geistmeister

young

hahaha, i saw that post! i hang out at the clublexus forum a little. that girl scares me a little

benzomonterey

Silently weeping

Ethan

Oy vey........

Pete

That spoiler is a monstrosity. And those aftermarket tail-lights... oh wait, those come with the car.

bluec230

Eww what a nasty looking girl.. Sure fits the "Kompressor" through Phony car, ugly girl..

MB-BOB

At least she's a distraction from those crappy taillights...

Iceman's C230

Ahhhhhhhhh.... My eye's.... Can't they find a nicer girl in front of that wonderfull looking car..

AndrewK

Maybe with that wing and some 'VTEC' (sorry, Honda) or 'TRD' stickers it will fly.

greg230

thats actually a tight wing!

when your not using it for its great aerodynamic purposes, it doubles as a picnic table

greg

Flashman

However, due to its amazing down force, that wing reduces accelleration by 50%. However, it now has the amazing ability to drive upside down on long tunnels.

bluec230

Never thought of that That wing does have a striking resemblence to the tail rudder section of the Cesna 152 I used to take flight training in. Honestly, it looks like it belongs on a 737. I still haven't figured out why the jackasses who design humongously large, hideous spoilers like that on their car don't also stick on some swept-wing design cardboard wings for the sides of their car, and then claim it flies. That would make the "aerodynamics & fake badging package" complete I can just picture it, big badge on the back: 737-IS300 Kompressor Type S, 0 to Takeoff in 2.9 seconds (when we all know the cardboard wings don't make it airworthy) HAHAHAHA *sigh* people and their cheap Japanese cars..

AndrewK

I dont have anything against Japanese cars, in fact, I love Japanese cars. But these wings at some point defeat the purpose of having a wing, and thats when it gets out of control and comments about Cessnas and TRD stickers are acceptable.

Andrew

young

heh, check out the bmw... i'm pretty sure this one can fly. btw, this is one of the more tasteful ones...

revstriker

I'd rather have this:

Vince

wait a minute...i think i'm confused or something...how are you supposed to get that into the grocery store?

revstriker

You could always take this:

MB-BOB

Speaking of flying, Revstriker, isn't that the LMP prototype Mercedes that DID fly at LeMans (Ouch! They'll have a hard time living that one down for awhile.) Nice picture though.

Side comment. I've not seen one standing still long enough to notice the flat badge on the "hood" above the Tri-Star. MB is being true to character, even on its racing cars.

revstriker

I wasn't aware of the "flying" incident. I'll have to look that one up. I thought the picture looked cool though. Nice angle.

That does appear to have the flat badge. But I hear even that car does not come standard with a CD Player .

revstriker

I downloaded a short Mpeg (2.4mb)on the "flying mercedes" at Lemans. I can't believe how high it went! If anyone is interested in seeing it, let me know (or if someone can tell me how to post it here, I will).

MB-BOB

Someone correct me, please. Wasn't it two years ago that Mercedes withdrew from the LeMans 24-Hours, after its cars were involved in multiple blow-overs in practice and during the race?

Cresting the hill on the Mulsanne straight... Oooops, greasy side up, silver side up, greasy side up, silver side... over the guard rail... and nobody got hurt...

revstriker

Sound like the video that I have. I'm not a LeMan's fan, so I had no idea. AMAZING no one got hurt. That car took off like a kite!

AndrewK

I think thats the '89 or '90 Sauber-Mercedes C111 (or C11). The LMR CLRs that flipped looked like CLKs.

Andrew

revstriker

Here is a clip from the mpg:

Mapman

Yeah, that happened to me once, at band camp.

Yeah, that's the ticket.