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NarendZORCE
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 Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject: Z-Wordsmiths - Engineering Brilliance of the Written Word |
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Z-Wordsmiths - Engineering Brilliance of the Written Word
Okay, I'm sure many of you read Car Magazines (or novels or anything) from time to time and come across bits of literature that just make you want to scream with delight. As soon as you can muster up enough self control to minimize the ensuing shakes and ripples, feel free to quote your writers right here, of course giving the proper credit where you can.
Of course, we will not limit you to loaded, juicy, humourously descriptive quotes but rather encourage you to post any sort of outstanding use of the language. Although it may be temping to just fill this thread with crass and crude cusswords, the destinations on that road have been visited by most.
Might we also suggest that you can from time to time research and explore the meaning of less used words or widely-used-but-never-quite-explained ones as well that appear from time time throughout the automotive genre. The road (or the word) less travelled might sometimes take the long way around, but the journey therein is that much more satisfying. Sounds alot like women. Anyway, let's get to it.
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NarendZORCE
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"...The three-litre six cylinder is so well isolated that you can hear your own ear wax accruing mid-canal..." �Tom Ford on the Lexus GS, Top Gear 05/2005
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NarendZORCE
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"...The GTI is a car that will suit the petrolhead, the sort of chap or chapess who drives everywhere like they've sat on a wasp. The sort of person who has a medical need to get from 0-60 in less than eight seconds..." �Clarkson on the Golf GTI, Top Gear 05/2005
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"What lies beneath the TVR's astonishing shape and neo-race car detailing is a core message that's as blunt and bloody as ever: concussive, supercar-humbling grunt lives here" -David Vivian on the TVR Sagaris, Autocar 05/2005
"The M400 is so mind-warpingly rapid, the first time you flatten the accelerator in third gear you think you're having an accident and have to fight the instinct to back off" -David Vivian on the Noble M400, Autocar 05/2005
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Be On Edge - One of Benson & Hedges slogans used for advertising when Tobacco ads were banned on the Jordans two years ago.
Something wicked this way comes - a book from Ray Bradbury (thanks to Sanctifier for that one)...i just love that name...not sure why.
There are more..many more...will post em as i remember! 
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"....it feels like no car interior you have ever experienced� there's so much glass and leather, its like a mix of Star Trek and Strip Joint."
�Ben Field on the interior of the 1986 Lamborghini Countacl LP500S QV
Thorughbred And Classic Car Magazine, Feb 2004
.......eat yuh heart out, Narend 
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NarendZORCE
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^bump^
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MG Man
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Thanks for the bump, Narend
OK, I found this little gem on page 85 of the September issue of Road and Track magazine:
"Caterham CSR - Proof that light is might"
words by Shaun Bailey
"Driving a Seven in town is a bit like piloting a rocket-propelled soapbox racer through the living room. All other cars seem overweight and bloated. To see the road ahead, look under the Lincoln Navigator in front of you. To drive a Seven is to be perpetually stuck behind something bigger and slower."
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http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12529-1189004_1,00.html
Jeremy Clarkson on the Lancer Evo VIII MR FQ-340
Beg, steal or borrow this car
| Quote: | | You have to trade power for longevity and I suspect that 340bhp is right on the edge of everyday practicality. I note with some surprise that the engine still comes with Mitsubishi�s three-year warranty, but then I see also that it must be serviced once every 10 minutes or so. |
| Quote: | You curl up like a foetus with embarrassment every time you park it in a built-up area, because you know everyone�s looking and everyone�s thinking, �What a prat�.
Still, because it is a four-door saloon it is reasonably practical. I mean, it has a boot and so on, and it does come with such niceties as air-conditioning and electric windows. It also has one of those stereos that slide out of the dash and beep a lot. However, not being 12, I couldn�t make it work. |
more Clarkson gems here.
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,12529,00.html
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http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12529-2001968_1,00.html
Clarkson on the Nissan Navarra
| Quote: | The Nissan Navara Aventura I drove had rain-sensing wipers, cruise control, Bluetooth connectivity, a voice-activated mobile phone and satellite navigation. It also had five leather seats and deep-pile carpets. But underneath it had leaf springs, such as you would find on an ox cart on a Chinese farm.
So it rode with all the comfort of the Middle Ages and handled with all the poise and panache of a boulder tumbling down a hillside. It wasn�t what you�d call quiet, either. Unless you test shotguns for a living. In a blast furnace. |
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| "...Stadium bulb bright, but nuh bright like you..." Lovindeer - Babylon Boops. |
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Yeo
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Jeremy Clarkson, The Sunday Times, July 23 2006
(Review of the 997 911 Turbo) "This becomes obvious when you look at the new Porsche 997 Turbo in the 911 series. You�ll note it�s the 997, which means it�s one newer and one better than the 996. But it isn�t one better at all. It�s millions better. If I�d made it, I�d have called it the Porsche Jesus Christ Almighty Would You Look At That Bastard Go."
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"You put those ear things in and when you don't like a song you can use shuffle and go to the next one.....it's pretty high tech stuff." - George Bush on his iPod
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^^^^ 
"you can always tell the hot new design trends by watching what the Japanese are copying"
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"There is no car that will love you more than an Evo will. As a road warrior, its sharpness, directness, and aggressive yet forgiving nature leave the STi no choice but to step aside"
Road&Track Mag, Dec.2005
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