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  1. R Kelly
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    At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR...

    08-14-2005 04:08 AM #1
    on foot across the parking lot so I coud get these pics before he took off on the ring.

    Short video of SLR in staging area:

    http://ss.otheron.com/rkelly/video/McLarenSLR.MOV

    Not sure what this was, but you could fit a Smart Car transverse between its front wheels. Said it was a Pinanfarina on the side, sounds Italian

    This is BMW Z1. Guy removed the doors for weight savings evidently...

    This brought back memories of "Hardcastle & McCormick"

    biggest discs I've ever seen... obviously BMW doesn't know that drilling rotors leads to fatal nose warts in flightless waterfowl

    Not a fan of black rims, but they work on this car.


    Ok, this Cayenne Turbo S is the best candidate for lowering springs I've ever seen.

    Hope you enjoyed the latest iteration of "Random Car Sightings" at Nurburging.


    Modified by "R" Kelly at 11:12 AM 8-14-2005

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... ("R" Kelly)

    08-14-2005 04:53 AM #2
    Quote, originally posted by "R" Kelly »

    Not sure what this was, but you could fit a Smart Car transverse between its front wheels. Said it was a Pinifarina on the side, sounds Italian


    2006 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti


    Nice pictures

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... (futrC70drvr)

    08-14-2005 05:11 AM #3
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    2006 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti

    I know, Pinanfarina was the designer .

    Although the rip-off my "Prancing Moose" sticker was upsetting, who does Ferrari think they are?

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... ("R" Kelly)

    08-14-2005 05:20 AM #4
    So how did you fare against the McLaren SLR and the Scaglietti? Nice pics!
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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... (Kirb)

    08-14-2005 04:55 PM #5
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    So how did you fare against the McLaren SLR and the Scaglietti?

    You know I was kicking their a$$ until they started their engines...

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... ("R" Kelly)

    08-14-2005 05:25 PM #6
    Quote, originally posted by "R" Kelly »
    You know I was kicking their a$$ until they started their engines...

    Funny indeed. So I assume overall you had a great time. Very nice pics... any more to share?

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... ("R" Kelly)

    08-14-2005 05:37 PM #7
    There was a guy with an Ultima GTR at Watkins Glen when we were there too, he ran in the Open Track group.

    I love the fact that the thing is street legal - he had NJ plates on.

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... (M-R)

    08-14-2005 06:05 PM #8
    The BMW Z1 did NOT remove his doors, that's how they open!

    They sink into the side of the car. To close them, they rise up. Strange.

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... (KMK454)

    08-14-2005 06:13 PM #9
    ... and the irony is that for <1/10 the cost of the SLR any of those bikes will likely outperform it with 10x the adrenaline rush.

    Is that really a Civic in front of it in the staging area?

    Buuuuuuhhhh BYYYYYYYeeeeee....!

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... (StaggRLee)

    08-14-2005 06:41 PM #10
    from the other pics I have seen, there were a bunch of civics there that day.
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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... ("R" Kelly)

    08-14-2005 06:49 PM #11
    Quote, originally posted by "R" Kelly »


    U-G-L-Y you ain't got no alibi you UGLY!

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... (Cabot)

    08-14-2005 07:08 PM #12
    Personally, I think the car is beautiful (design-wise). Lets take a poll.
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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... ("R" Kelly)

    08-15-2005 09:01 AM #13
    Quote, originally posted by "R" Kelly »


    Hah, I photographed that very car on my first trip to the Ring in July '04

    Oh and a BMW Z1 has doors that sink into the side in case no-one noticed

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... (JCviggen)

    08-15-2005 01:18 PM #14
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    Oh and a BMW Z1 has doors that sink into the side in case no-one noticed

    Jan, Kurt - Just like I knew the "Pinanfarina" was really a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, I knew the doors sunk down in on the Z1. But thank you for pointing that out, my attempts at self-deprecating humor have failed yet again.

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    Re: At Nurburging yesterday, I raced a McLaren SLR... ("R" Kelly)

    08-15-2005 01:27 PM #15
    Quote, originally posted by "R" Kelly »
    Jan, Kurt - Just like I knew the "Pinanfarina" was really a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, I knew the doors sunk down in on the Z1. But thank you for pointing that out, my attempts at self-deprecating humor have failed yet again.

    Oh I knew how you meant it, I just thought i'd point that out

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