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  3. Red Bull - Lamborghini F1

    in Automobili Lamborghini

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    http://www.thef1source.com/red-bull-lamborghini-in-2017/

     

    In what will be called ‘The Coming Together Of The Bulls’ Red-Bull could be set to announce a new engine deal for the 2017 season which includes Lamborghini (owned by Volkswagen Group).

    As previously reported Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann has stepped down after 14 years in the top job opening the doors for a return to Formula 1 and a possible partnership with Red Bull. Volkswagen Group who owns Lamborghini is widely expected to enter Formula 1 in 2017/18 and may choose to use the Lamborghini brand and engineering for a technical partnership with Red Bull.

     

     

    A senior engineer with the group has said “Market research has recently confirmed once again the significance of F1. The rub-off effects are substantial; we see enormous potential for the brand once the race series reinvents itself in 2017.”

     

     

    If all goes according to plan, Volkswagen Group claims the cost is virtually neutral. The biggest part of the initial investment will be provided by Middle Eastern entrepreneurs and instead of relying on a marque or a specific product, they want to tap the commercial opportunities F1 is offering. The master plan is to use Red Bull as a doorway to F1 because of their immense success and world class infrastructure. The pending sponsorship/technical partnership makes sense as Red Bull has been the primary sponsor of Audi DTM touring car series and the strong relationship between the leadership at Audi and Red Bull marks the way for a Volkswagen return to F1.

     

     

    And… Just yesterday Christian Horner announced a 2017 deal which involves parties that can’t yet be named saying “We have now secured a new and competitive engine for the 2017 Formula 1 season… It’s difficult for me to say at the moment, without being able to announce what our engine plans are, but I believe we should be in a better position, everything’s open. I think a lot of things are going to change.”

  5. Kim "Dotcom" being extradited to the US

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    I hope he wins appeal. They'll throw the book at him if he's brought here to be tried, will be made an example of.

     

    What changes if he's put in jail? Internet piracy is just as healthy and popular now as it was in the Megaupload days.

     

    Only reason they're so focused on him is because he's such a show-off and likes to make his lifestyle public, tease and provoke authorities and entertainment industry.

     

    Somehow I believe he won't give up easily. Must have another trick up his sleeve...

     

     

  16. Giallo Orion Aventador SV - PHOTOS !

    in Automobili Lamborghini

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    Last week I met up with a friend who just took delivery of this yellow Aventador to check it out and snap some photos. Right as sun was setting another friend with a red (Rosso Bia) SV joined, so took a few of them together as well.

     

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  17. The WW3 thread

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    In response to the downing of a Russian bomber by Turkish fighter jets on Tuesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted that the military’s actions were justified.

    "We did not want this situation to happen, but everybody has to respect Turkey’s right to defend its borders," he told reporters, adding that the military’s actions were "fully in line with Turkey’s rules of engagement."

     

    Yet, three years ago, Erdogan had somewhat different thoughts on the matter.

    In 2012, Ankara accused Syria of shooting down a Turkish F-4 Phantom. That plane crash-landed in the Mediterranean after veering into Syrian airspace. In response, an outraged Erdogan lambasted the Syrian military for acting in haste.

     

    "A short-term border violation can never be a pretext for an attack," he told Parliament at the time.

     

    Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/20151125/1...l#ixzz3sWnfWSUL

  21. The WW3 thread

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    I'm stealing this from another forum, too good not to share...

     

     

     

    President Assad ( who is bad ) is a nasty guy who got so nasty his people rebelled and the Rebels ( who are good ) started winning ( Hurrah!).

    But then some of the rebels turned a bit nasty and are now called Islamic State ( who are definitely bad!) and some continued to support democracy ( who are still good.)

     

    So the Americans ( who are good ) started bombing Islamic State ( who are bad ) and giving arms to the Syrian Rebels ( who are good ) so they could fight Assad ( who is still bad ) which was good.

    By the way, there is a breakaway state in the north run by the Kurds who want to fight IS ( which is a good thing ) but the Turkish authorities think they are bad, so we have to say they are bad whilst secretly thinking they're good and giving them guns to fight IS (which is good) but that is another matter.

     

    Getting back to Syria.

    So President Putin ( who is bad, cos he invaded Crimea and the Ukraine and killed lots of folks including that nice Russian man in London with polonium poisoned sushi ) has decided to back Assad ( who is still bad ) by attacking IS ( who are also bad ) which is sort of a good thing?

     

    But Putin ( still bad ) thinks the Syrian Rebels ( who are good ) are also bad, and so he bombs them too, much to the annoyance of the Americans ( who are good ) who are busy backing and arming the rebels ( who are also good).

     

    Now Iran ( who used to be bad, but now they have agreed not to build any nuclear weapons and bomb Israel are now good ) are going to provide ground troops to support Assad ( still bad ) as are the Russians ( bad ) who now have ground troops and aircraft in Syria.

     

    So a Coalition of Assad ( still bad ) Putin ( extra bad ) and the Iranians ( good, but in a bad sort of way ) are going to attack IS ( who are bad ) which is a good thing, but also the Syrian Rebels ( who are good ) which is bad.

     

    Now the British ( obviously good, except that nice Mr Corbyn in the corduroy jacket, who is probably bad ) and the Americans ( also good ) cannot attack Assad ( still bad ) for fear of upsetting Putin ( bad ) and Iran ( good / bad) and now they have to accept that Assad might not be that bad after all compared to IS ( who are super bad).

     

    So Assad ( bad ) is now probably good, being better than IS ( but let’s face it, drinking your own wee is better than IS so no real choice there ) and since Putin and Iran are also fighting IS that may now make them Good. America ( still Good ) will find it hard to arm a group of rebels being attacked by the Russians for fear of upsetting Mr Putin ( now good ) and that nice mad Ayatollah in Iran ( also Good ) and so they may be forced to say that the Rebels are now Bad, or at the very least abandon them to their fate. This will lead most of them to flee to Turkey and on to Europe or join IS ( still the only constantly bad group).

     

    To Sunni Muslims, an attack by Shia Muslims ( Assad and Iran ) backed by Russians will be seen as something of a Holy War, and the ranks of IS will now be seen by the Sunnis as the only Jihadis fighting in the Holy War and hence many Muslims will now see IS as Good ( Doh!.)

     

    Sunni Muslims will also see the lack of action by Britain and America in support of their Sunni rebel brothers as something of a betrayal ( mmm.might have a point.) and hence we will be seen as Bad.

     

    So now we have America ( now bad ) and Britain ( also bad ) providing limited support to Sunni Rebels ( bad ) many of whom are looking to IS ( Good / bad ) for support against Assad ( now good ) who, along with Iran ( also Good) and Putin ( also, now, unbelievably, Good ) are attempting to retake the country Assad used to run before all this.

  23. What good is a PPI?

    in Automobili Lamborghini

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    How much actual driving do they usually do for PPI? Around the block to make sure it starts and wheels turn? 5-15 miles to get to know it better?

     

    Surely there could be many issues that would show face with regular use, but go unnoticed with a nervous mechanic tiptoeing his way around the dealership.

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