RE: Ridden: Shotgun In The New Fiesta WRC Car

[dino ferrana]

The fact that Mr Bulgin did it probably means nobody else will want to tackle it for fear of not being able to hold a candle to his writing!

[Mark_Karting]

dino ferrana said:

The presence of number plates always makes me think about the possibilities of driving one round town, to the shops, to a wedding etc.

I'm sure it would be a rattly, hot, uncomfortable hell. Until that one moment you pressed Stage Mode at the traffic lights or the start of B-Road

[rutthenut]

Nice to see you got the intro right
>>>
YouTube phenomenon Ken Block and WRC star Mikko Hirvonen.
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Block does do some stunning stuff, hooning around, but doesn't quite cut it up against the proper WRC guys.

Block/Gymkhana/YouTube
Hirvonen/WRC/real-world-stuff

[PublicDrifter]

Mark_Karting said:

I'm sure it would be a rattly, hot, uncomfortable hell. Until that one moment you pressed Stage Mode at the traffic lights or the start of B-Road

Driving rally cars on the road is a nightmare and usually embarrassing! Try doing a hillstart at lights with a racing clutch and zero torque below say 5000rpm, it's either a stall or a chav style kangaroo. Add to that a cage to reduce visability and mirrors that don't actually let you see more than 2ft behind you.

I hate driving my MR2 rally car on the road, competition cars tend only to work well flat out. Always fun to blip the throttle for the overrun in traffic though

[8530]

Mark_Karting said:

dino ferrana said:

The presence of number plates always makes me think about the possibilities of driving one round town, to the shops, to a wedding etc.

I'm sure it would be a rattly, hot, uncomfortable hell. Until that one moment you pressed Stage Mode at the traffic lights or the start of B-Road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsMQoloHFD0

[BelperJim]

rutthenut said:

Nice to see you got the intro right
>>>
YouTube phenomenon Ken Block and WRC star Mikko Hirvonen.
>>>
Block does do some stunning stuff, hooning around, but doesn't quite cut it up against the proper WRC guys.

Block/Gymkhana/YouTube
Hirvonen/WRC/real-world-stuff

From what I saw on the day Hirvonen was better at the Gymkhana stuff too. Much closer to the obstacles and much more speed. Could be down to Block having a Focus and Hirvonen the Fiesta.

[rsv gone!]

I was lucky enough to win a passenger ride in his team-mate's (Latvala) car in Portugal a couple of weeks back.

The performance was strong but what was most impressive was how effective the brakes were on loose gravel (when compared with your own experience) and quite how much of a battering the cars take.

[JTRacelogic]

For reference, here is Ken Block's video from the same event

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcR6h4yuTZA

[The Excession]

rsv gone! said:

I was lucky enough to win a passenger ride in his team-mate's (Latvala) car in Portugal a couple of weeks back.

You lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky lucky git.

'Twould' be a dream come true for me to ride as a passenger in a car like that, driven by on of the WRC boys.

Just... just... just... arghhh and dribble.

[Nicol@]

rsv gone! said:

I was lucky enough to win a passenger ride in his team-mate's (Latvala) car in Portugal a couple of weeks back.

Interesting.

[rsv gone!]

Nicol@ said:

Interesting.

I'll show you the video. You'll like it.

Edited by rsv gone! on Friday 15th April 12:48

[pw32]

cool video. Dan, has anyone ever said you look like kickass?