They were so lethargic to drive it was almost impossible to spin one anyway, which wheels are the powered ones also has no bearing on how well a vehicle goes over curb stones and raised obstacles. That is all down to how compliant the suspension is, which in the Crown Vic is like a fresh sponge cake and how strong the components used to glue the wheels to the car are. The V8 was hardly worth mentioning either (other than to give Red Necks boners), thanks to the god awful slush box and the poor tuning of said engine it had no poke and god help you if you tried to slow down in a hurry. You needed a football field to do it.
The only reason for hanging onto Crown Vics for so long (if you ignore the fact Yanks hate advancements in technology) was the cheapness of them and the ladder chassis, which made repairs easier/cheaper.
I'm not sure why a Sheriff in the article was surprised by Ford discontinuing the Crown Vic though. They announced back in '08 (maybe earlier) they were going to stop selling the Crown Vic to anyone but fleet buyers (taxi firms and law enforcement) everyone else having to buy it's posher Lincoln sister and the Vic would follow some years later after Ford made a suitable alternative.
The only reason for hanging onto Crown Vics for so long (if you ignore the fact Yanks hate advancements in technology) was the cheapness of them and the ladder chassis, which made repairs easier/cheaper.
I'm not sure why a Sheriff in the article was surprised by Ford discontinuing the Crown Vic though. They announced back in '08 (maybe earlier) they were going to stop selling the Crown Vic to anyone but fleet buyers (taxi firms and law enforcement) everyone else having to buy it's posher Lincoln sister and the Vic would follow some years later after Ford made a suitable alternative.
It looks like a plug for plugging a car into the mains when you live in a cold country, or your vehicle is left standing for a long time. The trucks we use in Mountain Rescue all have them, so we leave them plugged in while in storage. That way everything is charged when needed.
Really?
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2804704.htm - Mk5, 1.9TDi, Alloys, much specage and just £3,750, before you start to haggle. I bet you could get him down to 3k flat without breaking a sweat.
Or maybe what you want is a Mk4? No problem, just £995 pre-haggling. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2831360.htm
That is without actually trying to find a cheap one.
Golfs here aren't worth much more than that anyway. You get some market inflation through idiots who think they are something special, but after a bit of bartering you can easily get one down to around 2-3k.
So you've never seen up close and personal, driven or owned one. How exactly can you hate it? You really are a bloody idiot.
True, some of the garages these guys own are a wet dream come true.
It carries a Ford Fiesta badge, but there is very little original metal left when you compare an M-Sport Fiesta to a Ford Fiesta. If you're a badge snob, then for sure, stick to your exotica, but with my money, M-Sport every time. That or the VW Toerag Dakar special, a ludicrous vehicle that I'd love to drive through London.
... Half-Life had bullets in the magazines. It only takes a little bit of texture work to pull it off.
To be fair, even if you ignore the appalling use of English (since when did well have an apostrophe in it?), if I was dating some sad bitch who went through the effort to setup a fake Facespace account, she is either a crazy bitch, or knew the 8 month (lol, I've had shits that took longer to flush) old relationship was on the rocks.
I had to vote for both of them.
The first set of nudging was all in Rydell's court, but then the second set was just retaliation for what happen in the first race. Tit for tat, they are both as bad as each other. If anything Rydell tried a lot harder to spin Cleland, but no doubt if Cleland's first move hadn't worked he'd have gone in for another try.
The first set of nudging was all in Rydell's court, but then the second set was just retaliation for what happen in the first race. Tit for tat, they are both as bad as each other. If anything Rydell tried a lot harder to spin Cleland, but no doubt if Cleland's first move hadn't worked he'd have gone in for another try.
At an auction if Ford/Citroen decided to flog one for charity, then yes, it could easily crack 1million, but as a customer, you could approach Ford/Citroen/Mini and buy a car you could take to the next WRC event and race the wheels off it and still get change from 170k. That makes me think that current millionaires are dumb. To buy a rally ready, road legal rocket ship for less than a top spec Lambo or Fezza, I'd take the rally car every day.
On that basis, they should race all year at Silverstone. Since the vast majority of the teams are based in the UK.
The rally ready cars have to retail for no more than €168,000 (FIA S2000 rules), so 3 cars would be at most €504,000.
