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15th January 2020, 03:02
Thread: Finnish rallying championship news
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Hej guys I post this on the WRC side but maybe it...
Hej guys I post this on the WRC side but maybe it work better here since its aa question about specifically Finnish event, maybe somebody really knows what the correct answwer is...
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14th January 2020, 15:39
Thread: WRC Rally Sweden 2020
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Yep that's they way all the "Teams" has wanted...
Yep that's they way all the "Teams" has wanted it...Think of just shell prep..Early 90s Ford said "100 hours" to prep and acge a Sierra Cosworth 4x4...Now "600 hours"...wonder what the cost...
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14th January 2020, 13:59
Thread: Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread
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Bar talk....Hej alla ni galna Finska...
Bar talk....Hej alla ni galna Finska ralli-dårar:.
Can some of you guys look at this short little clip of some mad-man named Pasi Erikilä in a bad-ass Toyota in a rallisprint and tell me what the... -
8th January 2020, 16:41
Thread: Crystal Ball Predictions 2020
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Sorry but even after 35 years of racing and rally...
Sorry but even after 35 years of racing and rally I still have a hard time seeing differences of 0,01% in speed... Maybe it's my advanced age. Maybe its something else but the differences between the...
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15th December 2019, 15:29
Thread: Silly Season 2020
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Well for more than 15 years 60-62% of all cars in...
Well for more than 15 years 60-62% of all cars in US rally have been various barely warmed up Subies of one sort or another..
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15th December 2019, 15:26
Thread: TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT
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3 words about weight and Subaru's handling...
3 words about weight and Subaru's handling problems:
Polar Moment of Intertia...
(look I love MY north/south mighty V4 9especially the fact that my V4 crankshaft if vastly stronger than the EJ... -
15th December 2019, 15:16
Thread: TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT
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Sorry with good diff set tight its a great 2...
Sorry with good diff set tight its a great 2 wheel drive.
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15th December 2019, 15:11
Thread: TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT
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säger du det? Det är stoli underli... Same PN...
säger du det? Det är stoli underli...
Same PN left and righ for the CV inner, outer and the shaft itself..
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9th December 2019, 16:31
Thread: TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT
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Really? Are you kidding? My Sierra Cosworth 4x4...
Really? Are you kidding? My Sierra Cosworth 4x4 must also be "symmetrical" AWD... I wonder why Ford never made it part of their ad-copy?
And my beloved Saab 96 with the mighty V4...the motor is... -
9th December 2019, 15:50
Thread: TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT
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Poor me, not being a Blubaru fan-boi I have...
Poor me, not being a Blubaru fan-boi I have always been utterly baffled by the highlighted word used by Subaru in the ad-copy....but never explained.
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27th October 2019, 19:52
Thread: Ott Tänak - Future champion?
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Oh I guess you could say "overnight...
Oh I guess you could say "overnight sensation"....yeah...:eek:
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10th October 2019, 21:13
Thread: WRC Calendar 2020
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The "country" Canada has not shown interest in...
The "country" Canada has not shown interest in hosting a WRC... only a small group of dreamers centered on one guy who is a former used car salesman with maybe 7 little 15-17 car rallies under his...
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5th October 2019, 20:16
Thread: [WRC] Wales Rally GB 2019
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Good god...how did that happen? A sensible...
Good god...how did that happen? A sensible judgement...
Is it the water? Sun spots? A one off lucky circumstance?
inquiring minds want to know...
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22nd September 2019, 20:06
Thread: [WRC] Wales Rally GB 2019
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You say that like its a bad thing... I am...
You say that like its a bad thing... I am confused.. let me try and think...
out in the woods, ✔
rally cars driving fast , ✔
beer, ✔
chips, ✔
12 hours of this, ✔
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23rd August 2019, 19:24
Thread: WRC ADAC Deutschland Rallye 2019
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Such nice landscape..Looks like wonderful summer...
Such nice landscape..Looks like wonderful summer weather..
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18th August 2019, 17:03
Thread: WRC ADAC Deutschland Rallye 2019
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I wonder if there is some way that word could be...
I wonder if there is some way that word could be gotten to team Pricipals/bosses/marketing people that black wheels, an unfortunate and very stupid fad carried over from only god knows where, are...
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17th August 2019, 16:36
Thread: Ott Tänak - Future champion?
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No, that was a tragedy and a loss but...
No, that was a tragedy and a loss but realistically its just one very wide and very fast stage..so smooth it may as well have been ass-fault..
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14th August 2019, 14:58
Thread: Ott Tänak - Future champion?
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They paved Paradise, and put up a parking lot*.....
They paved Paradise, and put up a parking lot*..
Great Joni Mitchell song!
Great because its so true..
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14th August 2019, 03:15
Thread: Ott Tänak - Future champion?
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but whatabout BLOCK!!! America's Rally...
but whatabout BLOCK!!! America's Rally SUPERSTAR!!!!! the best EVER!!!!!
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14th August 2019, 03:08
Thread: Oliver Solberg
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Probably Papa Petter pays a princely pile of...
Probably Papa Petter pays a princely pile of Pounds which will prompt a "upp-snapping"
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13th August 2019, 19:08
Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2019
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(sigh) Tarmac..(groan)...Ok some tarmac is 'ok'...
(sigh) Tarmac..(groan)...Ok some tarmac is 'ok' to watch..And I'm sure it is challenging to drive..But much ass-fault is incredibly boring...Maybe the cars are "too good"?? They work so well you...
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31st July 2019, 18:13
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You never know...Nobody expected the Spanish...
You never know...Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition, either.
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31st July 2019, 18:11
Thread: Hayden Paddon
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I was of course being sarcastic and mainly poking...
I was of course being sarcastic and mainly poking fun at the number of wannabe beginner rally-fools in the US who want to parly their driving their Subarus (always Blue) in a grassy field 3 times...
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31st July 2019, 15:02
Thread: Hayden Paddon
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Maybe he could start a G0-Fund-Me campaign???
Maybe he could start a G0-Fund-Me campaign???
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27th July 2019, 17:46
Thread: [WRC] News & Rumours 2019
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No subtitles to click on, just Finnish and nobody...
No subtitles to click on, just Finnish and nobody can understand that..
I assert that you guys really don't understand it either..
I contend it is impossible to learn..Otherwise I would have...
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Yes I fear so too, you just need to look at the new cost for tourists to get into Venice and when everyone sees the amount of money being made others will soon follow, and prices will go up. As...
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