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    Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!

    What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?

    The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!

    Cry For Me Argentina and Socialist Indoctrination: The Penalties Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons South Fall 2009

    A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson

    You Too Can Build A Chopped, V8-Powered W124 Benz For Just 500 Bucks!

    And The Real LeMons South Fall 2009 Winner Is...

    The Top 113 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons South Fall 2009

    And The Winner Is... NOT This 1979 Dodge Omni!

    People's Curse Winner Gets Pardon From Not-So-Bloodthirsty Crowd!
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I would wear these with pride only equaled by a high schooler with a rented prom tuxedo. #tshirt
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!

    I have two suggestions for your T-shirts:

    l. Tape or pin them to your garage walls.

    2. Have some quilts made from them. Then you could raffle them off and donate proceeds to charity. #tshirt
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/14/09

    @skaycog: Whoa, a quilt would be pretty damn cool. #tshirt
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    Image of sardonicbastard sardonicbastard
    11/15/09

    @skaycog: Clearly it needs to not only be a quilt, but then turned into a snuggie, so that you could comfortably wear that much awesomeness and not get cold reaching for the remote. #tshirt
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    Novaload promoted this comment sardonicbastard was starred sardonicbastard was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/16/09

    @Murilee Martin: Old t-shirts get stretchy and stretchy stuff doesn't work well on quilts. I had an old collection of 60s/early 70s Fender t-shirts--Fender has brought back some of them, but not all of them, strangely enough. We tried various ways to save them but the only one left is "The World's Favorite Love Machine" with some cartoonish birds and bees on it--after seeing the rest fail as pillows, throws and such, I can tell you that this kind of material is really made for t-shirts, period and I'm glad I didn't risk the "Love Machine" one, which is currently in hiding in the bottom of a drawer. #tshirt
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I am sad to say I lost my Faster Farms T-shirt somewhere when I moved :( #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/14/09

    @LTDScott: Have you looked in a mirror? Are you wearing it? If not, wow, you should never have taken that off. Way too cool. With "cool" meaning of course "clever, neat, and demented." #tshirt
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/14/09

    @LTDScott: I'm sure Adrian will be selling them at Thunderhill. #tshirt
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    Oh man - can I buy a copy of #61 (Frogmasters) anywhere?

    You could probably start an internet T-shirt business with these designs and do handsomely with it. #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    This, my friends, is why American will never fail. #tshirt
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    Image of BlueBomb BlueBomb
    11/14/09

    @Novaload: Hahaha - don't you mean CHINA will never fail? #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/14/09

    @BlueBomb: No, no, this is homegrown talent, regardless of the fabric its on. #tshirt
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    Image of BlueBomb BlueBomb
    11/15/09

    @Novaload: I'm starting a sweat shop in Manhattan like the good ole days of manufacturing. Using sweat shops abroad is killing our GNP. #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/16/09

    @BlueBomb: That's very patriotic of you, sir. We have to start re-building our economy some damn where!
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    Edited by Novaload at 11/16/09 9:01 AM Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I have seen Heaven, and it is good. #tshirt
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    Image of Theimbellis Theimbellis
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    Watching Miatas wrecking isn't as interesting as watching blind cockroaches walking into each other.
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment Theimbellis was starred Theimbellis was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/26/09

    @Theimbellis: RX-7. It's in the first sentence.
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    Image of Gaseous Clay Gaseous Clay
    09/26/09

    @Theimbellis: I see it's contagious.. Miata comment on the RX7 post.
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    Image of Theimbellis Theimbellis
    09/26/09

    @Gaseous Clay: Yeah, so? RX-7 is pretty much useless, just as useless as a Miata.

    ...Just like a Rolex watch, it's good for 4-5 years then dies.
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    Image of vr6john vr6john
    09/26/09

    @Theimbellis: your first troll was better even though you got the car wrong...this troll you didn't even try...
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/26/09

    @vr6john: He (or she) does contribute to the discussion sometimes, so the trolls are tolerated as a necessary byproduct.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/26/09

    @Murilee Martin: I've never seen anything but troll-esque comments emanate from that username, and strange third person comments. I tend to ignore them myself- if they aren't troll-ey, they are obviously ignorant and not worthy of response.
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    Image of quayzar quayzar
    09/27/09

    @Theimbellis: I'm surprised I didn't see a Suxs0rs or Ro0LeZ in your comment somewhere.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    Our Amazon lost a wheel in the first race, while I was driving, and the car simply skidded to a stop (I was fortunate enough to be able to get it off course!) Of course, that was a front wheel- losing a rear wheel is much, much more dangerous- especially in a turn!
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    Image of Gaseous Clay Gaseous Clay
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    It amazes me that a car as low centered as a Miata would flip like that rather than just sliding off into the grass. If it had slid then hooked the edge and rolled, sure - but this sucker jumps like it had an ACME hydraulic ram underneath it.

