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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    08:08 AM

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Run little Fiat, run! So. Much. Win. OMG.
    Thanks Stefan!
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    So this is period Dodge Dart vs. Ford Fairmont.

    I'm good with that.

    I like how, to this day, movies for US consumption show idiots slamming into each other, side-to-side, repeatedly, yet these guys have mastered the PIT maneuver quite well.

    I've gotta find some electric Eyetalian horns like that. Used to have a small air horn set, but I've never liked how the compressor is sensitive to moisture/grime/heat.

    Mercedes, and likely other Euro makes, has, over there, a dash switch for a "city" horn and a "country" horn. Hell, I just want two so I can freak people out who aren't paying attention.

    I'm gonna wire mine up with Italian-style horns on "country", and the four-tone Cadillac horns I've collected on "city".

    I really like finding gray-market cars in the junkyard. They have all kinda neat stuff...like vacuum-powered headlight aim adjustment.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Awesome--they didn't miss a trick.
    The Wreckord looks amazingly like an old Falcon but you can tell Omar wasn't really trying that hard to stop the Fiat. Which did have magic axles--you can tell after that one bad curb hit by the stadium, they did a cut away, there was a lot of odd smoke.
    And I think we now have definitive proof where Caddy got their Euro-ad with the candles blowing out.
    Great piece of video! Thanks!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Great chase scene. But unbelievable. No way a Rekord could possible have kept up with the 124.
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    Image of superveloce superveloce
    11/28/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Yup, no way. The Fiat was highly lauded in its time for its handling dynamics and speed.
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    Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est promoted this comment superveloce was starred superveloce was unstarred
    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    01:59 AM

    @superveloce: I assume that Omar Sharif's unassuming Rekord had a breathed on Commodore inline-six under the hood. And some rally tricks to the suspension, at the very least.
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    Image of wkiernan wkiernan
    12:12 PM

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Oh go on. You put Erik Carlsson in a forty-year-old SAAB 96 and me in a something fast and modern and make us race through city streets and he'll beat me every time.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment wkiernan was starred wkiernan was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Excellent! It's one of the better car chase scenes I've seen.
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    Image of alexander_the_car_salamander alexander_the_car_salamander
    11/28/09

    @skaycog was here: Exact;y. And way better than the CGI car chases of today, were everything is fake and green screened, and the camera wobbles like crazy. These were the good old, 100% real car chases, unlike today.
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    skaycog was here promoted this comment alexander_the_car_salamander was starred alexander_the_car_salamander was unstarred
    Image of stephdumas stephdumas
    11/28/09

    @alexander_the_car_salamander: +1 I agree, I wish to see the car chases the way it was.

    Btw, I spotted a video of the Top 10 car chases
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    Novaload promoted this comment stephdumas was starred stephdumas was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/28/09

    @alexander_the_car_salamander: My all-time favorite though is Bullitt, because I love Steve McQueen and that Mustang. Did you know that Ford Motor Co. originally furnished 2 Ford Galaxies to be used in the chase, but they found the Galaxies were too heavy for the jumps, heavily damaging their suspensions. So, the Galaxies were replaced with the Chargers. The suspensions of both the Mustang and the Chargers were modified for the chase.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    @stephdumas: That was great!
    Thanks!
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    Image of stephdumas stephdumas
    11/28/09

    @Novaload: you're welcome :-)
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/25/09

    In reply to We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos
    Scissor me! With those doors...
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    Turboner was starred Turboner was unstarred
    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    11/25/09

    In reply to We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos
    He's a professional right?
    (NSFW language)
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    Image of Who's A Toaster!!?? Who's A Toaster!!??
    11/25/09

    @VeeArrrSix:
    That right there made me spit cola over my keyboard. Thanks a bunch!
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    VeeArrrSix promoted this comment Who's A Toaster!!?? was starred Who's A Toaster!!?? was unstarred
    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/25/09

    @VeeArrrSix: aaaand VeeArrrSix also gets a star this week and a heart clicky.

    Now get off my set.
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    JC Whitless was starred JC Whitless was unstarred
    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    11/25/09

    @JC Whitless: Thanks! I never seem to hit that many homeruns but I never stop swinging...
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    11/25/09

    In reply to We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos
    BTW, if anyone here hasn't seen Rescue Dawn yet, I recommend it. No Lambos, but there are a couple A-1 Skyraiders and Hueys.

