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love the quad cams
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http://www.streetlegaltv.com/news/he...it-is-totaled/
Test drives and insurance questions we don't see a reason for. Not a good outcome. Warning some scenes will be disturbing |
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Reading the story its a typical yank car it saw a corner and promptly steered into a tree now if it was a left hand corner might have had a chance........
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When in doubt, GAS IT!!
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^^^ LOL ^^^
But ya gotta' say, the engineer who designed the road needs a pat on the back ....or a bullet,(depending on your point of view), because that corner is perfectly designed for maximum carnage and destruction. A blind, off camber, right hander right just when the car goes lite on the crest of a rise , lined with trees on the outside at the critical point of the corner, just begging to be slammed into. ![]()
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The American Muscle Cars has always loved the straight roads. They just don't like going around corners to well.
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Yankee cars can go around corners okay, its the typical American driver that struggles with the bends.
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No front-end and it still looks tuff. First things first though. Better hose those seats out.
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Mopar! But Own F6's..
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Alot of people say that. I have driven my cousins 1998 (15+ year old) Dodge viper and it sticks to the road way better than many people realise. Certainly better than any ford I have driven.
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Wait, what?
Join Date: Jun 2014
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Damn fine car though, what a waste. |
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Join Date: May 2013
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So who was the driver?
Wasn't Jessi Lang form the motor Trend gang was it?....jeez I'd laugh if it was! Check out this gal behind the wheel of a Hellcat. She reminds me of a scared bunny rabbit in headlights. http://youtu.be/Tck3jgaZlhE I laughed when I saw Mike race off in Blesphemi & he's looking around for the opposition...all cool like, & then we see Jess in the Hellcat lookin' like she just filled her jocks up!!! |
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A bit of youthful exuberance....... these things happen, going too fast on a road built for a 1/4 the speed probably.
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R51 Pathy, 91 Jayco Swan
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Meh..... Ambitions mixed up with his capabilities.
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Over 700 HP. A chassis designed to oversteer slightly , a twitchy right foot combined with a false sense of security.....voila......hellcat in hell.
Lucky he escaped without serious injury . |
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GT4.
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These sort of cars crashing so early after release are the sort of things that bought about the supercar scare we had in the early 70s in Australia. |
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The little bloke from Top Gear had a massive prang once. Not like too many cared, just wanted to see it.
Enter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHkhCM6SXv8 |
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Whoa...nice "safe" piece of road that...a small bunch of trees left right on the corner in the exact spot where someone would run off if something went wrong...well planned...
![]() Yank cars handle OK...certainly a hell of a lot better than they used to...even the Impala LTZ we rented, an upper model of an ordinary family four door, handled pretty damn well. I got to admit I was surprised. I'm just waiting to see what a Hellcat sells for when someone gets around to converting them for RHD (because, you know, we can't be trusted with LHD new cars). $70,000 in the USA, probably up near $160,000 here. I'd still have one though... ![]() |
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That 'little bloke' was Richard Hammond.
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Wait, what?
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His brain was almost in a bucket for a while there i think
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Jessi Lang comes across as a know it all twat on her motor trend show. Wouldn't wish her any harm though.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m18YOM0iUZ4
Decent review of the Ford, Chev and Hemi, both on and off the track. |
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I didn't know Jeremy Clarkson was a member here!
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