Oh, oh, oh, I'm making a Ludicrous Claim®! Read the first post!

[Joey D]

I think I'm more shocked that the Mach 1 came with an automatic, that seems strange.

 

[Grandea GTR]

I think I'm more shocked that the Mach 1 came with an automatic, that seems strange.

Isn't AT preferred in drag races?

 

[Joey D]

Isn't AT preferred in drag races?

It is, but I figured Ford would have built something like that as a manual only.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Would be nice if he took the dealers logos off the pictures he posted .....

 

[Tornado]

Would have thought that the dealer would have taken it off of their current inventory a week after he bought it.

 

[Pupik]

Would have thought that the dealer would have taken it off of their current inventory a week after he bought it.

You'd be surprised how slow they can be to react, especially if they're a small-time dealership.

Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.

He says he's from Florida, and the dealer's in Tampa, not Nampa. It's a 2003 model; we're not talking about something exotic, just a one-off.

 

[Scaff]

You'd be surprised how slow they can be to react, especially if they're a small-time dealership.

Yep, or just leave it on just in case you get any more interest and then point them towards something else. Commonly done if your used stock is low and/or lacks diversity.

 

[Liquid]

Isn't AT preferred in drag races?

Hey, what @axletramp gets up to with a wig and blusher is nobody's business but his own!

 

[axletramp]

Hey, what @axletramp gets up to with a wig and blusher is nobody's business but his own!

To be fair, that's not such a ludicrous claim.

 

[TS050]

Am I the only one who's noticed that @Sharpie has visited the site quite a few times since the initial ludi-claim, but hasn't said a thing?

 

[Tornado]

He hasn't posted anywhere though.

 

[Scaff]

99.999% of people in this world have never even sat in a rally car let alone raced one on any surface... I have. 99.999% have never raced anything, car or motorbike... I have. A lot. Dirt Rally is just a game and not a very good one at that. This btw is not 'Look at me' this for some people who can no doubt self identify is "Look at yourself"

DR graphics are OK but not as good as say Forza 6. Sounds are OK. Oh and then there is the 'physics' that so many love to bang on about... so how would you know then? Raced a Mk2 Escort have you? I have . Driven a Subaru on snow? I have. Owned a 131 Arbath? I have. But the answer for 99.99% of people is once again... no.

Quite a claim, but with this much racing experience it should not be a difficult one to back up.

No saying it's not true, but it is a claim that's going to need backing up given some of the past tall tales members have spun and the AUP.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Quite a claim, but with this much racing experience it should not be a difficult one to back up.

No saying it's not true, but it is a claim that's going to need backing up given some of the past tall tales members have spun and the AUP.

Race results should be easy to find online.

 

[Lucas]

Quite a claim, but with this much racing experience it should not be a difficult one to back up.

No saying it's not true, but it is a claim that's going to need backing up given some of the past tall tales members have spun and the AUP.

Is there a prize or anything for siding with the accused and winning by having him prove his claims? If so, I want in: I believe him.

 

[MatskiMonk]

This will be hilarious. Even if he does have proof (and lets face it, it's not a particularly ludicrous claim given how much amateaur level rallying goes on), someone with such a high opinion of themselves, that doesn't even like responding to comments on their own opinions in other threads.... isn't going to react well to this.

.. unless they've perchance learned some manners.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

His profile states motorbikes nothing about cars....

 

[fortbo]

That's funny, because I have raced before...even on different surfaces. I guess I'm in a very elite minority.

 

[Tornado]

Drove a Subaru in the snow? Mel, is that you?

 

[Turbotwin01]

I race on many surfaces in a rally car if racing against crossing squirrels and driving an suv counts.

 

[Drave]

matsk...

Do you know the really difficult thing on the internet I find? We all end up conversing with people that one wouldn't just cross a street to avoid but an entire continent. In real life I would not even meet any of you these days, let alone converse with you or vice versa

Now I have no need to lie, I just don't, let's face it, you people are not earning me any money so why would I bother?

But I find the whole playground attitude risible. Look at you all, it is like a pack of 6yr old kids.

