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12-20-2005, 02:09 PM
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by kalmeran Ever heard the sound of that 5-liter Diesel V10 Volkswagen is using in their Touareg and Phaeton, or the 4.2 in the Audi A8 Diesel ? The torque would suit my boat !!!!  |
Ok.... so the R10 is officially out now! Pics can be seen HERE. Apparently it's quite the beast... 1100 Nm of torque  and "officially" 650 bhp. The new design isn't exactly "revolutionary"... but nice looking anyways. According to some of what I've been reading, it's actually really quiet... the test-driver said he couldn't hear the engine once he got into third gear.
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12-22-2005, 10:04 AM
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The ultimate snow blower  | 
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12-22-2005, 10:22 AM
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Not bad, I guess your neighbours will realize it has been snowing when they wake up to that sound...
My old neighbour had a big Michigan that used to wake me up, he just drove up to my house and reversed back, removing all snow in one go, saving me hours of work!  | |
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12-22-2005, 11:05 AM
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Yeah, I guess that Michigan would do the trick.
I saw that snow blower on another site. It said it has 412hp with 4 wheel joystick controlled drive. It also said it was not a conversion where some nut slapped a V8 on a snow blower, it was built from the ground up. It looks like it has a 10 bolt GM rear differential for the blower drive.
Someone had WAY too much time on their hands
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12-22-2005, 03:04 PM
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12-24-2005, 04:04 AM
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Quote: | Originally Posted by CTdave Yeah, I guess that Michigan would do the trick.
I saw that snow blower on another site. It said it has 412hp with 4 wheel joystick controlled drive. It also said it was not a conversion where some nut slapped a V8 on a snow blower, it was built from the ground up. It looks like it has a 10 bolt GM rear differential for the blower drive.
Someone had WAY too much time on their hands |
must be a relative of Tim Taylor
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12-24-2005, 07:59 AM
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by tantetruus must be a relative of Tim Taylor |
LOL! Binford has a new tool to clear a path for Al's mom?   | |
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12-24-2005, 10:53 AM
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by YachtForums LOL! Binford has a new tool to clear a path for Al's mom? |
Yep, that's the one | |
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12-27-2005, 09:37 AM
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by YachtForums LOL! Binford has a new tool to clear a path for Al's mom? |
Arg arg arg!
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12-27-2005, 11:54 AM
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Having just registered, I'm posting a note from "the great white north", which, thankfully, is in the midst of a heat wave providing a "brown Christmas" with temps up to 14'C during the past week! Landlocked in Calgary, we will head for the B.C. coast and a winter charter in a couple of weeks with fingers crossed for continued mild (and probably rainy) weather.
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12-29-2005, 01:48 PM
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Finally just got some snow down here today!
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12-30-2005, 05:38 PM
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No winter wonder land for me.....
Saturday 31/12/2005
Fine. A mostly sunny day.......
Current Temperature: 27 C
Forecast Max: 42 C
Wind Direction & Speed: ESE at 3 knots
Humidity: 48%
Pressure: 1013.0 hPa
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12-30-2005, 06:15 PM
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Here we have it...!
Saturday 31/12/2005
After a mostly stormy day.......
Current Temperature: -4 C
Forecast Max: 0 C
Wind Direction & Speed: 0 knots
Snow 10 inches
Ice, a little...
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12-31-2005, 06:26 AM
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Any AMG-fans around? How about the new S65 AMG limo? With 612 hp, goes to 100 km/h in 4.4 sec, tourque 1000 Nm between 2000 and 4000 rpm!
Composite brakes, 360 km/h dial and an analogue clock from IWC adds some flavour to the package... http://www.worldcarfans.com/news.cfm/newsid/2051228.002 | |
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12-31-2005, 11:31 AM
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Today was a lot of snow in Oldenburg. I drove with my MOUNTAIN BIKE to my fiancé and on the half of the way I did not came in front. Terrible 15 km.
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