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    Its all good fun until someone looses an eye. Street racing is irresponsible and selfish. People using the road for their normal mundane lives, going to work or dropping kids off to school should not have to contest with people who feel public roads are their race track . If you want to race get a licence and race on a track. These people would be uniformly outraged to loose a loved one due to someone elses irresponsibility. European cars will still kill oncoming motorists at 100mph. A Porsche driver is not neccesarily a good driver. By the mere fact that someone enters something like this means that they are at least overconfident in their own ability, blindly confident in other road users ability and totally beyond caring for the safety of others. Im glad its not here.
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    It does look truly eventful. Have any of you guys seen the Rabbit Run. I was sent the link and it looks like a slightly less frantic version and lasts for 5 days in Europe.

    Would be interested if any of you guys wanted to take part, as it would be great if a few of us could meet up.

    Worth a look!

    www.rabbit-run.co.uk

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    Got some (140) picts to...
    u can find them at http://www.carstyling.net

    after the race we will have a hughe update with lots of picts during the race so keep an eye on our website...
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    more picts
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    I just love the way those guys treat those cars.

    Just like the way they are supposed to be used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fieldor
    I just love the way those guys treat those cars.

    Just like the way they are supposed to be used.
    What? Crashing them?
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    That was a Hennesay Viper BTW

    The pictures of the Reyland Cosworth crash seem to have dissapeared, and I haven't seen any of the Lamborghini that hit a truck.
    Also there were rumours that the Enzo crashed in Spain.
    Thanks for all the fish

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    Enzo had flat tire or something but was helped by another team.

    Before this, Enzo was going 366 km/h and was being chased by Lonman's modded GT2.

    Just loving it.

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    that's not a viper

    that's no viper The Enzo didn't crash, just blew a tire and two other vehicles patched it up and escorted it to Marrekech where a spare awaited.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NoOne
    1. Passing on paved shoulders is not usually considered a safe practice ... especially when driving significantly faster than the other traffic on the road.

    2. A high performance car does not make you a high performance driver.

    3. Laws are in place to protect the general public, these people feel they are above that, that it doesn't apply to them.

    4. A front wheel blowout at 140kmh is scary, I would assume it is much more dangerous at 180mph.

    5. It may be just a matter of time before a serious accident does happen, when/if it does happen I hope they die slowly ... and alone

    I do enjoy the videos, but I would not participate ... at least not 'til they stressed safety - theirs and the publics - over everything else.



    GET OVER IT!! who cares about saftey. in no i don't..fast cars are made to go fast so why not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tabass14
    GET OVER IT!! who cares about saftey. in no i don't..fast cars are made to go fast so why not.
    you just revived a two year old thread. to say something really stupid.
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    Mods: This thread and all of the other old but revived threads need to be locked, don't you think?

    Oh, and tabass14: You're an idiot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KonaGreen
    Mods: This thread and all of the other old but revived threads need to be locked, don't you think?

    Oh, and tabass14: You're an idiot.
    as much as tabass's comment wasn't smart your post strikes me as very "trying to suck up to" in this case the mods. Leave these incidents to the mods they can handle it themselves

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    Quote Originally Posted by KonaGreen
    Mods: This thread and all of the other old but revived threads need to be locked, don't you think?

    Oh, and tabass14: You're an idiot.

    They don't need to be locked, they just need to be left alone...

    That is after a little flaming of the dumbass that revived it
    "The thunder of 1001bhp would send a sonic boom through his carbon fibre shell, crack it in half and leave a wet puddle on the fancy leather seat."

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