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[cbre88x]

[quote author=Vlambo link=topic=107.msg226501#msg226501 date=1318367076]
Wait. 9 Dollars for a 12 pack of cans?

Thats $24 here in Newfoundland

alcohol is so much more expensive up there. At least it was in montreal when I went there for senior week. I'd still love to go there again though, when we went there just happened to be a free music festival called the franco follies (idk if it's actually well known/popular there) but it was just venues for free in all the streets and I got inappropriately wasted (it was my first time drinking). there's also strip clubs on every corner in that city, seriously.
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I was up there for the Franco Follies this year. It was a lot of fun. I found most things in Canada to be more expensive. The closest thing to awesome prices I found in Canada was at an Irish pub called "Hurleys" on or close to Crescent Street I believe. Awesome food and good beer on tap. That or L'Petit Grenoullie in Quebec.

[Dr. Zaius]

[quote author=matter11 link=topic=107.msg226517#msg226517 date=1318371780]
[quote author=Vlambo link=topic=107.msg226501#msg226501 date=1318367076]
dribble

drabble
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drooble
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here,

Or even here.

tia

[cbre88x]

[HeK]

So, I spent the weekend in UP Michigan as our team competed in the 2011 Lake Superior Performance Rally. This is the final event of the Rally America series, the same series that granted Ken Block his automotive fame.
We have an old 1985 VW Golf, but it is built like a tank. We have two mechanics, including myself, and the team lead/driver. We basically get a different co-driver every event.

We drove the fourteen hours to Houghton, MI on Wednesday. Thursday, it was cold and raining. We prep'd the car and got everything in order.
Friday, the event starts. It's ~40 F, raining hard with winds gusting up to 50 MPH. All day. The other mechanic and myself basically have to sit in the rain for 15 hours and work our asses off in the dark fixing problems as they rise.
We bent three wheels and destroyed our rally computer due to the conditions. We didn't return to our hotel until 3am, that's when we discovered a major problem with the control arms. We were up until 7am fixing it.
The next day starts at 9:30 am, 50 miles away. We didn't sleep, and ended staying awake for over 42 hours as we serviced the car the next day.

The second day was just as windy, but it was ten degrees warmer and the rain stopped.
The day was going well. One bent rim, but nothing else needed except clean windows.

Then stage 12 happened.










The stage notes listed the turn as R5/kick ( wide right-hand turn, with a 'bump' ) and didn't make any note of the huge drop after the kick.

The windshield was completely cracked. Too much for the officials to get us continue. Game over?
Nope. The clock started and we had 30 minutes of our last service period of make this work.

We ran around the pit, pleading with any team to see if they had glass to spare. We thought we checked with everyone until we double-checked with a big-budget Polish team. They had a spare windshield for their Lancer Evolution.
In fact, they were so tight on space, that one of their team members was forced to sleep with it in his bunk as there was no other space to store it.

New glass in hand, Stan (the lead mechanic) and I got to work. After kicking out the old windshield, we started taping in the new one. other teams were pitching in roll after roll of duck tape.

We eventually had this:


This event is known as one of the most harsh in the series. 45 cars entered, 17 completed it. We ranked #16.



Pictures supplied from EuroTrash: http://team-eurotrash.blogspot.com/2011/...dless.html

LSPR 2011 Stage #12 Avron Tower Car #841 R5/Kick Roll

[zaneyard]

you're a badass. I want to get into racing motorcycles but I need to practice a lot more.

[at0m]

We have an old 1985 VW Golf, but it is built like a tank. We have two mechanics, including myself, and the team lead/driver. We basically get a different co-driver every event.

If its anything like the 1985 Jetta, I know exactly what you mean. That thing is a beast.

you're a badass. I want to get into racing motorcycles but I need to practice a lot more.

I've lost count of the number of people I work with that used to race dirt bikes.

[cbre88x]

It's official. Hek is a badass.

[A. Crow]

It's official. Hek is a badass.

Hek has been a badass, have you not been paying attention?

[CaffeinePowered]

How often are you actually in the car HeK, either in the back or riding shotgun?

[cbre88x]

[quote author=cbre88x link=topic=107.msg227299#msg227299 date=1318914179]
It's official. Hek is a badass.

Hek has been a badass, have you not been paying attention?
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not enough apparently. I guess I'll stop living my life and lurk the forums all day every day.

[matter11]

[quote author=LT Crow link=topic=107.msg227312#msg227312 date=1318934905]
[quote author=cbre88x link=topic=107.msg227299#msg227299 date=1318914179]
It's official. Hek is a badass.

Hek has been a badass, have you not been paying attention?
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not enough apparently. I guess I'll stop living my life and lurk the forums all day every day.
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that's called getting a job.

not that i'm a student who doesn't work or anything....

[HeK]

How often are you actually in the car HeK, either in the back or riding shotgun?

I don't ride in the car during stages, but I work on it regularly. I have a hard time actually driving it, as the driver is much taller then I so I cannot really reach the pedals.
I'll drive it to and from tech inspection, or ride shotgun for tweaking sessions.

[Kirby]

[quote author=Caffeine link=topic=107.msg227317#msg227317 date=1318941788]
How often are you actually in the car HeK, either in the back or riding shotgun?

I don't ride in the car during stages, but I work on it regularly. I have a hard time actually driving it, as the driver is much taller then I so I cannot really reach the pedals.
I'll drive it to and from tech inspection, or ride shotgun for tweaking sessions.



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If he had only lost like 5 mph more before his front passenger tire hit that water, goddamn.

[rumsfald]

awesome, thanks for sharking HeK.

[at0m]

sharking

ftfy (nsfw)

[rumsfald]

it's true, I have a new keyboard that I'm not yet used to it. But rather than blame the smaller keys, I believe it might be sentient and want to see sharking gifs.

[Eightball]

[quote author=rumsfald link=topic=107.msg227369#msg227369 date=1318974686]
sharking

http://at0m.org/wat/shark.gif
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No NSFW warning :x I wasn't somewhere good when I found that.

[zaneyard]

lol

[matter11]

[quote author=at0m link=topic=107.msg227384#msg227384 date=1318977132]
[quote author=rumsfald link=topic=107.msg227369#msg227369 date=1318974686]
sharking

http://at0m.org/wat/shark.gif
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No NSFW warning :x I wasn't somewhere good when I found that.
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thankfully I was but lickily I'm not sitting in the dining center anymore. please do not do.

[Vandamguy]

[quote author=Eightball link=topic=107.msg227387#msg227387 date=1318977654]
[quote author=at0m link=topic=107.msg227384#msg227384 date=1318977132]
[quote author=rumsfald link=topic=107.msg227369#msg227369 date=1318974686]
sharking

http://at0m.org/wat/shark.gif
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No NSFW warning :x I wasn't somewhere good when I found that.
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lickily
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You know better - Caff