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Detroit, 8:58 AM
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Phew. His jacket was a total turn-on. I think I need some blood pressure meds after that. Of, if not that, then at they very least, the sound that car made. It was right up there with P-51 taking off.
That was pretty damn impressive, but I dunno, if given the choice, I would probably choose a run-of-the-mill Corvette, E-Type, CSL.
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I wonder how many of these things (and those produced by other manufacturers) won't be sold because of the collapse of the equity markets. And with criminals like Bernard Madoff actually responsible for their clients evaporating wealth, I wonder if there will be any of the more tenuous companies that will close for good (Like Gumpbert, Koenigsegg, Bristol, and others)
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I don't know about it being a "semi-high performance" car, but I am with you in that I am not particularly saddened at this point. Since the end of Countach production, these super cars have done nothing for me. I just don't find them appealing. I went to the doctor's office to see if perhaps I simply didn't have a heartbeat, but nope, the ol' ticker is still going strong.
I know, I'm weird. I just would rather have an old Firebird or something along those lines.
As far as super car companies going under, you may be right about Gumpert, but nothing can kill Bristol. Nothing. Bristol has somehow survived all these years, and will somehow continue to survive. God bless Bristol. Not even a rogue asteroid can kill that dinosaur.
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ZING!
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I might be over-simplifing things..
But its got a standard supercar-ish tube frame.
Its got a tub for bolt the seats into, a STONKING powerful motor, and a one -of-a-kind yet garishly designed fiberglassed molded body and engine enclosure.
Now...
Im sure if we gave or if our beloved LAMBORGHINI MAN got a hold of this.. he could do a better job of fixing it and reselling it than hundreds of other shops could.
But heres the thing...
Ya also need to install a "stupid" monitor. Some way to prevent morons (shieks, b-ball players, rich-hot-to-trots) with a coupla mil in their pockets and not gettign burned alive.
Its got to have a breathalizer.
A Engine immobolizer, and a general fuel cut off switch, and something that locks the tires and prevents the car from moving.
Now I dont know if this dingleberry took a slide on a bit of ice or he just saw a tree that he couldnt stand not making his car a part of.
But honestly..
There has to be some security motoring on the part of the company who makes these STONKING powerful cars so that morons dont drive them... and wind up DEAD!
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"Sure!"
"I'm not convinced, so I can't sell you this vehicle and with the mark-up buy a new house"
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I view most of these collisions in the same way that I look at tertiary syphilis: certain behaviors lead to certain consequences. That's not to say that I have no compassion for those afflicted, rather that somewhere, sometime, these poor scoundrels failed to get appropriate counseling. Or failed to heed sincere advice.
In any case, they both are a pain to sort out, and even if you do fix the impairment, which may or may not be without residua, there is little guarantee that they won't just go out get get into some new predicament after you've gone to all the trouble.
I'm afraid that Darwin was correct, you know...
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- *click* aaarrrgh
- *click* omfg!!
- *click* noooooo!
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It's surprising how often all it takes is a wheel.
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