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[Spridgets] Fwd: Joy for gearheads

To: Spridget Spridget <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Spridgets] Fwd: Joy for gearheads
From: Larry & Sandi Miller <millerls@ado13.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:14:42 -0800
Begin forwarded message:

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> Turn it up and enjoy!
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> Here's a link to a Shell commercial shown in Europe. Ostensibly they're
> selling gasoline, but the Ferrari's 
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> used in the video steal the show.
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> Ferrari pulled several of their race-cars from various ages out of storage,
> flew them around the world, and filmed them running through the streets of
> Rome, Rio, New York, Hong Kong and Monaco. 
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> No CGI -these are the original cars on the original streets.
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> The best part is the sound - from the basso-profundo notes of the early,
> front-engine era, each scene cuts to a later and later generation, ending
> with the banshee-wail of a modern F1 car. The sounds alone bring a tear to
> the eye.  Even if you're not a gearhead, this video will stir the soul. 
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>       There's just something about 3 litres and 14,000 RPM ! 
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_kwxzU4wL4
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