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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 07:13 PM
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Love the front bumper.
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 07:27 PM
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I imagine that to them....the Corvette is an "exotic".

Over the top but very cool car!
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 07:43 PM
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That sure seemed quite a high-rev engine. I wonder what gearing or other mods have been done with it.

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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 08:29 PM
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If only we could translate the video.
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 08:52 PM
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I think they were talking about the "pull key" column lock problem. ha ha.

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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:40 PM
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It looks like an Audi R8 front bumper.
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 09:57 AM
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I like the front end and the yellow red color combo. Red and yellow is what makes McDonalds one of the most successful companies in the world.....well that....and their excellent gourmet cheeburgers that have not changed since the beginning of time.

But I love listening to that language. That has to be the weirdest language ever. And one of the hardest to learn and read. Just crazy.
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TorchRedDriver
But I love listening to that language. That has to be the weirdest language ever. And one of the hardest to learn and read. Just crazy.
You think that's a hard language to learn and read, try one of the Arabic languages. They read right to left and don't believe in using abbreviations.

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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by s'noJob
Though this video shows that it is over 26 minutes long, the Corvette part is just the first twelve minutes, so it is well worth the watch.

The language sounds Scandinavian or of some Germanic origin.

Anyway, that's one bada$$ Corvette!

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I believe that is Finnish they're speaking. I noticed that one of the guys said "Helsinki" but that's the end of my detective work. Since we're on the subject of foreign videos, check out this one. It's not Corvette related but its a really fun video. Watch in full screen with the sound on. This guy simply SHREDS his rear tires.
http://www.flixxy.com/impressive-dri...m#.UEN_ApZk58M
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 12:00 PM
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Interesting car. Lots of money has been spent on it. Like some others, I don't particularly like the front end. I'd much prefer a Tiger Shark bumper if I were to change from stock.

I also liked the turn signals integrated into the side-view mirrors. Has anyone seen that before? Wonder where he got them?

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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 12:11 PM
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I noticed those mirror turn signal lights as well. They do look nice. I'd have liked to seen them in action.
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 12:47 PM
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The only thing I hate more than the exterior is the interior. The whole car looks like a clown should be driving it. I think if the BSMs were ditched, along with a more subtle paint job and non-color-matched wheel lips (gag), the exterior would be more appealing. The goofy high-contrast two-tone interior looks just awful. If he would have kept the yellow accents to a minimum (maybe just yellow stitching), it would have looked more classy.
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by WKMCD
It has some nice stuff but it also has some incredibly tacky $hit also..
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 11:45 PM
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Sounds great!
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