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Dyno Mishaps, Explosions, and Fires

Posted Feb 27th 2008 11:23PM in Crashes

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Here’s a Holden HSV catching on fire:

Okay, I was bored tonight. But if you want to see more… Click here to view the whole post.

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More 24 hours of Daytona

Posted Feb 27th 2008 6:53PM in Racing

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Garage419 has posted the third part of its coverage of 24 Hours of Daytona. There’s some great video coverage of some really fast cars here. There’s a lot of discussion about how a 24-hour race progresses, talks with racers about how long they have driven in a single session, Nascar being boring, and plenty of behind the scenes off-track fun.

If you missed the first two parts of this series, read this post.

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Ferraris doing burnouts and doughnuts

Posted Feb 27th 2008 12:35AM in Exotic

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A 360 Modena doing a little burnout right in Times Square:

Nice circular doughnuts in a 360 Spyder:

Want several more? Click here to view the whole post.

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Ford GT Busted, Again

Posted Feb 26th 2008 11:52PM in Street

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Ford GT drivers must have some friction with police (remember the last video, Ford GT runs from Police?)

This guy was on another gumball run and was busted for speeding. The dialog between the cop and the driver is pretty funny. There’s also a nice doughnut at the end from a mighty Corvette.

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Russian Jet Makes a Surprise Landing

Posted Feb 26th 2008 11:48PM in Crashes

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Not car related, but I’ve never seen a crash quite like this before. The original video was deleted from Youtube, but showed that last angle clearly, where the plane’s nose is touching the ground and it seems to hover like that for a couple seconds before crashing down. If I find another version of this video I’ll post it up, but the swooping jet above is scary enough to give you an idea.

Hmm, may as well use this post for a few other crashes. Click here to view the whole post.

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Tesla Roadster Test Drive

Posted Feb 26th 2008 11:37PM in Test Drives

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The Telsa’s a completely electric sports car that has 260 HP and goes from 0-60 in 4 seconds flat. It does cost $92,000, but it’s pretty, nimble, and quite fast. The fuel equivalent is about 135 MPG and it can go over 200 miles on a full charge.

Edmunds has test driven the Tesla Roadster, and added video to its site.

“Tesla Motors’ electric roadster is a real sports car that packs performance and fun into a Lotus-derived package powered by 6,831 laptop batteries. We know because we’ve driven it. Finally.”

Here’s an older promo video featuring this car in action:

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