Indeed you matsk are entirely correct and have been paying attention, I rarely go back to comment on the comments of others... what's the point? An argument? No thanks, waste of my time. The only reason I am commenting here is just... mmmm... total fatigue at 'people', the pointless emotions, their 'needs'... all of it. It comes with my Nth level Nihilism. These are just games, nothing more. An opinion however in any field of endeavour only has any validity if it is based on knowledge and experience. It is blatantly obvious that in life most 'people' have neither, no matter the subject at hand.

Some people do not like what I say and I frankly could care less what they say. When people say they do not care in general that means they do...I have a personality (LOL, if you could call it a personality) type which only has what are termed proto-emotions. This means I actually do not care, because I do not have emotional responses. It also means I do not fit into groups of people. Whilst I am not autistic so I recognise 'social cues'...... I just simply don't care.

My paternal grandfather owned a main dealership, so did my father and so did my Uncle... I have also owned commercial garages. I mostly grew up on a garage forecourt or my parents farm. I had the company traders insurance at 17... so I could drive anything and had three cars when I was 17/18; a Mini Cooper 1071 all steel I built myself from a bare shell, an Avenger 1600, both rally cars and a new Saab Turbo which my father very kindly bought me. I also have had a wide variety of motorbikes and my race team in later life was based around two riders, Fatty and Si, on off road KTM's.

Now I can hear the socio economic driven "spoilt' word... no my father tried to give me a business at 19 and I said "No thanks'.... went and created my own wealth.

Unfortunately Holden, me old fruit, I am not proving anything to anyone. That would mean releasing my name and that never happens. LOL, I use a VPN, I have no bank account, no mobile, I own nothing in my name, I do not work for anyone. I live behind gates and am effectively a self imposed recluse because I cannot abide 'people' ..... and you think I would pass out my name to prove some point on an internet site to please people I have no interest in? You little tinkers

However whatever you do or do not think of myself, it was and is a statement of pure fact - if you have not done it, whatever that 'it' is, then how do you know?

Well, you don't, do you. I have no idea what child birth feels like so I do not presume to comment on it or tell my wife about it. Nor do I presume with anything else in life I have not personally experienced to have an opinion. I do not much like opinions, I like facts and pragmatism.

Meanwhile and a serious comment here folks; if I annoy or irritate or whatever, then be assured, it is not my intention, truly. It is just me talking.

There is no intonation on the internet so 'you' read my comments with your own voice and inside the parameters of what you imagine I am saying based on your own life and experiences. Why don't you just ignore me? Seriously, I would I ignore 99.99999999% of the world every day ... because have you really achieved anything by shouting at a faceless post on the internet? Has you life changed for the better, your job improved, your debt lessened for all your angst? Then why bother? I've achieved nothing by writing this... such a waste of time isn't it?

Anyway, not much left to say except...... Bread and circuses anyone? You see, I do know what pleases the people.

 

[SVX]

matsk...

Do you know the really difficult thing on the internet I find? We all end up conversing with people that one wouldn't just cross a street to avoid but an entire continent. In real life I would not even meet any of you these days, let alone converse with you or vice versa

Now I have no need to lie, I just don't, let's face it, you people are not earning me any money so why would I bother?

But I find the whole playground attitude risible. Look at you all, it is like a pack of 6yr old kids.

Indeed you matsk are entirely correct and have been paying attention, I rarely go back to comment on the comments of others... what's the point? An argument? No thanks, waste of my time. The only reason I am commenting here is just... mmmm... total fatigue at 'people', the pointless emotions, their 'needs'... all of it. It comes with my Nth level Nihilism. These are just games, nothing more. An opinion however in any field of endeavour only has any validity if it is based on knowledge and experience. It is blatantly obvious that in life most 'people' have neither, no matter the subject at hand.

Some people do not like what I say and I frankly could care less what they say. When people say they do not care in general that means they do...I have a personality (LOL, if you could call it a personality) type which has only has what are termed proto-emotions. This means I actually do not care, because I do not have emotional responses. It also means I do not fit into groups of people. Whilst I am not autistic so I recognise 'social cues'...... I just simply don't care.

tl;dr = "I don't want to discuss on a discussion forum."

