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Moment of Zen: A Graceful Arch

imoody — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:41:23 EST

Europe is so a country:
http://www.united-states-map.org/world-atlas/images/world-...

See? Europe! America! It's got them all!

Jon: That video was pretty awesome. I especially liked how the driver of the MR2 was so disoriented that he powered himself into a ditch after hitting that embankment.

imoody

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Buji — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:34:03 EST

Video has been removed?

Buji

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Jon — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:20:09 EST

@br549:
Or he was deranged by the shock, hard to say.

Jon

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br549 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:12:24 EST

@Jon:
I love how they're edited to get worse and worse. When the last one came up, I thought he saved it by driving up on the slope, but it appears his suspension was deranged by the shock.

br549

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lascauxcaveman — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:45:56 EST

Just makes me miss Group B all the more. (sigh)

lascauxcaveman

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Jon — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:54:52 EST

While we're on the subject, here's some video of the best and worst lines through a corner on the Tahola stage of last weekend's Doo Wop rally in Washington.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5trPo2M4CM

Jon

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Menik — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:53:29 EST

This is a terrifying example of bad pacenotes...

Menik

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Turboner — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:15:00 EST

Europe is not a country. It is a state of mind. Or a continent. Or the authors of "The Final Countdown," my favorite definition.

Turboner

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imoody — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:07:00 EST

Duh. It's Europe.

imoody

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petervisor — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:02:16 EST

Does anyone know which country this is?

petervisor

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TexansAreHot — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:50:24 EST

While that video is very old, it still mesmerizes me everytime I see it.

TexansAreHot

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FightingChance — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:18:06 EST

Uh god, terrible! The Pug goes from ~70 to ~15 in a quarter second. The occupants are strapped in real tight, so I can only imagine the psi generated from those belts across their bodies. Drainage culverts suck ass!

FightingChance

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br549 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:50:06 EST

@DidntYouHear:
Well, there's a crash very similar to the 2nd one, but when it shoots up in the air and flips, it vaults over a spectator!

Here's the video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=T2r28Agvtlc

br549

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Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:29:29 EST

I'm not gonna lie to you guys, I could watch that clip all day. It makes me feel like rainbows and kittens insde.

Ben Wojdyla

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akier — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:24:50 EST

my teeth clacked together as i watched that Pug decelerate. my word. can you imagine had that been a Renault Alliance, the fireball that would ensue?

akier

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Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:26:45 EST

I'd be shocked if neither of the Peugeot's occupants tossed his cookies.

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer

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DidntYouHear — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:47:32 EST

I've seen a ton of rally crashes, and this one is probably the worst. I was literally left with my mouth open in amazement.

DidntYouHear

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imoody — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:55:04 EST

That was an extremely impressive flip.

imoody

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Xman — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:14:24 EST

I've had one too many of those days so far in my short rally career :( Much better that the Pug driver however.

Xman