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Bob NewSCART posted:I recommend everyone watch the documentary titled Senna, it's probably one of the best documentaries I've ever seen and it's a really sad story. The season that senna passed away he was constantly insisting that the cars were extremely unsafe to drive because of how fast and uncontrollable they were and the weekend he got in his accident there were 2 other brutal crashes. Yes. Do this right now. It's on Netflix and YouTube so no excuses if you haven't seen it yet. Since I'm sick of seeing racing drivers getting killed, how about a video of Senna heel-toeing an NSX around Suzuka in Italian loafers? http://youtu.be/8By2AEsGAhU?t=30s
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The Boston Public Library put an enormous collection of documentary photos of wrecked cars from the early 20th century online here. It's impressive how horribly mangled cars could get at the low speeds back then when they weren't designed with safety in mind. You can embed them in the forum by clicking the "share" button above the photo.  Truck crashes through garage several stories up East Cambridge by Boston Public Library, on Flickr oops
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Feb 14, 2013 01:37
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Senna is absolutely a must watch film if you post or lurk in AI. It's amazing.
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atomicthumbs posted:The Boston Public Library put an enormous collection of documentary photos of wrecked cars from the early 20th century online here. It's impressive how horribly mangled cars could get at the low speeds back then when they weren't designed with safety in mind. It was nice of this truck to lay over and expose it's underbelly so we can all stare at the chain drive rearend.  Truck and El Bus collide in South Boston by Boston Public Library, on Flickr
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Feb 14, 2013 04:07
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http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/02/this-guys-car-got-stuck-at-125mph-for-an-hour/273140/ French dude with Renault Laguna adapted to his disabilities is stuck at 125mph for an hour. Roads cleared, he drives across northern France until he runs out of gas, nobody apparently hurt. Amazing.
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Feb 14, 2013 05:11
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VikingSkull posted:Senna is absolutely a must watch film if you post or lurk in AI. It's amazing. I got to see it when it came through the indie theather near me, absolutely mind-blowing on the big screen. I think the most bizarre crash has to be Earnhardt's, just for how low-key it was. Just one big hit and then sliding along the wall, but he hit it at just the right angle to cause the ultimately-fatal injury.
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Feb 14, 2013 05:16
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiEj4RNpYME That looks like Laguna Seca right?
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Feb 14, 2013 06:14
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Unless you know of another Corkscrew somewhere, I'd say yes.
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Feb 14, 2013 06:50
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A co-worker friend from another department came rushing up to me the other day, babbling like a little boy about a Porsche in our lot that I had to see. "It has yellow rims", he wailed, "yellow rims..." Turns out it's a GT2 owned by one of our bigshots, who came out while I was ogling it and started it up. He said he's "taken it up to 160 on the track", so it was nice to know it's being driven properly   
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Feb 14, 2013 08:08
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parrhesia posted:Now have some Renault R4s. quote:The Renault 4 was originally powered by a 20 hp (15 kW) engine and its suspension was never intended for sporting dynamics, so it should have been no surprise that it came last in the 1962 Monte-Carlo Rally. I want one! <3
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Feb 14, 2013 14:23
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Finishing the Paris-Dakar is a feat in itself, it's amazing that a cheap underpowered French car made for skinflint farmers could do it and return in one piece.
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Feb 14, 2013 14:25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbiV-8UYsPQ A nice segment on the Citroen DS via Jalopnik.
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Feb 14, 2013 18:49
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Who cares about top speed at a track when you have stuff like laptimes? 
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Feb 14, 2013 20:03
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TyChan posted:A nice segment on the Citroen DS via Jalopnik. I have a firm belief that the DS is the greatest car ever made, and that it will never be topped or outdone. I'll own one (or a C6) someday.
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Feb 14, 2013 20:09
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:"It has yellow rims", he wailed, "yellow rims..." The Scott Farkus model.
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Feb 14, 2013 20:29
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I was looking at cars for sale and stumbled across a Peugeot 205 GTI (I've always wanted one) and thought I'd have a look at the dealer's website. No less than 7 GTIs in that picture alone, and 10 in total on their website, all in absolutely perfect condition  And it doesn't stop there, either: Peugeot 405 MI16  Renault 5 Turbo 2  Toyota Celica 2000 GT DOHC  Alfa Bertone GT 2000 Veloce  Alfa Bertone GTV 2000  Alfa Romeo 1300 GTJ  Mazda 323 GTX  I should go visit them sometime soon...
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Feb 14, 2013 20:51
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KozmoNaut posted:
Gorgeous car in a a gorgeous colour. Dijon mustard yes please.