    One moment, rolling through the corner - the next.. yard sale.
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    mechimike promoted this comment Gaseous Clay was starred Gaseous Clay was unstarred
    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/26/09

    @Gaseous Clay: It was an RX-7, but yeah, pretty freaky still. I think the wheel got shoved under the back of the car, since he was on a corner, and that poped the back end up and initiated the roll. Sort of like when a swing-axle car gets lose in back around a turn. (Think Tatra, VW, Corvair, Porche)
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    Image of Gaseous Clay Gaseous Clay
    09/26/09

    @mechimike: dOH! Pretty bad how my eyes read RX7 & my brain thought miata... must have been due to the spec miata post I had just read.

    Regardless, I bet you are right that the wheel became a ramp.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/26/09

    @Gaseous Clay: The driver of the RX-7 was sure that he'd been hit, which is what it felt like in the car.
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    Image of UnlimitedRevs UnlimitedRevs
    09/26/09

    In reply to What's It Like When Your Mazda Sheds A Wheel On The Race Track?
    He was on a roll.

    ...sorry.
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    Nick promoted this comment UnlimitedRevs was starred UnlimitedRevs was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    09/26/09

    @UnlimitedRevs: do it right.

    He must be butter 'cause he is on a roll.

    /RIP Steve Mazur
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    Edited by Nick at 09/26/09 2:10 PM Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
    Image of korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers! korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers!
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    Hipster beer. Hipster music. Bleh, other than it's all good.
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers! was starred korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers! was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/25/09

    @korvetkeith king of teh horsepowers!: Most hipsters I know would rather eat ground glass than listen to Weezer, though maybe some of them listen to it, you know, ironically.
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    Edited by Murilee Martin at 09/25/09 2:36 AM Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09/20/09

    In reply to Cry For Me Argentina and Socialist Indoctrination: The Penalties Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons South Fall 2009
    So much awesome in this post. Thank you.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    Anyone balls enough to play with the (insert letter) -tronic is worthy.

    Nice videos.
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    you have to approve those guys, if at least for proving that Abe Vigoda is still alive. And letting him race in LeMons!
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/20/09

    In reply to The Best LeMons Team Application Video Ever: Porsche-Driving Team Rooster Juice!
    I'd never be able to change the radio station fast enough if this song started playing, but it's absolutely perfect for what is a video short-story better than most of what is on television.

    Guys, good work...all around.

    If it wouldn't screw things up, I'd lobby for a LeMons reality show. Real reality, too. Sometimes the oddly-timed spontaneous shit is the funniest.

    That Lincoln's engine is incredible sounding...when it's mobile. Though it sounds like they locked the transmission in 2nd gear, which I can understand the logic, but it'd be even quicker, while moving, if it could hit third.
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    Edited by that ain't the way to have fun, son at 09/20/09 8:43 PM that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of ummagumma82 ummagumma82
    09/21/09

    @so I goes to the local bar, y'know, people: I think it's actually in first-- due to its fairly high redline and ridiculously tall gearing, it'll get to 55-60 mph. 2nd gear tops out at ~95.

    I have two Mark VIIIs and I love 'em. That's pretty much what they sound and act like from the factory; the engine is (thankfully) surprisingly loud, and it pulls like crazy past 3000 rpm. Reliability is decent for a high-tech domestic car, but of course that's not saying a whole lot. Unless overheated, the engine is absolutely bulletproof, though.
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    so I goes to the local bar, y'know, people promoted this comment ummagumma82 was starred ummagumma82 was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/21/09

    @ummagumma82:

    I feel less-bad about considering these as a beater-car replacement last January.

    A new Baby Beater-Benz beat it.
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