Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

Ouch. :sweat: At least you don't have to buy her dinner. :beaten: :hehe:

krim wrote: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:

pro what? nascar driver? :hehe:

i wish, then i could've gotten some good seats or something.

krim wrote: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:

That's creative. :hehe:

Finally, a car other than Ferrari and Renault wins a Formula One race: Jenson Button takes first place in the Hungarian Grand Prix with his V8 Honda...

And BMW-Sauber finally makes the podium with Nick Heidfeld taking third place.

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Congratulations for Button, on last Top Gear show they mock him for not being able to win a race and here's the result :applaud:. Also I'm extremely happy that Schumi didn't finish :hehe:.

Omedeto to BMW team too :victory:.

boris wrote:Congratulations for Button, on last Top Gear show they mock him for not being able to win a race and here's the result :applaud:.

Some luck was involved, too: both Alonso and Schumi were penalized during qualifying, so they got stuck in mid-pack. ;)

bmwracer wrote:
Some luck was involved, too: both Alonso and Schumi were penalized during qualifying, so they got stuck in mid-pack. ;)

both alonso and schuey had blinding starts though, schuey eventually dropping back due to the inadequate tyres. however he did get back up to 2nd place before dropping back again as his tyres came to the end of their life.
kubica was disqualified for having an underweight car so michael gets a point for eighth.

kenjilina wrote:kubica was disqualified for having an underweight car so michael gets a point for eighth.

Too bad. It would've been the fist time both BMW-Sauber cars were in the points this season, I think.

bmwracer wrote:
Too bad. It would've been the fist time both BMW-Sauber cars were in the points this season, I think.

first for a polish driver, too. a shame. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
Too bad. It would've been the fist time both BMW-Sauber cars were in the points this season, I think.

Yes. ... and right after our local guy got kicked out of the team. :sweat:

tabana wrote:Yes. ... and right after our local guy got kicked out of the team. :sweat:

Yeah, what's the deal on Jacques?? Burnt out?? :headscratch:

Possibly. .. and bored too. I know he has a bar in town. I don't know he goes there though. :headscratch: He's like kimutaku in Engine. He was good, then he screwed up and now he's too old. Maybe he should open a foster home. :hehe:

The current rumor is, he'll be in Nascar next year. Busch series IIRC.

bmwracer wrote:From Slashdot.org:
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At the Tokyo Motorcycle Show in Japan, the official licensed model of the motorcycle from the anime movie Akira is displayed. This Kaneda bike is not a mere replica, but a full working model with twin-steering system and 249-998cc water-cooled 4-cycle engine, and on its cockpit is DVD-navi-system + trackball & ten-key + custom computer-controlled LED meters - all licenced by the author and the publisher of Akira.

Manufacturer's web site: http://www.neo-fukuoka.com/
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OMG no way!!!! :shocked:
That is the coolest thing ever!!!!!!
i have to get one!!! hahaha.

tabana wrote:The current rumor is, he'll be in Nascar next year. Busch series IIRC.

Him AND Montoya...

Washouts. :shakehead:

Yup. =T

Champ Car driver remains in intensive care after collision with deer at Road America

LOVELAND, Colo., Aug. 4, 2006, 3:20 pm EDT - Champ Car World Series driver Cristiano da Matta (#10 RuSPORT Ford-Cosworth / Lola / Bridgestone) is continuing to recover at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, Wisc. Da Matta collided with a deer that had run onto the track near Turn Six at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisc., yesterday afternoon.

I don't know if anybody else follows Champ Car, but this was so weird I thought I'd pass it along, hitting a deer during a test session :shocked: [/list:u]

eew.. no windshield... hope he's okay.

gaijin mark wrote:

Champ Car driver remains in intensive care after collision with deer at Road America

LOVELAND, Colo., Aug. 4, 2006, 3:20 pm EDT - Champ Car World Series driver Cristiano da Matta (#10 RuSPORT Ford-Cosworth / Lola / Bridgestone) is continuing to recover at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, Wisc. Da Matta collided with a deer that had run onto the track near Turn Six at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisc., yesterday afternoon.

I don't know if anybody else follows Champ Car, but this was so weird I thought I'd pass it along, hitting a deer during a test session :shocked: [/list:u]

Talk about your fluke occurences... Nasty road course. :sweat:

Honda buying major share of XM sat-radio?!
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orbitcast.com --

Rumor: Honda Making a Move for XM?
Rumor has it that Honda Motor Co. Ltd., is about to take a major stake (+25%) in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., and has received government approval for it.
Below is the government form that terminates some type of limitation that has previously existed....