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03-07-06, 12:12 PM
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Grey Wolf
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Time to un-pimp your auto
Watch and learn from these US commercials as slightly eccentric “German” engineers and Helga (!) un-pimp the rides of troubled urban youths.
Yep, bring some “Ordnung” on unsuspecting young Americans. How mean  The engineer is Peter Stomare from the movie “Fargo”. |
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03-07-06, 02:10 PM
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Re: Time to un-pimp your auto
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03-07-06, 02:43 PM
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03-07-06, 02:49 PM
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Lucky Jack
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I saw him in Constantine playing the real bad guy the Devil
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03-07-06, 03:13 PM
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Ace of the Deep
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 Those stupid fartcans on wheels deserved the unpimping. 
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03-07-06, 08:31 PM
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Ensign
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Take that stupid riceboyz! These were even funnier than those "GTI Fast" VW aired a while back.
The third one was my favorite: Best use of a trebuchet EVER. Although, I won't be convinced of buying a VW soon, since according to J.D. Power's most recent survey (PDF file), they have rather poor reliability.
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03-08-06, 05:03 AM
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Admiral
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lmao
Do you know vot vee are going to do now? nice.
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03-08-06, 04:47 PM
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Ace of the Deep
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Don't knock it till you try it.... I have had 2 VW. Unreliable bastards they are. That I could have told you without JD PA.  But it's nice car inside, the Passat. Especially was nice in like 99-2000, when they were like A4 inside, but cost less money. Not these days when VW are priced much higher. My 2000 passat was a good car, but the bills I've had for bizzare things that went wrong were not funny at all. And engine sump guard broke off at about 80mph on an interstate (I was late to the airport at 5am on I95 going to JFK). It was not fun! Than an EGR head gasket blew, than exhaust repairs, and of course the front shocks gave up after 35k miles. Comon!  But that nice blue glow of dashboard was always something my girlfriend voted for.The new Golf 5 if overweight, and costs too much. Take me a Civic over it any time! |
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03-08-06, 05:47 PM
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Admiral
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MKII golf GTI.... mmmm best of the lot imho.
Driven some of the later passats- 1.8T and didn't think much to them; lots of oil pressure issues meant loads of time in the company car garage. Got to drive a 2.2DTI vauxhall vectra (new shape- only done 5000 miles) instead and would have chosen it any day over the old passat. Sooooo much grunt from the 2.2 modern diesel lump in that car and much more economical than the 1.8T of the passat. I'm looking about for a new motor at the mo... and I'm considering the following: - MKII golf GTI - MKIII golf VR6 - 3.9V8/2.5TDI Discovery (not sure which) only trouble with the diesels is the high mileage; typically over 100,000. This is no trouble for the engine itself, but the rest of the car tends to suffer with worn suspension/gearboxes/rust etc. Most of the V8 Landys here have low mileage due to running costs; hence less mechanical wear. Still choices, choices! no firm decision as yet. To any of the treehuggers out there who moan about 4x4 gas guzzling roadhoggs etc- stfu. I have no problem with owning a V8 4x4, as it would generally not be used as a work commuter- I can walk or cycle to work.  Currently I drive a singularily uninspireing K reg ford escort 1.8D (na). It's a workhorse and gets me from A to B, but it's not a car I would have bought if cash at the time was more readily available.
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03-09-06, 04:42 AM
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Born to Run Silent
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 Perfect satire on goofy car styles. Go VW!
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03-09-06, 03:55 PM
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Ace of the Deep
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however, I don't know what annoys me more: fartcans on wheels with spoilers that have that nasty vibration from woofers OR zitfaced, vizor-wearing, skinny mazafukers who drive them.
Speaking of Passats, that's what I had as well - the 1.8T, but the older 150hp version, not the 170 one they make these days. But if you want a VR6 - heck, get the Corrado. It looks 200 times better than the dinky Mk3. can't argue with Pininfarina designed cars. But of course be prepared - a VR6 Corrado will be one beaten up car (probably!). |
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03-10-06, 12:35 PM
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Grey Wolf
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I openly admit, I don’t think, I will ever buy a German car.
I am influenced by my fathers taste for car makes, for whom German cars represented smugness and boredom. So he would rather ride an Alpha Romeo, Saab, Peugeot, Citroen or a Chrysler minivan, but not a German car. So far, my cars of choice were: Peugeot, Citroen, Chryler and Saab. :hmm: Daddy! I find it extremely funny, when VW (= "very wicked", the Beasty Boys earn the credit for that) tries to sell its cars as “hot sh..t” in the US.  umpimp the ride, Karl-Heinz, summer of love, Lippstadt 1975 
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03-10-06, 12:57 PM
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Commodore
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my god they just keep on ticking! Have a look at these... you dont see this every day |
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