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ArtForge
11/24/09

In reply to 2010 Dodge Viper ACR Debuts At Laguna Seca, Sets Lap Record

I watched a beautiful older model Viper tear up an SCCA Autocross track this weekend. It showed sexy and powerful amongst a group of more power hungry Euro and Rice tuners. It was not the fastest thing through the torturous twisties that Autocross relies on, that was relegated to abnormally aspirated AWD's and BMW's. It was however, the best looking, best sounding stock monster there. The Viper made the sheer 'get to the gate' brake, punch, brake, punch look incredible, even when it overpowered itself and spun into the grass.
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ArtForge
11/24/09

@ArtForge:
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skaycog was here
11/24/09

In reply to 2010 Dodge Viper ACR Debuts At Laguna Seca, Sets Lap Record
This is that unofficial record breaking lap.
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BRAWNDO_POWERED
11/24/09

@skaycog was here: The Viper is probably my favorite American car of all time, but I wish they didn't sound like a red-lining UPS truck.
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skaycog was here
11/25/09

@BRAWNDO_POWERED:
They are really neat cars, for sure. I live in small town and have only seen one in person. I was sitting at a stop light, on cell phone (shame on me), when a Viper drove down the highway. I started yelling in my phone....."A Viper, A Viper". My girlfriend I was talking to freaked out. (My girlfriends don't understand my love of cars anyway).
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iancoleTX
11/25/09

@skaycog was here: Hahaha I feel ya man. I always just go "Oooh" or "Damn!" and then put reality on hold for 5 or 10 seconds until the car goes by. I tell the girlfriend that at least it's a piece of machinery I'm lusting after and not a piece of something else..
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skaycog was here
11/25/09

@iancoleTX: Yes, it's okay to lust after cars. Period. BTW, I'm not a guy. That's the main reason my girlfriends don't understand. My guy friends get it though.

#tips
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BRAWNDO_POWERED
11/25/09

@skaycog was here: Same here, I yell out when I see something interesting ("oh shit, a Cobra... no, it's probably a clone... wait, can't be, it's a 289, OH MY GOD IT'S REAL!"). Mom is afraid I'll crash because I do it so often, but I force myself not to rubberneck in such instances.
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1300ccsoffury
11/24/09

In reply to 2010 Dodge Viper ACR Debuts At Laguna Seca, Sets Lap Record
What does that Nurburgring-shaped tramp stamp say?
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GreenN_Gold
11/24/09

@1300ccsoffury: Something about blue shift. It really doesn't matter, nobody will ever get close enough to read it.
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VeeArrrSix
11/24/09

In reply to 2010 Dodge Viper ACR Debuts At Laguna Seca, Sets Lap Record
I am Viper. My corporate overlords are full of shit.
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Spinnyd
11/24/09

@VeeArrrSix: +1000!
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Jinx870
09/29/09

In reply to Gran Turismo PSP Laps Laguna Seca In A Corvette ZR1... In A Corvette ZR1!
Best commercial ever.
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Deartháir II
09/29/09

@Jinx870: I'm forced to disagree.
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Anybody
09/29/09

@Deartháir II: The Return: how did I know someone would bring this up?
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Deartháir II
09/29/09

@Anybody: You're gonna love my nuts.
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Gundem
09/29/09

In reply to Gran Turismo PSP Laps Laguna Seca In A Corvette ZR1... In A Corvette ZR1!
Corvettes have the ugliest interior among the cars in it's class.
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Number_Six
09/29/09

@Gundem:

it's = it is

its = possessive

In its class.
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TimTim
09/29/09

In reply to Gran Turismo PSP Laps Laguna Seca In A Corvette ZR1... In A Corvette ZR1!
Remember in Commander Keen where he had that hand held game system? ...you could take a break from fighting aliens and play a little Pong.

No?

Anyway, this would make for some real interesting 2 player action in GT5... Playing GT on PSP while riding shotgun in the car being driven on GT5.

