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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 11:13 AM
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C6 Z06 vs F430 vs CL63 road race in Istanbul

http://www.akilli.tv/video/333268/nsm-f430.aspx

hello all
i am not in one of those cars.but i just put this video here just to show you in what sort of lovely city we live in with hardly any rules
this my first video i can send you From Istanbul.as you can see we do not really care about cops and we do not really care about speed limits.
i will post here more videoes of my sl55 and my friends z06s c6's r8 911 turbo when it stops raining here
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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Holy hell that CL got a good spanking

And the Ferrari sounds absolutely epic!!!!! Like they stuffed Scoot Storch in the engine bay and said "Play!".

Ridiculous! What was the chase car?
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 12:25 PM
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it s a skyline gtr35
almost all ferrari's have tubi here thats why they all sound great
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 12:36 PM
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I own several of those cars, racing on city streets at night with lots of slow moving cars is a death wish. It is fun to go fast but dumb under those conditions.
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 01:19 PM
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dont forget this is Turkey
we dont have race tracks or drag strips here
we have 1 drag strip but it s only 280 meters and it s not a proper strip.
unfortunatly we love fast cars we love driving fast but we dont have roads or tracks for it
and i also would like to mention something to you
im sure you are not gonna believe it
do you guys know howmuch we pay for our cars
i ll give you few example to show you howmuch we sacrifice for our cars
sl63 amg 250.000 euros
corvette c6 145.000 dollars
corvette z056 200.000 dollars
2002 sl55 amg 85.000 euros
audi r8 200.000 euro
we pay %85 for import tax then %18 vat on top of the cars real value

eventhough cars are so expensive here you can see so many nice cars here maybe more than you can see in NY but maybe less than CA
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by dietpepsi
it s a skyline gtr35
almost all ferrari's have tubi here thats why they all sound great
Well, the CL at least beat out the Skyline. That's surprising.
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by dietpepsi
dont forget this is Turkey
we dont have race tracks or drag strips here
we have 1 drag strip but it s only 280 meters and it s not a proper strip.
unfortunatly we love fast cars we love driving fast but we dont have roads or tracks for it
and i also would like to mention something to you
im sure you are not gonna believe it
do you guys know howmuch we pay for our cars
i ll give you few example to show you howmuch we sacrifice for our cars
sl63 amg 250.000 euros
corvette c6 145.000 dollars
corvette z056 200.000 dollars
2002 sl55 amg 85.000 euros
audi r8 200.000 euro
we pay %85 for import tax then %18 vat on top of the cars real value

eventhough cars are so expensive here you can see so many nice cars here maybe more than you can see in NY but maybe less than CA
so when are you moving?
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dietpepsi
dont forget this is Turkey
we dont have race tracks or drag strips here
we have 1 drag strip but it s only 280 meters and it s not a proper strip.
unfortunatly we love fast cars we love driving fast but we dont have roads or tracks for it
and i also would like to mention something to you
im sure you are not gonna believe it
do you guys know howmuch we pay for our cars
i ll give you few example to show you howmuch we sacrifice for our cars
sl63 amg 250.000 euros
corvette c6 145.000 dollars
corvette z056 200.000 dollars
2002 sl55 amg 85.000 euros
audi r8 200.000 euro
we pay %85 for import tax then %18 vat on top of the cars real value

eventhough cars are so expensive here you can see so many nice cars here maybe more than you can see in NY but maybe less than CA
I lived in LA and its car lover heaven here, especially after the crisis hits, many cars from Hollywood are for sale.

But where I come from, Indonesia has to pay right about the same price there for the car as well.

We have circuits, but they aren't open to the public, we have to wait for an event to happen to do so.

We have to pay 100% Import fee, 1% / .1l Gas Guzzler fee + 50% for Luxury Tax not to mention another 10%+ for back door fee to get to port people to priorities our car.

