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If you could buy any car, what would it be?
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Jewel Runner
Is there any tangible benefit to owning a SmartCar?
Parking!
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
Perhaps.
But back then I was immortal and didn't think too much about those things.TR4s are great cars as well, but only slightly safer.
I'm particularly fond of TVRs, Loti, and Morgans myself. There are still some great British sports cars being built.
Can I pick two?
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But given a choice of only one, I'd pick the McLaren F1 over the Bugatti Veyron.
The ex-CEO of the company I worked at owned a McLaren F1. He died in it taking two people "for a spin" in the rain.
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You can use it as a coffin after an F-150 runs right over you?
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While it does stand up remarkably well to frontal crashes given its size, you are still probably going to die in a head-on collision with both vehicles going 35 mph or hitting a solid object at 70, despite the car keeping its basic shape fairly well. It simply subjects the occupants to too many Gs to likely survive.
I would own a Lotus Super 7 sized car again in a heartbeat if there were no semis, SUVs, or pickup trucks on the road. Even so, I may decide what the hell anyway.
Most expensive car you've ever driven, even if it was around a block (like me and an original GT40 -- still counts!)
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
An original GT40? Lucky you! I'd settle for driving a new one around the block. One of my favorite cars of all time...
I've driven a DE student's 911 Turbo on a race track. I also drove a 944 Turbo with 450 hp at the rear wheels under the same conditions. Both were a lot of fun.
I've driven a DE student's 911 Turbo on a race track. I also drove a 944 Turbo with 450 hp at the rear wheels under the same conditions. Both were a lot of fun.
TopGearFanatic
Duke of St. Louis
Do you pronounce Porsche properly?
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
Perhaps the best line in a comedy ever:
WANDA: And when he heard your daughter's name was Portia, he said 'Why did they name her after a car?'
WANDA: And when he heard your daughter's name was Portia, he said 'Why did they name her after a car?'
TopGearFanatic
Duke of St. Louis
Uneducated folk will pronounce it with one syllable, instead of two.
GoodGame
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It's not meant to be a monosyllabic "porsch".
@FORM, Do you play any of the Dirt series of games?
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
One has gotten incredibly sophisticated to the point of being an actual simulator that pro racers use in lieu of actual track time, and mere mortals use in lieu of racing actual race cars.
http://www.iracing.com/
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This is exactly what Road Atlanta looks like from inside the car. They use incredibly sophisticated equipment to digitally record the track and surroundings to the last detail. Every single car is being controlled by another human located someplace reasonably close physically to cut down on network delay as much as possible.
In the "serious" races, when you do crash "stewards" even review the incidents and assess penalties against your "license", just like in real life.
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But you really need something like this to properly "play" it:
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Jewel Runner
What's your favorite song about cars?
Blech, it sounds rather ugly that way.
I'm going to stick to the one syllable pronunciation.
Quackers
The Frog
Nope. It's pronounced: Poor-shhhh!
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
No, I haven't. Are they any good?
Hmm. There are so many. Here's a few of them.
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Not really about cars except for the video:
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rugbyLEAGUEfan
Deity
Commander Cody 
Mama Hated Diesels is my fave
Mama Hated Diesels is my fave
Well, a couple relatives of mine are big car nuts and they do tend to participate in such tournaments.
Last week I dropped by the place of one of them and I checked out the tournament forums. There's an entire league system with moderators and trial runs and qualy real rounds and you need point to qualify for the big championship rounds and so on and so on including docking points for people being rude on Ventrilo/Skype and so on
It's SRS BSNS.
Yup, they have those. Not complete (only one screen, smaller speakers) but the basic form is still there. And they really won't take calls while 'driving'.
They started with Street Rod and they can't stop now
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