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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    In reply to The Top 152 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009!
    What a great field!
    But you have to love those two ancient MoPars--
    For some reason it reminds of this:

    Two MoPars, both alike in dignity,
    In fair NoCal we lay our scene
    From ancient grudge break to new mutiny--
    Our two hours traffic on the stage.

    Wait.
    This might be a tale told by an idiot!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/28/09

    In reply to The Top 152 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009!
    Basically, almost four black flags per car. Something more than three an hour. Given that I'm sure some teams didn't get any, there's a lot of bonehead driving, contact, and off-course excursions happening.

    Still, it's nice to see another golden age of Alfa Romeo's developing in front of our eyes.
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    Image of Armand Armand
    11/28/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: On the first day, I was the guy in charge of telling the penalty box who had been black-flagged. It was pretty brutal. Even if you don't count the dozens of black flags that were given for transponder problems or mechanical issues (one of the corner workers was pretty freaked out when he saw the Caddy's brake discs glowing red) there was a lot of boneheaded driving. Too much contact, too much passing under yellow, too much spinning and going off track. It was annoying.
    Then, on the second day, I got to race. After ten laps, I became shrouded in the Red Mist, overcooked Turn 14 and slid the car into the dirt. After that, it was a little harder to get so indignant about other drivers making bad decisions.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/28/09

    In reply to The Top 152 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009!
    I also think we'll see more SUVs in 2010. I used to work at the Linden assembly plant where they built the S-10 chassis SUVs. I test drove a few 2 door blazers and with the 4.3 they were damn quick; a few even came with 5 speeds. Lower the suspension and shed a few hundred pounds of superfluousness and you'd have an interesting contender.
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    11/28/09

    @mechimike: I wouldn't count out a few more minivans, too.
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    11/28/09

    In reply to The Top 152 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009!
    152 Cars. Holy Christmas.

    I think the dearth of Detroit iron was due to the location of the race. Everyone knows the BBQ-eatin', moonshine-swillin', Southern Discomfort will be packing some good ole American muscle*. The California races, though, tend to bring out more imports from the tooty-fruity left-coasters.

    *Except for me, I'll be driving a Volvo.
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    Image of BRAWNDO_POWERED BRAWNDO_POWERED
    11/28/09

    @mechimike:
    I fear there will be a rather sub-par field of racers at the Blagojevich 500. You'd think salt was free the way they throw it everywhere.
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    Novaload promoted this comment BRAWNDO_POWERED was starred BRAWNDO_POWERED was unstarred
    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/28/09

    In reply to The Top 152 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009!
    umm murilee... you sure that the 2010 season is over? isn't it the end of 2009?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/28/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: Aw crap. Will fix.
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/28/09

    @Murilee Martin: no worries, i figured it was just a typo. thought i'd let you know

    on the other hand... i thought that it might be one more quirk to the LeMons series... much like cars... have the season be named for the next year rather than the year it's available in...??
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    Edited by günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi at 11/28/09 11:47 AM günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi was starred günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: Actually it's November 28, 2010. Where have you been? What's the last thing you remember? Dude, you've lost a year!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    In reply to Tiger Woods "Seriously Injured" In Car Crash Near Florida Home
    Wow, the latest bulletin is that his wife scratched up his face, he fled the house, and she followed him with a golf club and smashed the Caddy-- the car, not the golfing assistant, but I think a 'Lade is what, a par 5?-- as he tried to drive away--he thought the car had crashed into something, got distracted, looked back and hit the hydrant and tree. And yes, it was allegedly because he was cheating, as some speculated here.

    Back to you in the studio, Stud Beefpile.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/28/09

    @Novaload: Funny, I feel like smashing up an Escalade every time I see one, and I'm not even married.

