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300SL Gullwing and Bonneville.
Years ago when I was working on a Hyundai photo shoot on Bonneville my friend and I did a double 360° when decelerating from 120 to 90mph in a Durango on the same stretch. One of the few moments in my live I thought I was going to die.
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His car his rules.
I would never do that to a Gullwing. I agree with him fullheartedly that cars are made to be driven. I hate the folks who buy the various beautiful cars and them lock them away in a museum somewhere. I would love to a fully restored Gullwing cruising down the freeway and speed. I don't like the fact that he severely altered the car so a shadow of it's self. Just seems wrong on such a rare and wonderful piece of history. Just my $.02
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That video makes me want to go to Bonneville someday.
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It's a weird place that gets to you after a couple of days. You get sun burned in places you didn't think the sun would reach. After seven days I was happy to go home.
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Better the salt than have some smartphone dumbass rear-end it at a red light.
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Would love to know what the Gullwing owner does with his car after the race.
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More power to him!
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You can read about it on speed racing forums. One approach is to spray the vehicle before and wash afterward. I have done this.
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Wikipedia claims the flats have decreased by two thirds due to potash mining.
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Jay Leno has the same attitude. I remember in one of his videos his $25k one off Duesenberg probably worth a large fortune was filthy because he was using it as his daily driver for a bit and it was raining out.
His attitude is cars are rolling art, drive them! You can always fix or restore what you break.
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if you cannot afford to fix one after using it you should probably not own one.
When you get to a value of a million or even less, a car cannot be totalled, but repairs may be a few hundred thousand.
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