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    Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
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    Image of vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    who is the driver in the film?
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    Image of Braff Braff
    04/17/09

    @vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in: I have been spending way too much time in The Car Lounge --- so I think it is Raptor Jesus.
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    04/17/09

    @BrAff: i thought he looked familiar
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    Image of Braff Braff
    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    how about this clip?
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    Obviously Wes didn't get my memo to Auto Insider. It's a good thing I'm at home today and can change my pants easily.
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    Image of long_live_the_E36 long_live_the_E36
    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    Okay, that guy in the top video is NOT a very good driver. That much steering input and that much oversteer is not good technique.


    But he does have a Yellowbird, so he's definitely faster than me.

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    04/17/09

    @long_live_the_E36: On a 911 of that vintage, without Porsche's electronic nannies of the last 2+ decades, the degree steering input used is necessary to keep it on the track.
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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    Unreal. His hands were moving non-stop. Even on the straights.


    So, $233 large in '87 money is $435,981 in 2008-bux, according to the official inflation rates. What's a Yellowbird go for these days? I'd say $7-800k would be Nice Price.

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    04/17/09

    @FЯeeMan is starting a petition for the preview button: Well, here's one in France. Not exactly 7-8k.

    [www.finecars.cc]
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    Image of tomlewis tomlewis
    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    Never got to actually see a Bird, but I bought a lot of parts from Ruff back in the day. The quality of their stuff was beyond excellent.
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    04/17/09

    @tomlewis: ah ruff... just the way your mother likes it Trebek.
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    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    Also, the version of Feelin' Good used on that 2nd video is gawdawful. Nina Simone should jump out of her grave and kick the offending party in the jimmy.
    More. Than. Once.
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    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    (thinks of comparatively crappy Ring time on GT4, hangs head in shame, skulks away)
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    Image of clinto clinto
    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    That's what 911's are supposed to be!
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    I would give my left nut for FF at work. This site seriously drags its ass lately. And heaven forbid if someone has "dugg" something on the front page...


    But I digress. I'm more concerned with those videos giving me perma-pants-tent lasting more than four hours.

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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    04/17/09

    @Sir Jorgen Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberger... VIII: Try FF portable on a handy dandy USB stick. Works wonders for me.


    For browsing at work, that is. The pants issue is yours alone to resolve.

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    04/17/09

    @FЯeeMan is starting a petition for the preview button: That is a fantastic idea. I think however, our IT dept locked down our usage of portable media recently. Stupid work hamsters...
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    Damn. I need a smoke. About 100 lbs less weight than my car, but about twice the horsepower. Do. Want.


    I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but there's something that's being lost, year after year, as we insist on making cars bigger, heavier, softer, more comfortable, safer and more refined. It's the older cars like this that are my personal car pr0n.

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    04/17/09

    @Pope Deartháir III the Awesometh: I really wish somebody would pick up Colin Chapman's old mantra:


    Simplify. Then, add lightness.

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    04/17/09

    @FLB: Aside from Lotus (obviously), it seems like Audi is the only one making any kind of effort in that regard.


    I was watching Bullrun this morning, and contemplating how the VW Bus, with a ~150 hp engine, could be competitive with, say, the Lexus, with 350 hp. Yeah. Pound-for-pound, the VW is actually more powerful, there is that much of a weight difference. That's sad.

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    04/17/09

    @Pope Deartháir III the Awesometh: There still are cars like the Ariel Atom and Caterham R500, but in general most manufactures are more focused on luxury than lightness.
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    04/17/09

    @Pope Deartháir III the Awesometh: Audi? All modern Audis are heavy!
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    04/17/09

    @NewbiusMaximus: Maybe you haven't followed the news for the last year or two. Audi is the only major manufacturer who are undergoing an intensive program to decrease the weight of each successive generation of their cars. I believe their goal is for the next generation of each of the A4, A6 and A8 to be 10 - 15% lighter than they currently are.
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    04/17/09

    @Pope Deartháir III the Awesometh: Which would bring them down to everyone else's weight.
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    04/17/09

    @Pope Deartháir III the Awesometh: I was sad to see the lexus girls go last night, but it looks like she had a manual... meaning it was only an IS250 which is rated at ~210hp.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    04/17/09

    @reefer: I would have been more sad if they had been cute.


    When doing the math, I just used the stated specs on the first episode, and then the listed curb weight I could found using the Oracle. I can't remember what the stat was, but I think they said it was a IS350... and I thought they just had a tiptronic. But I didn't pay that much attention.

