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joela
Guru
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Posted: 07/07/06
02:56 AM
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WTF?
http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/07/07/audi-diesel-race-car-hangs-with-harrier-in-race/#more-3313
Interesting info on who won.
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aquabat911
Enthusiast
| Posts: 708
| Joined: 04/06
Posted: 07/07/06
03:03 AM
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Sweet! That is like the Fifth Gear where Schumacher races the Eurofighter.
The Audi may have lost by a nose, but I bet it got WAY better mileage doing it
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Posted: 07/07/06
03:50 AM
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these jet, car races almost always turn out the same way the car takes off and then the jet comes from behind and wallops the hell out of it
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aquabat911
Enthusiast
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Posted: 07/07/06
04:01 AM
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I would make sure I lost too, if the guy I was racing had missles.
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h3nry
Administrator
| Posts: 441
| Joined: 04/06
Posted: 07/07/06
08:07 AM
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 aquabat911:
I would make sure I lost too, if the guy I was racing had missles.
i think that would warrant a bad sportsmanship call
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MKIV
Enthusiast
| Posts: 404
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Posted: 07/10/06
08:55 AM
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WHoa
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vwhobo
User
| Posts: 126
| Joined: 07/06
Posted: 07/10/06
09:33 AM
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I haven't heard it in this thread, but most people have an unrealistic view of how fast fighter aircraft accelerate from brake release and are surprised when a car can outrun them for a good distance. And Audi really made sure they'd win this one. Harriers are notoriously slow from brake relaease because they can be. Who cares about a runway when you can take off vertically.
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Posted: 07/10/06
09:52 AM
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yeah race the audi against a top fuel dragster, in a quarter mile, it would just be embarasing... but i don't know why they always compare apples and oranges, i guess it just for the spectacle
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