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they probably got the dreaded ice sand effect and ran out of track...

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Old 12-26-2009, 04:59 PM   #1 (permalink)
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they probably got the dreaded ice sand effect and ran out of track...
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they probably got the dreaded ice sand effect and ran out of track...
Or "ran out of talent"
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Or "ran out of talent"
ha, a nice reference to another thread here. +1
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I tried scanning the article but my scanner is acting up. Anyway, it is in the Feb Edition of Car and Driver. I'll try again later.
According to the article Nissan claims that the brake pads were not the 'track applicable' pads.
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They know the left pedal is not the brake?
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They know the left pedal is not the brake?
that'd be pretty sad if that was the case and they blamed it on the brakes...

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