 

[Tornado]

Once again you've mastered the art of writing an essay that says almost nothing at all.

 

[GTP_Ingram]

matsk...

Do you know the really difficult thing on the internet I find? We all end up conversing with people that one wouldn't just cross a street to avoid but an entire continent. In real life I would not even meet any of you these days, let alone converse with you or vice versa

Now I have no need to lie, I just don't, let's face it, you people are not earning me any money so why would I bother?

But I find the whole playground attitude risible. Look at you all, it is like a pack of 6yr old kids.

Indeed you matsk are entirely correct and have been paying attention, I rarely go back to comment on the comments of others... what's the point? An argument? No thanks, waste of my time. The only reason I am commenting here is just... mmmm... total fatigue at 'people', the pointless emotions, their 'needs'... all of it. It comes with my Nth level Nihilism. These are just games, nothing more. An opinion however in any field of endeavour only has any validity if it is based on knowledge and experience. It is blatantly obvious that in life most 'people' have neither, no matter the subject at hand.

Some people do not like what I say and I frankly could care less what they say. When people say they do not care in general that means they do...I have a personality (LOL, if you could call it a personality) type which only has what are termed proto-emotions. This means I actually do not care, because I do not have emotional responses. It also means I do not fit into groups of people. Whilst I am not autistic so I recognise 'social cues'...... I just simply don't care.

My paternal grandfather owned a main dealership, so did my father and so did my Uncle... I have also owned commercial garages. I mostly grew up on a garage forecourt or my parents farm. I had the company traders insurance at 17... so I could drive anything and had three cars when I was 17/18; a Mini Cooper 1071 all steel I built myself from a bare shell, an Avenger 1600, both rally cars and a new Saab Turbo which my father very kindly bought me. I also have had a wide variety of motorbikes and my race team in later life was based around two riders, Fatty and Si, on off road KTM's.

Now I can hear the socio economic driven "spoilt' word... no my father tried to give me a business at 19 and I said "No thanks'.... went and created my own wealth.

Unfortunately Holden, me old fruit, I am not proving anything to anyone. That would mean releasing my name and that never happens. LOL, I use a VPN, I have no bank account, no mobile, I own nothing in my name, I do not work for anyone. I live behind gates and am effectively a self imposed recluse because I cannot abide 'people' ..... and you think I would pass out my name to prove some point on an internet site to please people I have no interest in? You little tinkers

However whatever you do or do not think of myself, it was and is a statement of pure fact - if you have not done it, whatever that 'it' is, then how do you know?

Well, you don't, do you. I have no idea what child birth feels like so I do not presume to comment on it or tell my wife about it. Nor do I presume with anything else in life I have not personally experienced to have an opinion. I do not much like opinions, I like facts and pragmatism.

Meanwhile and a serious comment here folks; if I annoy or irritate or whatever, then be assured, it is not my intention, truly. It is just me talking.

There is no intonation on the internet so 'you' read my comments with your own voice and inside the parameters of what you imagine I am saying based on your own life and experiences. Why don't you just ignore me? Seriously, I would I ignore 99.99999999% of the world every day ... because have you really achieved anything by shouting at a faceless post on the internet? Has you life changed for the better, your job improved, your debt lessened for all your angst? Then why bother? I've achieved nothing by writing this... such a waste of time isn't it?

Anyway, not much left to say except...... Bread and circuses anyone? You see, I do know what pleases the people.

If you'd simply shown us some proof before starting that dissertation, you would have been home by now.

 

[JockeP22]

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Have a great Saturday.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Unfortunately Holden, me old fruit, I am not proving anything to anyone. That would mean releasing my name and that never happens. LOL, I use a VPN, I have no bank account, no mobile, I own nothing in my name, I do not work for anyone. I live behind gates and am effectively a self imposed recluse because I cannot abide 'people' ..... and you think I would pass out my name to prove some point on an internet site to please people I have no interest in? You little tinkers

Did anyone else think this reading that statement?

Also thanks for proving that you can't prove anything that's all we needed to know.

 

[Ridox2JZGTE]

matsk...

