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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 09:27 PM
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I am kind of shocked at how many cars were just like 'sucks to be you... PEACE!' and fucked right off. If I was that silver BMW I would have stopped immediately to see if they were ok or needed medical attention.
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 09:47 PM
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I thought I was the only one with...

"flip a rental at the ring"

...on my bucket list.
Old Apr 15, 2012 | 10:04 PM
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The raptor was bad ***.... wonder how many corners he cut across the grass.
Old Apr 16, 2012 | 12:07 AM
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The difference may be that while Germans are obsessed about following rules, the traffic laws are sensible.

I asked a local how come the Autobahn laws haven't spread to neighboring countries. He said, it's because the car industry has a powerful lobby group.

I thought about this for a bit, and said, "Why can't there be sensible laws written without a lobby group? The common man has no lobby group".
Old Apr 16, 2012 | 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by falcon
I am kind of shocked at how many cars were just like 'sucks to be you... PEACE!' and fucked right off. If I was that silver BMW I would have stopped immediately to see if they were ok or needed medical attention.
Someone else will take care of em. ---- the crv

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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 12:26 AM
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I hope you're never close by if I ever needed help.
Old Apr 16, 2012 | 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by xturner
I was more-or-less referring to the civil-law difference. In the US, the driver of the CR-V would sue Honda for making a car that can roll over, regardless of circumstance, and for not placing a prominent warning not to try racing in it. He would sue the 'Ring for not stopping him from being stupid. He would sue the local regional gov't for not preventing the 'Ring from allowing him to be stupid. He might even try to sue YouTube for the embarrassing broadcast of his ***-hattery.

In Germany, it's possible for something to be your own damn fault and, sorry, no suit for you!
That might well be true...
Old Apr 16, 2012 | 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by falcon
I am kind of shocked at how many cars were just like 'sucks to be you... PEACE!' and fucked right off. If I was that silver BMW I would have stopped immediately to see if they were ok or needed medical attention.
Because they're on track, and there are people trained to respond to that sort of thing, and there are who knows how many cars about to come zipping around that corner, and the worst thing you could do is stop and clog the track and/or create a larger incident because someone runs into your stopped *** on the closed track.
Old Apr 16, 2012 | 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Mobius
Because they're on track, and there are people trained to respond to that sort of thing, and there are who knows how many cars about to come zipping around that corner, and the worst thing you could do is stop and clog the track and/or create a larger incident because someone runs into your stopped *** on the closed track.
^^ this.
Old Apr 19, 2012 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by xturner
It's Germany. They don't care - if you do something stupid, tough ---- and we'll charge you for the cleanup. It's not like the US, where they try to save you from yourself so they don't get sued.
Germany is all about the people.
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