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High Speed Indeed
11/10/09

In reply to Over These Wheels, a 300 MPH Lamborghini Rolls
300 mph on those rims would turn your teeth to powder. #lamborghini
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Blix
11/09/09

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Those rims ain't got nothing on my 9-5. BBS limited run. #lamborghini
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AiDonWaiKit
11/09/09

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Aside from the "awwww...but it's so cute though" remarks about the idea of this...I still find it ridiculous that someone would actually PAY for crap.

But then again...people actually paid for cars like Suzuki Swifts and Pontiac Vibes...oh the folly of me. #lamborghini
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Bertone77
11/09/09

@AiDonWaiKit: Hey, it only cost 6 bucks and it probably made the kids month. So why not? #lamborghini
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Elhigh
11/10/09

@AiDonWaiKit: Hyundai.
Pontiac Aztek
Ford Festiva
Renault Dauphine

All of that said, the kid's enthusiastic. I don't see a downside to rewarding enthusiasm. If it encourages him to become the nest Mark Stehrenberger, that's a good thing. #lamborghini
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AustinMiniMan
11/10/09

@AiDonWaiKit: It's not actually crap if you think about it. Go to walmart, but a cheap frame for it, hang it on your wall. People will ask about it. You get to explain how you bought it from an adorable six year old. The implication is that you are a massive philanthropist who not only made a child happy, is sincerely proud of the work. This conversation transpires with a hot girl once... and I think your $10 is paid for. It's the next best thing from carrying a small dog through the park. #lamborghini
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Mobius
11/09/09

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Ha! My Lamborghini doodle is faster than yours! Loser!

:) #lamborghini
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smalleyxb122
11/09/09

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kph, mph. It's easy to get the two confused. I'm just leaving work now, and am looking forward to my 110mph commute. #lamborghini
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PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
11/09/09

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I think I know how he's done it, what he's done is he's taken the coefficient of friction between the air and car down to almost nothing allowing next to no drag. 5oohp = 300mph at that point.

I long for that world. #lamborghini
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BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom
11/09/09

@PowerTryp, Starless wonder.: Of course - knock off a 3rd dimension! Ingenious! #lamborghini
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PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
11/09/09

@BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom: No no, I like all my dimensions. I just dislike the laws of physics holding me and my cars back. #lamborghini
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Foxieness
11/09/09

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That's kinda cute, haha. Wish I knew what a Lamborghini was that young... Instead, I told my Dad at the wise old age of eight that I was going to have a Viper. I'm still working on that. ;) #lamborghini
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YankBoffin
11/10/09

@Foxieness: I know what you mean. The first photograph I ever took with my little 110 film camera was a blue Porsche 911 Turbo . I think I was less than 10 years old, but I still have that picture two decades later.

Now I chase a different kind of whale tail...
(j/k) #lamborghini
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grizzle
11/10/09

@YankBoffin: Funny. The first picture I took with a 35mm my parents gave me for one of my early birthdays was a DeLorean. #lamborghini
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bzr
11/09/09

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Sweet, more people named Blake! (We are a rare and strange breed.) Alternatively, that letter still looks like my current handwriting.
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Franzouse
11/04/09

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I just gave back my free subscription to Business Week; this truly is an outrage . #uglycars
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mechimike
11/04/09

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I think BW is mistaking "ugly" for "different". I personally think its a ploy to have us all driving boring, like-styled econoboxes that the automakes can churn out cheaply and mark up to a huge degree, with almost zero styling effort put into them. 'Cause, you know, if we all start demanding something different, they'll have to waste all that money designing different cars, and that would cut into the bottom line.

My bottom line: I want a Tucker. Cd: 0.27. Name a modern car that can match _that_. #uglycars
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petersterncan
11/04/09

@mechimike: GM EV1 #uglycars
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mechimike
11/04/09

@petersterncan: A modern production car. #uglycars
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digginit
11/04/09

@mechimike: Prius. Sorry. #uglycars
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mechimike
11/04/09

@digginit: And which would you rather drive, a Tucker Torpedo or a Prius? Be careful, your answer may result in expulsion from Jalopnik if incorrect. #uglycars
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digginit
11/04/09

@mechimike: A Tucker Torpedo of course. #uglycars
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petersterncan
11/04/09

@mechimike: Toyota Prius and Honda Insight... both your favourites, right?

;-D #uglycars
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mechimike
11/05/09

@digginit: "And he hits the lobbed, underhanded softball out of the park!" #uglycars
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area_educator
11/04/09

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All the Prowler stirs in me is memories of how much I'd like to have a Panoz Roadster.

And also a Seven. #uglycars
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Harald Heldt
11/04/09

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what is even remotely ugly about this??

[www.ipdusa.com] #uglycars
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AclockWorkApple
11/04/09

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Here as simple solution for that cover car to look better, make it EVIL. Evil cars always look waaay better than ugly cars. #uglycars
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Ben Wojdyla
11/04/09

@AclockWorkApple: You know, I thought our graphics guy did a great job making the ugly duckling car, it's incredibly realistic looking, but you've managed to improve it. Well done. #uglycars
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Plasma X
11/03/09

In reply to Ten Vehicles That Don't Belong On BuisnessWeek's 50 Ugliest Cars List
The Wartburg 353 is on this list with the following caption: "Can you find one thing you like about this East German car?"

