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Originally Posted by mousecatcher
how can you tell that? i don't see evidence of it being fake.
A couple things- if you look at the photo above, you notice that the drivers side outboard tip is bent/broken at the valance at a severe angle- if it were attached to a pipe, the angle wouldn't be so severe IMO. Also look at the passenger side outboard pipe- it's not in line with the real pipe next to it. It may have been dislodged by the shunt. Both inboard pipes are still perfectly aligned while the outboard "fakes" are askew.

Also, take a look at this video at around 1:25. You'll notice that there is no exhaust coming out of the outboard tips on startup, while the standard car's inboard tips have exhaust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbyCF5b6keA
 

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for someone who buys a SLR in cash, this is like ****.

can't stand his face too
 
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Even with that face, he must get a lot of face time with the women. The car is not that bad, until he spun it around and hit the guard rail.
 
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A couple things- if you look at the photo above, you notice that the drivers side outboard tip is bent/broken at the valance at a severe angle- if it were attached to a pipe, the angle wouldn't be so severe IMO. Also look at the passenger side outboard pipe- it's not in line with the real pipe next to it. It may have been dislodged by the shunt. Both inboard pipes are still perfectly aligned while the outboard "fakes" are askew.

Also, take a look at this video at around 1:25. You'll notice that there is no exhaust coming out of the outboard tips on startup, while the standard car's inboard tips have exhaust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbyCF5b6keA
yes, you are right but at 3:15 to 3:19 I see smoke from both pipes closest to the camera.
 
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I would take that car in a second. Wrecked too!
 
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wow.... what a shame..ruined a perfectly good car
 
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Originally Posted by mousecatcher
how can you tell that? i don't see evidence of it being fake.
I thought about this a little more last night:
How would the headers be fabricated to run a true quad exhaust on a V10 with 5 cylinders per side? 3 into one and 2 into one? It doesn't make sense from a performance and engineering standpoint.

Also, searching the interwebs last night, I couldn't find a single picture of an exposed Gemballa GT engine, let alone the header setup. It seems to me that if they spent the time and money re-engineering the CGT's exhaust setup that Gemballa would be showing everyone and their brother the setup. Just sayin'.
 
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There is a quote that comes to mind when I see that guys face in the picture. Its from Grandma's Boy for any of you who have seen it. Its the part where JP is talking in his robot voice and says "mmm, I hate your face." Its a bit off topic but that is the first thing that came into my head when I saw the picture and I loled.
 
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I can respect Gemballa as a creative guy and company, but I think that his version of the CGT is gone too far. It is kind of ugly, especially the scoop.
 
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Originally Posted by iLLM3
AGREED lol, sucks anyway, and damn is he hideous!
 
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The car reeks of vanity. Even got a camera poking out on top to video the cars he's passing. Christ.
 
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Originally Posted by gt3'er
The car reeks of vanity. Even got a camera poking out on top to video the cars he's passing. Christ.
It's for backing up.
 
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Best pic of Gemballa GT to date.
 


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