Do you know the really difficult thing on the internet I find? We all end up conversing with people that one wouldn't just cross a street to avoid but an entire continent. In real life I would not even meet any of you these days, let alone converse with you or vice versa

Now I have no need to lie, I just don't, let's face it, you people are not earning me any money so why would I bother?

But I find the whole playground attitude risible. Look at you all, it is like a pack of 6yr old kids.

Indeed you matsk are entirely correct and have been paying attention, I rarely go back to comment on the comments of others... what's the point? An argument? No thanks, waste of my time. The only reason I am commenting here is just... mmmm... total fatigue at 'people', the pointless emotions, their 'needs'... all of it. It comes with my Nth level Nihilism. These are just games, nothing more. An opinion however in any field of endeavour only has any validity if it is based on knowledge and experience. It is blatantly obvious that in life most 'people' have neither, no matter the subject at hand.

Some people do not like what I say and I frankly could care less what they say. When people say they do not care in general that means they do...I have a personality (LOL, if you could call it a personality) type which only has what are termed proto-emotions. This means I actually do not care, because I do not have emotional responses. It also means I do not fit into groups of people. Whilst I am not autistic so I recognise 'social cues'...... I just simply don't care.

My paternal grandfather owned a main dealership, so did my father and so did my Uncle... I have also owned commercial garages. I mostly grew up on a garage forecourt or my parents farm. I had the company traders insurance at 17... so I could drive anything and had three cars when I was 17/18; a Mini Cooper 1071 all steel I built myself from a bare shell, an Avenger 1600, both rally cars and a new Saab Turbo which my father very kindly bought me. I also have had a wide variety of motorbikes and my race team in later life was based around two riders, Fatty and Si, on off road KTM's.

Now I can hear the socio economic driven "spoilt' word... no my father tried to give me a business at 19 and I said "No thanks'.... went and created my own wealth.

Unfortunately Holden, me old fruit, I am not proving anything to anyone. That would mean releasing my name and that never happens. LOL, I use a VPN, I have no bank account, no mobile, I own nothing in my name, I do not work for anyone. I live behind gates and am effectively a self imposed recluse because I cannot abide 'people' ..... and you think I would pass out my name to prove some point on an internet site to please people I have no interest in? You little tinkers

However whatever you do or do not think of myself, it was and is a statement of pure fact - if you have not done it, whatever that 'it' is, then how do you know?

Well, you don't, do you. I have no idea what child birth feels like so I do not presume to comment on it or tell my wife about it. Nor do I presume with anything else in life I have not personally experienced to have an opinion. I do not much like opinions, I like facts and pragmatism.

Meanwhile and a serious comment here folks; if I annoy or irritate or whatever, then be assured, it is not my intention, truly. It is just me talking.

There is no intonation on the internet so 'you' read my comments with your own voice and inside the parameters of what you imagine I am saying based on your own life and experiences. Why don't you just ignore me? Seriously, I would I ignore 99.99999999% of the world every day ... because have you really achieved anything by shouting at a faceless post on the internet? Has you life changed for the better, your job improved, your debt lessened for all your angst? Then why bother? I've achieved nothing by writing this... such a waste of time isn't it?

Anyway, not much left to say except...... Bread and circuses anyone? You see, I do know what pleases the people.

Personal confidentiality rights / internet privacy huh, gotcha.

To quote Michael Townley, roughly like this : "You forget thousand things everyday, make sure this is one of them. "

 

[daan]

matsk...

Do you know the really difficult thing on the internet I find? We all end up conversing with people that one wouldn't just cross a street to avoid but an entire continent. In real life I would not even meet any of you these days, let alone converse with you or vice versa

Now I have no need to lie, I just don't, let's face it, you people are not earning me any money so why would I bother?

But I find the whole playground attitude risible. Look at you all, it is like a pack of 6yr old kids.

Indeed you matsk are entirely correct and have been paying attention, I rarely go back to comment on the comments of others... what's the point? An argument? No thanks, waste of my time. The only reason I am commenting here is just... mmmm... total fatigue at 'people', the pointless emotions, their 'needs'... all of it. It comes with my Nth level Nihilism. These are just games, nothing more. An opinion however in any field of endeavour only has any validity if it is based on knowledge and experience. It is blatantly obvious that in life most 'people' have neither, no matter the subject at hand.