I think that's a challenge.

Oh Wartburg 353, how do I wuv thee, wet me count da ways...

1.) You are red. Red is the most awesome color ever. It's in sunsets, fire, fire engines, clown noses, and ketchup. It's also a popular sports car color. Shame on BusinessWeek for hating on not one, but six red cars.

2.) The engine. It's a two stroke with just seven moving parts. SEVEN. I can count that on my fingers, even after the heavy casualties Lefty took in the Battle of Cannes-Opener. I can even wiggle my fingers to signify that they are moving parts. Spirit fingers go!

3.) It was made in East Germany. I mean, the country no longer exists. People love orphaned cars, right? Except in this case, not just the company went under, it was the whole communist block. I mean it would be like if Yugoslavia had made a hip-to-be-square car before it went away. Oh wait...

4.) It was made for twenty three years. In East Germany. It's like the Wartburg 353 and the Volkswagen Beetle were sisters. All the boys chased the curvy, older, just-wanna-have-fun Beetle, while the poor young tag-along Wartburg got stuck with the embarrassing name, the thick geek glasses, and 23 years of braces. Poor underdog. Gotta love them underdogs!

5.) The fact that the jalopnik article ([jalopnik.com]), the businessweek article, and the wikipedia page ([en.wikipedia.org]) all have the same picture of the car. It's like only one of them existed to be photographed, meaning it must be SUPER RARE!!!

So BusinessWeek, you suck for saying a rare underdog red car with an awesome engine that comes from East Germany is ugly, and then copying your picture straight from wikipedia, without checking your facts and realizing how wrong you are. I'm subscribing to you just so I can cancel my subscription!
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Jim-Bob
11/03/09

@Plasma X: You forgot that the body was made from Duroplast ( I think... I know the Trabant P70,P50,P60 and P601 are made of it, and IFA made both cars.) It's communism's answer to fiberglass, which makes it very cool. Plus, you can take the three cylinder from a Wartburg and transplant it into a Trabant 601, which makes a hybrid called a "Traburg". Seeing as the Trabant is the epitome of cool in an automobile, that makes it's bigger cousin somewhat cool as well. #uglycars
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Plasma X
11/04/09

@Jim-Bob:

First of all: <3

Second of all: ?

I haven't seen anything specifically about Wartburgs having Duroplast bodies, only Trabants. They COULD be Duroplast though.

Still, another thing to add to ze list...

6.) Traburgs. A three-cylinder engine is swapped INTO a car rather than OUT OF it. Who does that!? And when does it result in such an awkward name!? #uglycars
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Jim-Bob
11/04/09

@Plasma X: Well, when you are upgrading from a 27hp 600cc 2 cylinder, it's a bit of an improvement. (I bet the Stazi had more than one of these hybrids running around to chase down dissidents.) The odd thing is, IIRC, the Wartburg is water cooled while the Trabi was air cooled. Again, I could be wrong, but I think the Wartburg engine looks a bit like a 2 stroke SAAB engine and probably uses similar technology. I know that the Trabi uses engine technology that was native to Auto Union in the pre war period, I believe from the DKW division. (Auto Union= Audi, DKW, Horch, and I forget the fourth ring.) Sorry I can't be more specific on the Wartburg, but my knowledge is mainly of Trabants as they are one of my all time favorite cars. If I was wealthy, I would import a few so I could keep one running stock and build one hybrid using parts available on a small, US market car. Anyone for a Trabant with the AWD from a CRV, and a CRVTEC hybrid (B20 CRV engine with B series VTEC head swap) and a turbo? THere is already a kit to do it to a Mini, so I figured it would be cooler in a Trabant. After all, Trabants make everything cooler. #uglycars
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Jim-Bob
11/04/09

@Jim-Bob: Another cool thing is that it does seem that both SAAB and Wartburg used a DKW 2 stroke design when they built their engines, so I am right about that. Another cool thing both cars have is that the transmission freewheels if you take your foot off the gas for better economy. Also, is it just me, or does the front end remind you of a Lancia Fulvia Zagato?
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Plasma X
11/04/09

@Jim-Bob: The resemblance... #uglycars
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Plasma X
11/04/09

@Plasma X: ...is eerie. I see what you're saying, but it's only in the front fascia.
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Jim-Bob
11/04/09

@Plasma X: Well, I was only looking at the fascia. They are two completely different cars in purpose, so they only share the one similarity. Plus, the Lancia has a V4 under the hood, another oddball engine configuration shared with SAAB... (SAAB replaced the DKW L3 2 stroke with Ford Taunus V4's in the 70's.)
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brandegee
11/04/09

@Jim-Bob: This is officially my favorite thread on the whole post. 3 degrees from Saab 2-stroke to Lancia Fulvia Zagato. #uglycars
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Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
11/03/09

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Thanks Ben! These people are fools, although the Bricklin and the Prowler firmly belong there IMHO. But I know you had to include them just to make it a top-ten, so I shan't argue. #uglycars
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