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Feb 14, 2013 22:15
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KozmoNaut posted:Renault 5 Turbo 2 I love these so freakin much    
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Moxie Omen posted:I love these so freakin much If nothing else, the absolutely ridiculous difference in tire widths between the front and rear really should make you take notice, it's completely ridiculous. And then there are the multiple WRC victories, of course. Here's a high-res wallpaper I stole from Wikipedia:  (Click for ginormous)
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Feb 14, 2013 22:32
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Ahh, Group B 
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KozmoNaut posted:Alfa Romeo 1300 GTJ Yes please. Furthermore,     Alfa Romeo Giulia Prototype, styled by Centro Stile. Also, just like the Renault 4 pictures, there are larger versions on imgur. Just remove the l from URL.
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Feb 15, 2013 01:16
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 Whats this? It showed up on my facebook feed.
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Feb 15, 2013 17:07
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A McLaren P1 that looks like somebody's coloured green in photoshop.
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Feb 15, 2013 17:15
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Indeed. But I love the red color they used in one of them. Gallery
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KozmoNaut posted:Peugeot 405 MI16 Identical to my first car. That was a fun car. And it tought me to hate anything that has to do with car electrics. I was this close to buying a 405 T16 once upon a time too, but the high risk of grenading the transfer case stopped me. I regret this.
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parrhesia posted:Yes please. I rather like that. To me it looks like a Karmann Ghia and an XJ6 had a baby.
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Feb 15, 2013 23:17
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I dunno if this makes the guy the most awesome dad in the world, or the most bogan dad in the world... either way its drat cool! http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/is-this-mini-land-cruiser-owner-the-luckiest-boy-in-australia/story-fnet085v-1226577840954 
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Ferremit posted:I dunno if this makes the guy the most awesome dad in the world, or the most bogan dad in the world... either way its drat cool! Clearly awesome. I'm still trying to figure out if a real 'cruiser died to make that or what.
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Identical to my first car. That was a fun car. And it tought me to hate anything that has to do with car electrics. I was this close to buying a 405 T16 once upon a time too, but the high risk of grenading the transfer case stopped me. I regret this. You had an MI16 as your first car? You magnificent bastard, I've always wanted one myself. Although I'm quite satisfied with driving its successor right now (406 TS4/SRi). I was actually looking at buying that exact 405 this summer, but they wanted crazy money for it, so I got the 406 instead for more reasonable money.
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I know we're already very used to the legal disclaimers that accompany anything nowadays, but I just have the share the opening of the warning Factory Five give in their manuals:Factory Five posted:While there are many things to love and be proud of in our country today there are a few things that we wish were different. With regret and a small amount of resentment we include the following warning and statement of non-liability at the advice of men with soft hands and necks the size of pencils...
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Who reads the warnings for a friggin' Cobra? Just take the car back if you're going to live like that. Be sure to include your man card. 
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This is not getting enough love, those are some ballsy guys. Looks like a blast, if a bit terrifying.
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T1g4h posted:This is not getting enough love, those are some ballsy guys. Looks like a blast, if a bit terrifying. It's even more ballsy if you consider the car stalled after the last turn, and that smoke behind it is electrical smoke.
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Feb 16, 2013 21:56
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Yes, the UK likes to confuse people by having two motorsports called hillclimbing. The muddy one is usually called trials instead to differentiate it from the sprinting kind. And confuse it with the spandex-and-Gas-Gas lot instead. You can't win, really. There's a scene in The Fast Lady where they end up taking a shortcut through the middle of one, watch out for an early Lotus (Mark IV I think?) on the startline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGOembZZSOM&t=382s (The film is pretty typical British comedy from the early sixties, but buying a Bentley four-and-a-half litre as your first car to impress a girl can probably be classed as AI.) Edit: Good show, Mini. I might not like your stupid cars, but well played: 
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Feb 16, 2013 22:30
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Where we're parking we don't need roads.
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My god that's excellent. Reminds me of high school. We used to do that stuff all the time when we came in for our Saturday workouts for football. One time my friend tried it in his '77 Olds Ninety-Eight. After the workout, his car was quite stuck on top of the snow mound. It took about 9 guys to lift the back end of the car up and over.
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I did that with an old corolla I used to drive and got high centered, it took 6 people, 3 on each end of the car to drag it off so I could drive home.
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Muffinpox posted:Where we're parking we don't need roads. HEY! (When I got back out there were half a dozen people taking pictures. All confused.) The only issue with that and it might not be an issue is oiling for the motor. 
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