Some people do not like what I say and I frankly could care less what they say. When people say they do not care in general that means they do...I have a personality (LOL, if you could call it a personality) type which only has what are termed proto-emotions. This means I actually do not care, because I do not have emotional responses. It also means I do not fit into groups of people. Whilst I am not autistic so I recognise 'social cues'...... I just simply don't care.

My paternal grandfather owned a main dealership, so did my father and so did my Uncle... I have also owned commercial garages. I mostly grew up on a garage forecourt or my parents farm. I had the company traders insurance at 17... so I could drive anything and had three cars when I was 17/18; a Mini Cooper 1071 all steel I built myself from a bare shell, an Avenger 1600, both rally cars and a new Saab Turbo which my father very kindly bought me. I also have had a wide variety of motorbikes and my race team in later life was based around two riders, Fatty and Si, on off road KTM's.

Now I can hear the socio economic driven "spoilt' word... no my father tried to give me a business at 19 and I said "No thanks'.... went and created my own wealth.

Unfortunately Holden, me old fruit, I am not proving anything to anyone. That would mean releasing my name and that never happens. LOL, I use a VPN, I have no bank account, no mobile, I own nothing in my name, I do not work for anyone. I live behind gates and am effectively a self imposed recluse because I cannot abide 'people' ..... and you think I would pass out my name to prove some point on an internet site to please people I have no interest in? You little tinkers

However whatever you do or do not think of myself, it was and is a statement of pure fact - if you have not done it, whatever that 'it' is, then how do you know?

Well, you don't, do you. I have no idea what child birth feels like so I do not presume to comment on it or tell my wife about it. Nor do I presume with anything else in life I have not personally experienced to have an opinion. I do not much like opinions, I like facts and pragmatism.

Meanwhile and a serious comment here folks; if I annoy or irritate or whatever, then be assured, it is not my intention, truly. It is just me talking.

There is no intonation on the internet so 'you' read my comments with your own voice and inside the parameters of what you imagine I am saying based on your own life and experiences. Why don't you just ignore me? Seriously, I would I ignore 99.99999999% of the world every day ... because have you really achieved anything by shouting at a faceless post on the internet? Has you life changed for the better, your job improved, your debt lessened for all your angst? Then why bother? I've achieved nothing by writing this... such a waste of time isn't it?

Anyway, not much left to say except...... Bread and circuses anyone? You see, I do know what pleases the people.

I don't get how someone with "Chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis" and who cannot abide people would go through a lot of pain and discomfort to type up a huge post like that to people who you don't care about. That does not compute.

Also, using a VPN and a gmx email are usually the hallmarks of a previously banned member who is trying to hide from us, and I think we're going to need a really good reason why we shouldn't just ban you right now. You're clearly not contributing anything of use to the forums.

Got really ill at 48... chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis (it's an auto-immune disease), and then a boat load of other stuff which that has brought. I raced off road motorbikes from age 6 to age 48, now I have an electric wheelchair... not really the same to be honest

My wife is a Dr and we have married a very long time; she is why I bother to keep getting up every day

I play Forza mostly, there is nothing I do not like about it from the racing to the pictures, video, paints and decals. Occasionally I play some rally stuff and very occasionally COD.

Myself I do not play on-line multi player, ever. I cannot abide most people in real life, so I am hardly likely to want to mix with them playing a game.

 

[R5]

Why would someone who keeps making a point about not being able to abide people join an Internet forum full of... people?

That's what I'm confused about in all this.

 

[Ridox2JZGTE]

Abiding rules or abiding strangers demand ? He said cannot abide most people in real life, I guess he's not the type who likes to be ordered around, most likely he is the boss of his own business.

So, he's retired now .....

 

[daan]

He said abide most people in real life, I guess he's not the type who likes to be ordered around, most likely he is the boss of his own business.

He has a wife, so he's still being ordered around.