DVINNY
2-time 10K winner
Have you seen the new BRONCO?
Jeep Renegade, new CUV
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DVINNY
2-time 10K winner
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
It's from an anime movie, Initial D. The other car in the below picture is the main character's car, the RX-7 is his friend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_D
I'm guessing with the AE-86 it is a drifting based film.
As an aside, I've always loved that geenration Corolla Liftback GT-S. Because of the damn drifter, you can't find an unmodified one.
Oddly enough, the 82-86 Celica Supras aren't drifted, and remain, IMO, greatly underated. I'd love to have one.
Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
That was a concept from 2004. man, they could still build that today and it would be awesome.
Back to the Renegade, I think it is a much better effort than the Compass/Patriot twins.
Dexman PE PMP
Internationally PMP'n his PE-ness
Yeah, it's a street racing/drifting cartoon. There is both a cartoon TV series and a live action movie (both on netflix). The movie isn't bad, but it's Japanese and subtitled. Not a horrible way to burn an hour and a half on a weekend.
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Capt Worley PE
Run silent, run deep
That Japanese stuff is weird. I saw Riding Bean, and...wtf, man? I sure didn't expect any of that.
Dexman PE PMP
Internationally PMP'n his PE-ness
The story line is pretty straight forward. Kid is a mechanic by day, and a delivery guy by night. During his nightly delivery runs, he drives this same mountain route over and tries to beat his previous night's time. Because he starts racing, he damages the tofu he's delivering, so his dad makes him drive with a full cup of water on the dashboard and if he spills, the cost of the tofu is deducted from his paycheck. Eventually, he's able to beat his racing times while not spilling any water because he's so smooth with the car. One night while driving the route, he catches a couple street racers in the middle of a race and passes them like they were nothing. This happens a few times and eventually the racers come to fear his car because they never know who drives it (he never stops at the finish line). Eventually, he gets drug into the racing scene, wins everything, and they follow him as he advances through the ranks of opponents. I believe he finally loses to "the bad guy", loses all confidence, stops racing, returns to his previous life. Then he finds out his dad used to be a world famous racecar driver. Confidence back, he challenges the bad guy, and you probably can figure out the ending.
