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Porsche v Wall ..... Wall Wins






Old 08-25-2004, 06:47 PM
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Hmm, I'd call it a tie - the wall took a beating too...

Hope the driver was alright!!!
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Old 08-25-2004, 06:59 PM
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I'm glad somebody else did that experiment. I was thinking I'd have to drive mine into a wall at speed eventually, to figure out whether or not I'd win. (phew)
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Old 08-25-2004, 07:06 PM
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That was a GT2, a $190,000 oops.

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Old 08-25-2004, 07:38 PM
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Makes me glad that NFS Unleashed- Porsche is just a game..
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The passenger compartment looks whole. Porsche did their job well.
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I feel a song coming on...

"I fought the wall, and the wall won..."
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we don't no antilock brakes
we don't need no oversteer
all and all it's just a-nother hole in the the wall...
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Was swbSam driving?
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lol thom
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Im poorin' some liquor out for my fallen homeboy
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we don't no antilock brakes
we don't need no oversteer
all and all it's just a-nother hole in the the wall...
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Im poorin' some liquor out for my fallen homeboy
Mobil 1 20/50 would make more sense...

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