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that ain't the way to have fun, son
10/03/09

In reply to Watch The Lamest Day 24 Hours Of LeMons BS Inspections In Timelapse Animation!
The C4(?) Vette should be interesting, but stick-on portholes on the baby-blue something, FTW!

There was a VW Golf which appeared to be remarkably intact for being a $500 machine...though it is amazing what is on craigslist.
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Novaload
10/03/09

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I forgot this was the weekend! Saturday morning cartoons, oh boy!

These are some very fine looking cars, compared to some of the usual suspects, which looked like someone had furiously beaten them with hammers and blow torches.
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egoods
10/03/09

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How could you not trust a face like that?
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BMW_DOWN_SHIFT
10/03/09

@egoods:

ha!
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eggwich del fiero
10/03/09

@egoods: I too will be cheering for Team Tootsie Bear.
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Jim Hubert
10/03/09

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Murilee, y'all are something else. A hundred-thutty cars...figure 20 minutes a car, to do an inspection, not counting the whining and bribes, is 2600 minutes...add say...a 10 minutes break every dozen cars, and that's 2710 minutes. That's 45 hours.

OK, so figure TEN minutes a car...nope...still 23 hours...so we do five minutes a car...does it have tires...izzat a eroll cage...seat belts...fuel cell...jesus christ, is that an SOHC 427 in there...and we get 12 hours of sheer grunt.

I salute you all.
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Flagrant German Fanboy
10/03/09

@Jim Hubert: No joke, I was just thinking ... the ability to judge all the components in said engine ... it staggers me.

I worship the jury that be, as my new god.
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Novaload
10/03/09

@Jim Hubert: This was the BullShit inspection, not the safety inspection, as I understand it.
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Mad_Science
10/03/09

@Flagrant German Fanboy: They don't go over every car with a fine-toothed comb.

Some people get waved through.

Some get the automotive equivalent of the "rubber glove check".
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dculberson
10/04/09

@Mad_Science: It is pretty amazing what an experienced eye can catch on a car in five minutes. They have multiple people looking over each car and a checklist so they know what to look at and what has been looked at. The safety people are just looking for major problem items like "is it going to catch fire" and "can we find the kill switch in an emergency" and "are these chumps going to be able to get out of the car." They caught some really small stuff on our car - stuff we could fix really fast and they didn't fail us for it. (I.e. we needed to paint a big arrow on the hood pointing inside indicating the kill switch.. and there was a wire that needed a grommet installed.)

The safety inspectors are really good. And Murilee is really good at smelling BS.

Oh, it was a freaking blast. If anyone is near a Lemons you should check it out even as a spectator. Just the paddock was a melange of wonderful sights and sounds.. And smells, especially when they were pumping out the septic tank.

We were Team 84, "Surround Castle to Stay Alive." We conked out with a thrown rod after two hours, but still had a great time. And if I had been awake enough Friday AM, we would have had an extra block. Unfortunately, we didn't, and neither did the junk yards in town.
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Mad_Science
10/05/09

@dculberson: Oh, I know. We were made semi-famous from our exploits at Buttonwillow.

After the crazy last 2 weeks it took to get the car together, I was like "ok, there's no way I can do this again".

After 20 minutes of racing, there was no way I couldn't.

+1 on fair and reasonable tech inspectors. We scrambled to get through right at the end, and they just gave a "to-do" list of minor things.
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Flagrant German Fanboy
10/03/09

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0:50 concerned me ... so now Pedobear is attending LeMons? Is this a sign of the dragons of illegitimate LeMons penalty-inducing cars to come??
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MushyHeirloom
10/03/09

@Flagrant German Fanboy: With Tootsie Rolls, no less...
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sos10
09/16/09

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Hopefully we can get rid of that @hole for ever.
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pauljones
09/16/09

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It's about time that someone fixed a broken race series.
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gearhead_318
09/16/09

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He looks like a mime stuck in an invisible box
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Alfisted
09/16/09

@gearhead_318: He's saying, "Mama Mia, they are THIS BIG. No wonder she works for Victoria's Secret".
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Number_Six
09/16/09

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I sincerely hope Lotus sign them both.
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NiceNurseRatched
09/16/09

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Why would Flavio want to spend more time at home with his wife???
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Jeb_Hoge
09/16/09

@NiceNurseRatched: I...um...well, I had something to say and now I can't remember what.
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Joshuman
09/16/09

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He is outspoken in his beliefs and does not hide behind press releases like some other team principals. He is a good spotter of talent and a master at getting his managed drivers racing seats even if they are not with his team. He has brought many great drivers to F1. He hired Michael Schumacher for his first full race year. He managed drivers including Alonso, Webber, Kovalainen, and Piquet.

All it takes is one bad decision to ruin it all.

P.S. Where is the Jalopnik mention that Canada gets its race back? Or the mention that some really odd company just purchased BMW Sauber?
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Jeb_Hoge
09/16/09

@Joshman Raffles Avenue: One wonders if the Piquet family will at least get some vindication over this? I mean, Flavio allegedly outed Nelson Jr. in the course of badmouthing him.
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Uncle Bo
09/16/09

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Boooo F1

YAAAAAYYY NASCAR!

Boooo supermodel-porking, blowhard, overweight F1 team managers

Yaaaayyy meth-smoking, drug-taking NASCAR drivers

Boooo misogynistic, faux Nazi prison sex, bad haircut-wearing F1 execs

Yaaaayyy crash-my-Lexus-while-driving-drunk NASCAR execs

Motor racing sucks. Long live motor racing.
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FЯeeMan
09/16/09

@Uncle Bo: That right there might just get you a COTD!

Well played.
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GeeHalen
09/16/09

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Okay, before the "Booo F1, Yaaaay NASCAR" row starts, let's not forget about why does a NASCAR run take 4 hours to finish and why is it that the same persons are winning over and over (while there being identical cars).
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Jeb_Hoge
09/16/09

@GeeHalen: Yeah, seriously. Car & Driver did a whole article reporting on the phenomenon of "The Call" and it makes me wonder if it's simple coincidence that Denny Hamlin won Richmond (his home crowd) last weekend. Not to mention the teams who exist to run two laps and retire in each race. Formula 1 has its scandals, but they're not nearly so institutionalized.
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HoonThatFerrari
09/16/09

@Jeb_Hoge: So, you're saying Vince McMahon is really running NASCAR behind the scenes?
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