    I say this because I can't actually look at Christian Bale's visage and not see Dieter Dengler.
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    Edited by bmoreDLJ at 11/25/09 1:41 PM bmoreDLJ was starred bmoreDLJ was unstarred
    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    11/25/09

    In reply to We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos
    I think the classy solution would be the Ford Country Squire. Which is why I have no babes or Lambos.
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    mytdawg was starred mytdawg was unstarred
    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    11/25/09


    @mytdawg: Actually I want to recant that. If I were a billionaire playboy I'd want something more like this. And I think we all know by now at least one of the many reasons that I'm not...
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    mytdawg was starred mytdawg was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/25/09

    In reply to We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos
    If that's shame, then I need to be shamed more. I've been a very, very naughty Van, indeed.

    But, as a gentleman, I would have been more than happy to have volunteered to transport one or more of Mr. Wayne's companions. Merely simple courtesy, after all.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    11/25/09

    In reply to We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos
    Two seater for the win. Why would you not want two hot chicks squirming for room in the passenger seat?

    My god man.....that alone is enough to keep them from becoming dead hookers in the trunk!
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    lilwillie was starred lilwillie was unstarred
    Image of Tyson Tyson
    11/25/09

    @lilwillie: Well, that and a Lambo doesn't have enough trunk space for dead hookers. You'll have to have someone following behind you to collect the dead ones.
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    JC Whitless promoted this comment Tyson was starred Tyson was unstarred
    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/25/09

    @Tyson: Pity all these amateurs ruining Jalopnik with lack of deceased escort packing knowledge.

    Your usual crack addled needle tracked receptical of John juice is easily foldable, and with some additional leverage on the middle of the back by a knee or a heavy bat, can actually be folded into thirds and you can stack up to four in the passenger seat, leaving you room for your bat, blue tarp, and chinese takeout on the floor.

    Actually, I just wrote that whole post so I could say "John Juice".

    giggle....snort.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    11/25/09

    @JC Whitless: That is truly tasteless, vile and funny.

    I think I liked "deceased escort packing knowledge" best. But the Chinese takeout was a nice touch.
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    mytdawg was starred mytdawg was unstarred
    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/25/09

    In reply to We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos
    Oh noes he has too many babes for his seats! If I had that problem, and I wish I did. I would throw a bench seat in that thing.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/25/09

    In reply to We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos
    I finally found the car that would be put to sleep.....the Lamborwienie Espada.
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    skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of RegalRegalia RegalRegalia
    11/25/09

    @skaycog was here: what's wrong with the gentleman's lamborghini?
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    skaycog was here promoted this comment RegalRegalia was starred RegalRegalia was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/25/09

    @RegalRegalia: I just don't find it appealing. Usually the sounds of a supercar gives me goosebumps. I gotta get goosebumps.
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    Image of RegalRegalia RegalRegalia
    11/25/09

    @skaycog was here: I get how people don't like the Espada, but the noise can be fixed. Of course having headers and nothing else will generally improve the noise of a big motor.
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    RegalRegalia was starred RegalRegalia was unstarred
    Image of RegalRegalia RegalRegalia
    11/25/09

    @RegalRegalia: [www.youtube.com]
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    skaycog was here promoted this comment RegalRegalia was starred RegalRegalia was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/25/09

    @RegalRegalia: Neat video. That's more like it! It even sounded better revving as a V10 with that one carb linkage off. Thanks.
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    skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/25/09

    In reply to We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos

    ASCOT FTW
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    JC Whitless was starred JC Whitless was unstarred
    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/25/09


    @JC Whitless: The first thing I thought when I saw the guy with the ascot/handkerchief was "I need one of those"

    Or maybe not...
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    FrankGrimes was starred FrankGrimes was unstarred
    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/25/09

    @FrankGrimes: I dunno, if one of those gets me two of them, it ain't bad, unless they think I'm one of them, then it ain't worth one of those as I won't get to play with theirs.
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    JC Whitless was starred JC Whitless was unstarred
    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/25/09

    @JC Whitless: And if I had one of those I wouldn't need one of these. I would be too busy trying to keep the four of those on the right side of the two of those and wouldn't care if I had two of those. Of course after trying to keep the four of those on the right side of the former two I would need two of those to take to dinner so this one doesn't have to eat alone.

    I tried yours is better way better.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    11/25/09

    In reply to We Teach Batman How to Ferry Ladies in Lambos
    Just put one in the foot well, if you know what I mean. Booyah.
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