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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/21/09

    In reply to Ford GT Wears Entirely Appropriate Vanity Plate
    I've yet to see an Enzo in the flesh, much less with engine bay opened up like a prom date. I have seen a GT in such a state of undress, at a track day, and it was beautiful. Sinful. I wanted to shank the douchebag who got to drive it and take it from him.
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    Image of splint splint
    11/21/09


    @Turboner: I saw an Enzo once at a car show. A car show at GA Tech's parking lot. A car show without rope around the cars or anyone really watching over the vehicles. At least it seemed no one was watching over them. That's what I thought until I was asked, not so pleasantly, to move along. I did snap a few pictures though before they got me...
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    area_educator promoted this comment splint was starred splint was unstarred
    Image of area_educator area_educator
    11/23/09

    @splint: I hate that I'm never back home for the GT car show or the (hopefully still going) fall GT Ride and Drive.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/20/09

    In reply to Ford GT Wears Entirely Appropriate Vanity Plate
    If I had a Ford GT, I wouldn't park it. I'd just drive it! But if I did park it, it would be protected.
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    Edited by skaycog was here at 11/20/09 6:46 PM skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/20/09

    @skaycog was here:
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    Image of BullittFan_Fords4Life BullittFan_Fords4Life
    11/20/09

    @skaycog was here: I hate those things. "Look, but don't touch" doesn't jive with me. Ever.
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    JC Whitless promoted this comment BullittFan_Fords4Life was starred BullittFan_Fords4Life was unstarred
    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/20/09

    @BullittFan_Fords4Life: If it's good enough for Travolta, it's good enough for me.
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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    11/20/09

    @skaycog was here: All I could think of was SKAYCOG 1 on the vanity plate.
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    skaycog was here promoted this comment Timtoolman, sporadically speaking was starred Timtoolman, sporadically speaking was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/21/09

    @Timtoolman, sporadically speaking: Oooooh....I can dream!
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    Image of blueplate blueplate
    11/21/09

    @skaycog was here: That device reminds me of the terrible smell you get when you open up some toy made in a "low-cost-country" with lower-cost plastic.. how it makes you want to retch a little when you let the air out of a beach ball, for example. That beautiful car enveloped by those VOC's .. makes me shudder .. how will they ever get the smell out of the car.
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    skaycog was here promoted this comment blueplate was starred blueplate was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/21/09

    @blueplate: Febreze? I never thought of that.....maybe it was only in there for a short time. I've never seen one of those bubbles before.
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    Image of blueplate blueplate
    11/21/09

    @skaycog was here: I think they advertise in the small print in the back of Autoweek and, er, I'm sure J.C. Witless can hook you up with one.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/21/09

    @blueplate: Thanks for the info but no thanks.....what you said made a lot of sense. I only posted that photo because I'm so nutty about the Ford GT. I didn't know that bubble was an actual product.
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    Image of blueplate blueplate
    11/21/09


    @skaycog was here: Well, you can't be blamed for that, it is quite dragon-worthy.

    #tips
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/22/09

    @blueplate: Hey, neat photo....I've never seen one like that. Thanks!
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    skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/22/09


    @blueplate: This is my wallpaper.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/20/09

    In reply to Ford GT Wears Entirely Appropriate Vanity Plate
    Delicious.

    The original GT40's mission was a gigantic middle finger directed squarely at Ferrari. Here's to carrying on the family motto!
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    11/20/09

    In reply to Ford GT Wears Entirely Appropriate Vanity Plate
    Skaycog, pagin Ms. Skaycog.
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    Mobius was starred Mobius was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/20/09

    @Mobius: I'm here, Mobie!
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    skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/20/09

    In reply to Ford GT Wears Entirely Appropriate Vanity Plate
    Oh yeah? Bring it to LeMons and we'll see what you've got.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was starred Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/20/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Yes, that is the REAL test.
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    Image of Steve_in_NC Steve_in_NC
    11/20/09

    In reply to Ford GT Wears Entirely Appropriate Vanity Plate
    Perfect. F them furineers.
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    Steve_in_NC was starred Steve_in_NC was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    11/20/09

    In reply to Ford GT Wears Entirely Appropriate Vanity Plate
    He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy.
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    mr_dude was starred mr_dude was unstarred
    Image of MikeHerbst MikeHerbst
    11/20/09

    @mr_dude:
    The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
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    Image of Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe)
    11/20/09

    @MikeHerbst: In the spring we'd make meat helmets...
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    JC Whitless promoted this comment Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) was starred Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe) was unstarred
    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/20/09

    @Racin_G73 - dirt track legend (some day ... maybe): There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it
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    Image of Poolboy1637 Poolboy1637
    11/21/09

    @JC Whitless: When i was insolent i was placed in a burlap sack and beaten with reeds....pretty standard really.
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    mr_dude promoted this comment Poolboy1637 was starred Poolboy1637 was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    11/21/09

    @Poolboy1637: I'm just saying, it's a little hard to believe Ben invented the Ford GT.
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    mr_dude was starred mr_dude was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    Crackpipe... and I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.
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    Image of 1300ccsoffury 1300ccsoffury
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    Ja, ze depreciation curve vill be epic.
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    1300ccsoffury was starred 1300ccsoffury was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    Wait a minute... something's not adding up here...

