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Old 11-11-2012, 03:02 AM
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Anyone likes the new Quattroporte?
havent really taken a good look at it, but if it sounds as good or better than the last one then i'm sure i'll like it
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So i witnessed my first accident today...

was going on a fwy onramp, had two pretty sharp corners, with a straight in between them.

Was driving on the left lane, and i usually take on ramps pretty fast well for my car at least. And this porsche behind me pulls out from behind me and accelerates on the small straight bit, really quickly pulls a length on me pretty instantly and then the next curve comes up, i'm going at a pretty good speed for my car and this dude just completely understeers goes across my lane and into those big yellow trashcans with sand in them and the front left just slams into them. And he bounces back into the middle of the ramp with debris everywhere. I come to a stop pretty hard and like 10 seconds after he's stopped he speeds off... kinda stupid in my mind.

I catch up to him quickly cause i wanna see the damage he did to his car, the side had a huge scrape, and the front left was just crushed in. i felt worse for the car than the driver, dude needs to learn how to drive especially if he wants to drive fast on the public road. I'm not against pushing cars on the onramps cause well i do it, but you gotta know the cars limits...

I'm just glad i wasnt next to him when he understeered or else he would have taken me out with him.
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Originally Posted by srika


Unless that is Danica Patrick dressed up as Kim Kardashian for Halloween, she should be nowhere near the driver's seat of a Pagani.
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Old 11-12-2012, 06:02 PM
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That poor Huayra.
Old 11-12-2012, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ttribe
Unless that is Danica Patrick dressed up as Kim Kardashian for Halloween, she should be nowhere near the driver's seat of a Pagani.
Have you seen Danica race?
Old 11-12-2012, 09:49 PM
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hey, what's wrong with Danica..
Old 11-12-2012, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by srika
hey, what's wrong with Danica..
Oh, nothing.....













...'cept that.

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Old 11-12-2012, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by civicdrivr
Have you seen Danica race?
At least she has something that resembles a clue when it comes to performance automobiles.
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so she crashed a few times. BFD. so has Montoya. so has lot of other people. I don't see you behind the wheel of one of those cars racing.
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Originally Posted by ttribe
At least she has something that resembles a clue when it comes to performance automobiles.
Touché.

$10 says when Kim K test drove the Pagani she said, in her annoying whiny voice, "oh my god the car wooshes like my hair drierrrrrrrrrrr".
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Originally Posted by srika
so she crashed a few times. BFD. so has Montoya. so has lot of other people. I don't see you behind the wheel of one of those cars racing.
Bitch thats cuz Im on a higher level of racing then her.





Forza.
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ok, "bitch"...
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Old 11-12-2012, 10:22 PM
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ok, "bitch"...


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I didnt think I needed to use red text.
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you don't.
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Jimmies are being rustled while I'm not present? what gives
Old 11-12-2012, 10:26 PM
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srika y u so mad bro?

Morgan is just picking fun at Danica. It's not a personal attack on you
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I'm playing.
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Originally Posted by civicdrivr
Touché.

$10 says when Kim K test drove the Pagani she said, in her annoying whiny voice, "oh my god the car wooshes like my hair drierrrrrrrrrrr".
Or something along the lines of - "Hurry! Someone get this picture of me in this car on the Internet fast! Everyone needs to see how GOOOOOOD I look in this car!"
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Old 11-13-2012, 12:28 PM
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I gotta drive the Tesla Model S the other day

its freaking fast!! I could get used to that torque. Its a monster!

Still a ltl weird though haha, no gears and engine, would prefer it. But the amazing thing is at any speed, that torque just kicks in when you step on the gas. And it just pushes you in your seat while you hold on.
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ohh and forgot to mention, other than the drive of the car, the car is freaking amazing. As a technological standpoint at least. My uncle payed roughly 120 (OTD i think) and it definitely looks like it costs so much
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Originally Posted by speedemon90
I gotta drive the Tesla Model S the other day

its freaking fast!! I could get used to that torque. Its a monster!

Still a ltl weird though haha, no gears and engine, would prefer it. But the amazing thing is at any speed, that torque just kicks in when you step on the gas. And it just pushes you in your seat while you hold on.
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ohh and forgot to mention, other than the drive of the car, the car is freaking amazing. As a technological standpoint at least. My uncle payed roughly 120 (OTD i think) and it definitely looks like it costs so much
The links to your pictures appear to be broken.
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you sure?? I thought i fixed them in that thread??

Cause i moved them in my photobucket so i reposted them in another post

heres the link to the whole album
http://s1283.beta.photobucket.com/us...la%20Model%20S

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Oh, theres another thread?

Couldnt tell, link was missing
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lol my bad, well i posted a link to the whole album instead above your post, you can see his two other cars there with mine in the back
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I checked out the other thread. I think my favorite part is the door handles.
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yea that is awesome haha!

Everybody that sees it for the first time drools over that.
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so my mechanic looked at my car when he was around and said my radiator cap was broken and that could be the cause for my leak i get after some drives. Replaced it, here's to hoping i dont have my radiator fluid leaking! Although he noticed some stuff in my fluid and said i should probably get a new radiator too, so my dads gonna get one and we will replace it.
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I want this shirt:

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M celebrates its 40th birthday

cool photos.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/Gal...day-2012-11-13

Forty years ago, ex-Porsche works driver and Ford's former Racing Manager Jochen Neerpasch - and 35 other wise men - joined forces with one intention: to make BMWs go fast and win races. Like Teutonic Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, they combined power and knowledge to become a singular unstoppable force in racing that would lead to some of the most exciting and accessible road cars... in the world.

We'll forgive you if you don't recognize the individual names. Neerpasch and his team were the founders BMW Motorsport GmbH, or what we now know by a single, glorious letter: ‘M'.

Words and Photos: Rowan Horncastle
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oh and,

http://jalopnik.com/5960656/reddit-i...ium=socialflow







Nov 14, 2012 5:15 PM

Reddit Is Now Creeping Out Over A Photo Of Jeremy Clarkson’s Daughter’s Breasts



Jeremy Clarkson's daughter, Emily, is 18 years old. She also has boobs. The people on Reddit's r/TopGear have capitalized on both these features, creeping out over what appears to be a self-posted pic of Emily and her cleavage.
We do not know where the picture came from, as we can't find it anywhere on her Twitter account, where she posted those pictures of her dad on the floor.
Redditors on the post seem largely undisturbed by her picture, though many of them still believe she is 17, citing a Daily Mail article from July.
Most of the 129 comments so far are devoted to using catchphrases from Jeremy Clarkson in the context of having sex with her. Basically, they're imagining saying quotes from a fat old man while having sex with his daughter. We're not psychologists, but something weird is going on here.
We don't know if Jeremy has seen this picture yet, as he's currently gallivanting around Las Vegas and is likely en route to Mexico. We don't expect him to be pleased when he finds out.
(Hat tip to Timma!)
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Just saw the Tesla pictures thanks dude
Is that ipad in the middle

Is the shift knob just like the new E class? Benz?
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so out of curiosity, i drove a Sonata 2.0T SE. i gotta say, i was pretty impressed

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I think the Sonata interior is pretty awesome, but apparently it's not much of a driver's car


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