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2017 Mini Cooper S Clubman ALL4 - British Racing Green
the tricplate is $550.. and on top of that. very illegal. In fact, in most states, anything (even completely clear plastic) over the license plate is illegal. Although I am not sure if they are considered primary or secondary offenses (you cannot be pulled over for a secondary offense).
Also.. they do not work, as long as there is a hint or outline of an image that makes it through the plate cover(which based on the images I saw on the tricplate web site, it is not completely blacked out).
Also.. they do not work, as long as there is a hint or outline of an image that makes it through the plate cover(which based on the images I saw on the tricplate web site, it is not completely blacked out).
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'11 C63, '22 GLS 63, Porsches, M3, M4
Keep in mind that the kinetic energy of your car, and thus the amount of energy which has to be absorbed in a crash, is proportional to speed squared. Comparing 50 mph with 200 mph, that means that the crash energy isn't moderately higher, or even 4 times higher, but 16 times higher. The difference is night and day.
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'11 C63, '22 GLS 63, Porsches, M3, M4
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08 C63, 07 ML63, 92 500E, 70 300SEL 6.3, 63 220 SEB Conv. Sold 02 G500, 97 E50,92 C280,71 280SE 4.5
Keep in mind that the kinetic energy of your car, and thus the amount of energy which has to be absorbed in a crash, is proportional to speed squared. Comparing 50 mph with 200 mph, that means that the crash energy isn't moderately higher, or even 4 times higher, but 16 times higher. The difference is night and day.
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2010 Irridium Silver MB C63 AMG Sedan
This is coming from someone who asked whether he should add oil when the car is telling them to add oil and how to tell if they have to add oil...
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'11 C63, '22 GLS 63, Porsches, M3, M4
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And the car didn't say to add oil, it said to check the oil. I was in a bind, so I asked the group how urgently I needed to deal with that, and I quickly got the answer I needed. If that discussion didn't interest you, how about minding your own business? I feel sorry for people who have nothing better to do than rudely get involved in other people's conversations, and I'm disappointed by the lack of basic civility by a few members of this forum. Somebody mentioned something about having money not necessarily meaning having taste or knowledge. I guess it doesn't mean having manners either.
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I guess from now on we have to mod our car to the max and drive really fast and enjoy our cars coz "END OF THE WORLD" is just around the corner
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I bet if you look up crash statistics you'll find more people have died in accidents closer to 50mph then 190mph. Funny how statistics work.
Zephyr you are so funny.
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'11 C63, '22 GLS 63, Porsches, M3, M4
Of course more people die in 50 mph accidents; it's because ~99.9999% of people never drive anywhere close to 190 mph!
The question is, in a crash, what percentage of people die at 50 mph versus 190 mph?
I'm not saying that no one should ever drive fast. Just understand the risks, especially the risks to others, and exercise reasonable caution. I don't want to read a message in this forum announcing that someone got overzealous and died crashing their C63. I moderate a forum for brain tumor patients/caregivers, and have already seen my share of suffering and death ...