a 21ST CENTURY TEENAGER!!!!! and another when you really expect someone to come at you from around the corner. I've been meaning to post pics and a movie of me doing the crazy poo poo in the snow for a few months now, but since we're having the warmest summer ever measured I'm kinda having trouble doing that.
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pacheco posted:I just came poo poo, I must be a total loving nerd because I've almost watched the whole thing. Those Group B cars really get me hot. Steel tube and fiberglass never got so good. WRC is rather lame compared to driving one of those crazy fuckers in a rally. I had some serious flash backs from my childhood watching Group B rallies on TV. Edit: Here's what happened to Henri Toivonen in the last year of Group B. At about the 2:30 mark they show the charred remains of his car so you can see that it was essentially steel tubes and stuff on top to make it look like a car. Oldsmobile fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Jan 8, 2007 |
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Jan 8, 2007 20:15
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Vitamin J posted:I'm pretty sure Colin McRae isn't dead, Richard Burns died though, I think it was cancer. drat, I didn't know that He was only 34. Another interesting rally driver is Marko Märtin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markko_M%E4rtin He missed a turn or whatever and his co-driver died. It shocked him so much he quit the series dispite being an excellent driver who would probably have done very well.
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This must have been posted unless it's new: http://www.break.com/index/icy_roads_in_portland.html Slippery conditions in Portland. More like "retards in Portland"!
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Jan 22, 2007 16:39
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BlackMK4 posted:Fifth Gear - Ferrari Enzo vs McLaren F1 Wow, pretty amazing. I thought it was funny how the guy was tittering when sitting in the car. Of course I'd probably act the same way. I knew super cars were far from practical, but the F1 (6miles per gallon) is getting pretty out there as far as usefulness goes.
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Previa_fun posted:I really wish there was an option to hide the comments, because on nearly every video I watch, some part of me has to read the comments. Most of the time, ESPECIALLY if it's an automotive related clip, the comments make me want to Just comment "FAKE" or "This is obviously fake" or "this is so loving fake" no matter what the video is about. Soon it will become a huge fad and after that no-one will ever comment again.
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oxbrain posted:Casters under the rear wheels. I've wanted to rig something like that for the longest time. That, since the rear wheels don't spin, but also the Prelude has a limited slip differential so that could make it extra special. I'm thinking a Prelude is going to be the next car I get, they've depreciated nicely too. Of course it's going to be hard to find a good one.
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This was posted on GBS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx8JwOaiAQ4 It's Marilyn Manson's new music video. Slightly NWS I guess, though nothing's really showing, there's some fake blood towards the end. The AI bit about it starts after the intro, they're sitting in a convertible doing some insanely dangerous driving. BTW, anyone recognise the type of car? Edit: Maybe a 65'ish Corvette? Oldsmobile fucked around with this message at 14:03 on May 15, 2007 |
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May 15, 2007 13:53
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jonathan posted:http://youtube.com/watch?v=5o47EDHaMIQ&mode=related&search= So what happened to him? Google doesn't seem to bring up much info about it. Edit: I mean I suppose he's still alive, right? Oldsmobile fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Aug 22, 2007 |
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Aug 22, 2007 15:27
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Cool! An exoskeleton: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=109_1195663753 Almost like from the movies. It's pretty neat living in the future!
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Nov 22, 2007 23:49
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deviant. posted:That really surprised me. I would have thought that the Volvo would fare much better than it did. I thought they had been on crumple zones and the like for many years. Apparently safety engineering has improved quite a bit. Wow, I'm really dissapointed. Makes me want to get a new car, even just a small one.
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Nov 23, 2007 00:27
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Simkin posted:This is the singularly coolest promotional video for a car, ever. Not only is the car loving awesome (yay for aerodynamic design from the early to mid 20th century), but the video shows just how cool the car is by driving at rather illegal speeds on the freeway, in town, evading police, fording a river, and generally just hooning around. Plus, having an Audrey Hepburn clone for a passenger in the middle of a bench seat adds a fair bit to it. Wow, amazing. In communist Tseckoslovakia they advertised a state built car by showing people braking the law in it. Crazy stuff! Now I really want an old Tatra. The Tatra had an air cooled rear mounted V8, had a basic structure that was copied for the VW bug (but obviously was much bigger) and some models had a double rear window, where the air for the engine was sucked in from between them. Might be pretty hard to find one nowadays though
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Why would someone do this?!?? http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/uutinen.asp?id=1546397 It's apparently some sort of promotion for a radio station, but I mean come on!
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RealKyleH posted:Top Gear 1986: Whoa! The soviet block cars were really old already then. And all of those sold until the mid nineties :o OTOH, the 2CV was still being sold then, holy crap! Out of all of those, I'd probably go with the Fiat Panda. I lolled at the breaking down feature. First of all, mobile phones were apparently pretty drat expensive. Also the whole episode starts off like an old 80's porn film 
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