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holy crap....someone here already did this

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PS: video clips are cut from this user's uploads to not violate copyright law....quite excusable.

I've been following Inside the Actor's Studio for a while and I really really really liked the one with Salma Hayek too...hot, sexy, smart....She is my perfect 10

/rant

Real talk from a real guy. he explains a bit why he walked away from his show. It makes sense and you can see he means what he's explaining.

If you want to see the full episode From Inside the Actor's Studio where the interview clips were taken from, check out this 80mn episode

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I used M&M for some work on my 1999 740i....i had them pressure check and mill the heads

they turned it around in 3 days for me and made me pay $220 for BOTH TOGETHER ($110 per)...I was expecting way more money to dole out and more time

The shop is cluttered and dirty but I'll be damned if I wasn't pleased with the experience, price and lead time..The guy was knowledgeable, cool, kinda cooky (in a nice way)

the car runs great now, over a month later

I wonder if he was even getting those tires up to temp.

I think so....VIR is fairly hard on tires

This is a BRZ / FRS that makes sense

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But honestly...running 285 hoosier radial slicks (one of the faster slicks on the market currently) and still only posting practice times of around 2:20 and to eek out a flying TT lap of 2:17 at VIR is...well....ummmmmm still pretty slow.

it's pretty weak

it's dumb to run that wide a tire with the stock power levels.....it kills the braking balance and acceleration with absolutely no gain in cornering due to the already low CG

bigger is not always better....there's always a limit

Look at all the body roll on those cars!

Yea, they do look pretty softly sprung...you can see them bounce over bumps and nosedive under braking

It was probably engineered that way for the setup they ran

I was pulling for the Camaro. Those fender flares make it look so badass.

I too threw my hands up when it spun but I was sooooo entranced in the action. British Touring Cars has always been intense apparently

http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/10/temple-of-speed-crystal-palace/

Speedhunters had this awesome special on Crystal Palace

The Crystal Palace building which gave this area of Sydenham in South London its name was a masterpiece of Victorian engineering: a breath-taking edifice, 2,000-foot long with 990,000 square-foot of floor-space, a cast-iron and plate-glass exhibition hall built in 1851 for the Great Exhibition.

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In 1935, plans were laid down for a fully-tarred course of two miles in length, using the original twisting layout around the park’s pathways, and two years later work began – just three days after a huge fire that destroyed the Palace itself. It was described as a miniature Nürburgring at the time, and even the Silver Arrows drove the track: a 645bhp Mercedes Benz W125 was demonstrated in 1937. This period was short-lived though: with war breaking out in 1939 racing around the country ended and the area was requisitioned by the military.

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All the walls and buildings are long gone, but despite the council’s efforts, the great thing is that the trace of both of the track’s layouts are still both there. A combination of new access roads, repaved paths and original tarmac still keep the spirit of Crystal Palace alive.

 

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Some genuinely brilliant early 70s touring car racing. 5.7l Chevy Camaro vs 1.6l Ford Escort vs 2.5l Vauxhall Viva

Enjoy the racing vids

WHAT!?... NO... That's too nasty. Is this real life?

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my uncles and I rocked to some of that stuff down in Miami for Xmas

great times

I figure I'd share my 2 favorite songs from this one Haitian band that's been at it for quite some time (over 15 years)

The band is called Orchestre Tropicana and they're from the North of the country....

yea you won't be able to understand most of it but the instrumental is quite worth it

Enjoy!

dat bridge shot

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