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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    12/23/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    Most relevant: The Rise of Grassroots Motorsports. Why? Because driving $500 beaters is the only way we're going to survive the Carpocalypse. Now if only we were allowed to equip them with mideval seige weapons....
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    Image of Armand Armand
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    Where's the story about Pete buying a badass Taurus SHO wagon?
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    I think the Tata os the biggest story here.. it is the sum of so many of the other items on this list.
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    Image of the new guy: now with ecoboost the new guy: now with ecoboost
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    RIP Phil Hill, because it had to be said.
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    12/22/08

    @chase42: I think we did say it.
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    Image of fiat22turbo fiat22turbo
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    How about the real Grassroots Motorsports? You know the magazine that is celebrating their 25th year of publishing? The ones that started with the $1500 Challenge in 1999 and have progressed to $2009 to spend on a vehicle that can autocross, drag race and look nice enough to be published in a magazine?


    [www.grassrootsmotorsports.com]

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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    12/22/08

    @fiat22turbo: Pshaw! If it ain't $500, it ain't on our radars.


    I kid. I love Grassroots Motorsports.

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    I'm just wondering what the last few days of 2008 are going to bring. I don't know why, but I expect some more weirdness before it is over.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/22/08

    @DoctorNine: Just remember, when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro!
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    Is my browser just failing to refresh or has this place been in a lull for almost 40 minutes? Testing...testing...
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    12/23/08

    @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: And again, Jalopnik is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    Why can't I post?
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    12/22/08

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: People are so excited about this list the site just randomly broke. We'll be back now.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    12/22/08

    @Matt Hardigree: And again, Jalopnik is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    There should be a ten best automotive forum topic list. For example, "The Claw" story about the Canadian car thief, the M3 ebay winner, the Acura NSX guy.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    Maybe 10 best forum stories could be a topic. For example, "The Claw" in Canada, the guy who didn't get the M3 when he won the bid, and the Acura NSX guy.
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    Image of tgpt tgpt
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    Hamilton is way hotter than Obama.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    12/22/08

    @tgpt: But half his length.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    That about sums it up...
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    Image of Timtoolman, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    "Patrick outmatched Helio Castroneves and picked up the first win by a female driver" And all the while, I thought Helio was a GUY.
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    12/22/08

    @timtoolman: outmatched Helio around the Twin Motegi by about five seconds, though I prefer your reading.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    Old Max earned himself a few column inches.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/22/08

    In reply to The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008
    What? No basement Lambo?
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    Image of kleinlowe kleinlowe
    12/22/08

    @layabout save trees,eat_a_beaver: The Kinoff Lambo is too big for a single year to contain; instead it must occupy lists of the Greatest Stories of the Decade or even Century.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    12/22/08

    @kleinlowe: Yes. In fact, the story could probably be called "The Imhoff Lambo and a few other things from the last 100 years of motoring"
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    Image of Orgasmatron Orgasmatron
    12/22/08

    @layabout save trees,eat_a_beaver: There should be a separate list for fave stories of the year. The Lambo under the stairs should ace pretty high on that kind of list.
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    12/22/08

    @Orgasmatron: Hold yer horses and wait your turn... ;)
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    12/22/08

    @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: In the distant future, it shall be referred to The Imhoff and His Devine Basement Lambo. Each year, during the Festival of the Devine Basement Lambo, a pilgramage will be made to the sight of the Devine Lambo's birth, where offerings of precious, high-viscosity lubricants and jewel-encrusted Weber carbeurators will be made. Temple priestesses will sing songs of double de-clutching in praise of the Devine Basement Lambo. At the climax of the festivities the Devine Basement Lambo will emerge from it's temple, it's mighty engine will once again roar to life blessing the true believers with it's holy hydrocarbons. All hail the Devine Basement Lambo, and have a Merry Imhoffmas!
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