OFFICIAL GG YOUTUBE Thread, MUST HAVE DESCRIPTIVE TITLES
Discussion
eldar said:
Truck racing, a form of insanity I wasn't familiar with. Outstanding understeer, and looks to be somewhat hazardous.
https://youtu.be/mIlwJiAyEzw
Either the drivers are terrible or the braking modulation of some of those trucks is horrible. https://youtu.be/mIlwJiAyEzw
Scary. Thanks for posting.
ghgunning said:
Made a video on what the 2030 Petrol and Diesel ban means for future of classic cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vcdv5Ho-hs&t=...
Good to hear your thoughts!
Fantastic video..Giles?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vcdv5Ho-hs&t=...
Good to hear your thoughts!
I just hope the powers that be see this and realise that putting everything into one EV basket is not the way to go!
I just wonder what happens to the people, and there are a LOT of people, who drive 15 year old 100,000 milers that are 5th hand and cost under £1000. There will never be an EV car for them. Because most EV cars will be disposable and the tech will be obsolete soon after they hit the roads there will never be 15 year old 5th hand EV’s on the road.
Also what about my kit car? Will I be treated like a classic (under 1500 miles a year), will road tax be abolished and tax put on fuel for ICE cars...sounds like a plan?
Mario Kart style ghost overlay of Lando/Max quali lap at last weeks Austrian GP, fascinating watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G649EPFjrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G649EPFjrQ
Absolute cringworthy video with Tom Cruise, DC and Weber @ Silverstone in some GT3's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7AAgYNoWKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7AAgYNoWKU
ben5575 said:
Well I'm going to go against you two misery guts and say it was great fun 
Fair comment, but then isn't it a good thing we don't all like the same thing?Now for a driver who knows which way around a track one should go.
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Soul Made: Coachbuilt Rünge Cars
Rünge Cars (pronounced “run-ghee”) started as Chris Runge’s idea to build a car from the ground up, some basic tools, and a few books. He had a fascination with early aluminum-bodied sports cars and the coachbuilt one-offs commissioned by post-war privateer racers, and credits being exposed to many such cars from the book “Porsche: Excellence was Expected” in particular for planting the seeds.
Building something similar to those cars stayed in the back of his mind for years, until 2010, when he found a 1967 Porsche 912 for sale in North Dakota. It was listed by an elderly woman, and when she and Chris got to talking about the car, the conversation eventually led to her late husband’s collection of tools that he’d kept in the garage with the Porsche. There was an English wheel and some other basic metalworking bits gathering dust, and she was happy to sell them all to Chris, if he’d make good use of them.
Coupled with his longtime fascination with post-war coachbuilt sports racers from the likes of Zagato and Touring, Chris couldn’t shake the urge to finally embark on the project that had become part of his long-term memory. The car’s first physical manifestation came in the form of a seat frame the following year, followed by steady progress as Chris built body panels, creating a new shell for the car on an autodidactic adventure with aluminum.
Along with the tools, his Porsche’s previous owner had also collected a solid library of books on metalworking and coachbuilding, which Chris buried himself in whenever he wasn’t putting what he was learning into practice. Along with his old Porsche books as a consistent reference point, he completed his first coachbuilt car in 2012. It came out as he’d hoped, but back then he had no intention of having customers, or even really showing the car off. It was just for him, the way he’d wanted it. And not just in the sense of the finished product, but also the process. Chris loves the fact that traditional metalworking techniques are more challenging to master, and the results have a special feeling to them that would otherwise be lost by using more modern techniques.
As with anything that brings someone a great deal of satisfaction and happiness, Chris continued to pursue his coachbuilding work, and has found another layer of inspiration for his work in his likeminded customers, who appreciate and value the same things. Each creation has a mixture of its owner’s soul, its creator’s, and a piece all its own. Building by hand, out of aluminum, long hours of effort, and a drive to continuously improve, Chris Runge’s small operation in Minnesota has earned him so well-deserved attention from around the world for these soul made masterpieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnYsQ7jHO1c
Rünge Cars (pronounced “run-ghee”) started as Chris Runge’s idea to build a car from the ground up, some basic tools, and a few books. He had a fascination with early aluminum-bodied sports cars and the coachbuilt one-offs commissioned by post-war privateer racers, and credits being exposed to many such cars from the book “Porsche: Excellence was Expected” in particular for planting the seeds.
