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    Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    Can't believe I'm reading about Lakeland. I did two semesters there. Small town, orange groves and the best kept secret of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, especially Roux Library and Annie Pfieffer Chapel. The deal was he would design them but they would never be in published photos. Though the chapel was used as an under-ocean fortress in some old TV series, Deep Something or other? I only watched it to see the FSC building, surrounded by giant monsters...which is pretty much how I remembered it from the early 70s.
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    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    Hope the Jalopnik hamsters are warmed up...in addition to Digg, this thing is going to hit the fark main page in a little while


    /not guilty

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    02/20/09

    @Ash78: +1 to you sir.
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    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    I THINK I know who this belongs to. I can't be sure and I'm not sure looking into it is the best use of my time today...
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    02/20/09

    @Jimal: You know goddamn well you're not going to do anything more productive than look at Jalopnik today...
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    02/20/09

    @Armand Bengle: There's something more productive than looking at Jalopnik?! Blasphemy!
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    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    All salesmen and Jehovah's Witnesses must beat a :40 lap time before approaching his front door. Only then does the property owner give them the time of day to listen.
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    Image of Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    Its Lakeland Florida. He has a 78 Primer Camaro with no hood
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    Is that a Cordoba sitting next to that while house?
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    I know there's one of those somewhere in Michigan. Back in the day when I used to get Autoweek, the property was advertised in the back of the mag for quite a while. If I remember correctly it was more of a perimeter type thing around the property though.
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    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    Isn't John Travolta's driveway a runway w/a jetway directly into his house?
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    02/20/09

    @Woot!-Off_GitEmSteveDave: Yeah, but that's so the family can escape the Thetans in the middle of the night, if necessary.
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    02/20/09

    @TheStig'sNJCousin_GitEmSteveDave: That sounds about right, he's a pilot and really into flying, he owns (and pilots) his own...707 I think it is. He happened to be in the Reno area during the air races one year and he apparently knows about the races, cause he asked for permission to do a couple of fly bys.
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    02/20/09

    @Ash78: Damn Thetans, always fuckin' up my shit!
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    02/20/09

    @Skunky: Ghost rider requested a fly by?


    Damn you Terl!

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    Image of makopolo makopolo
    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    That would make every day so much fun. A couple laps before going to work, a couple more when you get back.


    Plus its a driveway so if you wreck your insurance will cover it.+++

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/20/09

    @makopolo: Yup. But they might get suspicious after your second rollover claim.
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    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    Nifty crop circles.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    02/20/09

    @X3SoB: Yeah turn 4 always gives him trouble.
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    02/20/09

    @mr_dude: And soda is once again sprayed onto the computer...you'd think I'd learn...
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    02/20/09

    @Skunky: A skunk that sprays soda is a refreshing change.
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    02/20/09

    @mr_dude: That's my new slogan, thanks! :D
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    That could make for an extremely long commute. Every day.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    02/20/09

    @Van Sarockin: Or an extremely awesome commute. Every day.
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    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    As someone else said it looks like a cart track,too small to give any decent car a good run out.
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    Image of jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
    02/20/09

    @layabout saaving Saab one caar at a time: Fun in a car or any small car. I am totally stealing this idea when I win the lottery.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/20/09

    @layabout saaving Saab one caar at a time: Since I'm now in Alberta, which, aside from Saskatchewan is pretty much the armpit of Canada, you can buy acres and acres of land for really stupid cheap, especially if you're not trying to buy inside city limits.


    Since I'm, uh, kinda not into farming, I'm thinking of buying a little hobby-farm somewhere out of town, and building a proper racetrack over the next 5-10 years.


    I mean hell, I'm going to need to buy property at some point anyhow, why not do what I actually want?


    If I do, I will offer to host LeMons: Strange Foreign Lands Edition.

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    02/20/09

    @Deartháir: If we kill Auto Insider, can we have Murilee bac...: Dearthair,i love you.
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    02/20/09

    @jb: Ecoboost torque curve = OGC: When I get my free Fiesta I think I might pay this guy a visit!
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    02/20/09

    @Deartháir: If we kill Auto Insider, can we have Murilee bac...: If you're going to take the 10 years or so to build the track you need to do what my grandfather did to build his second driveway. He got to know the concrete truck drivers, whenever the trucks had some concrete left over after a delivery he got them to stop by his house to dump it in his driveway forms. Otherwise the trucks usually just have to dump the stuff in a pile on the jobsite or back then just on the side of the road. He would give them a few bucks each time and he got a driveway real cheap.


