Man builds Audi R8 supercar out of a Mercury Cougar

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#1 DBIZMO
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The link:

http://jalopnik.com/5095021/man-builds-audi-r8-super-car-out-of-a-mercury-cougar

I found this quite amazing. It could fool anyone. :shock:

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#2 RAMRODtheMASTER
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The link:

http://jalopnik.com/5095021/man-builds-audi-r8-super-car-out-of-a-mercury-cougar

I found this quite amazing. It could fool anyone. :shock:

DBIZMO
That's pretty awesome.
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#3 Pirate700
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That's a lot of work when you can just buy one if you need one that bad.

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#4 horgen  Moderator
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:lol: Pretty good
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#5 raven_squad
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Damned impressive replica....

That's a lot of work when you can just buy one if you need one that bad.

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Maybe because he lacks the 100,000+ dollars they cost (according to article).
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#6 mhh91
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That's a lot of work when you can just buy one if you need one that bad.

Pirate700
well,it's about the work done,not the result think of it as a proof of concept
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#7 AngrySpider
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It is an extremely good replica of an R8, but if you look at them side by side, you can see major differences.

Without looking at it closely, like it driving by you, or you passing it in a parking lot or something, most people probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference, it's definatley well built.

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#8 Pirate700
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Damned impressive replica.... [QUOTE="Pirate700"]

That's a lot of work when you can just buy one if you need one that bad.

raven_squad

Maybe because he lacks the 100,000+ dollars they cost (according to article).

I don't think you understand how much a project like that would cost in parts, time and labor spent.

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#9 AngrySpider
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[QUOTE="raven_squad"]Damned impressive replica.... [QUOTE="Pirate700"]

That's a lot of work when you can just buy one if you need one that bad.

Pirate700

Maybe because he lacks the 100,000+ dollars they cost (according to article).

I don't think you understand how much a project like that would cost in parts, time and labor spent.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. For the price of all the materials, time, and labor, he could've probably bought a real Audi R8. Also they cost about $120,000 where I'm at (Pennsylvania), I know because I live about 5 miles from an Audi dealership and when I was looking at Audi TT's/S4's, I saw one there. Price tag was like $120k.
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#10 raven_squad
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[QUOTE="raven_squad"]Damned impressive replica.... [QUOTE="Pirate700"]

That's a lot of work when you can just buy one if you need one that bad.

Pirate700

Maybe because he lacks the 100,000+ dollars they cost (according to article).

I don't think you understand how much a project like that would cost in parts, time and labor spent.

It said approximately $50,000 at the end of the article....
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#11 mrbojangles25
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="raven_squad"] Maybe because he lacks the 100,000+ dollars they cost (according to article). raven_squad

I don't think you understand how much a project like that would cost in parts, time and labor spent.

It said approximately $50,000 at the end of the article....

so instead of buying a nice car for around 50k, he takes a crappy car, wastes money on it, and essentially does it to fool people.

Bravo

"A" for effort and artistic flare

"F" for horrible waste of money

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#12 smokingsbad
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It looks likes the slim version =P
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#13 envybianchi
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I applaud the guy for making a pretty damn good looking replica. I wish he took the modification further into the interior also but I understand it might be much more difficult to replicate the interior. All & all it seems like a fun project to take on.

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#14 I-Heroic-Pain-I
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Dang, thats really good.
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The link:

http://jalopnik.com/5095021/man-builds-audi-r8-super-car-out-of-a-mercury-cougar

I found this quite amazing. It could fool anyone. :shock:

DBIZMO

This is a great article. But not as great as your avatar! ENGAGE!

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#16 Scarface_tm431
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That's a lot of work when you can just buy one if you need one that bad.

Pirate700
I know a few guys who do stuff like that just to have an on-going project
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vrooom vroooooom vrooom.

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The link:

http://jalopnik.com/5095021/man-builds-audi-r8-super-car-out-of-a-mercury-cougar

I found this quite amazing. It could fool anyone. :shock:

DBIZMO

That's a nice piece of work right there.