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We're still well below our quota for Chrysler luxury machinery, but GM, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota, and Nissan statusmobiles are well represented in the series. Quick, start shopping for a '71 Newport!
I see Audi is missing from the German luxury field. If everything goes to plan, we'll have a big fat old Audi 200 for the race at Chuckwalla. 1" longer and wider than the E23 7-series!
Will keeping the factory chrome trim improve our chances at the BS table?
Huge cars with an enormous appetite for fuel, tires and brakes rule! Well, sort of. Or not. But fun anyway! Thanks for the nod on C&D Phil!
That Yellow Audi 5000ish/200 car with no trunk lid is fast as us on the straights... don't know much about the team though (I'm an Audi nut... kinda pondering running my wife's A4 now that she's had 3 accidents in a month and insurance paid it off)
We're proud to heed the call and bring 5 liters of furious Benz to Chuckwalla... Will even have the only proper number for one of these beasts, 140.
Yer Honor, I humbly submit my 1989 Chevrolet Caprice Classic 9C1 for consideration (still mulling over themes).
/not mine, but mine look just like it
My teamsters got this traded in at his lot. Perfect ioe luxobarge.
How fun is that? Today I was looking at Ebay/CL . Key word = 383 & 440. There is a ragtop in the area @ $1800 BIN.. Like I don't have enough issues in my life.
That Yellow Audi 5000ish/200 car with no trunk lid is fast as us on the straights... don't know much about the team though (I'm an Audi nut... kinda pondering running my wife's A4 now that she's had 3 accidents in a month and insurance paid it off)
You mean its been done already? Well that's no fun. How did they do?
There's a few grumblings on the team that it won't turn. I told them it will, they don't believe me. It certainly outsizes the rest of our racing fleet!
Huge cars with an enormous appetite for fuel, tires and brakes rule! Well, sort of. Or not. But fun anyway! Thanks for the nod on C&D Phil!
That Yellow Audi 5000ish/200 car with no trunk lid is fast as us on the straights... don't know much about the team though (I'm an Audi nut... kinda pondering running my wife's A4 now that she's had 3 accidents in a month and insurance paid it off)
Stinky Rat Trap racing, I think, is the team name. They've been having mechanical issues this year. But fast when it's running. And sounds awesome!
According to timing and scoring, it's a 1991 Audi 200TQ with a fast lap at Autobahn of 1:55.069. The race winners' fast lap was a 1:54.191. But, with your fast lap being around 1:51, I think you are on the right 'track' with the fuel consumption part of the equation.
No love for the Jag?
Stinky Rat Trap under the bonnet:
AWW Phil!!! You forgot about my favorite! The T-bird with the Lemons-o-matic onespeed transmission!
Makes sense that the Audi would lap so fast. I can't see the turbo from here but that is basically an RS2 motor- the 1991 200tq brings a little extra over almost any other 5 Cyilnder Audi put there. 20 valves FTW!
We pitted next to the Audi guys at Autobahn in October 2011. I think they placed something like 7th that race. Cool team, fast car.
AWW Phil!!! You forgot about my favorite! The T-bird with the Lemons-o-matic onespeed transmission!
Yeah, the T-bird was a luxury car back in '63. It should be in there. Thanks for the mentions though Phil. Excellent write-up!
That sexy car just winked at me!
The original idea with that post was to just do Cadillacs. Then I just had to mention the BonneDonk. After that, I went and looked at the German and Japanese cars. It's impossible to get all the cars until we put together the long-postponed Every Car That's Ever Raced In Lemons database.
That sexy car just winked at me!
Hope you like 'em big, Jeff...
My teamsters got this traded in at his lot. Perfect ioe luxobarge.
An early 80s full-size caddie would be perfect. Which would be the better IOE? The old GM V8 Diesel, or V8-6-4?
http://rockford.craigslist.org/cto/3331095730.html
http://scranton.craigslist.org/cto/3338207963.html
I've seen V8-6-4 cars pop up from time to time, but none at the moment.
This is by far, without a doubt, the biggest omission in the history of all Motorsports.
There's no way I could get everybody's luxury car in the article, and I didn't worry much about cars that I've covered the living shit out of (e.g., the Speedycop T-Bird, NSF 6.9) in the past.
This is by far, without a doubt, the biggest omission in the history of all Motorsports.
I've seen bigger. 
There's no way I could get everybody's luxury car in the article, and I didn't worry much about cars that I've covered the living shit out of (e.g., the Speedycop T-Bird, NSF 6.9) in the past.
This is true. I'm just pulling your leg. Thanks for what you do for all of us.
I got kicked out of the M-100 club so it's just as well. They'll come burn my house down next.
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They have a club?
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