Don't forget sending text messages/using MSN at the same time. Dustin has to be a chick, because no bloke can multitask this much.
I suspect this is most fitting in here.
As some of you are aware I rock a little tea room in lil old Englandlandland. A couple of days ago a customer came in dressed like your typical train spotter. He then proceeded to film everything that happened in the shop, from their walking in, sitting down and set up a tripod to record the food and drink being placed on the table and scoffed. I took this snap while hiding in the kitchen, hence I won't be winning any awards for it, as he setup the tripod. I've never laughed so hard in my life.
As some of you are aware I rock a little tea room in lil old Englandlandland. A couple of days ago a customer came in dressed like your typical train spotter. He then proceeded to film everything that happened in the shop, from their walking in, sitting down and set up a tripod to record the food and drink being placed on the table and scoffed. I took this snap while hiding in the kitchen, hence I won't be winning any awards for it, as he setup the tripod. I've never laughed so hard in my life.
The way he has been so disheartened in the last 3 seasons (09/10/11) it wouldn't surprise me if he did leave the sport, but when you're making to the tune of 20million a year before sponsorship deals, that sort of money is hard to walk away from. I doubt he'd get that sort of pay packet anywhere else and that is what keeps a lot of these drivers in F1. It pays well.
And that is the problem, he had a car on his inside, so either he didn't give a shit and expected Hamilton to stop on a dime, or just didn't look to make sure Hamilton wasn't charging up his inside. You cannot ignore your mirrors when racing, especially after a restart when you know someone faster than you is all over your gearbox.
I suspect it is the "faster is funner [sic]" line and the vehicle that the ASA are against, though I've not actually seen the ad, I couldn't really comment.
Hamilton was actually further to the left of the track when he started that move, it wasn't until Maldanado moved across him did he have to take a much tighter line. Maldanado started on the same line as Schumacher, but unlike Schumacher who saw Hamilton and kept a wide line, Maldanado just turned in and expected Hamilton to stop on a dime.
It is something I've noticed a lot in F1 of late, younger drivers are just turning into the corner without looking and hoping for the best. The result is a lot of carbon all over the track.
It is something I've noticed a lot in F1 of late, younger drivers are just turning into the corner without looking and hoping for the best. The result is a lot of carbon all over the track.
Not only did he buy it like that, but he paid extra for it like that.
Starting to? Have you forgotten about the Corsa?
Since everyone brings up Senna when talking about Hamilton.
Link.
"If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver."
A drive through should take 20 seconds of track time. The 20 second penalty is a retro active drive through penalty. So if they had given him a drive through for that crash he'd have still been ahead.
The best I can find using my pda (it is shit to navigate with). The top centre part of the dash is on a hinge, so it is two cup holders and a cubbyhole or fold it out to munch on. It has a slide out table in it to double the length.
MrRodgers: You need to learn to drive then. I've never had any of the problems you're talking about when driving slush. The hill issue says yoour kick down wasn't working, but you can tell the box to use a low gear with the slider anyway, nose to tail just lift off the brake and idle forwards. I've forgotten the rest of your points, but there you go.
I'm mostly driving a manual these days and it is only better on the B-Road Blast, after that it might as well be a slush.
AutoAWD is a pointless invention, but that was about fuel economy while driving through town, not offroad ability.
I'm mostly driving a manual these days and it is only better on the B-Road Blast, after that it might as well be a slush.
AutoAWD is a pointless invention, but that was about fuel economy while driving through town, not offroad ability.
Newer cars are starting to come with cup holders. I guess America is ahead of the trend when realising a can of drink tends to make a mess if you keep it between your legs or in a door card. Although I like the system in Transit vans, they have a fold out picnic table on the dashboard.
But I can't imagine a Transit van feeling very sporty for a sim cockpit.
Depends which car. My last three, Vauxhall Omega, Ford Escort and Toyota Hilux Surf (4Runner), 2 cup holders between them and they all came with the Surf. In fact, thinking about it, of all of the childhood cars, the only one that did have cup holders was a LDV Convoy Minibus.
I am a big manual fan, but really auto is king these days, manual if you plan on hitting up a track, but then the BMW semiauto is quite sweet and lets you pretend you're in a touring car. For driving on the roads, in town, on the motorway, you want an auto, manual is just too much hassle.
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