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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    10:32 AM

    In reply to Once Upon A Time In Baja: Rally Fighter Goes Off-Road
    Nobody fucks with the Jesus.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    10:24 AM

    In reply to Once Upon A Time In Baja: Rally Fighter Goes Off-Road
    I need one of these. There is no option NOT to buy one. Just tell me where. Want, want, want.
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    10:18 AM

    In reply to Once Upon A Time In Baja: Rally Fighter Goes Off-Road
    My Lumina has been on more serious off road expeditions than that thing.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10:14 AM

    In reply to Once Upon A Time In Baja: Rally Fighter Goes Off-Road
    I wish them well. But, as folks have said below, this video doesn't demonstrate much capability. But I won't complain about getting to see Baja and off road rallying.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    10:06 AM

    In reply to Geiger Gives Cadillac CTS-V 619 HP, Paints It Black
    Lord Vader, your German-tuned American mid-size luxury sports sedan has arrived.
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    09:51 AM

    In reply to Once Upon A Time In Baja: Rally Fighter Goes Off-Road
    If there was ever a small production car that deserved to make it, this is it. This is the first worthy American limited production vehicle since the Cumberford Martinique: interesting that this one is also BMW-powered.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    09:29 AM

    In reply to Geiger Gives Cadillac CTS-V 619 HP, Paints It Black
    "..In the face of such American sports perfection, we can only say hats off..!"

    I see what you just did there.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09:21 AM

    In reply to Once Upon A Time In Baja: Rally Fighter Goes Off-Road
    Los Angeles class submarines are ugly. Galapagos tortoises are ugly. Hippos are ugly. But do you want to convey megatons of fiery retribution across the world to guarantee retaliation against foolish first strikes? Then you need a big, sneaky missile boat. You want to survive harsh conditions and poor forage for a hundred years or more? It helps to be a Galapagos tortoise. You want to have your baby carefully watched over by African crocodiles? The crocs do what the hippos make them do - no fooling. It's bizarre.

    Do you want to go crazy fast across the high plains desert of Mexico? Can you stand to look weird doing it?

    It ain't pretty. But damn, that looks like the ride I want in the Baja.
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    Image of siva80 siva80
    09:22 AM

    @Elhigh: Sorry, 688-class submarines are achingly, unbearably beautiful.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09:58 AM

    @siva80: A marine architect would agree with you. A hydrodynamicist would agree with you. A sonar operator would throw down his 'phones in disgust ("I can't hear a goddamn thing, where is it?!"). And to a degree, I agree with you.

    But to the average Joe, a 688 just sitting on the surface looks like a gigantic rubber turd.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09:21 AM

    In reply to Once Upon A Time In Baja: Rally Fighter Goes Off-Road
    OK, call me cynical, but out of six minutes of video, there was only perhaps ten seconds' worth of it actually MOVING off-road, most of which was on a relatively flat surface that any street car could handle, and a couple seconds of which (circa: 1:07) looks like it was cut quickly to another shot because it couldn't dig itself out of the soft sand it was sitting in.

    These guys deperately need a marketing team.
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    Image of AynRandian AynRandian
    09:26 AM

    @HoonThatFerrari: What?!?! This is crazy talk. They showed it off, they admired it, they posed next to it, and they photographed it. What else could they have done? If all these actions didn't prove to you this is a serious off-road racer, nothing will.
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    HoonThatFerrari promoted this comment Edited by AynRandian at 12/10/09 9:26 AM AynRandian was starred AynRandian was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09:30 AM

    @AynRandian: You're so right... consider me sufficiently chided.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10:11 AM

    @HoonThatFerrari: I agree with you in the first point, not the second. I think their marketing team managed to take a little footage of the Rally Fighter (which I think they should rename the Zapata) and turn it into an epic adventure with a great soundtrack, even if all it did was stand around looking pretty with its hood up. Marketing Team ftw.
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    Image of rkwadd rkwadd
    10:26 AM

    @weatherman: Rally Fighter pricing is vague, but estimated at $50K. Also, that doesn't include assembly. An SVT Raptor starts below $40K, has proven capability on and off road, a factory warranty, and includes little stuff like assembly in the final price.

    Color me skeptical until the marketing team has drummed up more than a hundred orders and the company has delivered a single vehicle.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10:49 AM

    @rkwadd: no disagreement from me on that.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    08:53 AM

    In reply to Geiger Gives Cadillac CTS-V 619 HP, Paints It Black
    Lord Vader, your CTS is ready.
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    Image of boofighter boofighter
    09:05 AM

    @HoonThatFerrari: everyone says that about black cars, but most of his rides were grey or white.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09:09 AM

    @boofighter: It's just a meme - no need to overthink it.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09:11 AM

    @HoonThatFerrari: "Lord Vader, your CTS is ready" (happy now)?
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    08:52 AM

    In reply to Geiger Gives Cadillac CTS-V 619 HP, Paints It Black
    Some cars look fantastic when they get the Grand National treatment. Oddly, this isn't one of them.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Christmas Truck: One Dream, 3,000 lights
    There's no way this could happen in England.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Christmas Truck: One Dream, 3,000 lights
    Just the other night here in Miami, I saw a '90s Cadillac Seville covered in multicolored LEDs to the same effect as this truck. Very striking in the dark.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Christmas Truck: One Dream, 3,000 lights
    I so hope that thing has the lighted valve stem covers on it. Moar lights...
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    12/09/09

    In reply to The Christmas Truck: One Dream, 3,000 lights
    So a $200,000 Lamborghini catches on a fire, but this does not? Finally, justice for the little guy.
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