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    04/17/09

    @cchannel: Mercedes, BMW and Audi are all right around 3,700 lbs for the C-class, 3-series and A4. But Audi is making an effort to decrease the bloat, the others are encouraging it.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    The Yellow Bird. This was an amazing car. Light and fast. This car had p***y magnet paint, and it really did attract p***y. This car was and is pure tuner at it's best. RUF did a great job on this car. 212 mph? Absolutely insane compared to a F40. This is one of my favorite cars in history. I leave you with a picture of this icon of car history.
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    04/17/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th: That's a damn nice picture you've got there.



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    04/17/09

    @Mobius_1: More PICTURES!
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    Image of DMANbluesfreak DMANbluesfreak
    04/17/09

    @Mobius_1: Are you alexwrc? If so, do u remember me?
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    04/17/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th: Now there is a whale tail I could have a picnic on.
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    04/17/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: And what a picnic it would be.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/17/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: another thing we must do for this epic picnic - cook the food on the engine! Well, depending on the length of the drive, at least heat it up. I have a 42 mile (each way) commute, and I've always wanted to cook my lunch on the way to school but haven't gotten around to it so far. I think it would just be so appropriate for the picnic, right? :)
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/17/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Didn't they do that on Top Gear once? Either way, good call. Frying eggs on the dashboard once parked is another good idea, it'll be summer, right!
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/17/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: I'm pretty sure they did in one of the earlier seasons. I believe their guest was a celebrity chef of some sort.


    The closest I've come to "cooking" anything in my car is just making Cup o' Noodles by parking a water bottle on my (black) dash and leaving the windows and top up for a few hours. It actually gets it to about the same temperature as two minutes in a microwave, so my noodles didn't even end up crispy or anything. I think I'm going to try poaching an egg in a muffin tin next.

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    04/17/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: You should see my car's dash. It's black and enormous, perfect for frying a couple eggs or something! Come back in five minutes.
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    04/17/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Yeah, I figure we could have at least two pans going at once on this thing:


    I remember Jamie Oliver or similar trying to cook in the back of a Westfalia or something going around the track, but I feel like they wrapped something in foil and put it under the bonnet... hmm, looks like I have a lot of Top Gear to rewatch!

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    04/17/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Here ya go, Leeeeeena, how to cook on your Volvo 7 series!


    [www.volvoclub.org.uk]

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    04/17/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: Now I suddenly want to find out how well an AMG engine can boil an egg.
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    04/17/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th: Do it. Now. For science.
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    04/17/09

    @Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Don't forget that chocolate bar...


    Closest I got was when a friend left a McFish sandwich under my passenger seat, completely unbeknown to me. I then proceeded to leave the car in the sun for a week...


    ...that was unpleasant...

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    04/17/09

    @dmanbluesfreak: No, unfortunately, I've not got his skills... Saw that pic on flickr, so awesome.


    And the picnic talk is really tempting. English Jalops, fancy descending upon Hyde Park? Or Top Gear Test Track?

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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    04/19/09

    @ptmeyer84 - Prancing Moose Edition: Thanks for the link! If you're referring to that picture of me in a Volvo engine bay, though, that is actually Scandinavian Flick's car.


    Also, they mentioned a book on Volvo Club, although they got the name wrong. It's actually called "Manifold Destiny" and it should be required reading for every true Jalop. I'll have to see if I can dig up my copy for anybody who wants to check it out :)

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    04/17/09

    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    /troll on

    Pffft, sticky tires...

    /troll off


    That is an awesome car. Back when Porsches were raw and proper, and AWD was for pussies.

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    Image of AES: 3 ROTOR X 2 TURBOS = 6X AWESOME AES: 3 ROTOR X 2 TURBOS = 6X AWESOME
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    In reply to Faszination Nurburgring: Ruf CTR Yellowbird Reminds Us To Keep It Real
    NSFW...Jeez
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    04/17/09

    @AES: Mazdaspeeding Canuck: BTW I love it. Car is even crazy in Gran Turismo AKA as close as I will ever get to it.
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    @AES: Mazdaspeeding Canuck: Gran Turismo is NSFW. But then again, most people can't play at work...
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    04/17/09

    @Mobius_1: Unless you happen to be working for a company that design and manufactures gaming steering wheels.

    I'm too lazy to go all the way to our lab to grab a PS3 but I have a PS2 and GT4 (plus 2 copies of GT3 for some reason) handy at my desk :-)
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