Building something similar to those cars stayed in the back of his mind for years, until 2010, when he found a 1967 Porsche 912 for sale in North Dakota. It was listed by an elderly woman, and when she and Chris got to talking about the car, the conversation eventually led to her late husband’s collection of tools that he’d kept in the garage with the Porsche. There was an English wheel and some other basic metalworking bits gathering dust, and she was happy to sell them all to Chris, if he’d make good use of them.
Coupled with his longtime fascination with post-war coachbuilt sports racers from the likes of Zagato and Touring, Chris couldn’t shake the urge to finally embark on the project that had become part of his long-term memory. The car’s first physical manifestation came in the form of a seat frame the following year, followed by steady progress as Chris built body panels, creating a new shell for the car on an autodidactic adventure with aluminum.
Along with the tools, his Porsche’s previous owner had also collected a solid library of books on metalworking and coachbuilding, which Chris buried himself in whenever he wasn’t putting what he was learning into practice. Along with his old Porsche books as a consistent reference point, he completed his first coachbuilt car in 2012. It came out as he’d hoped, but back then he had no intention of having customers, or even really showing the car off. It was just for him, the way he’d wanted it. And not just in the sense of the finished product, but also the process. Chris loves the fact that traditional metalworking techniques are more challenging to master, and the results have a special feeling to them that would otherwise be lost by using more modern techniques.
As with anything that brings someone a great deal of satisfaction and happiness, Chris continued to pursue his coachbuilding work, and has found another layer of inspiration for his work in his likeminded customers, who appreciate and value the same things. Each creation has a mixture of its owner’s soul, its creator’s, and a piece all its own. Building by hand, out of aluminum, long hours of effort, and a drive to continuously improve, Chris Runge’s small operation in Minnesota has earned him so well-deserved attention from around the world for these soul made masterpieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnYsQ7jHO1c
My Obsession: The Duncan Pittaway story | Goodwood Masters
Duncan Pittaway is a Goodwood legend, but not many know that there is far more to his arsenal than the incredible Fiat S76 Beast of Turin. In fact Duncan's car collection is as large as it is varied, ranging from Bugattis to Cheetahs, from Invacars to pre-war Monarch's.
But what is the story behind the cars? Who is the man who owns all these incredible machines and what is it that makes him tick? In the second of our Goodwood Masters films presented by Motul, looking at the people and firms behind some of the classic car industry's greatest machines, we visited Duncan to explore his background, the reason behind his eclectic collection and what makes him tick.
Duncan Pittaway is a Goodwood legend, but not many know that there is far more to his arsenal than the incredible Fiat S76 Beast of Turin. In fact Duncan's car collection is as large as it is varied, ranging from Bugattis to Cheetahs, from Invacars to pre-war Monarch's.
But what is the story behind the cars? Who is the man who owns all these incredible machines and what is it that makes him tick? In the second of our Goodwood Masters films presented by Motul, looking at the people and firms behind some of the classic car industry's greatest machines, we visited Duncan to explore his background, the reason behind his eclectic collection and what makes him tick.
FIRST DRIVE: Singer’s DLS Project: the best Porsche 911? £2mil, 9,300rpm restomod on road & track
Here it is, the Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer – Dynamics and Lightweighting Study (DLS, if you value your time). It’s the answer to the simplest of questions: “What if we pursued the ultimate, no-compromise air-cooled 911? And what if we touched it with a Formula One team?” But is this 500bhp, 9,300rpm restomod worth its £2million price tag? Well, we sent Top Gear’s Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage, to Wales to find out. Trust us, this one is worth cleaning your ears out and turning the volume up for.
Here it is, the Porsche 911 Reimagined by Singer – Dynamics and Lightweighting Study (DLS, if you value your time). It’s the answer to the simplest of questions: “What if we pursued the ultimate, no-compromise air-cooled 911? And what if we touched it with a Formula One team?” But is this 500bhp, 9,300rpm restomod worth its £2million price tag? Well, we sent Top Gear’s Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage, to Wales to find out. Trust us, this one is worth cleaning your ears out and turning the volume up for.
Kawasicki said:
That is man & machine in perfect harmony (to borrow from mazda), impressive.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff