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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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Maybe the Volvo would have come out on top in the collision if it had been dropped from a crane?
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Saukkis posted:Fifth Gear crash testing 15 year old Volvo 940 and 3 year old Renault Modus, the first supermini with 5 star Euro NCAP rating. Not sure this passed..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F06LjugtIUo&feature=related
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Nov 23, 2007 04:09
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Crossposting from the truck/ice driving thread, what's more awesome then ice racing on a dirt bike? Getting squiddy with a sport bike on ice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJJn3m9WWZA
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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. Kaptainballistik posted:Not sure this passed..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F06LjugtIUo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju6t-yyoU8s&feature=related
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Nov 23, 2007 12:10
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=9JS3mATPD-w&feature=bz303 http://www.howeandhowe.com/ "Dear Santa, this yer I haw been a good boi..."
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Hit an Apex posted:One lap around Surfer's Paradise in a Champ Car. Turn your volume way up and wait for the esses. 
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Saukkis posted:The Smart car is a good example of that. The safest car would probably be a Merc S-class or similar with the Smart cabin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02eghIfyHP0 This test was made just for you.
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Nov 23, 2007 21:25
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Okay, crashing is good, but crashing just for the sake of safety is boring. Skip to about 1min in for some proper crash testing (I'm pretty sure it'll buff out), or just watch the whole thing for some sweet Porsches in the desert. Caution: Porsche does not endorse using large hammers or stationary objects to repair critical suspension components. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJNlhUWpBFY
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Nov 25, 2007 08:21
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Not nearly enough Paris-Dakar truck love. Despite the kickin rad 80's music, the TurboTwin was a combined 1000hp pants-making GBS threads car-passing beast. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUnWnx_rdps Edit: Until it crashed. ijustam fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Nov 25, 2007 |
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Nov 25, 2007 15:00
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Cross-posting: What my car (hopefully) will eventually sound like. I wonder if the nieghbours will mind much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOXcMG58O7E
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ijustam posted:Not nearly enough Paris-Dakar truck love. Despite the kickin rad 80's music, the TurboTwin was a combined 1000hp pants-making GBS threads car-passing beast. Was there a death involved? 
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Simkin posted:Cross-posting: goddamn i want a 240 so bad now, it started with watching wangan midnight on friday and then seeing a 240 shell for sale for $600NZ and now this. btw wangan midnight is actually pretty good as far as car anime goes, its better than initial d. short description: high school kid buys a haunted 240 with a worked LT30, does wangan speed runs against other drivers (600hp GTR32, porsche 911), has awesome watanabe wheels and bitchin flares. half of every episode is just a 240 doing 250+km/h down the wangan.
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Ziploc posted:Was there a death involved? Yes. From DAF Trucks on Wikipedia: Wikipedia posted:# 1988: Two trucks were entered into the Paris-Dakar rally. Jan de Rooy's truck was at a certain stage at the third place overall (!), beating the Peugeot 405 T16's on speed. The other truck, driver by Kees Van Loevestijn, was involved in a crash in which he died, and almost taking the lives of the other 2 occupants of the truck. DAF withdrew. X1 is in a museum I think, and X2 was scrapped.
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There are no videos of it yet, but there is also no way I'm starting a new thread for this. It does at least classify as media. Especially since it might be a repost. Anyways, this might make me a redneck but I like the idea. Behold, the BMW M5 UTE http://www.m5ute.com/index.htm
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notro man posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02eghIfyHP0 Good protection in the Smart. Even if you do finish bounced upside-down into traffic in the other lane. Your link lead me to this one with Clarkson frustrated by the slew of half-baked technology in the W220 S-Class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmkX9mtF9zI which is startlingly similar to my own W221 clip from earlier this year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HEgLYY8OTk Makes me feel frustrated listening to that disembodied woman's voice even now.
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ThwartedEfforts posted:which is startlingly similar to my own W221 clip from earlier this year: "Cancel!" "Top of list." Nice Do these cars come with keypads or something? Seems much, much easier.
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Nov 26, 2007 23:29
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Old TopGear, with Tiff and something of a looker of a car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XywJQZf5vm0 *For Sale by Owner: 1998 Mercedes - winter beater - make an offer*
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Nov 27, 2007 01:41
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Saw this on news.com.au. WA cop doing doughnuts. I see nothing wrong with this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fGOx7o17RM
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Nov 27, 2007 02:13
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ThwartedEfforts posted:which is startlingly similar to my own W221 clip from earlier this year: How the gently caress does something like that even make it through development? When I saw Clarkson's review I just assumed he was exaggerating for the sake of humour but seeing your own video, Christ almighty. That's loving terrible.
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Nov 27, 2007 14:10
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ThwartedEfforts posted:which is startlingly similar to my own W221 clip from earlier this year: I hate to say it because it sounds so mean, but it was a riot listening to you become exasperated with that horrible voice recognition.
