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    Fifth Gear Pits EVO X Against Focus RS In Epic Turbocharged Soccer Match

    Jason Plato's Epic BTCC Sliding Save
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    06/12/09

    In reply to Fifth Gear Pits EVO X Against Focus RS In Epic Turbocharged Soccer Match
    That Focus must be very well balanced; for an FF layout they were sliding it around with what looked like great control and ease.
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    Image of Joe Rider Joe Rider
    06/12/09

    In reply to Fifth Gear Pits EVO X Against Focus RS In Epic Turbocharged Soccer Match
    so do all people in britian...... Talk like jeremy clarkson... you know..... pausing.... in the middle.... of their sentences.


    In the Wurld....

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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    06/13/09

    @Joe Rider:

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    Image of z0iid z0iid
    06/12/09

    In reply to Fifth Gear Pits EVO X Against Focus RS In Epic Turbocharged Soccer Match
    the MR has paddle shifters, all other trims have a 5-speed manual.


    so what would you call a proper manual?

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/12/09

    @z0iid: Anything but the MR's.


    That said, I wouldn't mind a sixth gear on the real manuals.

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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/12/09

    In reply to Fifth Gear Pits EVO X Against Focus RS In Epic Turbocharged Soccer Match
    I've never been a soccer fan....too much ball kicking.
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    skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of .357 .357
    06/12/09

    @skaycog: And I'm the perverted one...
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/12/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Too much ball kicking opposed to football where they only have kick-offs, punts and field goals. In football they have a lot of passing and running. Understand? Jeez, you guys!
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    06/12/09

    @skaycog: Uh huh. I'm sure that's what you meant.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/12/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: :)
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    skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of .357 .357
    06/12/09

    @skaycog: That's a very sly smile.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/13/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Noooo....that a very shy smile.
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    skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of .357 .357
    06/13/09

    @skaycog: I see. I'm not really good at emoticons/internet speak.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/13/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Me neither. :}{:@#+
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/13/09

    @skaycog: Um ::))??
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/13/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: More likely ^/".
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    skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of .357 .357
    06/13/09

    @skaycog: How bout this?

    **

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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/13/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: You're good. Why can't I do that?
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    skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of .357 .357
    06/13/09

    @skaycog: You don't have a star. (kidding)
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/13/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Can you see your own star? I feel like a little kid with all these dumb questions.
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    06/13/09

    @skaycog: Only on windy days.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/13/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: You really need to change the "Unfunny" in your name to "Funny".
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    06/13/09

    @skaycog: Actually, I was going to change it to Carroll Shelby, but I can't afford a lawyer.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/13/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Oh yeah....Carroll (Sue U) Shelby. Bye.
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    06/13/09

    @skaycog: Bye.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    06/14/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Last word in?
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/14/09

    @skaycog: Yeah.
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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    06/12/09

    In reply to Fifth Gear Pits EVO X Against Focus RS In Epic Turbocharged Soccer Match
    Evo X loses, no proper manual.


    End of discussion.

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    06/12/09

    @aSoundofSleep: EVO X GSR has a 5 speed stick, and the EVO X MR has the 6 speed robo tranny.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/12/09

    In reply to Fifth Gear Pits EVO X Against Focus RS In Epic Turbocharged Soccer Match
    As many will correct you, it's not Soccer, mate, it's Football.
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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    06/12/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer:


    Isn't it Futbol? (With a tilde over the "u"?)

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    06/12/09

    @aSoundofSleep: In Spanish speaking countries, yes.
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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    06/12/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer:


    What is it across the pond, then? Varies per country?

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/12/09

    @aSoundofSleep: I guess it's just football. Simple as that.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    06/12/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: I prefer to think of soccer as "metric football."
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    06/12/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Voetbal, discussion over.
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    Image of BuddyHinton BuddyHinton
    04/06/09

    In reply to Jason Plato's Epic BTCC Sliding Save
    Plato must've thought he was at Bristol where that crap is legal....
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/06/09

    @BuddyHinton: You mean Altamont?
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    04/06/09

    In reply to Jason Plato's Epic BTCC Sliding Save
    I can't decide which is more amusing. A Daewoo Lacetti BTCC car or a Hyundai Accent WRC car.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/06/09

    @brandegee: Let me answer that for you.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/06/09

    In reply to Jason Plato's Epic BTCC Sliding Save
    That's a beautiful piece of driving. Talk about staying calm under pressure. That BMW really was a prick, too. Me, I would have bunted him into the next county, first chance I got.


    Letting off the gas would have had him spinning like a top. So the power was essential, but there was probably a fair amount of steering involved, too, to make it look so smooth and easy.

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    Image of Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
    04/06/09

    In reply to Jason Plato's Epic BTCC Sliding Save
    Is this the first win for Daewoo in BTCC?????
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    Image of Electro Gyrocator Electro Gyrocator
    04/06/09

    In reply to Jason Plato's Epic BTCC Sliding Save
    Do we have equivalent touring car races here? Where you can see people racing cars that you can actually buy? And I'm not talking about NASCAR! ... Unless I can get a pushrod 4bbl Toyota V8 in my Camry...
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    04/06/09

    @LamerX - Reverse donuts on your lawn!:


    Speed World Challenge is probably the closest thing to European touring car racing in the US. They have a GT series and a Touring Car series.


    I guess a real world spec road racing series is popular here. I mean, about 500 people watched the Sebring SWC event a couple weeks ago. By comparison, about 150,000 were on hand Sunday (and another 8.6 million more at home) to watch RWD Camry's with carbureted V8's, 4 speed's, solid rear axles and steel wheels held on with lugnuts drive in circles for 500 miles.

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/06/09

    In reply to Jason Plato's Epic BTCC Sliding Save
    Apparently, your wife putting you on a sex ban if you don't win is the ticket to superhuman driving abilities.


    ...looks like August is going to be a slow month in the _Science household.

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    Image of FasterP FasterP
    04/06/09

    Maybe Jari-Matti Latvala's WRC car's fate wouldn't have been so grim if his significant other threatened a sex ban.

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/06/09

    @FasterP: Wow.


    He landed ~1/2 mile down the hill.

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    Image of pres pres
    04/06/09

    In reply to Jason Plato's Epic BTCC Sliding Save
    Looks like he'd have a nice subcontracting career coaching NASCAR drivers.
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    Image of Jon Jon
    04/06/09

    In reply to Jason Plato's Epic BTCC Sliding Save
    Anyone else notice that Plato locked up the inside rear of the Lacetti just prior to Adams making contact? I know this is a "new" car for Plato (actually a 2008 model, I believe) so perhaps he wasn't used to the braking power, but to me it looked like Plato slowed down too much rather than Adams missing the braking point altogether.


    I'll leave the conspiracy theories about if it was intentional or not to others.


    Either way, a fantastic save.

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    Image of cchannel BLT cchannel BLT
    04/06/09

    @Jon: Thought so too, maybe the 4 sec penalty was not deserved. But bloody brilliant save anyway! The BTCC is a real man's race!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/06/09

    @cchannel would love him some X6 M: The part I really liked was the way the scum behind them didn't let up, drove right over that ripped off bumper skin and kept going. I didn't hear anything about a full course yellow being thrown or any of that. Keep your head down, and never let up!
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    Image of Brett Blaske Brett Blaske
    04/06/09

    In reply to Jason Plato's Epic BTCC Sliding Save
    Lets see Clarkson, Hammond, or May pull that off.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/06/09

    @Brett Blaske: That's not fair on Top Gear, you forgot The Stig. Let's see Tom Ford pull that off.
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