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sterkrazzy

sterkrazzy

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On todays Smoking Tire. lol
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sterkrazzy

sterkrazzy

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They took the motor out of his countach. It looked fun.
 
Acadia18

Acadia18

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APR lists the performance stats at around 491 HP and 425 FT-LBS TQ
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That's more than you have. You should offer to trade.
 
Acadia18

Acadia18

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Acadia18

Acadia18

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Daks

Daks

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Those poor bastards in the sub are most likely dead. What I don't understand is, if you're charging 250k per ride, that's 2m/trip, assuming pilot doesn't pay. Surely you can rent a boat with a 5km rope or something to attach to the sub. Now, I get it, there are dangers of said rope being entangled etc... But you can have a switch that releases the rope. It all seemed somewhat preventable. And then there's this big search and rescue mission that's costing millions, when in fact, there are no vessels that either Canada or the US have that can go down that deep that they could get there in time. And even if they did, these vessels couldn't tow it back. So then.... Why the search and rescue mission?
 
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Saabingti

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sterkrazzy said:
This is a pretty sweet deal for a real race car.
https://www.truecar.com/used-cars-for-sale/listing/WVWVA7AU8KW213968/2019-volkswagen-golf-r/
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With the disclaimer that I haven't had a coffee yet, am I missing something? Mod list reads like just about any of the R build threads here. Car looks good but someone sure does love their Cricut.



Daks said:
Those poor bastards in the sub are most likely dead. What I don't understand is, if you're charging 250k per ride, that's 2m/trip, assuming pilot doesn't pay. Surely you can rent a boat with a 5km rope or something to attach to the sub. Now, I get it, there are dangers of said rope being entangled etc... But you can have a switch that releases the rope. It all seemed somewhat preventable. And then there's this big search and rescue mission that's costing millions, when in fact, there are no vessels that either Canada or the US have that can go down that deep that they could get there in time. And even if they did, these vessels couldn't tow it back. So then.... Why the search and rescue mission?
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Was talking about this with my barber yesterday. From what I've read, the guy/company that built and ran the sub specifically dodged safety inspections and certifications, and IIRC he also didn't design the submarine with jettisonable ballast nor enough positive buoyancy to breach the surface. It appears the submarine's design also lacked an emergency beacon and its corresponding "float to the surface" indicator buoy which is a key safety feature of every single other submarine out there.

A tether with a data cable would have been a good idea in that case. Show the Titanic off to billionaires from a short distance so that you don't get snared or, yanno, stranded on the bottom of the ocean with no way to call for help.

The search and rescue mission is because 1) we don't actually know it's at the bottom, it could have potentially "surfaced" (see above note) but was moved by ocean currents, and 2) there's a huge ocean going cultural thing to render whatever aid possible.
 
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