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ThwartedEfforts posted:which is startlingly similar to my own W221 clip from earlier this year: 'Sheerness... how the gently caress did it CANCEL'  The Prius one is simpler, function wise, but just as moronic. 'Radio On' 'beep, setting destination to 'home''
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Aside from being overwrought with faddish technology, the car was okay to drive but was in my opinion noisier than its predecessor because of wind flutter around the A pillar. It used to drive me nuts on long hauls because the sound was no more than an inch from my ear. There was also the issue of the seven speed box, which hunted between cogs on a trailing throttle and would give a great thump when you changed your mind from beans to brakes at a busy junction. I mentioned it in a forum and the consensus was that 'they all do it', though the question of why you need seven speeds remains. Owning the last three iterations of the S-Class together with my experience of all the BMW, Audi and even VW equivalents has made me realise it's an illusion the Germans build better cars. They used to, oh gently caress me yes, but not now. Now they just make cars people want to be seen in.
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5137109950210525318 Quite certainly the highest noise-speed ratio that I've ever seen from a car, and maybe only outranked by an unmuffled pocketbike.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWODggvoCWA Blatant self promotion.... Edit: and for you Fc fans http://youtube.com/watch?v=j0k4nUq2v-w Kaptainballistik fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Nov 28, 2007 |
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Drifting with a 15 meter bus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEoiVAXSO6g
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On the topic of the Lambo doing 219 on the freeway: This is the stretch of freeway that was on. Santan loop 202 in Arizona. You can see the sign of the Hawes Rd "offramp" (which is funny because Hawes Rd doesn't even run through there - it is a ramp to nothing) at the start of the video. What blows my mind about it is two things - one, that is not a very straight and level stretch of road there. It's hardly the Dragon but it does have a few serious bridges and long sweeping curves, but I suppose the pavement is fresh at least. Two, there is a very real and generally constant police presence there, especially at night - as often as not, there is a cruiser sitting lights out in the center median, waiting for someone to fly by.
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Have you guys ever heard/seen a product on YouTube, then ran right out to buy one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMfWpP1i4Vk Britalman exhaust on an M5. I think this is one the most beautiful noises to come out of the rear end end of a passenger car. I bought one.
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I hate that I have to post a link to streetfire, but here it is. [/url] Oldie but goodie, kids play Initial-D in the arcade, and go out to mountain roads 
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usurper posted:Britalman exhaust on an M5. I think this is one the most beautiful noises to come out of the rear end end of a passenger car. My god, that does sound wonderful! Is it under $2k?
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destructo posted:I hate that I have to post a link to streetfire, but here it is. [/url] Oldie but goodie, kids play Initial-D in the arcade, and go out to mountain roads
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tractorcrusher posted:My god, that does sound wonderful! Is it under $2k? Yup. Cat back w/ cross-pipe for under $2k.
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I'm sure you've all heard about Travis Pastrana skydiving without a chute. Here's the video.
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bung posted:I'm sure you've all heard about Travis Pastrana skydiving without a chute. Here's the video. Holy gently caress that is awesome.
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usurper posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMfWpP1i4Vk OOooooooh... Sir, there is no emoticon for what I am feeling right now! Good god, it really makes you wonder why, other than to show techical wizardry, BMW went to a V10 in the latest M5. The last one really was the best car that anyone could ask for, ever.
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destructo posted:I hate that I have to post a link to streetfire, but here it is. [/url] Oldie but goodie, kids play Initial-D in the arcade, and go out to mountain roads I think that's Angeles Crest - I've taken it from Los Angeles to Big Bear and had to stop 3 times in a few hour period due to motorcycles going over the edge. They're lucky they hit a rail and didn't just go over a cliff (someone just died on that road today).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc-lfSqHKTk Simon Evans, incredibly fast on dirt, Australian Rally Champion VK Commodore rally car 5 litres of bellowing V8. So why aren't you watching yet?
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The part of that clip in the middle, where you hear it tearing by from the side of the road, was pretty drat impressive. There's just something awesome about hearing a feral V8 tear-assing through the woods, especially when it's not propelling a truck. This one's for all the Miata owners: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AHq3f38UGo You just <wish> you were that cool. 
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destructo posted:I hate that I have to post a link to streetfire, but here it is. [/url] Oldie but goodie, kids play Initial-D in the arcade, and go out to mountain roads I was really wondering what he did wrong, his technique seemed very solid. Luckily an expert commented on the video to clear things up. expert posted:I see your drifting technique is very weak, especialy you steering technique and your chaging gear technique and no perform your drifting corner. If you want to perform your real drifting, you turn steering and and changing gear shitf with right way and follow the Takumi drifting technique in Initial D movie.Dont follow your playing game style. Just refer the movie and study how to perform your real technique. Cool, that explains it.
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"Dude, I think that's at least 400$ to fix..." Ummm yes? I don't think I've ever felt less pity for someone stuffing their car, and the lovely music coupled with the prepubescent voices kind of just sealed the deal.
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