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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/23/09

    In reply to Wienerschmoker E30 Gets Shiny Side Down, Brings Arse Freeze Rollover Total To Three
    Wait, that engine didn't get any penalties?! Pro-tip, all E30s had a metal intake manifold. The big plastic manifold should have been a clue that something was not kosher.
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    Image of Braff Braff
    11/23/09

    @LTDScott: There were some FAST E30s at this race...
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/23/09

    @LTDScott: The team had completely obsessive documentation for that engine, which they bought from some dude on Craigslist for a ridiculously cheap price. Plus they got Judge Ed, one of the original LeMons judges, and he's a little nicer than me and Judge Jonny.
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/23/09

    In reply to V8olvo Gets Upside-Down, Roof Barely Dented: Volvo Bricks As Sturdy As Advertised!
    Good thing this is the last race of the season, because now this car is banninated for the year!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/23/09

    In reply to Wienerschmoker E30 Gets Shiny Side Down, Brings Arse Freeze Rollover Total To Three
    Hmmm. Instead of "I will not spin" it should have been, "I will not roll."
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/23/09

    In reply to V8olvo Gets Upside-Down, Roof Barely Dented: Volvo Bricks As Sturdy As Advertised!
    So the Faster Farms Fury claims another score--they should paint these on (what's left of) a fender.
    Again, surprising lack of profanity. I admire such Stoicism.
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/23/09

    @Novaload: Looks like the "Size Matters" Fury to me.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/23/09

    @LTDScott: Even better! That's one of my personal faves, having had a 66 Fury of my own to love. But, alas, I know they don't have enough flat metal left to write on!
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/23/09

    In reply to Wienerschmoker E30 Gets Shiny Side Down, Brings Arse Freeze Rollover Total To Three
    Well, that's one way to make an E30 fastback...
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House

    Commodore drivers are gaining (if not gained) a reputation for being hoons in Oz and NZ.

    I'm not deriding all Commodore drivers, the hoon ones are easy to spot...

    -Mostly 88' to 97' vintage (VN - VX)
    -5 Litre V8 (sometimes 3.8L Buick V6 if 'P' plater)
    -Typical mods like paint-tin sized exhaust tip, darker than legal tint, ill-fitting body cladding.
    -Jim Beam or Jack Daniels sticker on rear window. #australia
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    Image of brc is never late, because of his v8 brc is never late, because of his v8
    10/19/09

    @LandofMinos, is punching Prius people for pleasure: You forgot several important details :
    -dodgy HSV sticker somewhere, possibly even an attempt to be fake HSV
    - oversized girlfriend with muffin-top hanging over jeans texting on pink phone
    - drivers seat reclined to touch rear seat
    - obligatory lighting up of inside rear wheel at all turns, intersections, traffic lights, roundabouts, McDonalds drive-thru, etc. Not difficult with 185 series tyres, open diff and live axle.
    - one rim replaced with spare tyre due to ill-judged drifting accident #australia
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    LandofMinos, is punching Prius people for pleasure promoted this comment brc is never late, because of his v8 was starred brc is never late, because of his v8 was unstarred
    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    10/19/09

    @brc is never late, because of his v8: Your last two points reminded me of when I was out at Penrith visiting a friend one evening years ago. We heard the distinct noise of a V8 revving up, spinning tyres and then a weird crack.

    We went outside and as was met by the sight of a maroon VP SS sitting at an odd angle over the gutter in front of my friends house. It's rear driver-side wheel collapsed almost under the car.

    We could tell what happened from the fish-tailing black marks on the road from the car back to a roundabout 100 metres (330ft) away. The P plater (back when P platers could drive V8's) had exited the roundabout, sunk his right boot and we guess was unprepared for the instant torque those old 5.0L Holden motors produced and ended up fish tailing sideways into the gutter back wheel first.

    The rozzers turned up not long after that and wrote the idiot kid a couple of tickets. #australia
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    Would it have landed on its left side, had this happened in the Northern Hemisphere? #australia
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/18/09

    @Murilee Martin: No. In the Northern Hemisphere, objects moving across or above the surface of the Earth tend to turn to the right because of the Coriolis effect. So, the vehicle would land on its right side.

    Is this a contest? #australia
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    Image of BavarianFanatic BavarianFanatic
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    This reminds me of a wreck a couple years ago that ended with a Chevy Silverado plowing into the side of my buddy's house about 10 ft. from the ground. He lives along a main road with a posted speed of 45MPH. Around 2:00AM one morning a fine young chap with a BAC of .24 was cruising along at triple digit speeds with his girlfriend and another dude in the cab with him and another girl and dude in the bed. He crested a minor rise in the road which apparently unsettled the truck just enough that he veered off to the left just at the point the guardrail was tapered making it a perfect ramp. The truck hit the rail and flew a considerable distance (150 ft. if memory serves) and rotated before nailing the side of the house and falling to the ground on its roof. The folks that were in the bed were found on the back porch roof and in the yard on the opposite side of the house. The folks in the cab were all unrestrained. Naturally, the only survivor was the driver. Darwin must have been busy that night. #australia
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    Image of Adam Von Jurczak Adam Von Jurczak
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    That's not going to be holden his roof up. #australia
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    Novaload promoted this comment Adam Von Jurczak was starred Adam Von Jurczak was unstarred
    Image of Turboner Turboner
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    Speed, as in velocity, or meth? #australia
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/18/09

    @Turboner: There's no difference, in this case. #australia
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    The Commodore Lee does that every episode. #australia
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    "Honey? Did you just hear something?"
    "Like what?"
    "I don't know. Sound's like something's on the roof."
    "FFS. It's probably another damn Holden." #australia
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    Image of jaylake jaylake
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    90 meters? 200 feet? What, they had JATO? #australia
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    Image of Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans
    10/18/09


    @jaylake: From today's paper "TWO young Sydney men have done their best impersonation of the Dukes of Hazzard following a high-speed accident, launching their car 15 metres into the air and somersaulting into a Sydney home's roof." #australia
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    Novaload promoted this comment Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans was starred Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    Good morning! What a way to start the day with my first cup of coffee. #australia
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/18/09

    In reply to Holden Commodore Gets Airborne, Lands On Sydney House
    What starts in the skate park doesn't always stay in the half pipe.

    I suppose those boyos won't get any props for sticking the landing. Looks like a 9.7 from here. #australia
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