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09-25-2008, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by nthfinity
But the car is one of marvels of automotive engineering the world has ever seen.
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I want what you're smoking.
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09-25-2008, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by formulastig
I want what you're smoking.
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Sorry, don't smoke. 
However, if you knew anything about the car, then you'd agree
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09-25-2008, 03:51 PM
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I almost peed my pants when following a Vector last year in my old Porsche 911, it's an exciting car to say the least.
The only down side is my lungs were burning from the smell of racing gas. A pain I look foreward to experiencing again one day.
Awesome car, off the charts cool.
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10-12-2008, 11:10 AM
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FYI: on flea-bay right now
Item number: 320303399772 
1999 Lamborghini : Vector M12
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Lamborghini-Vecto...QQcmdZViewItem
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10-12-2008, 11:34 AM
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^Hooray. It comes with my favorite Lamborghini engine!
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10-12-2008, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by HeilSvenska
^Hooray. It comes with my favorite Lamborghini engine!
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not the SE30 Jota V12?
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10-12-2008, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by nthfinity
not the SE30 Jota V12?
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Well. I like any 5.7L Lamborghini V12, although I'm partial to the SV trim. I just don't think the new Lambos bellow enough.
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11-23-2008, 09:53 PM
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I'll make it short: Bad taste plastic barge from the 80's with automatic transmission.
I can't be bothered to write more.
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03-11-2009, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by liveaxle
I'll make it short: Bad taste plastic barge from the 80's with automatic transmission.
I can't be bothered to write more.
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Well said.
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03-11-2009, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by liveaxle
I'll make it short: Bad taste plastic barge from the 80's with automatic transmission.
I can't be bothered to write more.
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Plastic? You mean Carbon Kevlar, right? You know it was built 1990-1993, right?
The slowest of the W8's in the 1/4 were 12.0 @ 128 mph. All of them can run race fuel, and have a manual boost controller and are reliable/ capable of 1200 hp on 110 octane. The transmission is more than just a typical automatic. Most supercars today have automatics... The primary reason for the automatic was there was no manual that proved robust enough for long term reliability. Companies like the McLaren with their F1 didn't care.
The interior is filled with bespoke leather upholstry, recaro's, and cockpit technology right out of the F16, and F117A.
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03-11-2009, 03:42 PM
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^I hate ignorance, don't you?
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03-17-2009, 08:45 PM
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Little video I took the other day. Audio quality is horrible; but still one cool cat
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03-18-2009, 03:42 PM
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An absolutely subzero thing. It really went full speed ahead with the wedge shape, it has a completely extreme sleek design, it's exclusive. A car that cool, even an automatic gearbox can't spoil.
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03-22-2009, 02:30 AM
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Red-Hot pipes in there Naturally... the same exhaust that are on Indy cars ( at least in the early 1990s... they expand and contract in such a way that the manifold doesn't crack. Traditional headers do.
30s exposure, with a cell phone light.
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03-22-2009, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by TT
BTW, for the records, there is a project to revive Vector in the next years
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I hope that if that happens they at least ditch the auto box and the lambo engines all together, I think Chrysler has a lot of extra V10 engines from unsold vipers they could use
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twin turbo, AWD, AWS, 6spd, drop dead gorgeous, what's not to like? mitsubishi should go back and make these again
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