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    Really, Offisher, The 12-Year-Old Was Driving!

    Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!

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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    07/26/09

    In reply to Really, Offisher, The 12-Year-Old Was Driving!
    That guy is still pissed he got 86'ed from a Def Leppard concert in 1987, give him a break.

    Reminds me of a joke.
    Q: What has seven arms and sucks?
    A: Def Leppard
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/26/09

    In reply to Really, Offisher, The 12-Year-Old Was Driving!
    So is his hairstyle a tribute to the late Farah? 'Cause, like, I haven't seen hair like that on a dude since---well, with that comb-back, maybe never.
    Yeah, that sounds right.
    What year is it in Muncie?
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    Image of discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
    07/26/09

    In reply to Really, Offisher, The 12-Year-Old Was Driving!
    I was just listening to the Missing Fingers while reading this, which I guess is semi-tangentially appropriate.

    And yes, Indiana is full of rednecks. This comes as no surprise.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    07/26/09

    In reply to Really, Offisher, The 12-Year-Old Was Driving!
    My neighbor has a beagle who he taught to drive. So, on the occasion when he has over-indulged, he has the dog (named Rocky) drive him home. That's the only story I have.
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    07/26/09

    @skaycog 0.0: And your neighbor lives in Muncie, Northamptonshire?
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    07/26/09

    @MarywithanM: Well, yes, as a matter of fact. I wondered if anybody would notice.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    07/26/09

    @skaycog 0.0: As a Beagle Owner, that's a little hard to believe, because they are obstinate and have a mind of their own. Plus, how the hell does he reach the pedals...
    (Oh, and that's a Basset Hound in the illustration)
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    07/27/09

    @UDMan: Well, obviously I don't know dog breeds. Thank you. :)
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/26/09

    In reply to Really, Offisher, The 12-Year-Old Was Driving!
    Yeah, really all they ever had was transmissions.

    And glass canning jars.

    EDIT: And Jim fucking Davis, for what he's worth.
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    Image of MarywithanM™ MarywithanM™
    07/26/09

    In reply to Really, Offisher, The 12-Year-Old Was Driving!
    You asked for it!
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    07/26/09

    @MarywithanM: Thank you very much! Now I know what I'll be humming the rest of the day. :)
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    07/26/09

    @MarywithanM:

    I'd totally forgotten about this song until yesterday, while I was burning every song, save for a few, on the Billboard Top 100 list from 1956-2000 to MP3 so I can have a changer's worth of tunes on a single CD.

    This specific song title made me say, "huh", so I played it. What's stranger is, for no reason, whatsoever, I started with 1970.

    I'm properly freaked out.
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    Image of petersterncan petersterncan
    04/19/09

    In reply to Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    Hmmm... not a single SUV...
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/19/09

    @petersterncan: Someone absolutely needs to enter a Daihatsu Rocky in a Le Mons race. Hell, it comes up with it's own theme!

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    04/19/09

    In reply to Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    For Team Mustard-Yellow V8olvo, you'll want to have the local NPR station (seems to be KUNR 88.7) blasting out of the pit as loudly as possible.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    04/19/09

    @Baron Plushroom von Falconpunchen: Buy "Click and Clack's Greatest Hits" and play it on an endless loop.


    Better yet, we should try to get them to make a showing at a race some time. I'm sure that'd be a hoot. As I recall, there's a letter circulating around on the intertubes somewhere that Jay Lamm wrote to Click and Clack asking for suggestions on how to organize the 24 Hours of LeMons.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/19/09

    @Baron Plushroom von Falconpunchen: Yes, NPR will be cranking on the in-car PA once used to blast Opeth and Napalm Death.
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    04/18/09

    In reply to Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    E12 in der haus! Go GFY!
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    Image of elargentino elargentino
    04/18/09

    In reply to Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I want that turbo Pug to win so bad... I see them here all the time, the just keep going and going here along with the 504s. When I get the cash I'm seriously considering getting one as my first car! I always try to look for the french ones as they have IRS (the ones built here had a solid axle just like the wagon)
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    Image of Bret Bret
    04/18/09

    @elargentino: Where are you? I'm thinking a 505 wagon would make an excellent LeMons support vehicle and daily driver. These are tough cars.


    Would you believe that the metal on Pujo! (the Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys' car) is some weird alloy that dulls the tools we use to cut or drill on the car? Just today we dulled a hardened drill bit when we tried to drill a single hole in the trunk lid.


    I'm hoping we do well in Reno, if for no other reason than to give the Hun a shock of Gallic performance and style.


