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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 12:08 PM
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I drive the Nürburgring nearly every day on Granturismo 4.

I've done a 6'32.851 lap before in the Mercedes-Benz AMG CLK Race car, my fastest MINI lap was 7'45.283

Visiting the Nürburgring for real is a goal of mine. What better place to wreck your car?
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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What better place to wreck your car?
Unlike GT4, I think the real 'Ring does have body damage rendering.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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^zing!
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 12:52 PM
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What I ment was, if you are going to crash somewhere, you might as well do it with style or someplace famous with some history to it - makes for a better story.

Ex:
"I totaled my car on my way to buy eggs at the store."

"I totaled my car at the Nürburgring around km 13 heading into Hohe Acht at about 90mph."

You can see which sounds better.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by nabeshin
You can see which sounds better.
Yikes. You need to run the Ring with PoppaBear, and hear his Rule #1.

All things being equal, I'd prefer to run the Ring and come away at 100%.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 02:50 PM
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nabeshin - I know what you meant -- my comment wasn't a personal attack. . .just a joke with a missing
 
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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I knew it wasn't an attack. But if you ever do want to make an attack, go ahead, I like laughing at people who take stuff too seriously - especially online.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by nabeshin
I knew it wasn't an attack. But if you ever do want to make an attack, go ahead, I like laughing at people who take stuff too seriously - especially online.
I don't like people who laugh at people who take stuff too seriously online!
I'm offended. Consider yourself reported!




 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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"We don't take kindly to folks who don't take kindly around here."

 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 01:41 PM
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cool stuff, thanks for sharing.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 02:08 PM
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We were there

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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 06:28 AM
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I love this video, I can could watch it all day...

That sound makes me wish I had the R53!
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 08:54 AM
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Nice video. What's up with all the slow moving motorcycles?
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 01:49 PM
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A little off topic, but saw this today.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 06:11 AM
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What a video! Some of the best car ****.
 
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 11:37 AM
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Is that a black cabrio in the rear? (A little hard to tell, so I could be wrong.) And does it look like it was turned away?

 
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 11:39 AM
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^^ Could be, look at the time.
 
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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Yep, track closed for the night. Shame he couldn't make an attack.
 
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 11:51 AM
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hope the M3 got a go at it
 
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:14 AM
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Spotted another this morning:
 
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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And in a last peek before diving into more important things, we spot a classic:



or let's make that several classics:

 

Last edited by MarcoEsc; Aug 18, 2008 at 09:54 AM. Reason: more classics!
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:45 AM
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The original Mini van.
 
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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Awesome finds!
 
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 10:47 AM
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 09:28 AM
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Quite a colorful MINI in the lineup today:
 
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