Poll: RE: Chris Harris Video: Classics from the archive

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If you're here for Chris Harris's latest video we have to report he's actually not got one this week. Well, everyone needs a holiday. Fear not, he's not been sitting too idle and normal service will resume next Wednesday and, rest assured, it's going to be a beaut.

We wouldn't want to deprive you of your weekly hit of Harris skidfoolery though, and a quick office poll of Monkey's greatest hits recalled this very amusing little film of Harris with (then) Autocar colleagues Andrew Frankel, Colin Goodwin and Steve Sutcliffe having a bit of a race in some £250 bangers. Some things never change though, including the helmet Chris is wearing that reappears in one of the 10 videos we've selected from his back catalogue since joining us at PistonHeads earlier this year.

The thread here contains a poll, so you can choose your favourite from a shortlist of 10, randomly chosen according to a bit of to and fro in the PH office. So we've got his first, in which an unsuspecting C63 AMG gets driven on space saver tyres in the name of ... well, we'd say science but it's not really. Then we've got Chris's take on the much-anticipated Toyota GT 86 and demonstration of why we should all celebrate the return of affordable rear-wheel drive. Or maybe you prefer the driven and drifted (spotting a theme here?) battle twixt Nissan GT-R and BMW M5? Then there's Chris's more thoughtful assessment of the McLaren MP4-12C and proof that, yes, it will go sideways, followed by an epic drive in the V8 Morgan Plus 8.

A love of Porsche 911s, M3s and AMGs is well known, our next shortlisted video combining perhaps the most extreme examples of each with a GT3 RS 4.0 driven back to back with an M3 GTS and C63 Black Series. Shortly afterwards Chris was out in another of his own cars - his very lovely E28 BMW M5.

A passion for rallying has been reflected in several of Chris's videos and we've shortlisted two for this selection - rally heaven with a Lancia Stratos (and others) and then a rather more grassroots expedition in the cheapo BMW 3 Series rally car bought with fellow PH contributor Dan Prosser. Finally, and right up to date, we've got last week's video featuring the rather epic Pagani Huayra.

Which is your favourite? Let us know in the poll! And in the meantime enjoy Chris from a former life thrashing some poor Peugeot 205 that probably thought it had earned a peaceful retirement...

Enjoy the vid!

The banned McLaren F1 video!

How can you not vote for rally heaven. Manufacturer test event to sell tyres yet you've got an Italian chap with Persols on seriously going for it in an immensely valuable historic rally car. The speed is ridiculous! Never seen eyes so wide. Those guys have a screw loose. Yes F1 drivers are exceptional etc. but the best drivers for me will always be those who go rallying. Normal roads taken flat out with zero margin for error in sometimes crude or experimental machinery.

Heroes.

I like the Autocar 250 vid the best

So the best vid is the one Chris doesn't actually drive in? ;-)

i have this

his best video was the noble and atom at the ring, great to see a skilled driver working for a living and crapping themselves a bit

Banned from youtube...... at least, you can't hide anything once its been on the web. Try a google search, I found it :-)

Something like "chris harris mclaren f1" might find it. Maybe (or not) the first result...

That was completely nuts tbh! Love it!

It's better than anything they would do today, it seems like Chris's modern day version of Tiff Needell's original F1 test from TG 1994. Some of the phrases Chris uses, and the oversteer shots at the end are similar.
http://youtu.be/t7Azl-drqMk

Totally, totally agree, unbelievable skill/talent/bravery!