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General Automotive All stuff relating to cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc. that don't fit in the categories below.

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Old September 6th, 2008, 07:42 AM   #4021
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Old September 6th, 2008, 07:36 PM   #4022
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WTF... do you live in carbageville?
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Old September 6th, 2008, 07:41 PM   #4023
 
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I guess since you can't drive quickly or race in Switzerland, automotive passion comes out in other ways.
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Old September 7th, 2008, 02:11 PM   #4024
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English Russia is a gold mine for this crap.

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Old September 7th, 2008, 02:56 PM   #4025
 
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I wonder what would happen to someone who get hit by that car.
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I like the fact that that PT Cruiser looks like it was in a alien vs. predator movie and hit one of the aliens
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Old September 8th, 2008, 04:02 AM   #4028
 
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I've often (not really) wondered just how a PT Cruiser could be made even uglier than it already is, and obviously someone else had the same though before me. Shame they acted on it.
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It's very well done, though.
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Old September 9th, 2008, 02:19 AM   #4032
 
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Ye gods! That is no Carbage. I want one of those. Then everyone would get out of my way.

Though, for maximum effect, the headlights would need to be red. And the rozzers might not be very friendly with that...
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Old September 9th, 2008, 04:03 AM   #4033
 
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oMG @@ so many nasty vehicles.....
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The Intrepid at the back of the picture is badass.
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I wonder what would happen to someone who get hit by that car.
The car looks like it already happened and the remains are the alien looking bits
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Old September 9th, 2008, 11:29 AM   #4036
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as a car, they are garbage indeed, but they aren't intended to be cars anymore. they're show object, showing what those brands can do
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ERROR: If you can see this, then YouTube is down or you don't have Flash installed.

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Hey, is that Shamu?
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Oh crap...I just went and read the text in that ad. Priceless, I just have to translate a part of it for others

"vakiona tää on 90hv mutta vapaavirtausuodattimen tuomien muutaman pollen lisäks koneelle on tehty varmasti jotakin entisen omistajan aikana niinkuin ite sanoikin, auto lähtee ku tykin suusta, kaverit näkee tästä autosta vaan perävalot.. dynamossa kuulemma testattu 180hv tiedä häntä mutta reilusti yli 120hv pakko olla, huomaa kyllä koeajolla!"

"as standard this is 90hp but besides the few extra horses brought by the free flow filter something else must've been done to the car by the previous owner like I said, the car goes like shot from a cannon, your friends will only see the tail lights of this car.. tested in the dynamo () for 180hp dunno about that but must be well over 120hp, you'll notice it on a test drive!"

Tested in a goddamn dynamo
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