    Maybe this is just the setup for Elin's new book about working on your backswing?
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/28/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: He's not gonna be sinking that birdy for a while...
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    Image of not_a_virus.exe.vbs not_a_virus.exe.vbs
    11/28/09

    In reply to Tiger Woods "Seriously Injured" In Car Crash Near Florida Home
    Drunk.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/27/09

    In reply to Tiger Woods "Seriously Injured" In Car Crash Near Florida Home
    Too bad he didn't wind up in a sand trap...an Escalade would never get out of one.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    11/27/09

    In reply to Tiger Woods "Seriously Injured" In Car Crash Near Florida Home
    The more this comes out, and the more it keeps saying "Alcohol wasn't a factor, charges pending" and he manages to hit a tree and a fire hydrant.....

    at 2:25 am....

    pissed off at the wife.....drunk(I know they said it wasn't a factor) .....high....or texting.

    Take your picks, boys.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    11/27/09

    @lilwillie: He was just T'd off.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/27/09

    @lilwillie: They say: "alcohol wasn't a factor" in the sense of: "considering his wife was chasing him out of the driveway with a 9-iron at 2:25 in the morning, there's a pretty good chance he would've crashed into something anyway, even if he wasn't drunk at the time."
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    Image of Shadowman615 Shadowman615
    11/28/09

    @lilwillie: Or perhaps the wife was chasing after the car and swinging a golf club at the back window.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    11/28/09

    @lilwillie:

    400 yds with the 1 Wood, wife put the smack down on him

    [backporch.fanhouse.com]
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/27/09

    In reply to Tiger Woods "Seriously Injured" In Car Crash Near Florida Home
    "A local police chief in Florida says Tiger Woods' wife used a golf club to smash out the back window."

    What luck that she had a golf club!
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    11/27/09

    In reply to Tiger Woods "Seriously Injured" In Car Crash Near Florida Home
    Fire hydrant? More like a water hazard!
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    Image of BullittFan_Fords4Life BullittFan_Fords4Life
    11/27/09

    @Mobius: Beautiful, a golf-themed pun thread.

    You're doing it wrong, Tiger. Your caddy is supposed to drive the Caddy.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/28/09

    @BullittFan_Fords4Life: Yo, Dawg, we heard you like Caddys...
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    Image of powermatic powermatic
    11/27/09

    In reply to Tiger Woods "Seriously Injured" In Car Crash Near Florida Home
    I heard his wife bought him some new floor mats.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/27/09

    In reply to Tiger Woods "Seriously Injured" In Car Crash Near Florida Home
    OMG. Hopefully this doesn't mean he is going to get a whole bunch of facial plastic surgery like MJ, and start impersonating The Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz in all his PGA appearances for 2010.

    Here's the lesson, boys and girls:

    Even if you are a retired hit man for the Mob, driving a Caddy in Florida may be dangerous for your health. More so if you insist on texting your order for a late night six pack of sliders to the local Gut Bomb while behind the wheel. Sure, they make great ballast after some drinks with friends, but you will need all your concentration just to wrestle with the steering wheel of that blinged out Escalade and keep it between the curbs. You may feel invulnerable sitting way up high in that metal cocoon. But every hydrant on your way home has been waiting for just this chance. And there is nothing that they would rather do, than rip great gaping tears in that Caddy's soft, smooth sheet metal, and throw you and your smugness right through the glass of your front windshield.
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    Image of BullittFan_Fords4Life BullittFan_Fords4Life
    11/28/09

    @DoctorNine: But if we avoid the streets, then the fire hydrants win.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/28/09

    @BullittFan_Fords4Life: Freaking hydrants. Always getting in the way when I'm trying to drive on the sidewalk...
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    Image of BullittFan_Fords4Life BullittFan_Fords4Life
    11/28/09

    @DoctorNine: More so than those f**king pedestrians?
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/27/09

    In reply to Tiger Woods "Seriously Injured" In Car Crash Near Florida Home
    He wouldn't have dozed of if had driven his Buick.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/27/09

    In reply to New Audi A8: The Shroud of Miami!
    Vorsprung durch Bling
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