Dumb, sure... but no dumber than old Commander Keen games.
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djthekidd
09/29/09

@TimTim: I must be getting old. I remember having Commander Keen shareware disks in my 'Turbo' 286. Good grief
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TimTim
09/29/09

@djthekidd:
I loved the 'Turbo' button!
I knew I could out someone, I couldn't be the only one who grew up with shareware.
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Dr. H. F. Danger
09/29/09

In reply to Gran Turismo PSP Laps Laguna Seca In A Corvette ZR1... In A Corvette ZR1!
I saw that this morning and thought:
"I wonder how much/fast I can get a PSP from newegg?"
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Shuke
09/29/09

In reply to Gran Turismo PSP Laps Laguna Seca In A Corvette ZR1... In A Corvette ZR1!
yo dawg...
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Pessimippopotamus
09/29/09

In reply to Gran Turismo PSP Laps Laguna Seca In A Corvette ZR1... In A Corvette ZR1!
That's exactly why hate all those little bastards with their gameboys and such.

Nice ad though.
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HoonThatFerrari
09/12/09

In reply to GM's Bob Lutz Challenges America To Duel, Jalopnik Accepts
Lutz wins no matter what happens. Not trying to discourage you, Wes... go for it & kick his bootay, but from a buzzworthiness standpoint, Lutz can't lose.

SCENARIO #1
Lutz rigs a pillar-cam with an audio feed, a-la Top Gear's "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segments, and does his best Michael Gambon take: "Oh, dear, look at that poor old man... that young whippersnapper's passed him again. If I only had the reflexes I did 30 years ago, I might be able to take these corners a little tighter... I'll bet YOU have the reflexes I had 30 years ago, though, don't you?(winks at camera) Oh my, look at him go, he's passed me again... it's a shame I have this combination of gout & phlebitis in my right leg, or else I could mash the accelerator down a little harder on the straightaways... YOU don't have gout or phlebitis, do you? No, I didn't think so (gives camera a big thumbs-up)."

SCENARIO #2:
First lap, all is well, both cars are neck-in-neck... 2nd lap, Wes finds his groove & starts spreading the gap - as Lutz starts losing, he rolls the Caddy intentionally on the 2nd turn, triggers the blasting cap assembly he borrowed from NBC's News division, and as the car goes up in flames, he exits the car safely, praising the design of the crumple zones - along with the front & side airbags - for saving his life... Caddy subsequently surpasses Volvo in sales to safety-conscious consumers.

SCENARIO #3:
Lutz actually beats Wes... GM sells a bazillion CTS-V's over the next five years, the UAW & Canada get rich, U.S. taxpayers get nothing.
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thepragmatic
09/12/09

In reply to GM's Bob Lutz Challenges America To Duel, Jalopnik Accepts
I can come to drive all the way from Europe just to kick his ass. And I will do this without a formation lap. Take me straight out of the plane strap me into c63 and I will beat the crap out of cts-v jet lagged. Seriously.

About the price difference: I bet you that running a cts-v in europe is more expensive than running the c63. So that sort of difference must be expected. But then again, cts will probably fall apart after 20000 miles or so. Merc can cost more but it is money well spent.
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HoonThatFerrari
09/12/09

@thepragmatic: I didn't know The Stig posted here.
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Fitty7lax
09/13/09

@HoonThatFerrari: It's not the Stig. The Stig doesn't feel jetlag. Although, some say that his scrotum is made of weapons grade uranium, and that if you were to take his helmet off, you would only find another helmet.
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quayzar
09/16/09

@Fitty7lax: I thought he didn't experience jet lag because he never flies in jets, he thinks their too slow.
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sardonicbastard
09/11/09

In reply to GM's Bob Lutz Challenges America To Duel, Jalopnik Accepts
"You're running into a trap because if you beat me by a second on the lap time, we'll just advertise the price difference."

Um, what?

2010 CTS-V MSRP: $58,575
2010 C63 AMG MSRP: $57,350

"You might have been 1 second faster, but at least we're $1,225 more expensive!!"

Note: I was going to actually price out the cars, but you can't "build" a C63 AMG on mercedes' site. It only has MSRP.
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TheSwagger
09/11/09

In reply to GM's Bob Lutz Challenges America To Duel, Jalopnik Accepts
You should go after the CTS-V with a slightly massaged G8 Sedan. Then point out to GM what they lost and Bob probably will call that a win either way
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PlayerX
09/11/09

@TheSwagger: The cars have to be stock, no?
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something_unique_and_descriptive
09/11/09

@PlayerX: HSV Holden
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STR8SIX
09/11/09

In reply to GM's Bob Lutz Challenges America To Duel, Jalopnik Accepts
In a way, all of us have an El Guapo to face someday. For some shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education might be their El Guapo. For us, El Guapo is a 77 year-old GM vice chairman who strikes fear into ad shops and wants to kill Wes.
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