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    Inside Those Crazy Motorcycle-Engined LeMons Racers

    Dodge Challenger Takes On Hungary, Blots Out Entire Country

    Look To The Swift! Suzuki Brings Germans Together With "Black And White" Editions

    2008 Suzuki Swift: Around The Block
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/21/09

    In reply to Inside Those Crazy Motorcycle-Engined LeMons Racers
    Now, sitting on the fuel tank is nuts, but being elbow-to-cylinder-head with a Honda V65 engine is insane.

    When I had a V45 Sabre, it'd occur to me, typically shortly after a horribly missed shift, how the rear cylinders were pointed directly at my groin.

    If they let go, at least death would be swift.

    On the upside for the Angry Hamsters, at least the carbs are easy to access, and good thinking keeping the clutch housing exposed to ease wrenching.

    While shifting sequential gearboxes clutchless is natural, though I didn't do it until late in my two-wheeled life (duh), 1400+ lbs., with driver/fuel, is gonna be tough on the plates.

    Oh, and backing up is problematic. Though, speaking as someone who hasn't had a functional reverse gear for almost 12 months, you plan for this without being conscious of it. Said planning can be upset by race participants/conditions, however.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/21/09

    In reply to Inside Those Crazy Motorcycle-Engined LeMons Racers
    Simply magnificent.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/21/09

    In reply to Inside Those Crazy Motorcycle-Engined LeMons Racers
    The funniest part is that if you told a stranger-to-Lemons about a racing match-off between teams named Metro Gnome and an Angry Hamster, the mental images in said stranger would be nothing like the batshit crazy reality. Make that batshit crazy crazy.
    Ever since the Metro Gnome won--if I recall right, they did win once--I look at those little Metros with new respect. One's been in our parking deck on and off for a year and the outside looks worse than this one--and though it is small and ugly and apparently barely rolling under its own power, and even then, kind of sideways, I know that it could be transformed into a freakish monster and kick some ass.
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    Image of coupeZ600 coupeZ600
    11/21/09

    In reply to Inside Those Crazy Motorcycle-Engined LeMons Racers
    Oh,.. I am so conflicted by this car. One hand holds my face, one shakes a fist, and the other reaches high for the heavens.
    Why?,... asks one.
    WHY!?!?!?!!, asks another....
    The other asks quite sagely, "Why not?" The tri-chotomy is perfect, and while I question their reasoning and berate their method, I honor their vision, and wish them the best.
    Go Angry Hamsters! (You better win,.. or....)
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    Edited by coupeZ600 at 11/21/09 5:11 AM coupeZ600 was starred coupeZ600 was unstarred
    Image of beercheck beercheck
    11/21/09

    In reply to Inside Those Crazy Motorcycle-Engined LeMons Racers
    What kinda sicko schedules a post for 12:05 AM? Now, 12:06.... that would make some sense.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/21/09

    In reply to Inside Those Crazy Motorcycle-Engined LeMons Racers
    How many BS laps do you give someone for "free" CNC machining? ;)
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    Image of JoeDunlap001 JoeDunlap001
    11/21/09

    @Turboner: And for placing the fuel cell under the driver seat??
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    11/21/09

    @Turboner: Not to mention the giant billet of aluminum that was "just lying around".

    That said, I'm all for waiving budgetary restrictions so long as the end result is still within the spirit of LeMons and sufficiently insane.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/21/09

    @JoeDunlap001: They got bounced from the tech inspection for their fuel cell and had to drive 130 miles back to the Bay Area to fix it.
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    Image of MadHungarian MadHungarian
    11/21/09

    @something_unique_and_descripti...: Reasonable minds may differ about what is "within the spirit of LeMons," but between this kind of stuff and V-12 Benz 600's being allowed in, IMO we have taken a fast off-ramp away from what I thought was the original idea, which was to get a bunch of genuine beaters together, modify them as little as possible, and have silly fun, with the matter of who wins being entirely incidental.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    11/21/09

    @MadHungarian: My rebuttal on the S600:
    1. Any car that costs that little is a beater.
    2. It is modified far less than most of the machinery at a LeMons race.
    3. An S600 coupe, no track machine, on track racing Das Scheiß-E30s and motorcycle engined microcars is pretty much my definition of silly fun.
    4. The real race is the Index of Effluency, and the real awards are the Dangerous Banned Technology or made-up-on-the-spot types.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    10/01/09

    In reply to Dodge Challenger Takes On Hungary, Blots Out Entire Country
    Uh-oh...that Swift better watch out. That Challenger looks hungary.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    09/30/09

    In reply to Dodge Challenger Takes On Hungary, Blots Out Entire Country
    Can you take a picture of yourself next to it so we can see if you look about as out of place there as you did next to the mustang? Or did you buy new pants?
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    eggwich del fiero promoted this comment Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    09/30/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: your avatar still scares the shit out of me, but I love you nonetheless.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    10/01/09

    @eggwich del fiero: I use it to ward off evil. Thanks :)
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    09/30/09

    In reply to Dodge Challenger Takes On Hungary, Blots Out Entire Country
    I love seeing things like this. I saw plenty of American pickups and SUVs in Germany. It's almost as if these people are thumbing their nose at the high gas taxes and green culture that's taken root in Europe. Sort of a giant middle finger to their fellow countrymen.

