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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 12:07 PM
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Ferraris + Europeans = ?Autocross?

hmm.... I don't know if they really get the concept of autocross....

Also can't believe how close to buildings and spectators they're doing this stuff on a wet course with extremely high-powered cars...

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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 03:08 PM
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 03:37 PM
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Works fine, I dont know how many non-euro people realize but we europeans are crazy.
Old Aug 27, 2006 | 03:42 PM
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Works fine, I dont know how many non-euro people realize
but we europeans are crazy.
I lived in London and in Naples...I'm well aware of how crazy European drivers are
Old Aug 27, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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WTF?? It looks more like some amateur drifting competition.
Old Aug 27, 2006 | 04:08 PM
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Works fine, I dont know how many non-euro people realize but we europeans are crazy.
so true, I remember riding in a car with my dad going 160+ km/h, not buckled up, on a highway without center divider. (10 years ago in Russia)
Old Aug 27, 2006 | 04:52 PM
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none of those drivers could drive. NONE
Old Aug 27, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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I lived in London and in Naples...I'm well aware of how crazy European drivers are
Aside from Germany, Sweden, and maybe Finland, safety is hardly a comparable term to the USA.

What's even more sad, is that a stock 4th gen could hang with the 308 in the video....because they are just not really fast.
Old Aug 28, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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Never seen so many ferrari @ 1 place.
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 11:58 AM
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hahaha, i like how at about 1.10 into the video, you see some dude holding a baby with one arm and and a cellphone in the other, about maybe 30 or 40 feet from that sliding ferrari.
Old Aug 29, 2006 | 12:17 PM
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That is so far from safe its rediculous. Mad props though to the guy running skinnies up front with like 335s out back and still being able to control the car REALLY well given the conditions.
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Aside from Germany, Sweden, and maybe Finland, safety is hardly a comparable term to the USA.

What's even more sad, is that a stock 4th gen could hang with the 308 in the video....because they are just not really fast.

In a straight line maybe but dancing around autox cones, given the 2 cars had the same tires. I highly doubt it.
Old Aug 29, 2006 | 12:43 PM
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that's not an autocross. looked more like a gymkhana gone bad to me.. they don't have HUGE parking lots over there like we do here- at least not for the most part. Gymkhana is much more popular over there and is usually done on smaller lots like this.
Old Jan 12, 2007 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by DrKlop
so true, I remember riding in a car with my dad going 160+ km/h, not buckled up, on a highway without center divider. (10 years ago in Russia)



Originally Posted by ThurzNite
Never seen so many ferrari @ 1 place.
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Ferrari/Maserati days at Lime Rock... more Ferraris than I could count
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