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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 04:27 PM
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Saw this today. The fat bitch was sitting and eating so it was hard to get a picture.



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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 05:01 PM
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haha. At first glance, I thought that white building in background was a wing on the smart car.
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 05:26 PM
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That dragon is sweet!
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
... The fat bitch ...
Oh, GROW UP.

Disclosure: not all of us in RTP are jerks, but many of them are sequestered in Cary, our version of District 9 for emigres. :P
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I couldn't shoot a pic, but this morning I was passed by a Civic with lots of fake foglight doodads in the lower air intake grill, and fake vents ... on the passenger door. Y'know. to help vent,... the door, I guess.

For examples, see this page at the bottom under "fake aftermarket vents."

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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by davidspalding
Oh, GROW UP.

Disclosure: not all of us in RTP are jerks, but many of them are sequestered in Cary, our version of District 9 for emigres. :P
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I couldn't shoot a pic, but this morning I was passed by a Civic with lots of fake foglight doodads in the lower air intake grill, and fake vents ... on the passenger door. Y'know. to help vent,... the door, I guess.

For examples, see this page at the bottom under "fake aftermarket vents."

So people from RTP are ignorant & racist?

Thanks for the lesson on the fake vents professor.. just because a 'vent' is from the factory doesn't mean it actually does anything more than the walmart vents, that site had some poor examples..
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by davidspalding
Oh, GROW UP.

Disclosure: not all of us in RTP are jerks, but many of them are sequestered in Cary, our version of District 9 for emigres. :P
You tell me to grow up and then you say Cary is the "District 9" of the RTP area?

Why don't you take a dose of your own medicine?
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Original Thread, started by the owner (with lots more pics):
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4064843
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 07:46 PM
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 07:46 PM
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bedliner , i understand on a offroad truck, but not a car , unless of course he is not a very good driver, and goes off the road alot, then i'm lmfao


at least he did it fully though with the door jambs and such
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 07:52 PM
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I like that Audi. I remember the thread about.
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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I wouldn't want to own it but it's definitely interesting.. I wonder how it changes the drag resistance.. I'd imagine it would decrease.

I think I'd like it more in a different color combo.. that combo is a bit
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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lol I remember that A4. Its cool, but I'd never do it. Probably matches the stucco on those townhouses in the background

I think I'd rather do that roll-on enamel paint or whatever for what he was going for. Wouldn't be as durable as that bedliner, but it'd be tougher than a clearcoated paint job and would look better than bedliner.
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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wow a sandblasted car...
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by friesm2000
bedliner , i understand on a offroad truck, but not a car , unless of course he is not a very good driver, and goes off the road alot, then i'm lmfao


at least he did it fully though with the door jambs and such
His car kept getting vandalized. Aside from the added weight its pretty fuckin cool.
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by civicdrivr
His car kept getting vandalized. Aside from the added weight its pretty fuckin cool.
still weird for a car to be done like that, but as said at least he did the entire car though, with the doors jambs and such
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 08:35 PM
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Parks across from me in the garage, the "Lily Pulitzer" Jeep. Yes, every panel of this car is covered in the flowers or whatever. Easily grab a few more pics if you guys are interested in getting one of your own.

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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 06:39 AM
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 08:35 AM
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Swarovski Crystal SL600...this Mercedes-Benz SL600 was coated with over 200,000 Swarkovski crystals and Bavarian White Mammoth seat covers.









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http://www.madwhips.com/swarovski-cr...-sl600-by-dad/
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Majofo
I wouldn't want to own it but it's definitely interesting.. I wonder how it changes the drag resistance.. I'd imagine it would decrease.

I think I'd like it more in a different color combo.. that combo is a bit
Mythbusters actually did a show on that. They took a clean Taurus and got a baseline MPG at a steady speed, then took the same car a coated it with a layer of mud. IIRC, the MPG was the same or slightly worse with the mud on it. They then took it a step further and coated the car with a layer of model clay and took divots out of it, basically making it look like a car-shaped golfball. Turns out that got about 3 MPG better than when clean.

I would suspect that in the case of this Audi, any nominal gains (if any) in fuel efficiency brought on by the reduced drag coefficient of the rough surface are more than offset by the increased fuel consumption required to accelerate the added mass of the coating.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 09:06 AM
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That MB is badass for a show car
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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He painted over the bedliner now and swapped the wheels.







Hes also getting the chrome S4 mirrors.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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that paint looks like a bumper car at a county fair
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by arrogantbastard
Mythbusters actually did a show on that. They took a clean Taurus and got a baseline MPG at a steady speed, then took the same car a coated it with a layer of mud. IIRC, the MPG was the same or slightly worse with the mud on it. They then took it a step further and coated the car with a layer of model clay and took divots out of it, basically making it look like a car-shaped golfball. Turns out that got about 3 MPG better than when clean.

I would suspect that in the case of this Audi, any nominal gains (if any) in fuel efficiency brought on by the reduced drag coefficient of the rough surface are more than offset by the increased fuel consumption required to accelerate the added mass of the coating.
cool.. Mythbusters FTW!. My friends civic got destroyed by a hail storm last year. I told her to take the fat check from the insurance and let the car be.. It's somewhat of an eyesore but she took my advice and she's getting better gas mileage.. lol.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:35 AM
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by civicdrivr
He painted over the bedliner now and swapped the wheels.







Hes also getting the chrome S4 mirrors.
much better looking (and acceptable), the bedlined wheels just did not help it at ALL


also just woundering how he got the paint to actually stick to the bedliner :shrug

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cool.. Mythbusters FTW!. My friends civic got destroyed by a hail storm last year. I told her to take the fat check from the insurance and let the car be.. It's somewhat of an eyesore but she took my advice and she's getting better gas mileage.. lol.
as long as no glass was shattered, it is only cosmetic, so no problem in not fixing it, only thing is that it will decrease the resal value of it quite a bit depending on how bad it is, so might be worth it, to get it fixed in the long run
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 06:03 PM
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 10:45 PM
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I used to see this car around but have not seen it in quite a while. It truly is AWFUL.



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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 12:30 AM
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Poor, poor Datsun.
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 09:02 AM
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 07:19 PM
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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^Uhhhh what the hell is that thing? Some sort of Honda with a Mercedes E-Class front end?
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 07:50 PM
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 08:00 PM
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
^Uhhhh what the hell is that thing? Some sort of Honda with a Mercedes E-Class front end?
and a BMW grill


and it is still NASTY
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 09:32 PM
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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wow......really


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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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, but at least it was not to a nice car though
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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Guys I really like the kit on that Taurus! I was going to have a replica made and put on my TL.
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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Looks like that Taurus is going to need some bigger side mirrors.
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