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Started by ahochaude · 3 May 2004 · 4,980 replies

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4 Nov 2009, 11:49 #3521
^ Wow.

The beginning of the end of F1... If it already hadn't started with Honda and BMW's pull out. :sweat:
5 Nov 2009, 02:38 #3522
i'm sure these teams would stay if they were more successful. toyota badly needed a driver who could develop the car into a race winner. i'm afraid toyota wasted millions on ralf schumacher!! :beaten:
as for brawn gp, they didn't start from scratch did they? all ross did was shoehorn a mercedes engine into a honda and stuck a clever diffuser at the back. bet they're choking at honda hq. :hehe:
11 Nov 2009, 00:56 #3525
bmwracer wrote:
Looks like his life in auto racing has come full circle. :)


Do any of you car buffs watch "Top Gear" on the BBC? It's one of my fav TV shows.

By the way any SoCal heads going to the L.A. Auto Show this year? It starts in a few weeks, Dec 4-13?
11 Nov 2009, 01:19 #3526
Tu_triky wrote:Do any of you car buffs watch "Top Gear" on the BBC? It's one of my fav TV shows.

I check out the episodes that are posted on YouTube and the like. :)

By the way any SoCal heads going to the L.A. Auto Show this year? It starts in a few weeks, Dec 4-13?

I haven't been to a show in ages... I'd think this year's would be rather muted, considering the world economy... :sweat:
11 Nov 2009, 01:41 #3527
bmwracer wrote:
I haven't been to a show in ages... I'd think this year's would be rather muted, considering the world economy... :sweat:


Yeah, you're spot on...I'm still thinking of going in away to see some of the concepts. I haven't gone for a few years.

But Top Gear is great huh? That show is so much fun.
11 Nov 2009, 01:45 #3528
Tu_triky wrote:But Top Gear is great huh? That show is so much fun.

It is... Much of it from the banter between Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and others... Those guys are real gearheads.
11 Nov 2009, 02:16 #3529
bmwracer wrote:
It is... Much of it from the banter between Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and others... Those guys are real gearheads.


Oh my goodness, no doubt. Those 3 cats are the heart and soul of the show...they could be driving around clunkers all day, and still make a good time of it.

You should see the videos where Clarkson test drives the new Nissan GT-R and races from western Japan to Eastern Japan vs. Hamster & Captain Slow who take the train and try to beat him to the destination. It's hilariously fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRIleQ2It74
11 Nov 2009, 09:34 #3530
Tu_triky wrote:

Yeah, you're spot on...I'm still thinking of going in away to see some of the concepts. I haven't gone for a few years.

But Top Gear is great huh? That show is so much fun.


Yeah, we get it here too.

One episode had the 3 of them do a challenge where they had to buy a vehicle and convert it into an amphibious vehicle, drive it a few hundred miles and then launch it into a lake and pilot to the other side. One of the funniest things i've seen :hehe:
11 Nov 2009, 09:38 #3531
Anime Dad wrote:

Yeah, we get it here too.

One episode had the 3 of them do a challenge where they had to buy a vehicle and convert it into an amphibious vehicle, drive it a few hundred miles and then launch it into a lake and pilot to the other side. One of the funniest things i've seen :hehe:


I actually haven't seen that challenge but it sounds great.

They have the best challenges and stunts ever -- always comical, worthy of a few, if not many, laughs.
11 Nov 2009, 12:08 #3535
Tu_triky wrote:

Nice pics...are they actually thinking of putting the 86 in production, like the LF-A?


I hope so. A lot of AE86 owners are looking forward to it. Some are hating due to the boxer engine.
11 Nov 2009, 12:12 #3536
^ Doesn't Toyota believe in a mid/rear-engined sports car? :beaten:
11 Nov 2009, 12:18 #3538
Takoyama wrote:

I hope so. A lot of AE86 owners are looking forward to it. Some are hating due to the boxer engine.


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11 Nov 2009, 12:29 #3540
Takoyama wrote:

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Nice! A classic by any benchmark. :good:

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