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post up any great, funny or weird car stories that you've witnessed.
 

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When I was autocrossing regularly, our Club President got a call from Mercedes asking for talented people to help facilitate an owner's/prospective owners track day event at Daytona Raceway.

I took a client around an autocross track in an SL500 AMG Coupe and then switched to talk the client through one lap.

When we finished, I was told to "follow that guy", so I did...right to the pits. At that time a client got in the passenger seat, and I "followed that guy" ahead of me, doing four laps at 130-145mph around the track. I did that twice.

Funny thing is, only driver's with road racing licenses were supposed to do that. That one guy who told me to "follow that guy" was mistaken. ?
 
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one time this guy who was a member of a car club was trying to recruit me.
he wanted to see the engine bay. this was my first mkiv and i just got it that week...it was n/a - non turbo at the time.

i popped the hood. he carefully looked it over and asked if it was a 2jz...i said yes. then he said "looks like it has a stage 2 turbo set-up!"
 
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When I was autocrossing regularly, our Club President got a call from Mercedes asking for talented people to help facilitate an owner's/prospective owners track day event at Daytona Raceway.

I took a client around an autocross track in an SL500 AMG Coupe and then switched to talk the client through one lap.

When we finished, I was told to "follow that guy", so I did...right to the pits. At that time a client got in the passenger seat, and I "followed that guy" ahead of me, doing four laps at 130-145mph around the track. I did that twice.

Funny thing is, only driver's with road racing licenses were supposed to do that. That one guy who told me to "follow that guy" was mistaken. ?
tell me the guy needed to change his shorts afterwards...
 

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I already posted this story in the Lambo door thread but will re-post it here.

One of my family friends ex-boyfriends had a 350Z with a widebody Veilside kit and hit a Kangaroo going about 100kph (62mph) and it went right though the front of his car.

He took a photo after the crash and the nuts of the Kangaroo were hanging off the front bumper.


Okay now for a new story.

When me and my mates were 17 my mate had a shitty little Daihatsu Sirion.

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Anyway one afternoon we were driving in the rain with 5 of us in the car. We weren't going particularity fast but my mate lost control of the car from either aquaplaning or hitting a slick patch and spin out and went across the other side of the road and did a complete 540 and somehow manged to do a perfect parallel park between 2 parked cars all the while not hit anything.

We would have spent some time admiring the feat we had just achieved but unfortunately we were all in desperate need of a shower and to do some urgent laundry. ?
 

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Back when I had my 2G Eclipse I had some über redneck dude ask if I had an air assisted shifter.

Nope, just an HKS SSQV.
 

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one time this guy who was a member of a car club was trying to recruit me.
he wanted to see the engine bay. this was my first mkiv and i just got it that week...it was n/a - non turbo at the time.

i popped the hood. he carefully looked it over and asked if it was a 2jz...i said yes. then he said "looks like it has a stage 2 turbo set-up!"
So did you give him the raised eyebrow or said something back?
 
 





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