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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/09/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    Mirrors, hell, if he had his eyes open he should have seen that car, as it was in front of him! #racing
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    Image of ptschett ptschett
    11/09/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!

    Seen at the Ojibwe Forests Rally this year, one of the safety guy's cars: #racing
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    Image of MrHowser MrHowser
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!

    This is what I though of when viewing the Viper crash. #racing
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    I just love the sparks coming off of the rollbar in the first video. Man, that's impressive. The yelling in the second one is good. The car got squirrely, and he knew he was in over his head. Bummer. #racing
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    Image of rigidjunkie rigidjunkie
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    Ahhh Nelson Ledges where you better know how your car is going to handle different kinds of pavement and how it reacts to changes in pavement. Last time I was there a mustang went off the same place and ended up on top of the tire wall. #racing
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    Image of jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    My favorite. #racing
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    Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! promoted this comment jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms was starred jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms was unstarred
    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/09/09

    @jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms: Good. God.

    It looked like there was a lot more runoff area if he had gone straight. #racing
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    Image of jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms
    11/09/09

    @Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!: Maybe, but assuming your brakes actually work, its almost always better to skirt the apex so you have at much pavement as possible to get it slowed down before the slippery grass. Think of a heroic trail braking excersice. In this case, I think he was FUBAR'd either way. #racing
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/09/09

    @jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms: Shouldn't brakes be used before the corner, especially when you are a student with an instructor in the car? :) Using them in a corner is only for those who like to roll the dice... #racing
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    Image of jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms
    11/09/09

    @Turboner: Been a LONG time since I've completed braking in a straight line on track if the corner allows me to trail brake, which is usually around 80% of them. In this case yes, brake straight, but the point of the video is that he lost his brakes. #racing
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    The flip is amazing. Per WRC rules, the car should be put on its wheels and continue.

    The Viper vid, OTOH, is kinda funny 'cause you know what's going through this guy's mind.

    "ooooohhhh, this is gonna hurt...my WALLLEEETTT" #racing
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    11/08/09

    @I was drivin' that Model A: I first read that as "this is gonna hurt...my MULLLLETTTT" #racing
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    Image of Sth002000 Sth002000
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    that's not race footage that's the end to a French movie from the 60s. Just look at how surreal it looks as the cars drive by, upside down. #racing
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/08/09

    In reply to Roll Bar Stress Test: When You Really, REALLY Need To Pass That Triumph!
    Wow, did that Ford do a full backflip a la the McLaren Mercedes at LeMans a few years back? Impressive!
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    Edited by LTDScott at 11/08/09 5:43 PM LTDScott was starred LTDScott was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/08/09

    @LTDScott: Yeah, but he clearly didn't stick the landing. #racing
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    Image of oyumurtaci oyumurtaci
    11/08/09

    @Novaload: I know nothing about the video, but the audio sound suspiciously like a she. Or a rather small child. The man yelling 'KILL SWITCH! KILL SWITCH!', on the other hand, is obviously a bear. #racing
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/08/09

    @oyumurtaci: A talking bear, you mean. #racing
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    Image of oyumurtaci oyumurtaci
    11/09/09

    @Novaload: A polite talking bear. He says thank you, and teaches fire safety by empowering us with the knowledge of kill switch. Smokey is among us. #racing
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/09/09

    @LTDScott: Half backflip, actually. A full flip wouldn't have made as many sparks ;) #racing
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House

    Commodore drivers are gaining (if not gained) a reputation for being hoons in Oz and NZ.

    I'm not deriding all Commodore drivers, the hoon ones are easy to spot...

    -Mostly 88' to 97' vintage (VN - VX)
    -5 Litre V8 (sometimes 3.8L Buick V6 if 'P' plater)
    -Typical mods like paint-tin sized exhaust tip, darker than legal tint, ill-fitting body cladding.
    -Jim Beam or Jack Daniels sticker on rear window. #australia
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    Image of brc is never late, because of his v8 brc is never late, because of his v8
    10/19/09

    @LandofMinos, is punching Prius people for pleasure: You forgot several important details :
    -dodgy HSV sticker somewhere, possibly even an attempt to be fake HSV
    - oversized girlfriend with muffin-top hanging over jeans texting on pink phone
    - drivers seat reclined to touch rear seat
    - obligatory lighting up of inside rear wheel at all turns, intersections, traffic lights, roundabouts, McDonalds drive-thru, etc. Not difficult with 185 series tyres, open diff and live axle.
    - one rim replaced with spare tyre due to ill-judged drifting accident #australia
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    LandofMinos, is punching Prius people for pleasure promoted this comment brc is never late, because of his v8 was starred brc is never late, because of his v8 was unstarred
    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    10/19/09

    @brc is never late, because of his v8: Your last two points reminded me of when I was out at Penrith visiting a friend one evening years ago. We heard the distinct noise of a V8 revving up, spinning tyres and then a weird crack.

    We went outside and as was met by the sight of a maroon VP SS sitting at an odd angle over the gutter in front of my friends house. It's rear driver-side wheel collapsed almost under the car.

    We could tell what happened from the fish-tailing black marks on the road from the car back to a roundabout 100 metres (330ft) away. The P plater (back when P platers could drive V8's) had exited the roundabout, sunk his right boot and we guess was unprepared for the instant torque those old 5.0L Holden motors produced and ended up fish tailing sideways into the gutter back wheel first.

    The rozzers turned up not long after that and wrote the idiot kid a couple of tickets. #australia
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    Would it have landed on its left side, had this happened in the Northern Hemisphere? #australia
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/18/09

    @Murilee Martin: No. In the Northern Hemisphere, objects moving across or above the surface of the Earth tend to turn to the right because of the Coriolis effect. So, the vehicle would land on its right side.

    Is this a contest? #australia
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    Image of BavarianFanatic BavarianFanatic
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    This reminds me of a wreck a couple years ago that ended with a Chevy Silverado plowing into the side of my buddy's house about 10 ft. from the ground. He lives along a main road with a posted speed of 45MPH. Around 2:00AM one morning a fine young chap with a BAC of .24 was cruising along at triple digit speeds with his girlfriend and another dude in the cab with him and another girl and dude in the bed. He crested a minor rise in the road which apparently unsettled the truck just enough that he veered off to the left just at the point the guardrail was tapered making it a perfect ramp. The truck hit the rail and flew a considerable distance (150 ft. if memory serves) and rotated before nailing the side of the house and falling to the ground on its roof. The folks that were in the bed were found on the back porch roof and in the yard on the opposite side of the house. The folks in the cab were all unrestrained. Naturally, the only survivor was the driver. Darwin must have been busy that night. #australia
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    Image of Adam Von Jurczak Adam Von Jurczak
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    That's not going to be holden his roof up. #australia
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    Novaload promoted this comment Adam Von Jurczak was starred Adam Von Jurczak was unstarred
    Image of Turboner Turboner
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    Speed, as in velocity, or meth? #australia
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/18/09

    @Turboner: There's no difference, in this case. #australia
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    The Commodore Lee does that every episode. #australia
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