"saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars" (saabstory)
01/17/2014 at 02:20 • Filed to: None
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"saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars" (saabstory)
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In Seattle on I-5 northbound. You were driving an anthracite 2010-era WRX STi with some sort of rally pack that added some fancy pants mud flaps and roof rack. On the back window, there were some stickers. One faded Oppo sticker, one Laguna Seca track outline, one Top Gear test track outline, and an I Am The Stig sticker. WHO ARE YOU?!
Redd, the RX-7 that could
> saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars
01/17/2014 at 02:28 |
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Haha this is a joke right?
Alex87f
> saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars
01/17/2014 at 06:42 |
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Isn't there a rule that says you shouldn't put a track sticker on your car unless you've driven there with that very car ?
Because I'm not sure he could have driven around the top gear test track :o.
Stef Schrader
> Alex87f
01/17/2014 at 13:57 |
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I just add ones I've driven, regardless of car. The car's been on 2 of the 3, but since the other one was a LeMons race, I figured 'k.
Mathias Rios
> Alex87f
01/17/2014 at 14:09 |
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Like Stef, I drove the nurburgring in a Rental, and I currently have that sticker on my 1999 ML320 truck. I think it's funnily ironic.
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Alex87f
> Mathias Rios
01/17/2014 at 14:38 |
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Haha, if you went there you'll have seen the local's cars that have driven around it. I've seen completely unexpected vehicles with the sticker near the 'ring!
I kinda get that people from the US would do this, I mean I find it a bit strange, but it's more understandable than when Europeans who could go there put stickers without having actually been there.
(searching... found the rules!) Here are the rules I'd found:
Nurburgring Sticker Rules
1. Ring stickers can only be fitted to a vehicle by a person who has driven that vehicle around the Nurburgring.
2. Vehicles which are purchased with ring stickers already fitted should have them removed until such time as the new owner has driven the vehicle around the Nurburgring.
3. Driving a few laps on a games console in a car that is in some way similar to your car (e.g. it has 4 wheels) does not cut the mustard I'm afraid.
4. Sticker size and position are very important. Historically, 'ring stickers have been displayed in a relatively inconspicuous fashion - owners have specifically bought the sticker so that in the main only other "Ringers" are able to identify the car as one which has lapped the Nordschleife. Purchasers of stickers where the name "NURBURGRING" is emblazoned across the sticker (in shameless fashion) should be aware that displaying the sticker in such a style could be considered tasteless. Especially when the dimensions of the sticker exceed the size of say...a numberplate or even a door.
All this passion...over a sticker.
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Mathias Rios
> Alex87f
01/17/2014 at 14:45 |
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So many vehicles had the sticker there it was crazy. I just have it on my car as a novelty...