    This just turns it up to 11.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/30/09

    In reply to Dodge Challenger Takes On Hungary, Blots Out Entire Country
    Small cars, crowded road conditions and high fuel prices are why I choose not to live in Hungary and also the fact that I’m not a Hungarian, can’t speak the language, and can hardly find it on a map may have something to do with it too.
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    Image of jark jark
    09/30/09

    @Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger: I've been to Hungary and I didn't get the feeling that the people were immigrating there in droves. It's a beautiful country marred by crime and corruption.
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    09/30/09

    @Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger: Psst…don’t tell anyone, but…you’re not missing out on much!
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    09/30/09

    @Peter Orosz: Aw Peter, right when I want to get all Angry Dad and object to the "Mopar Monstrosity" description (tho I too detest the orange paint), you go ahead and humble yourself with self-dissing. If you had a vagina or two, I'd be in love.
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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    09/30/09

    In reply to Dodge Challenger Takes On Hungary, Blots Out Entire Country
    If the Challenger were 75% of it's current size and not quite as tall it would look phenomenal.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    09/30/09

    @MaWeiTao: Yes. Like... say, a Mustang!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/30/09

    In reply to Dodge Challenger Takes On Hungary, Blots Out Entire Country
    Oh, the brake dust!
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    09/30/09

    In reply to Dodge Challenger Takes On Hungary, Blots Out Entire Country
    I am dying about how one can drive with American plates in a EU country? Apart from any custom super duper prototypes that is... even they usually get localized development plates. I used to work at Ford and I know that for a fact.

    Either way it's freaking cool! Unless you're in Iraq or Afghanistan of course.
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    09/30/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: I have a friend who owns a Lamborghini Espada with Florida plates. I think you need to have residence or citizenship or a business in the country of your plate.
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    Image of TheCarspotterist TheCarspotterist
    09/30/09

    In reply to Dodge Challenger Takes On Hungary, Blots Out Entire Country
    It probably belongs to an embassy person. I spend half the year in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and one woman who works at the embassy drives an Infiniti QX56.

    Considering that I had trouble driving a Mazda6 through some of the city's regular streets, I can only imagine what driving such a huge car must be like in Europe.

    But I have noticed a recent surge of European cars (BMWs and Benzs) with American plates, apparently the exchange rate with the Euro is so out of whack that it's cheaper to buy an E350 or 535i in America and import it than to buy one here.
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    Peter Orosz promoted this comment YankBoffin approved this comment TheCarspotterist was starred TheCarspotterist was unstarred
    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    09/30/09

    @TheCarspotterist: The Challenger, if sold in Hungary for the amount it sells for in the US, would be an unbelievable bargain. A Golf GTI costs more here than an SRT8 in the US.
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    09/30/09

    @Peter Orosz: A GTI for 40K...yeah I'd drive a Suzuki, too.
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    10/01/09

    @Peter Orosz:
    Jó napot kivánok Amerikából!
    ... *hökk* 9mi egy golf!?! Hát az már nagyon durva! Ha birod az adót meg az üzemanyagot, akkór már tényleg megéri.

    Egyébként 4 tömbre volt a nővérem házától.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    09/30/09

    In reply to Dodge Challenger Takes On Hungary, Blots Out Entire Country
    Hey, we had Suzuki Swifts too, ya know.
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    09/30/09

    @beercheck: Didya?
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    Peter Orosz was starred Peter Orosz was unstarred
    Image of beercheck beercheck
    09/30/09

    @Peter Orosz: Eeeyup. Including the twin cam 16valve GT.
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    Image of toronado455 toronado455
    09/30/09

    @beercheck: Glad you said it. Otherwise I was gonna. And that's the "big" 4-door "plus" version. Was the 4-door version of the Swift available in the USDM as well, or did we only have the Geo version of that?
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    beercheck promoted this comment Edited by toronado455 at 09/30/09 9:02 PM toronado455 was starred toronado455 was unstarred
    Image of beercheck beercheck
    10/01/09

    @toronado455: I don't have the answer to the 4-door Swift question. Sure don't recall ever noticing one, though.
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