    Doesn't Autoweek usually have a place like this listed in the classifieds section?

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/20/09

    @layabout now with V8 power: Well... that's a little awkward...
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    02/20/09

    @Deartháir: If we kill Auto Insider, can we have Murilee bac...: Will the beer flow like wine in this magical place? If so, I'm in!
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/20/09

    @OldeEnglishD: Dude. I'm in Canada. I had two separate fridges and a cold-storage room in my last house, just to hold my various forms of booze. I'm in an apartment right now, and I've still got a second beer fridge, currently with about 45 bottles, of about 6 different kinds of beer.
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    02/20/09

    @P161911 misses weekday Murilee: That... that's brilliant. Tell your granddad he's my hero, if he's still kicking around.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    02/20/09

    @OldeEnglishD:
    There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too,
    you can paddle all around em in a big canoe,
    in the Deathair Jalop Mountains.
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    02/20/09

    @Deartháir: If we kill Auto Insider, can we have Murilee bac...: No, No. Layabout's showing personal growth. Don't stunt it, now that he's about to bloom.


    I've had the same idea, with West Virginia as a site. Land is cheap, and the terrain is suited for a Nurburgring Jr. Add the fact that the entire state sits above one of the largest natural gas reserves in North American, and the idea could possibly pay for itself....or at least provide free fuel on my CNG powered Ariel Atom.

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    02/20/09

    @Slant,sick with the DOTS DTs:


    "Deathair"? A+ on typing and proofreading skills as usual, jackass.


    Sorry Dearthair.

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    02/20/09

    @Deartháir: If we kill Auto Insider, can we have Murilee bac...: You lost your heart based on your updated name. :(
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    Image of Chris Bautista Chris Bautista
    02/20/09

    @P161911 misses weekday Murilee:


    That would be an excellent idea to cheaply dump concrete as a base foundation of a race track. But an actual race track surface is paved with Asphalt. Since asphalt provides the best grip and traction for tires. Also if a section of the road need repairs. Laying a new layer of asphalt is the cheapest way to go. Kind of like what most public works roads are made and repaired.

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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    02/20/09

    @Chris Bautista: Asphalt is best, but there are a lot of tracks or portions of tracks that are concrete.
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    @Deartháir: If we kill Auto Insider, can we have Murilee bac...: He passed a few years back. He was the same one that welded his mailbox to a steel pipe and filled it with concrete to stop the mailbox baseball.


    There is a big part of the Depression era/country raising that just doesn't let ANNTHING go to waste.

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    Image of Ralph Wiley Is Poised Ralph Wiley Is Poised
    02/20/09

    @Chris Bautista: Concrete surfaces can make perfectly nice, grippy racetracks. NHRA prefers concrete. But they get rough as hell, and really can't be smoothed much.
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    02/20/09

    @LucidRalphWiley: Microplaning does wonders.
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    02/20/09

    @Deartháir: If we kill Auto Insider, can we have Murilee bac...: That, my friend, is a fantastic idea. I bet you could even convince a bunch of us Jalops to take some vacation time to give you a hand.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/20/09

    @The Auto Insider: I have aquatic tigers on my side.: Oh come now. You're an anonymous mythical entity. We could kill Diddles, but people would notice. Well, maybe. Probably not... but still, there's only one Diddles.


    I figure we kill you off, say by launching you off an aircraft carrier, and bring in a black Auto Insider, and nobody knows the difference.

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    02/20/09

    @Deartháir: If we kill Auto Insider, can we have Murilee bac...: I think the correct term is African-American Auto Insider.
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    02/20/09

    @engineerd is excited for Murilopnik Weekends!: I was thinking we'd just paint him, replace his Daewoo badge with a Chevrolet badge, and tell everyone he's all new.


    It's worked before. Kind of.

