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Old 03-10-2008, 06:29 PM
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The dang hatch light is on.. so the hatch is open. It's definitely not going..

And nice touch on the blinker lol

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Old 03-10-2008, 10:21 PM
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For a more realistic video the camera should gave been bouncing up & down at least a little. Not swaying from side to side And no shadows or streetlight shadows? Yeah, it's real

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Old 03-10-2008, 10:49 PM
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Prolly on jack stands. I think you could peg the speedo with those revs and no resistance.
But what I see in my mind, is like one of those
Benny Hill stationary bike deals... only the car comes off the stands and crashes thru the back of the garage!
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Old 03-10-2008, 10:54 PM
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Prolly on jack stands. I think you could peg the speedo with those revs and no resistance.
But what I see in my mind, is like one of those
Benny Hill stationary bike deals... only the car comes off the stands and crashes thru the back of the garage!
Now THAT would have been a great video
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Old 03-10-2008, 11:41 PM
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It's easy. Just open the guage pod and pull the needles off and re-mount them farther over.
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