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dobbie6060
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 Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:57 am Post subject: Better than a 'vette/'stang |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FrUgIYSGYI&feature=player_embedded
http://krunchd.com/463ec
Video: a Convertible Glider
The Phoenix motorglider is two airplanes in one,
and just about anyone can fly it, regardless of his medical status.
--Russ Niles
Cruise at 105 and 111 knots with long and short wings respectively.
Not a ton of difference, I guess. Cost $149k to $169k.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:07 pm Post subject: More in Beer,but Cheaper than Hydraulics [vid] |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:34 pm Post subject: Announcing: The Ferd F-TeenThousand [vid] |
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Buy it or we'll punch you in the face.
-- Mark Little
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1945357
"Those other trucks couldn't pull a salmon upstream" |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:54 pm Post subject: RR jet MINI blast-off |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CezWPkoWXbY&feature=player_embedded
http://ow.ly/42UwW
http://ca.jalopnik.com/5766249/watch-the-jet+powered-mini-cooper-take-off
Watch the jet-powered Mini Cooper take off
When your car modification involves creating a special sliding roof so that the exhaust from your rear-mounted jet engine can burp fire, you reached the carbuilder's Valhalla. Meet the Mini Jet, a 650-hp, dual-engined rocket.
Constructed by BMP Design of Tyler, Texas, the Mini Jet mixes a tuned Mini Cooper S with a Rolls Royce-Allison 250-C20B turbine engine behind the front seats, adding 420 hp and 400 ft-lb. of torque driving the rear wheels. The roof modification — an electric shutter and fan — was necessary to port the exhaust from the turbine while protecting it from rain, the only Kryptonite that could kill this Supermini.
As the video below shows, each engine requires a separate fuel tank, so the throttle for the jet engine is a stick on the side of the driver's seat, just as it was in the helicopter where the turbine came from. |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:05 pm Post subject: Rendezvous drag |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COyab3YQS48&feature=player_embedded
http://bit.ly/g8TP6y
A notorious nine-minute speed through the streets of Paris,(1976)
shot on a camera strapped to the front of a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9.,
the soundtrack was dubbed with the sound of Lelouche's Ferrari 275GTB,
this injection of adrenaline was an illegal shoot
which led to the arrest of filmmaker Claude Lelouch when it was first shown.
Lelouch was apparently at the wheel, too.
An underground classic, hailed as being the greatest car chase ever,
simply because it was real.
- - Cosmonina |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:32 pm Post subject: She *drove* it to the dealer! [vid] |
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(Ford Escape) MIL for 'squirrel's nest'?
http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/12003922224038/squirrel-s-nes...talls-e
http://nutshellurl.com/12ta
Joanie Ranahan was just having a little engine trouble, so she took her car to a mechanic. The problem was totally obvious - there was a family of squirrels nesting inside.
Mechanics say Ranahan was driving a time bomb.
“They said ‘you are so lucky your whole engine didn’t go on fire,’” said Ranahan.
The source of her flashing “engine warning” light was a whole cluster of newborn squirrels...
“I was very lucky, believe me. Except for the bill, $642. The wires were chewed,” said Ranahan... |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject: nifty & nimble wee Skoda |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAtc8HfalS4
Skoda Fabia WRC - with pure engine sounds
The nifty and nimble Skoda Fabia WRC in action in the WRC (2003-2006) driven by various factory team drivers and privateers such as Armin Schwarz, Didier Auriol, Toni Gardemeister, Jani Paasonen, Jan Kopecky, Francois Duval, Gilles Panizzi and Harri Rovanperä.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:06 pm Post subject: Impossible Dream |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2010/apr/26/honda-impossible-dre...ad-exte
http://shrt.st/13om
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_Dream_(advertisement)
Honda's Impossible Dream
is a panoramic 2 +minute long television commercial
that was launched on December 2, 2005 in the United Kingdom...
It features an actor (Simon Paisley Day)
singing, riding and driving across the scenic shorelines and roads
of New Zealand, Twin Ring Motegi in Japan,
and the Iguazu Falls in South America...
The original advert...cost £4.5 million to produce.
Vehicles featured [Listed in order]
Honda Z50M Monkey Bike Honda Super Cub scooter
Honda TRX450R ATV Honda S500 convertible
Honda Goldwing motorcycle
1960 Honda RC143 racing motorcycle
originally ridden by Jim Redman
Honda S2000 Roadster Honda NSX-R sports car
Honda Fireblade sport bike (2010 omit)
Honda RA272 F1 race car BAR 007 F1 race car (2010 omit)
Honda VFR1200 sport bike (2010 inclusion)
Honda Offshore powerboat using Honda BF225 outboard engine
Honda branded Hot air balloon (2010 omit)
Honda HA-420 HondaJet aeroplane (2010 inclusion)
Honda CR-Z hybrid (2010 inclusion)
Honda FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell car (2010 inclusion)
Honda ASIMO robot (2010 inclusion)
Honda SH125i scooter (2010 inclusion)
Honda (solar)power generator (2010 inclusion) |
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