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    02/20/09

    @Van Sarockin: At Sebring, I think you'd hit dirt first.
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    02/20/09

    @LucidRalphWiley: Can't mess with tradition! But a good track generally requires a very well prepared base and care application and finishing of the paving. You can try to patch on top of sloppy stuff and it will never last. Sebring was built in a hurry and only expected to last a few years, and here it is sixty years later, still putting on races. At least those airfield slabs are thick! You might be able to knock the tops off sone of it and not go too far wrong, but it would change the dynamics of the course entirely.
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    02/21/09

    @Deartháir: If we kill Auto Insider, can we have Murilee bac...: Be kind to your local Auto Insider. Not very Canadian of you.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/21/09

    @eggwich del fiero: I may have to retract that, as it seems I'm the only one who gets the "Stig" connection. You know... Black Stig is back, White Stig's days are numbered, Auto Insider uses a White Stig avatar, time to kill off Auto Insider I and bring out Auto Insider II in a black avatar.


    Sometimes I'm only funny to myself. :(

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    02/21/09

    @Deartháir retracts his calls for AutoInsider's death: No, I get it, too. And it was funny. Auto Insider probably was feeling a bit threatened, but then again he probably knew his days were numbered after all the Stig talk from BBC started.
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    02/21/09

    @engineerd has a crush on Murilee: Just wait until Pink Stig starts horning in on his action. Nomex will fly!
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    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    The only thing that doesn't have going for it is its in Florida.


    Awesome driveway/raceway? Check

    Close to the Tiger's spring practice facility? Check

    Florida? Fail

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    02/20/09

    @engineerd: On the plus side, Lakeland is my favorite part of the state. I lived there when I was 4-7 years old and have been back a couple times. Definitely has a much different vibe than most of cheesy, overbuilt coastal Florida. It's more of a college town with a very old-school, early 20th century historical Art Deco air about it. Also, it's one of the only parts of Florida with terrain--some pretty big hills around there. Probably the only place in FL I'd consider living. If I had this in my front yard, definitely.
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    02/20/09

    @Ash78: Lakeland has only small hills. The real Florida hill country runs from southeast of Lakeland near Lake Wales northward west of Orlando, up through Gainesville, and up to the state line with Georgia. Quite a few hills in the Panhandle too. You can find some pretty good driving roads in these hilly areas.


    I like Florida and I've lived here most of my life. It's relatively inexpensive - no state income tax and moderate sales/property taxes. People tend to think that the state is nothing but theme parks and oceanside condos. The Miami/Lauderdale/Palm Beach metropolis is fairly nice as far as major cities go. Most of North Florida has kept a Deep South flavor. Orlando and the surrounding areas are dotted with thousands of lakes, and there are some beautiful areas once you get away from the Disney-influenced areas. My favorite part of the state is the east central coast from St. Augustine southward to Jupiter - very nice beaches, great sea-breeze in summer, and much of it (outside of Daytona and Melbourne) has not been over-built yet.

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    02/20/09

    @tonyola: I'm actually a St. Augustinian by birth, with stints in Lakeland and Vero Beach for most of my youth. I'm about as native as you can get, apart from having left at age 15.


    While I do enjoy the northeast part of the state, I still like Lakeland because it seems to have avoided all the beachy tourist crap that plagues a lot of the state. Quiet, but still close to Tampa and Orlando.

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    @Ash78: I live fairly close to Lakeland now. I bet this is a horse farm... I have to get a 5-point harness and take someone to sell girl scout cookies at this guy's house (or any other plausible excuse to check my skid g's) :)
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    02/20/09

    @Landau_Calrissian is a Plastic Paddy: Probably a safe bet.


    Got money and land: orange groves and/or cattle ranch
    Got money and land, but don't like agriculture: Horse farm
    Got land, but need money: Sell land to phosphate mining company


    I think that's the central FL formula ;)

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    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    Hey anyone know the "driveway time" on that new Audi TT?
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    02/20/09

    @Jo Schmo, Pauljones evil and opposite twin: I see a new Jalopnik meme starting in 3...2...1...
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    02/20/09

    @engineerd: definitely.
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    02/20/09

    @Jo Schmo, Pauljones evil and opposite twin: which brings up the follow up question of; what do you think his lap time around his driveway is w/ his DD? i mean just driving down that everyday has to improve his skills.


    thats how takumi did it right? if only it was on top of a mountain...

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    02/20/09

    @bunt: He'd have to be delivering tofu to his own front door...
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    02/20/09

    In reply to Google Earth Reveals Coolest Driveway Ever
    I personally want a Paul Ricard in my backyard, complete with red and blue traction paint.
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