    Cinq cent cinq, bichez!

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    04/18/09

    In reply to Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I love how the west coast races have all become a crapcan one-upsmanship contest.
    "You pansy with your dependable Honda. I'm bringing a hearse."
    "You're bring a hearse? I'll put a motorcycle engine in a Geo."
    "You have a motorcycle engine in a Geo? I'll bring a French car!"
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    04/18/09

    @wrappedinbacon: LeMons South was much better this year- we sortof won the IoE by default in 2008, as one of the few non-Hondas (or E30's), but the Spring '09 race was a veritable cornucopia of rolling bad ideas- the LTD, _two_ Alfas, the 80's Colt and Charger, etc.
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    04/18/09

    In reply to Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    Seems that the anti-E30 campaign might be working, there's only nine of them this time.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    04/18/09

    In reply to Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I'm not part of a team, but that's not going to stop me from trash talking.


    That "Bunny With a Pancake on its Head" VW Rabbit? I helped build the roll cage for that thing. Were I driving that little beast, I would not hesitate to trade paint with the Size Matters Fury, or any other car. That little bastard's gonna be tough.


    The Ecurie Ecrappe Alfa 4C2000? Friggin' amazing. It gets faster every race, because as the front shock towers collapse inward they give the front tires more negative camber.


    The Killer Bee MGB is being built by a friend of mine. Rubber bumpers will definitely be an advantage in a LeMons event, and if any team can keep a M(alaise)GB running for an event, it's those guys.


    They'll all do well. But to win, you'll need something really special. You'll need fully independent suspension with patented eight-valve shock absorbers and springs so soft you won't even notice that MR2 you just ran over. You'll need a car that's tough enough to punt a Volvo 240 off the track without incurring any damage. You'll need a turbocharged engine to blow past all those Hondas on the straights. And you'll need a strong sense of Gallic disdain for all those goddamn German cars cluttering up the track. Jalops, you'll need a Peugeot 505 Turbo.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/18/09

    @Armand: Since we stopped racing at Altamont (and penalizing all crashers), LeMons events no longer have much contact on the track. That means that being able to take a lot of metal-on-metal punishment is no longer as important as it once was.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    04/18/09

    @Murilee Martin: But it couldn't hurt, right? And the 505 still has that rally-bred suspension, and enough power to win the 1987 SCCA Showroom Stock 2 National Championship.


    I don't know anything about this particular 505 Turbo except for the details that the Surrender Monkeys posted on their website. But since I don't really have any credibility to lose here, I'm going to say that all y'all E30-driving punks better watch your backs. I predict that the 505 Turbo will go through the German hordes like Leclerc's 2nd Division tearing through the 9th Panzer Division in August 1944.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/18/09

    @Armand: I believe that the Surrender Monkeys will get more laps than most of the E30s.
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    Image of Bret Bret
    04/18/09

    @Murilee Martin: Our beloved Pujo! is running fine right now. This after we spent last Saturday working entirely on electrics. Every single ground and senor connection has been cleaned and tested. The result is a seemingly healthy 505.


    Would you believe the 505 turbo relies on 4 computers to run? Yes, 4 separate computers in a 21 year old French car that we are trying to make survive an endurance race. How hard could it be?


    We're going to a track day this week. Pray for us. And spill some Burgundy for Pujo!'s ability to not blow the fuck up.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/19/09

    @Bret: Keep in mind that the majority of LeMons E30s have a time-consuming breakdown and/or rack up many penalties, so all you need to do is beat the three or four that keep racking up laps.
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    Image of KillerBRacer KillerBRacer
    04/19/09

    @Murilee Martin: In this case Rubber Bumpers just because they are ugly. Like "warts-on-your-prom-date" kind of ugly.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    04/19/09

    @KillerBRacing: You know, I know this one guy who has an orange rubber-bumper B that he converted to chrome bumpers...
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    Image of jduffy13 jduffy13
    04/18/09

    In reply to Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    Isn't it a Mercury Capri? The Ford was Euro no?


    Love to see the Capri at battle.


    Stellar list of cars, something for everybody I'm sure.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    04/18/09

    @jduffy13: I believe the North American-market Capri was simply branded "Capri" (no other marque displayed on the car) and sold through Mercury dealerships.
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    04/18/09

    In reply to Effluency Rises To Unprecedented Levels For Reno 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    Not the first Pug or Monza to show up, but an impressive list to be sure:







    I will be part of the pit crew for team Chevy Hi Po which has a pretty un-original car which ain't gonna handle for shit, but I'm sure it'll still be a blast.

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