94extreme Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Yes Mr MZ... While that is a fine picture, it doesn't have the article/stats, now does it ? B very nice picture also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 very nice picture also Imagine if they'd actually make it, rather than just talk about it. And by make it, also make money on it, as in- sell it at a profit. Any takers? Other than a couple multi-billionaires, I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted September 21, 2005 Author Share Posted September 21, 2005 I agree Mr P, but it's all in fun and the OOOH and AAAAHHH department... Hell, most of us drive $5000- Pathys !! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 I agree Mr P, but it's all in fun and the OOOH and AAAAHHH department... Hell, most of us drive $5000- Pathys !! B $5000 Pathy's... with $5000 in toys and mods on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted September 22, 2005 Author Share Posted September 22, 2005 Yes, I agree Mr P (as I await the calmini SAS kit) but try selling the Pathy for $10k and see how far you get. Not that I, you or anyone sane would want to do that, but you get my point... We just poor trash... Well, I am anyway. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Well of course. At this point if I somehow killed the Pathy, it would probably be worth it to strip her and buy another as a new home for the parts. Besides, I have some German blood in me (Euro mutt here), so the thread comes full circle. Um, sorta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted September 22, 2005 Author Share Posted September 22, 2005 LMAO Mr P. Ok it is a closed loop... That mean if I make skidplates I can say 'german design' ? I have no idea where I'm really going with this and laughing too hard to figure it out... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repack Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 wow that sads 700 hp and 6500 pounds Typical Mercedes. I do not know if their cars have gone on a diet or if there are more speed rated tires but a couple of years ago tires were the limiting factor in how fast their cars could go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/arnies-t...4676432847.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted December 16, 2005 Author Share Posted December 16, 2005 Um, yeah... The relationship between German (and other) fine cars and an Austrian born politician/actor is what ?? Focus MZ, FOCUS !! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 hehehe, i just thought that was pretty funny.. austrians are a germanic band.. you know it.. the title doens't say a ward about cars... just refers to silly germans.. thus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted December 16, 2005 Author Share Posted December 16, 2005 DAMN !!! Fair enough I suppose, but definitely not the intended spirit !! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 157MPG (1.5L/100km)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 Good find MZ !! How silly of them to make a car that gets 1.5L/100km !! For less than $10k euros !! The only downer is the 0-60mph in 20 seconds. I'd want one, but you'd get mowed down by an Expedition trying to get on the freeway around here... Personally, I want the perfect recovery vehicle... Kinda a long link but look down to the Bergepanzer 3 'Bueffel' ARV... http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/leo2.htm B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 lol. i knew that get you out of your hole for a minute.. good to see. nice tanks.. i really like the Pionierpanzer3. check out these puppies: http://www.swissmotor.ch/start_300_349/0334_a_eagle4.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 LOL MZ, all in the timing... I'm climbing out of the hole regardless. Yeah, that Pionierpanzer3 is a crazy machine but I figured for actual travel and recovery the Bergepanzer 3 was the machine... 33 ton crane, 38 ton/200 yard winch, and 68 ton towing capacity should recover anyone ! Stuck in a mud hole ? Skycrane (schlerp) the entire vehicle up and out ! Fell off a cliff ? Winch the damn thing back up the verticle face ! Every truck in the outing break down ? Gang tow them all home ! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02silverpathy Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 yep way late but here anyway...since I have never posted in the woot thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02silverpathy Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 And here is a look at the auctions sticker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Da** only how many miles...this was the day that I sat in a new Ford GT40 (40?)...screw that fake brushed aluminum trim I wouldn't take that car from anyone for free just more recycled F150 parts/ideas in there...I am sure that some one will tell me that the F150 got its ideas from the GT...w/e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 DAMN !!! But did the #'s match ? I don't think the gauge over the column is stock either... How long has it been drag raced ? Still, it is a beaut !! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02silverpathy Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 You guys would know more about this one than me, but she did have all the appropriate wear scratches (like on that chrome around the window) to have been normally driven for those some 26K. The underside was mint so I couldn't tell if she was dragged or not I did not notice any stuck baked-on rubber under the trunk arear but any great detail shop would have got that off!