    4.4-liter V8 with 400hp and 450 lb-ft of torque, and a transmissions with eight necessarily closely-spaced gear ratios (meaning that the first gear must be exceptionally low for a car), and the 0-60 time is only 5.4 seconds?

    Really?

    What's the German word for "huge beer gut", because this car, and the engineers that designed it, must have them if that's the best they can manage with that much power.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/18/09

    @pauljones: I know right? Mm 10-year-old Jaguar, with a 4.0 liter supercharged V8 makes 370 HP and scoots to 60 in 5.3 seconds, and it does that with a Mercedes five speed and 4500lbs of heft.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/18/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: And it's infinitely classier, to boot.

    I'm still rooting for the eventual completion of the Continental, though.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/18/09

    @pauljones: Well, I'm looking for a big garage... er, house, right now so I can have a place to do some real work. The garage it's in right now is the limiting factor. I need space and 220V.

    A three car divided into an oversized two bay and an oversized single bay got away due to slow realtor syndrome last week. I almost cried.
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    Image of rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy
    11/18/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: and it's built on a chassis as old as the idea of the automobile itself. i don't mean any hate, there's an X308 XJR in my family too, and i love it to death when i'm flooring it in a straight line, but the chassis is ancient.
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    Ben Wojdyla promoted this comment rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy was starred rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy was unstarred
    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/19/09

    @rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy: Ancient AND bendy.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    Panamera, we've found your wingman.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    And the cheaper X5 is a bad choice because. . . .
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    Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . was starred Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . was unstarred
    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/18/09


    @Schm: "..And the cheaper X5 is a bad choice because..."

    Dude. It's an X5. Just LOOK at it.
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    DoctorNine was starred DoctorNine was unstarred
    Image of jark jark
    11/18/09

    @Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .: too tall, uglier, probably even heavier…
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    DoctorNine promoted this comment jark was starred jark was unstarred
    Image of superveloce superveloce
    11/18/09

    @DoctorNine: I say it's a toss-up for which one wins the award for dumb ass fugly douchebaggery on wheels.
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    pauljones promoted this comment superveloce was starred superveloce was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/18/09

    @superveloce: The amphibious Veyron has them both beat.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/18/09

    @superveloce: I laud you for your eloquence!
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    11/18/09

    @DoctorNine: Woah, woah, the X5 isn't that bad of a car. And it's not that bad looking either, if you line up the ML, Q7 and X5, they're all pretty similar in uglyness.

    The 5GT just sucks. We all can agree that the 5-Series Estate owns them all.
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    Image of MR42HH MR42HH
    11/19/09

    @Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .:
    The 5GT is a too tall obese BMW. The X5 is an even taller, even more obese BMW.
    The 5GT is absurd, but not as absurd as the X5.
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    DoctorNine promoted this comment MR42HH was starred MR42HH was unstarred
    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/19/09

    @Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .: Thank you, yes. Even Bangle-ized, the Estate is a good-looking piece of machinery.
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    Image of danio3834 danio3834
    10/07/09

    In reply to All 830 Cars From Gran Turismo For PSP
    Gotta say I'm disapointed. It looks like they pretty much just carried over the lineup from GT4 with 30 more Skylines, Civics and Imprezas each.

    They should have at least included some of the more newly released awesome cars like the new Camaro, Mustang, Challenger and Genesis.
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    Image of tayaya tayaya
    10/02/09

    In reply to All 830 Cars From Gran Turismo For PSP
    Ah.... now I know why my Evo X wasn't popping up in the showroom ever for Mitsu... it's not in the game. Really, Polyphony?

    If you look at the car list it looks like for the most part they used car models that they already had assets for back in the GT4 days, with only a few additions from anything super new. If you look, there are only about 5 cars with 2009 model years on them. Only 2 from 2008. No 2007 models. A lonely 2006 Eclipse.

    It's very clear that this was a side project endeavor for the Polyphony crew. That said, I like it for what it is. The racing is rock solid and the track selection's amazing for a handheld. The presentation, though, is like playing a soulless husk of a GT game.
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    area_educator promoted this comment tayaya was starred tayaya was unstarred
    Image of area_educator area_educator
    10/02/09

    @tayaya: And GT4 felt like it had a lot of carryover from GT3 (but also a lot new). Which makes sense-- it means my beloved Panoz GTR will never be absent from GTwhatever.

    But they might bother noticing that Panoz made and makes some moderately interesting street cars, too.

    Maybe whittle the list of Skylines down to just half of a page, and get some variety.
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    Image of Volvo4life Volvo4life
    10/02/09

    In reply to All 830 Cars From Gran Turismo For PSP
    "139 2000 Ford Falcon XR8"

    Win.
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