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Last Night Everything Broke/Dietrich Ate My Homework: Jalopnik/TTAC's AC Schnitzer Adventure

So what happens when two punk rockin' autojournalists attempt to make an attempt to retrace the route of Stefan and "Dietrich" in an AC Schnitzer-tuned 6-Series droptop while cranking Jawbreaker's Bivouac album? The front fascia decides to take a dirt-nap as a result of aerodynamic pressure at 70mph (approximately 90 mph slower than Eriksson's wee mishap) and they ride back to the Claus Ettenberger shop in a big honkin' International flatbed driven by a gregarious man in a Dodgers cap.

Less ignominious and rife with intrigue than the fateful ride Mr. Eriksson took, for sure, but Davey G. and Jonny Lieberman nevertheless shamefacedly trudged back to Pedro in Lieberman's WRX, having been failed by a faulty front end just short of their goal. We didn't even have time for any hoonage. Check Lieberman's lengthier account over at The Truth About Cars.

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10:14 PM on Mon May 1 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
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  • ParanoidAndroid07 at 09:41 PM on 04/11/06

    Well you deserve that for listening to Jawbreaker. Ok, just kidding...

  • Dear Android: I will accept that only if your username is a Douglas Adams reference. If I find out it's Radiohead-related, you're totally cut off. Y'hear?

  • 115 grand for something that looks like a tricked-out 90's Mustang? No thanks.

  • What is this "Douglas Adams" reference you speak of "friend of friends?" Oh my word, listen to me babel like a fish.

  • sure you were only doing 70mph guys, sure.

  • Dude. Seriously, camp6ell, we were. That's the shame of it all. It would've been a much better story if we were at Dietrich-esque speed.

  • Davey Speaks the Truth. We had just cleared traffic for the first tiem all day and I punched and KA-BLOOEY!!! Sucks... Also, Davey, Jonny... no "h"

  • What "h" are you talking about?

  • My first name, Alfred Einstein.

  • Show me where, esse. ;)

  • ParanoidAndroid07 at 11:15 PM on 05/01/06

    Why was this posted on the 11th and then taken off?

  • My call.

  • Just goes to show you; if Stefan and "Dietrich" had a WRX, their little Italian SNAFU never would have happened. Then again, we wouldn't get to know the inner corruption of the local Transit Authority and their ties to the Swedish mob and the mash-up ability of an Enzo and how not to get rid of all handgun evidence, so it's a learning experience. I bet the 1979 Reliant Kitten I just got to almost die in wouldn't have even made it to 70mph.

  • Ugly car... but it doesn't look like the front fell off... I can still see it attached. Am I missing something?

  • It came dis-tatched from teh body and was being held on by to secondary internal mounting brackets... two very expensive, cracked, German special-order mounting brackets.

  • I need to not drink before posting... lordy

  • Wait just a damn second! Everyone in Texas who isn't Mexican is either German or Czech. What the fuck is a Reliant doing in Tejas?

  • Haha, serves you guys right for trying to be real car journalists instead of just playing them on the internet. I've got a Ben Franklin that says Schnitzer would have had it fixed in 20 minutes if Csaba Csere was driving.

  • My god, TheTAC still gave it 2-stars for "design". You guys are more generous than the judges on Star Search.

  • Why does the car not look like it's missing the grille, front air dam and wings? Was that just a slight exaggeration/ fabrication on your part to produce a better story?

  • I hope you guys were wearing sandals with white socks.

  • They gonna let you guys drive that car again, once they get the front fascia re-affixed with proper-strength fasteners? (Hope so.)

  • Dear Enyce, You caught us. Cause, like, driving down PCH in an exotic car with your buddy on a nice, warm day is totally boring -- what can you say about that. So, we faked the whole thing and just had the flatbed pick us up because we would much rather be riding bitch in an International than blasting through canyons and picking up babes. Have you thought about investigative journalism as a career change? You seem to have the knack.

  • Investigatory journalism is a better field, because it doesn't matter how many friends you lose or people you leave dead and bloodied along the way.

  • Alright, at least tell me you were doing 70mph sideways?

  • Sigh... no Hoonage whatsoever. Nada. A) the car was too fat, heavy and underpowered for that. B) We had been in traffic for two hours C) We received the car with 4900 miles on the odometer. Not exactly a new car... and it was knicked at the front...

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