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LMAO -TOP GEAR
- Thread starter Ben j
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Fan - bloody- tastic!
Nippy white cup
Dont mean to sound like a knob but I think that it was fake, just doesnt look fast, at one point he is at v high revs in something like 4-5 gear but seems to slow and also seems to be accelerating hard listening to engine but is still seems slow
That was a very poor print m8 - Spirit Level Film have cleaned up the print quite a bit and believe me its fast. Were talking 1976 so no camera tricks, no cgi, no speeded up film - just a camera bolted to the front of a car (still arguments as to what car) and early morning Paris.
The whole thing is only 9 minutes long (thats how much film went in the camera that was used - no editing or re-takes here) so Top Gear couldve found a couple of minutes more to show the whole thing.
Buy the DVD - its fantastic, honestly
Nippy white cup
Lol Ive sent an e-mail to the web site. Want to see what they say about it. It was daft how they were cheering after the clip, obviously never driven a Clio b4
Nippy white cup
I just think they have put a different engine sound over it m8. Even the skidding tires sound pretty much identical the whole way though
Clio 1.6 16V
That new DB7 looked the biz though 0 to 130 in 4th gear!!.... if only I could win the lottery! Would still keep my 172 though as a 5th car!
The film is real, and you can read about how it was made. They were really being a bit crazy as the roads were not closed down and they ran quite a few reds if I remember correctly. The pigeons certainly were not expecting a car to be approaching so fast and I am sure the garbage men were a bit surprised. At one point there is a bus crossing the road which made it a bit interesting.
The car was a Ferrari as far as I know. I saw the crappy VHS version of the film a few times about 20 years ago and it was pretty impressive. Ill buy the CD for sure. No special effects, and probably not the best driving, but it is a classic.
No speeded up film in 1976. Might I bring your attention to Knight Rider and Airwolf to name just two. Ok a few years later but the technology for doing it is hardly rocket science...oh and they already had had rocket science for a few decades by then.
But I must say it looked slow, low camera angles make things looks quicker.
BUT
When you film something like that it always looks slower, check out some of the vids that have been videod by some of the people on here.
BUT (again)
It didnt look 120+mph
Paul
my fave was the black supra on getaway in stockholm 2 i think? Ive seen that french racing vid and it looked way too slow to be doing 120. The white lines werent approaching anywhere near fast enough. At one point he does a chicane through some streets, maybe at like 50 max. I heard it was a ferrari? non-turbo charged whatever it was..
the film was fake. Do you really think any pigeon, I dont care even it has a rocket strapped to it could fly out of the way of a 120mph car? No it cant trust me I have hit a few fluffy and feathered creatures in my time.
The jag xjs would pull from idle to 140mph. Thats a 26 year old car.
Mine was meant to be tongue in cheek but there you go (Ive got a nice tarted up shopping trolley myself). Still rate the film all my japanese rubbish loving housemates thought it was rubbish. But they have no soul and think racing in straight lines is fun. That was meant to be tongue in cheek as well...
lol...nah, that film is pants.....honestly, it is.
try some of these, this is how to test a car, and this is driving fast, youll see the diff.
http://carfreaks.b0nk.net/bestmotoring/http://carfreaks.b0nk.net/bestmotoring/
