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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by breakaway500 » Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:14 pm

^ I think that's the new auto-park system...might need some fine tuning.. :lol:
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Post by cfossum » Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:19 pm

That actually looks convincing.

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Post by dradernh » Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:46 pm

Mick wrote:Reportedly the Electronic Throttle Control got stuck.
Yeah, that must be it. Couldn't possibly be any of the usual reasons.
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Post by paultg » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:34 pm

What i find strange is the first "impact" seems quite a bit slower than the others, like maybe it was user error then the throttle control went out of whack. Weird the air bags dont seem to go off either. - Paul G.
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Post by TroyV » Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:14 pm

Isn't that thing on MT's top ten this year? My wacko next door neighbor just bought one of those. I think I need to up the coverage on my cars to include damage whilst parked.
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Post by TroyV » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:02 am

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6968119 ... to-a-party

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Post by dradernh » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:22 am

TroyV wrote:http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6968119 ... to-a-party

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Post by nateh » Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:54 pm

Ah, the good old days.
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Post by breakaway500 » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:02 am

Hay bales were the Safer barrier of the era.Without any roll over protection,I can see why they didn't strap in...better to be throw clear..hopefully...wow... :shock:
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Post by Mick » Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:16 pm

Zero feet in.
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Post by Chrispy » Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:01 pm

Pretty amazing but that car was back on track that afternoon with minimal damage. There was a discussion on the NASA forums with commentary from the driver.
http://www.nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php ... 5&start=15

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Post by paultg » Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:20 pm

That's pretty cool he made it back out. I wonder how they determined his safety belts and such hadn't stretched from the impact. He is very lucky he didn't roll over. - Paul G.
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Re: Funny motorsport videos... ?

Post by breakaway500 » Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:05 pm

Firing up the V8 Miata project.. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3YbfB3 ... ring&pli=1


Here's the condensed version with appropriate music...
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........ :shock: ... :lol: :sunny: :sunny:
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Post by DanDarcy » Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:42 pm

WOW that's a real -----"HOT" --- Miata
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