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Old 04-05-2010, 02:51 PM   #571
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lol about them smart cars

i had one

1L turbo with mild remap, 65rwkw vs 62kw at the engine

raised speed limit to 180km/h up from 145km/h (180 as thats the tyres speed rating) would easily do 200km/h no bull ********!

powder coated rims lowered then slammed it, and some other stuff

really miss it it was a awesome car to thrash about in

as quick as my V8 soarer (not **************** i have acceleration graphs to prove it) really speedy little thing...

that said i rented a mhd (non turbo) last month in spain and feared for my life in the slow poor handling POS!!

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Old 04-05-2010, 06:34 PM   #572
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Saw a Camry recently with the number plate SKID.
I reckon that's an instant fail.....
I suppose "UNDERSTEER" doesn't fit
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Old 04-05-2010, 06:54 PM   #573
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That's smegging awesome!
I do believe that Star Bug is from the Return To Earth series.
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Old 04-05-2010, 07:21 PM   #574
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I do believe that Star Bug is from the Return To Earth series.
Good to know a fellow Dwarf'r
Looks like it, though, given that I've watched it I wish they never made it. Was a stinker of a series.
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Old 04-05-2010, 07:38 PM   #575
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This is one barina you don't want to mess with.....


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Old 04-05-2010, 07:40 PM   #576
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lol theyre wins because theyre improvements over normal smart cars... but only if you collect the whole set! i can see it now 'Smart movie cars start you collection today!'
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Old 04-05-2010, 08:00 PM   #577
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Looks like it, though, given that I've watched it I wish they never made it. Was a stinker of a series.
I thought the same.
Good to see them all back together but it really shouldnt have been done.
Much rather the older series.
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Old 05-05-2010, 06:58 AM   #578
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Not sure if this has been posted before but god i had to put this one up...

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Old 05-05-2010, 09:32 AM   #579
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Not sure if this has been posted before but god i had to put this one up...

There's a whole Japanese modding subculture called "Bōsōzoku" which translates roughly into "violent running gang". Originally used to describe bike gangs, it has more recently been used to describe wildly modified vehicles such as the one above. More info here: http://www.bosozokustyle.com/content/what-bosozoku

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While not to everyone's taste, the bosozoku car subculture is gaining popularity in Japan, even featuring in TV and anime shows over there.
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Old 05-05-2010, 09:50 AM   #580
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Old 05-05-2010, 12:21 PM   #581
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Some AMC "Mirth Mobile" Pacers:





Miscellaneous WTF cars:





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Old 05-05-2010, 01:10 PM   #582
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Old 05-05-2010, 01:11 PM   #583
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Old 05-05-2010, 01:18 PM   #584
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I agree this is just mesmerising!

Can somebody actually explain what is going here???? Surely the spanner is some sort of packer (although I just cannot see its purpose) as there is no way it is being used as a brake pad because it is resting on the dust sheild.

I think it's there to replace the missing disk rotor to keep the caliper pistons popping out, and to keep the brake pedal going to the floor
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Old 08-05-2010, 10:46 PM   #586
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He could at least have used a black one.


Seriously, WTF?


Anyone else see the irony in a pink Barbie Hummer?


MacGyver he ain't.


No idea what he's trying to accomplish.


More of a Win.
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Old 09-05-2010, 02:19 AM   #587
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Just on the pink Hummer, I saw a pink stretched limo version in Melbourne recently.
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Old 09-05-2010, 03:36 PM   #588
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Some people really do not have any taste at all!, those things are shameful!
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Old 09-05-2010, 05:05 PM   #589
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This is one barina you don't want to mess with.....


Didnt you do the same on your FG?
Still funny though (Barina not your FG)
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Old 10-05-2010, 10:46 PM   #590
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Seen an Sri Lankan / Indian guy driving a camry yesterday near home.

He had been to bunnings, ya know, that great Aussie trip to the hardware store.
He forgot to get one thing whilst on his adventures. A trailer.

As a trusty handyman he was, he decided to buy a few tubes of 100mm White PVC water pipes, 3 metres long.
He had the infinite wisdom of realising it wouldn't fit in the car, so he had the great idea of opening both the rear windows, the stuck the tubes in the back seat area and the rest was hanging out the windows about a metre each side. No flags or anything.

Then decided to drive very slowly down the road.... Such a laugh and a WTF from the Mrs.
Wish a wide load Semi was coming the other way, no more tubes!.
Idjit!
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Old 12-05-2010, 08:53 AM   #591
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Old 13-05-2010, 10:49 AM   #592
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Old 13-05-2010, 12:36 PM   #593
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Haha, that guy got it coming to him!
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Thats got to be the quickest daewoo matiz I have seen.
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Old 13-05-2010, 01:54 PM   #595
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That will teach that moron! I wonder what idea made him to jump into the window?
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Thats gold the car driver could claim self defence bet that bloke wont launch himself on to anymore windscreens............
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Old 13-05-2010, 08:34 PM   #597
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how much would that thing weigh? would it actualy hurt?
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Old 13-05-2010, 08:43 PM   #598
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hahaha.....Darwin award anyone?
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That will teach that moron! I wonder what idea made him to jump into the window?

Im guessing he was either very drunk.... or was trying to have a "fake" accident to claim compo?

Id run him down too!
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