Right now there is a New Venom Viper 1500 for sale for 1,000,000USD. That's a bit pricey for a Viper.
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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Holy s***t that C6 Z06 aint no joke....love the F430 exhaust ....look likes the CL need another turbo lol
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by M-bENZ
Holy s***t that C6 Z06 aint no joke....love the F430 exhaust ....look likes the CL need another turbo lol
The CL wasn't turbo'd. It wasn't the 65. It was the 63.
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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so when are you moving?

you mean moving to States?

if so i lived in the Uk for 7 years and moved back to Istanbul 3 years ago and i will never ever live in anywhere else nomatter what .i hated driving my murcielago with 70mph on the motorway.here in Istanbul you can do 200mph if you can dare to.

i love living here without
no income tax
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by dietpepsi
you mean moving to States?

if so i lived in the Uk for 7 years and moved back to Istanbul 3 years ago and i will never ever live in anywhere else nomatter what .i hated driving my murcielago with 70mph on the motorway.here in Istanbul you can do 200mph if you can dare to.

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You mean there's no speed limits?
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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there is speed limits but you can hardly get stopped by police
if they do stop us we give them 50tl(30$) they let us go
there s no cameras .they sometimes put radar on motorways but we only pay 100$ max and thats it
we do drag racing or roll on the motorways
i know these may not make alot of sense to you guys but that s how it is here
you can always see cars racing on the motorways it s a common thing here
we enjoy our cars here more because we can drive it however we like
that s why tourists foreigners have difficulties getting used to this traffic here
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 02:08 PM
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wow such great cars, i would love to see how the CL65 would have matched up against those monsters
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by dietpepsi
you mean moving to States?

if so i lived in the Uk for 7 years and moved back to Istanbul 3 years ago and i will never ever live in anywhere else nomatter what .i hated driving my murcielago with 70mph on the motorway.here in Istanbul you can do 200mph if you can dare to.

i love living here without
no income tax
no rulezzz

I don't think the UK is quite as bad as you make it out to be, i for one cruise at 90mph daily and the only problem is the average speed cameras, although you don't see hardly any racing here. On topic though, i can't believe the CL63 got screwed so bad, thats a bit of a shocker.
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by dietpepsi
there is speed limits but you can hardly get stopped by police
if they do stop us we give them 50tl(30$) they let us go
there s no cameras .they sometimes put radar on motorways but we only pay 100$ max and thats it
we do drag racing or roll on the motorways
i know these may not make alot of sense to you guys but that s how it is here
you can always see cars racing on the motorways it s a common thing here
we enjoy our cars here more because we can drive it however we like
that s why tourists foreigners have difficulties getting used to this traffic here
so it jsut like Germany....no limits ????
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Akademiks
The CL wasn't turbo'd. It wasn't the 65. It was the 63.
My bad bro. you are right it wasnt the CL65 ...Anyway, what kind of hp on that CL63 ???
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 04:25 PM
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what is the red flasing light on the F430?
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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what is the red flasing light on the F430?
it telling ppls to slow down lolz
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by M-bENZ
Holy s***t that C6 Z06 aint no joke.
A buddy of mine has one and it's crazy fast. I can't imagine how insane the ZR1 is.
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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A buddy of mine has one and it's crazy fast. I can't imagine how insane the ZR1 is.
I agree with you. On a roll that z06 sucked up the 63.

I hear the zr1 is alot easier on the *** and nerves as well....if they only did that hood scoop right....eh?

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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Brent72
A buddy of mine has one and it's crazy fast. I can't imagine how insane the ZR1 is.
I mean you can see it from the video that C6 pass the CL like NOTHING lolz
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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i dont even have to watch the video and i know already who places where on the Grid

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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by G_KATS

SKYLINE


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ZO6


i dont even have to watch the video and i know already who places where on the Grid
You'd be wrong. Skyline is quicker than CL63 stock-stock, it weighs way north of two tons. As camera car, the aim isn't to go WOT
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dietpepsi
you mean moving to States?

if so i lived in the Uk for 7 years and moved back to Istanbul 3 years ago and i will never ever live in anywhere else nomatter what .i hated driving my murcielago with 70mph on the motorway.here in Istanbul you can do 200mph if you can dare to.

i love living here without
no income tax
no rulezzz
What banks are in Turkey? How can you trust them? Do the banks there give you debit cards that are Visa or Mastercard so you can use them out of the country, or are they only ATM cards?
Also, how do you avoid your taxes?
http://www.worldwide-tax.com/turkey/turkey_tax.asp

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