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Drujon
05/28/09

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I would hope that "they" dont sell press cars to the GP. You'd think that they would be good cars to take back and tear apart and study....nothing like real-world abuse to test a car!
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Wes Siler
05/29/09

@Drujon: hahaha, you're funny.
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MushyHeirloom
05/27/09

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This seems to explain why anything delivered here by Federal Ex-press seems to arrive damaged.
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Boosted Lego Wagon
05/27/09

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I say I say I say, those Duke Fellows have got themselves into quite a pickle this time, old bean. They'd better grow a pair of wings, or start flapping their arms, what?
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Elhigh
05/27/09

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In the same vein, I have a huge wang, a giant bank account, and a tremendous reputation as a fantastic guy.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/27/09

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On second thought, why would they jump this car?

I could see jumping a WRX or an EVO, even a truck, but why would you jump a luxury sports car?

Does the reason "because they can" apply here?
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/27/09

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That's not as bad as I was expecting.

I hope they come around and try it going a little faster.
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wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
05/27/09

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There's a back road about 7 or 8 miles from my house that has a bump similar to that one. There's a short flat and straight stretch right before it, and once you're up on it there's a slight incline and then nothing--it just drops off into nothingness. You can get air in it going the speed limit, or, if you're really trying, you can get all four wheels off at once.

My girlfriend's F-350 took it like a champ. All four wheels off the ground for a second, and then...

...some repair bills.
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Nick
05/27/09

@like wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: girlfriend drives a F-350? let me know if you ever get tired of her.
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.357
05/27/09

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You know what's worse than buying a press car? Buying Keith Moon's old car. It still smells like Spitfire and pool water.
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EuropaBambaataa
05/27/09

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Big deal. I once jumped a Suzuki Liana 1.3. Try jumping a 90hp no-torque jumped-the-shark-on-original-release high-ceiling Japanese crapbox and we'll talk.
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averyrm
05/27/09

@EuropaBambaataa: If we're playing one-up I jumped a 1976 E250. The backs of both rear seats broke.
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IN THE FACE!
05/27/09

@averyrm: I once skipped an '85 Honda Accord LX across a mud pit that had spent its afternoon eating lifted wranglers...

The trick was, you to be going 67mph when you hit the mud.
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IN THE FACE!
05/27/09

@bpapa9013 - Is full of ぶっちぎり, probably...:

...you had to be going...

Edit button?
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Flathead Smith
05/27/09

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When a car is abused in this manner I don't see how the press can get a good feel for it, because after that, something is probably out of line or broken.

If I was given a car that I wasn't responsible for in any way, I guess I would do the same thing.
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Mad_Science
05/27/09

@Flathead Smith: There's decent money to be made in maintaining the media fleets.

Clutch, brakes, tires almost every time.

Suspension, bodywork, transmissions every once and a while.

That said, media miles are like dog years. 25k might as well be 120k.
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Ben Wojdyla
05/27/09

@Mad_Science: This is very true. Having been on many, many media drives with manufacturers before, and witnessing first hand the amazing lack of basic vehicular control from some of the regional newspaper and small-time web reporters, these companies probably make huge bank replacing parts.
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Wes Siler
05/27/09

@Ben Wojdyla: don't forget the geriatrics. 99% of auto journalists are 99 years old.
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smalleyxb122
05/27/09

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Shocks, pegs, lucky.
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baldy_pm
05/27/09

@smalleyxb122:

Who wants to take a roundhouse to the face when I'm wearing these bad boys, huh?
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smalleyxb122
05/27/09

@baldy_pm: Here I was trolling for "you ever take it off any sweet jumps?", and I catch a Rex quote.

That's like an interwebs equivalent of catching an old boot whilst fishing for a delicious bass.
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Quattro-luvr
05/27/09

@smalleyxb122: You caught me a delicious bass?
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Jon
05/27/09

@Quattro-luvr: Wes has a delicious bass?

Uhhh...
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MushyHeirloom
05/27/09

@Jon: I caught a sea bass! See? Bass!
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Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
05/27/09

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...or a rental car.
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sdvictor
05/27/09

@Timtoolman, now with power tools!:

Speaking of which. Dulles Airport this weekend. Returning car at the budget Rent-a-car counter, and I was watching the car rental employees dragging the rear wheels (with the parking brake) while gunning the engine. Yeah...no rental cars for me.
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baldy_pm
05/27/09

@Timtoolman, now with power tools!:

As Jeff Foxworthy says: "Buying a used rental car is like going to a house of ill repute looking for a wife"
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smalleyxb122
05/27/09

@baldy_pm: First clue: Buick didn't sell any non-fleet Skylarks in '98.

But I guess when you're talking about a $500 car, it doesn't matter so much.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/27/09

@sdvictor: I love doing that to rentals.

China may have no respect for life, but here in America we have no respect for other people's sh*t.
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