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02silverpathy Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 some more candy from the auction...Manheim auto in PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02silverpathy Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 (edited) check-it he must not have wanted any sticker on his window, nor anyone else driving it!! Sorry more pics if I wasn't so busy getting in so many hot cars I can own!! A couple NSX's, a Bently Continental, the GT40, and a Ferrari 540 to recall a few! Edited March 9, 2006 by 98silverpathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 Well, here is another example of pure sillyness, insanity or sheer brilliance, depending on how you look at it. Essentially it's a german made AC Cobra replica with a 12.9liter V8, 1,100 HP and does 0-200km in 4.9 seconds. Lets see, thats 120+mph. Holy crap!! http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news_...obra-780cui.htm B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NismoSkyZ Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 sorry to bring up and old topic...but Bugatti Veyron anyone? 0-250-0 in a little over a minute...from factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Boxing clever in Germany By Steve Rosenberg BBC News, Berlin In Chess Boxing you have to either checkmate or knock out your rival It is fight night in a smoky Berlin nightclub. The lights go down, the stage door opens and out walks a pharmaceuticals salesman from San Francisco. David "Double D" Depto has travelled 5,000 miles (8,045km) in search of glory. As he shuffles, then skips towards the ring, bare-chested and beating the air, this American muscle machine looks cool and confident. Seeing his opponent though, I would not be. In the blue corner, solid as the Brandenburg Gate, stands a German riot policeman who goes by the name of "Anti-Terror Frank". And predictably the crowd is on his side. A bell sounds. Seconds out - round one! Rocky with rooks But just when you would expect the punches to start flying, something rather odd happens. Chess and boxing have lots of things in common - if you move the pawn, it's like moving your jab Iepe Rubingh Chess boxing inventor The two challengers put on headphones, sit down at a table and start playing chess: in the middle of the boxing ring. That is because this is Chess Boxing. A sort of Rocky... with rooks. The rules are simple. There is one round of chess - and then one round of boxing. Punching power alternating with brainpower. If you are wondering how they can move the pieces with their boxing gloves on, well, they take them off before the rounds of chess! All in all, you have 11 rounds in which to either checkmate your opponent - or knock them out. 'Double pain' Berlin is hosting the first ever chess boxing world championship. It has been organised by the man who invented the sport - Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh. David "Double D" Depto says the sport proves fighters are also brainy "Chess and boxing have lots of things in common," Mr Rubingh assures me. "If you move the pawn, it's like moving your jab. If you come with the knight, it's like a hook. If you come with the rook, it's a straight right. And if you march in with the queen, it's a knockout," he says. Two sports in one means double the pain - and double the pressure. In the run-up to the big fight, Anti-Terror Frank spent hours at his local Berlin gym to tone his mind - as well as his muscles. "In Chess Boxing, 90% is in the head. Before you lose a fight, you give it up in your mind. So it's very important to have the physical, but also the mind strength to do this sport," Frank says. Growing sport But why do it in the first place? Why put yourself through all this physical and mental torture? Chess Boxing is now being taught in one Berlin school For David "Double D" Depto, it is all about proving that you can be a boxer - and still have a brain. "Everybody has an impression of boxers that they, maybe, aren't too bright and there's not a lot of intellect involved," complains David. "But when you combine chess and boxing, it brings the fact that you can be a fighter and still be a very intelligent person. It's going to show people that fighters can be smart people, or that smart people can be tough." The sport has taken off in Germany. It is even being taught in a Berlin school, where they are busy preparing the next generation of chess boxing champions. "My mum said I should learn boxing for self-defence," 10-year-old Aleg says. "I just love the way you can combine that now with chess." Back in the ring, it is round seven and the players are locked in battle around the chessboard, sweat pouring onto their pawns. Suddenly "Anti-Terror Frank" spots an opening and moves in for the kill. Queen to G7... checkmate! The crowd erupts - the local hero has won and is awarded the world title belt. Which goes to show that when it comes to mixing brains and brawn, Germany really is the Grand Master. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7084494.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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