WRC Champion several times over. Watched him win with the Subaru in the early 90's. Almost painted my Soob wagon like the rally car. What a shame.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

-salutes a WRX as it passes by-

Oh crap! I loved his in car commentary.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

A video tribute:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7423900607382931349&q=Colin+Mcrae&total=2993&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

Put Subaru on map, my favorite rally driver along with Walter Rohrl, he will be solely missed in WRC by all.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ci_p6ulyTRg

Great vid.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

I was little more than a casual rally fan, I enjoyed watching it on the tube if I was flipping by but I didn't search it out. Mainly because I've got so much other stuff on my plate. But I knew exactly who Colin McRae was (and his WRX) when I saw the scroller on the bottom of the screen on ESPN, which probably speaks volumes about his impact. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I hadn't even read the news until I read this post.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/16/sports/16rally.php?WT.mc_id=rsssports

What gets me more is that his 5-yr old son was killed too; at least Colin had an amazing life and accomplished so much - his little boy never got the chance.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

Ah $h!t, I didn't know that. Poor little guy.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

When we were looking for a car one of the many points that settled us into a Subaru Legacy was that Colin Mcrae drove these Suby's to hell and back, its got to count for something!

RIP

Its amazing how many well to do famous people kill themselves in their private flying machines.