Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

car was riding wierd... oversteering on hard rights...

checked the suspension and the left rear coilover had come loose and had moved down about 1/2 an inch.

German engineering trumps the Japanese when it comes to safety technology

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Tu_triky wrote:German engineering trumps the Japanese when it comes to safety technology

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Well, that explains why a Porsche costs more than a Nissan[/list:u]Edit: Makes you wonder what a BMW airbag looks like, they are the "ultimate driving machine" :naughty: [/list:u]

gaijin mark wrote: Well, that explains why a Porsche costs more than a Nissan[/list:u]Edit: Makes you wonder what a BMW airbag looks like, they are the "ultimate driving machine" :naughty: [/list:u]

touche....well said, manami lovin' man.

seems to me that Porsche WANTS you to get into an accident... whereas Nissan doesn't. :mrgreen:

krim wrote:seems to me that Porsche WANTS you to get into an accident... whereas Nissan doesn't. :mrgreen:

it just implies that the porsche is built better...cuz when you get into an accident with the nissan you're really "assed out." :hehe:

Skyline! Skyline!!
when i was in Japan i took a picture of every one i saw!! :hehe:
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go for a ride with mick!
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/sport/sport4.shtml

Bye bye undamaged bumpers. I'll miss you. :puppydog: :shamefulcry:

gaijin mark wrote:[image]Technically, this should go under the Movies thread, but it's probably the greatest racing movie ever made and it's FINALLY out on DVD. The movie itself isn't that great, one of the reviews at the time called it "a soap opera on wheels" but the racing footage is some of the best ever :dancing: [/list:u]

That's 'cause it was directed by John Frankenheimer. :D

Not a racing moving, but there's some great driving footage in Ronin as well... Also directed by Frankenheimer. :D

Le Mans has some excellent driving footage as well... With Steve McQueen actually driving his Porsche 917 flat out, near 200mph...

bmwracer wrote:

Le Mans has some excellent driving footage as well... With Steve McQueen actually driving his Porsche 917 flat out, near 200mph...

In the bonus dvd, they have some interviews and it turns out Frankenheimer originally wanted McQueen for the movie, but McQueen got a bug up his butt for some reason and they ended up going with James Garner [/list:u]

gaijin mark wrote: In the bonus dvd, they have some interviews and it turns out Frankenheimer originally wanted McQueen for the movie, but McQueen got a bug up his butt for some reason and they ended up going with James Garner [/list:u]

Yup, I read that... Too bad.

Paul Newman wasn't into racing at the time was he? He would've been a cool choice.

bmwracer wrote:
Yup, I read that... Too bad.

Paul Newman wasn't into racing at the time was he? He would've been a cool choice.

Newman got into racing a few years later when he made a movie called "Winning", (not one of Newman's better efforts)[/list:u]

gaijin mark wrote: Newman got into racing a few years later when he made a movie called "Winning", (not one of Newman's better efforts)[/list:u]

Ahhhh, that's right... Winning...

tabana wrote:Bye bye undamaged bumpers. I'll miss you. :puppydog: :shamefulcry:

awe... :hug:

tabana wrote:Bye bye undamaged bumpers. I'll miss you. :puppydog: :shamefulcry:

I did that when I tried to parallel park and backed into my dad's Volvo. No damage to his car, but I still have the screw dents in my bumper.

Got rammed from behind by a pickup truck while waiting for the light to change. The guy wasn't looking where he was going and he hit me. With the impact, I hit the car in front of me. No damages to the front bumper, but the hot girl in the car wanted to give me her phone number and, for some reasons, I said no. :doh: :banghead: I hope it was due to the concussion.

Just minor physical damages, but it'll still cost me 500$ with the paint job. :bleh: The guy with the truck will need to pay at least 3000$. His front was almost totaly destroyed. :hehe:


Score:

Cheap Japanese car: 1
Big fancy American pickup truck: 0 :mwahaha:

dochira wrote:
I did that when I tried to parallel park and backed into my dad's Volvo. No damage to his car, but I still have the screw dents in my bumper.

That sucks. I did that once too, but with dad's car. :sweat:

First akai pantsu girl... now the one you rear ended...

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you must be taken already. :bow:

I'm afraid not. I've been single for a while. :shamefulcry:

I think she just meant it for the police report or something. She didn't tell me, "I'll give you my number. Give me a call, in case you want to bang me from behind again." :beaten:

I had a girl toss her number on a crumpled up piece of paper thru my sunroof once, while we were stopped at a RR crossing. Turns out she was a Pro... :sweat: :puppydog: