I will never be as cool as this guy.

"burglar can't heart click anything" (burglar) 03/19/2014 at 12:35 • Filed to: None

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Some dude apparently brought his 1935 MG P-Lester Special (his what?) out to an autocross. And gave it the freaking beans. Supposedly someone who was there asked him why he would drive that. The owner said, "It's a race car, that's what it's for." Totally hetero man crush level 9000.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > burglar can't heart click anything 03/19/2014 at 12:40

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It looks like a surprised cartoon lobster.

Lekker > burglar can't heart click anything 03/19/2014 at 12:40

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Oh man! It looks like the whole thing is swinging around his hips. It looks incredibly agile. He gets the point of autocross. He wins at life. Seriously, thank you for showing this. I have my first event of the year next week, so this is truly inspirational.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > burglar can't heart click anything 03/19/2014 at 12:41

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That looks and sounds like an absolute bucket of fun.

nlzmo400r > burglar can't heart click anything 03/19/2014 at 13:06

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lamest course ever...geez a down and back slalom test basically.

burglar can't heart click anything > nlzmo400r 03/19/2014 at 13:53

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Not much you can do with a runway shaped lot besides out and back courses.

Agrajag > burglar can't heart click anything 03/19/2014 at 14:18

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That thing was going a lot faster than I would've expected. Awesome.

Vintage1982Benz > burglar can't heart click anything 03/19/2014 at 16:35

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The owner said, "It's a race car, that's what it's for."

Best answer ever. I was smiling ear to ear that entire video, I can only imagine what he was like under the helmet.

nlzmo400r > burglar can't heart click anything 03/20/2014 at 00:41

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Maybe my region was blessed with great course designers. We had a lot of Chicago boxes, decreasing radius turn arounds and some pivot cones.

signintokinjalol > burglar can't heart click anything 03/22/2014 at 19:47

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I feel like at points of the course, where people were watching was really dangerous. Like on the outs of corners, where someone could oversteer/spin out and just kill them.

mcseanerson > burglar can't heart click anything 03/22/2014 at 20:53

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I think this is the best thing I've seen all week. Probably all year.

Roberto G. > burglar can't heart click anything 03/22/2014 at 22:06

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Me too. For a serious lack of money.

Jason Urban > burglar can't heart click anything 03/22/2014 at 22:08

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That's me!!! Yep, I've autocrossed this car a few times and have vintage raced. A friend let me know this was posted on Oppo/Jalopnik which I read daily - just hadn't noticed this article!

mrbwa1 > burglar can't heart click anything 03/22/2014 at 22:22

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I know old cars tended to have big steering wheels so that makes me wonder: how big are those gauges!? They look like they should be hanging around Flavor Flav's neck!

Jason Urban > burglar can't heart click anything 03/22/2014 at 22:27

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Oh, it's also not just a race car, but we use it for food runs, rallies, and trips to the liquor store.

rasmusbach > Lekker 03/22/2014 at 23:03

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I'd argue he won at life when he was able to buy the car. What he did with from then is just a gauge of his personality

chriswhotakesphotos > burglar can't heart click anything 03/22/2014 at 23:03

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This looks like the most fun body roll that has ever happened.

bradledy > burglar can't heart click anything 03/22/2014 at 23:44

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this guy sure knows how to mount a go pro. sweet view

bradledy > Jason Urban 03/22/2014 at 23:47

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Awesome! thanks for sharing. what's the hardest part about driving this? does it over steer wildly? is the steering slow or anything? what's it like??

Cielmer > Jason Urban 03/23/2014 at 01:33

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That was absolutely fantastic! Love the sound of it.

DocWalt > burglar can't heart click anything 03/23/2014 at 01:55

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Holy crap, that's my local autocross location. I hope I bump into this guy, that's awesome.

LongbowMkII > nlzmo400r 03/23/2014 at 07:04

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My region's designer is a fan of slaloms of decreasing length. Always a big challenge for me.

Jason Urban > bradledy 03/23/2014 at 08:33

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The hardest part about driving it is that there are no synchro's on any gears and a huge space between the 2nd and 3rd gears. It actually steers very quickly, almost like a go-kart - well, like an 80-year old go kart. The engine is 939cc but overhead cam and built with modern-tech on the inside to be reliable and give more power.

bradledy > Jason Urban 03/23/2014 at 09:43

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Cool!

i-do-strange-things > burglar can't heart click anything 03/23/2014 at 09:55

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Much body english.

KamikazePigeon > burglar can't heart click anything 03/23/2014 at 10:31

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That sound is definitely up there in my favourite engine notes I've ever heard.

burglar can't heart click anything > Jason Urban 03/23/2014 at 20:22

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If I ever see you in person, I'll buy the beer if you talk my ear of about the car.

TeamProBono > burglar can't heart click anything 03/24/2014 at 17:10

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You CAN be as cool as this guy! You've got to believe, to be confident, to...nah, sorry, you won't.

burglar can't heart click anything > TeamProBono 03/24/2014 at 17:53

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You had me for a second then crushed my spirits.

formulasaab > burglar can't heart click anything 03/27/2014 at 07:47

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Nicely done Jason. She sounds lovely and you've got her pedaling along very well indeed, as always. -STEFAN

DocWalt > Jason Urban 07/19/2014 at 13:42

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You're running today and I'm not at home or I'd be there. :( You're even running pretty good times, nice driving!