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"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012) 10/19/2017 at 07:56 • Filed to: None

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I found another unicorn, Mike. I guess it makes it not so rare?

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AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 08:09

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You really do live up to your name don’t you, Party Pooper?

PartyPooper2012 > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop 10/19/2017 at 08:15

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You know what they say

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 08:17

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“reportedly unmodified from stock” “imported and federalized by Sun International”

Mutually exclusive things there BaT. If it’s federalized, it’s modified.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 10/19/2017 at 08:19

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Secondary fun fact: this is the only car to ever be federalized using computer simulation in place of destructive crash testing.

pip bip - choose Corrour > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 10/19/2017 at 08:21

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how can you simulate it without verifying the result?

random001 > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/19/2017 at 08:25

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If you want the real answer, the simulation is verified with a result, be that scale testing, or using a different, cheaper vehicle, and once the simulation is verified to work correctly, you can simulate other things with a high degree of confidence.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/19/2017 at 08:25

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That’s why it is the only car to be federalized that way. They realised simulated testing wasn’t a proper substitute after the Escort was already tested so they couldn’t retroactively deny them. You can’t use simulations anymore.

itschrome > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 08:32

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WELL THAT JUST MADE FOR AN AWKWARD WORK BONER.

PartyPooper2012 > itschrome 10/19/2017 at 08:37

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Well, keep that thing out of coffee.

itschrome > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 08:39

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TOO LATE, HAD TO SCALD IT TO MAKE IT GO AWAY

PartyPooper2012 > itschrome 10/19/2017 at 08:42

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Enjoy your pumpkin spice boner latte and 2nd degree burnt pumpkin spice boner latter stirrer

itschrome > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 08:43

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COULD I JUST HAVE THE CAR INSTEAD?

PartyPooper2012 > itschrome 10/19/2017 at 08:46

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Sure. Outbid all other bids and you shall have the car

Dru > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 08:56

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This car honestly does nothing for me.

PartyPooper2012 > Dru 10/19/2017 at 08:59

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You and I both. I just really dislike mike from WD. He was so happy about finding the “unicorn”, I wanted to stick it to him and prove that they are not as rare as he made it out to look.

I am certain he will never see my post anyway, but my task is to post it, and it’s now on him to find it.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 09:23

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If I had the money, I would buy it and graft on body parts to clone a US-market Escort GT. I’d make it look like someone found some wide-body kit for their $700 beater.

PartyPooper2012 > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/19/2017 at 09:27

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So lemme get this straight. You want to find a unicorn... and turn it into a donkey? =)

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 09:33

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I happened to watch some of that episode of Wheeler Dealers last night, and when they got all excited about adding the third wing because “that’s what the original designer envisioned” and sure it improved downforce they said, I thought, a) I don’t like the look, it just makes it a big mass hanging off the back, and b) I don’t think this would add value to the unicorn, since it is no longer actually original.

I would expect that a buyer who would get excited by the chance to buy a Ford Escort RS Cosworth is someone who has wanted the real deal, and would most likely not be interested in one that doesn’t look right due to the third wing.

Seemed like a bad move, although I imagine they found a “buyer” who acted like they always wanted one with an extra wing on the back.

PartyPooper2012 > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 10/19/2017 at 09:48

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Yeah, i didn’t really care for the wing at all. Not even the original. I would have taken it off and put it in storage. In case I wanted to sell it later on.

But now, I agree. They fucked it all up and sold it to previous owner who was more interested in the contents of the exhaust pipe more than the wing.

I really hate this show now.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 10:14

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Excatly. If I were a wealthy man I would do some automotive trolling. Like buy a CTS-V and give it that old-man style:

PartyPooper2012 > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/19/2017 at 10:15

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Who would do such a thing?

Steve! That’s who. It’s always Steve!!!

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 10:53

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Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 11:04

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Wait, they really did that:

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They should be hit in the face with that spoiler, twice for good measure

Dru > PartyPooper2012 10/19/2017 at 11:09

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Understood. I watched the new episode, and honestly it wasn’t that bad. It calls into question Edd’a claim that they wanted to reduce his segments, because they had Ant praddling on about rebuilding a turbo for quite a while, which I found interesting. But I’ll always be team Edd. Ant is fine, just a little too pee pants excited all the time.

PartyPooper2012 > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 10/19/2017 at 11:10

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Yeah. They really did that....

So much down-force now...

This is how poor man achieves down-force

PartyPooper2012 > Dru 10/19/2017 at 11:14

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Team Edd! Edd is now on Bad Obsession Motorsports. Serving tea, biscuits and sweeping the shop. However, I still think they are going to put him to better use.  

We need to GoFund them getting their own show. Project Binky has been years in the making. It took them 4 months to build an L bracket for a power steering pump for Pete’s sake.

MOAR EDD!!!

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 10/19/2017 at 11:23

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They should be hit in the face with that spoiler , twice for good measure

Wing, my bad.