Exige vs Bentley.....
Exige vs Bentley.....
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boobles

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15,251 posts

246 months

Saturday 24th November 2007
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cyberface

12,214 posts

288 months

Saturday 24th November 2007
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That's Tim Schrick again isn't it??? I've always been amazed at videos of him driving 911s round alpine roads, full-on oversteer, scandinavian flicks, he's simply awesome. And it appears he can drive Lotuses well beyond the limit as well.

Incredible stuff. Does he race?


That circuit looks pretty gnarly too... lots of vertical gradient and camber change, looks tricky as hell. I presume it's some manufacturer's test track... don't speak German so it may have all been explained in the vid smile

boobles

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15,251 posts

246 months

Saturday 24th November 2007
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I havnt a clue who he is, i found it on streetfire.net & thought the driving was awsome.

cyberface

12,214 posts

288 months

Saturday 24th November 2007
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boobles said:
I havnt a clue who he is, i found it on streetfire.net & thought the driving was awsome.
I'm pretty sure it's Tim Schrick. Utterly awesome driver, check some of these out:

Schrick must have a monster insurance policy
The Nürburgring. In a 911. In the snow. Schrick again
Sideways in an Ariel Atom at 100 mph
Getting it wrong eventually...

Good to see him throwing a Lotus around, as most here who have 911 experience know, they're tricky beasties at the limit - Schrick is seriously good. I suppose he's the German equivalent of Jeremy Clarkson, except Clarkson is a reasonably funny journalist who can't drive whereas Schrick is German but is a driving God IMO (I've driven a 911 in snow in the Swiss alps and the sheer respect I give for that 'ring video is immense and borne of experience).

He can be funny in a surreal way though.... there was a video of one of his shows where he was sniffing the tarmac like a bloodhound, though that could have either been a German joke I didn't get or I may have been hallucinating at the time. Who knows.

Hollywood Wheels

3,689 posts

261 months

Sunday 25th November 2007
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Good vid. I should imagine the Bentley was a lot slower with that fat tub of lard driving it. I've had the whole thing translated by Mrs HW who speaks German....

RobM77

35,349 posts

265 months

Sunday 25th November 2007
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My god, that guy can drive! smilesmile

Cino

177 posts

236 months

Sunday 25th November 2007
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cyberface said:
I suppose he's the German equivalent of Jeremy Clarkson
Looks more like Hammond to me. What an odd comparison though, unless it was a deliberate chalk/cheese thing. Worth watching for that big guy's face when he is being thrown around in the exige alone!!

Ikemi

8,610 posts

236 months

Sunday 25th November 2007
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Ja, sehr gut!

boobles

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Sunday 25th November 2007
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Hollywood Wheels said:
Good vid. I should imagine the Bentley was a lot slower with that fat tub of lard driving it. I've had the whole thing translated by Mrs HW who speaks German....
Care to translate the main aspects? biggrin

Phil-CH

1,132 posts

295 months

Monday 26th November 2007
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Tim Schrick features as one of the presenters in a German car show called DMOTOR, together with Sabine Schmitz (who has been in TopGear as well).

Cheers Phil

DucatiGary

7,765 posts

256 months

Monday 26th November 2007
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great vid smile

Phil-CH said:
Sabine Schmitz
you mean my mate sabine ?



wink

RobM77

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265 months

Monday 26th November 2007
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DucatiGary said:
great vid smile

Phil-CH said:
Sabine Schmitz
you mean my mate sabine ?



wink
She wins the prize for the nicest girl with the worst dress sense wink

boobles

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Monday 26th November 2007
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DucatiGary said:
great vid smile

Phil-CH said:
Sabine Schmitz
you mean my mate sabine ?



wink
I can only imagine what was going through your mind at that point! hehe

VladTheDad

1,086 posts

248 months

Monday 26th November 2007
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I hate to lower the tone, but it looks like she has her finger up your bomb hole.

DucatiGary

7,765 posts

256 months

Monday 26th November 2007
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she does.

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