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05-14-2007, 06:24 AM
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How do you slow car with no brakes?
How do you slow your car with no brakes?
Easy, use the guard rail!
Setting: Nurburgring straight-away 2002
Car: Free use os a BMW "company" car
Options: Sunroof, NAV, Xenon, ...
Sound of a $40k car hitting metal, priceless
That's what the German's call it. The car's were provided by BMW to train us what to do incase your brakes die or there is a big accident ahead you want to avoid.
A temporary guardrail was set up on the straight at the Nurburgring. This was my first of three time doing it. FUN!!!!!!!
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05-14-2007, 12:14 PM
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^according to the talking in the video, these were heavily used testcars which were supposed to be distroyed anyway.
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05-14-2007, 12:18 PM
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yeeechh...
that sound sends chills up my spine.
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05-14-2007, 01:42 PM
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Hurts hearing this sound 
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05-14-2007, 02:59 PM
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damn that sound hurts just by listening
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"Some say that the outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the Nürburgring, and that if you give him a really important job to do, he'll skive off and play croquet... all we know is, he's called the Stig."
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05-14-2007, 06:57 PM
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Only one question... Was that absolutely necessary? What was the point? And dont tell me it was to train someone. At least let it be to engineer the car for safety...
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05-15-2007, 07:06 AM
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i rather shift down and blow the engine use the hand brakes weave the steering and all then crash even a E21  ..
NOT COOL! 
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05-15-2007, 07:25 AM
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not cool indeed..
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05-15-2007, 12:48 PM
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these cars are probably so worn down that they aren't safe anymore, so i guess it would be pretty dangerous driving these cars around
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"Some say that the outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the Nürburgring, and that if you give him a really important job to do, he'll skive off and play croquet... all we know is, he's called the Stig."
The Top Gear Wikiquote
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05-15-2007, 02:11 PM
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did you hear him fart in 00:09? haha that prevented me from having a bad impression of the whole video
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