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heh

saw this earlier today

cant imagine how much that would suck

According to Karl O., an S2K driver who was there that weekend.

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This guy just bought a new set of dedicated track wheels, the shop gave him the wrong lugs. As you can see the results were not good.

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Unfortunately, that was not staged. The lugs were the wrong thread. I was working the corner across the track at the time.

He was getting to the slalom, where I had a difficult time deciding whether I was gonna stay at 8500 rpms in 1st or shift to 2nd- so I'm guessing he was going between 45 and 50 mph.

You can't tell from that video, but that was a gorgeous car. He was behind me in tech inspection, I was admiring it. There can't be that many clean RX-7s left. The bodywork around the wheel wells is now completely ruined. The brake rotors bent enough that even once the stock wheels were put back on, the car didn't want to roll.

owned by the metric system

Amnesty international supplied this recording recovered from the cars telemetry system:

Left rear wheel: This guy sucks, let's get out of here!

Right rear wheel: Yeah, there's a sweet GTR over there, I'm heading that way!

right front wheel: I'm coming too!

Left front wheel: Me too, oh wait, forgot something. Guys,wait for me! wait! Damn, stuck under the quarter panel.

other wheels: FREEDOM! Oh damn, they're after us. Roll boys!

LR: momentum... fading....

RF: Damn those bastards with their self powered two legged motion.

RR: Please kill me. No more.

I think Amnesty international should consider the tyres attempted escape as a bid for freedom, and relocation to Australia should be something discussed at the next UN conference

Amnesty international supplied this recording recovered from the cars telemetry system:

Left rear wheel: This guy sucks, let's get out of here!

Right rear wheel: Yeah, there's a sweet GTR over there, I'm heading that way!

right front wheel: I'm coming too!

Left front wheel: Me too, oh wait, forgot something. Guys,wait for me! wait! Damn, stuck under the quarter panel.

other wheels: FREEDOM! Oh damn, they're after us. Roll boys!

LR: momentum... fading....

RF: Damn those bastards with their self powered two legged motion.

RR: Please kill me. No more.

I think Amnesty international should consider the tyres attempted escape as a bid for freedom, and relocation to Australia should be something discussed at the next UN conference

bahahahahaha...

poor bastard that would be crap

BAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHA

wankers.... seriously the owner must be fully labotomised to have all 4 come off.... first rule always check thread...second rule always have enough thread third rule...do the f**kers up correctly......lucky rx7's aint worth much over there.

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