Yes, it is possible to buy an ugly, theft-victim 1998 Mercedes-Benz S500 and sell enough parts off it to get the purchase price under 500 bucks. No, it is not possible to win a weekend-long endurance race at a twisty, technical track with a monstrous, bloated, ungodly complex luxury sedan… yet the Team Opulence—We Has It S500 has done just that. For the second time.
The S500’s quickest lap time of 1:56.708 was very good, but nowhere near the best time of the race (that honor goes to the Flying Spaghetti Monster Integra, with a time of 1:52.14). The Opulence—We Has It Benz won because the team had exactly zero black flags and didn’t break anything all weekend. The second-place car, the Pro-Crash-Duh-Nation Alfa Milano, finished just two laps down; their single pass-under-caution black flag might not have made the difference, but it certainly didn’t help. Congratulations, Team Opulence—We Has It!
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Why is there a giraffe welded to their roof?
they could not find a metel elephant in time for the race and all the plastic elephants they epoxyed on kept falling off during hard cornering.
plus the giraffe is just more aerodynamic.
Coz glue dont hold at speed DOH
Because this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMsSIjQXxo
are you guys never on jalopnik?
because race car?
Because they, like Vladimir Antonov, Has Opulence. Opulence will buy you gold leaf for your S500 AND a rare teacup giraffe.
Surely it is a Petite Lap Giraffe! Can’t get much more opulent than that.
So nice to have a screwball car take the win on laps. Who needs another boring same old car. Heck, I think you could do even stranger than this and take overall.
Of course, the real Holy Grail of leMons, to take overall AND IoE, remains unachieved. Some say it may never be done…
Former IOE winners have contended for the lead a couple of times. I can think of three cars that have a shot at the IOE/overall combo.
The REAL holy grail is getting IOE, overall, and Organizer’s Choice.