Jay Leno reviews the V12V
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Not sure if this is a repost or not but I found it when searching for V8V reviews...
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/at-the-garage/sports...
God I love that car.....
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/at-the-garage/sports...
God I love that car.....
The other giveaway is the steering wheel, which is lacking the alcantara of the V12V. So a confirmed V8V then. Cheapskates using clips from another car in a so-called review. Perhaps the original V12V featured earlier on in the film had a big dent in the roof after Jay Leno had crammed his big head into the car!
I wish the race driver would have provided more commentary. When Jay said "let's hand it over to a race driver" I was looking forward to hearing the race dricer's impressions while behind the wheel at the track. Instead, he just gave a few initial comments and the rest of the vid is just him driving. Other than that though, great vid.
Vergis said:
I quite like the vid actually and Jay seems like a nice guy.
That so called race driver was not very good. Braking in the corner and making the back end look twitchy. Not good at all.
He also looked stiff while driving it. A relaxed posture is supposed to be important for effective track driving.
IIRC, the driver for Jay Leno is Justin Bell (Dereks son).That so called race driver was not very good. Braking in the corner and making the back end look twitchy. Not good at all.
He also looked stiff while driving it. A relaxed posture is supposed to be important for effective track driving.
Not sure a 'not very good driver' could win the FIA GT2 championship ? he won it many moons ago I admit, but not indicitive of a bad driver ?
Braking in the corner and getting the back end twitchy sounds like trail breaking to me to help the car around the corner, a common practice and not indicitive of bad driving, in fact, I would say it's the opposite as it takes a bit of talent to do it properly.
Edited by :J: on Friday 16th September 12:34
:J: said:
IIRC, the driver for Jay Leno is Justin Bell (Dereks son).
Not sure a 'not very good driver' could win the FIA GT2 championship ? he won it many moons ago I admit, but not indicitive of a bad driver ?
Braking in the corner and getting the back end twitchy sounds like trail breaking to me to help the car around the corner, a common practice and not indicitive of bad driving, in fact, I would say it's the opposite as it takes a bit of talent to do it properly.
Why use trail braking in a front/mid engine car? In a 911 yes, but a V12V?Not sure a 'not very good driver' could win the FIA GT2 championship ? he won it many moons ago I admit, but not indicitive of a bad driver ?
Braking in the corner and getting the back end twitchy sounds like trail breaking to me to help the car around the corner, a common practice and not indicitive of bad driving, in fact, I would say it's the opposite as it takes a bit of talent to do it properly.
Edited by :J: on Friday 16th September 12:34
Rex Racer said:
michael gould said:
its a bloody awful review .......borin borin boring for a boring US market.........for what is probably the best car Aston make
Boring US Market? That means what?ps I love the states ....I have spent plenty of my youth there
JohnG1 said:
Why use trail braking in a front/mid engine car? In a 911 yes, but a V12V?
The instructor I had on my V8V Millbrook day was most definately trail braking..... and he was considerably quicker than me.As already said it takes talent.
I would expect trail braking in a 911 has the potential to go quite badly wrong. My only driving experience of a 911 has been on a few Palmer Sport days (with their very archaic crappy flappy paddle change-sometime-maybe-not gearboxes) and I think I got the trophy for "furthest off course"! Pretty sure I was "trail braking" just before!
peterr96 said:
The instructor I had on my V8V Millbrook day was most definately trail braking..... and he was considerably quicker than me.
As already said it takes talent.
I would expect trail braking in a 911 has the potential to go quite badly wrong. My only driving experience of a 911 has been on a few Palmer Sport days (with their very archaic crappy flappy paddle change-sometime-maybe-not gearboxes) and I think I got the trophy for "furthest off course"! Pretty sure I was "trail braking" just before!
Oh, no need. I have no driving talent. As already said it takes talent.
I would expect trail braking in a 911 has the potential to go quite badly wrong. My only driving experience of a 911 has been on a few Palmer Sport days (with their very archaic crappy flappy paddle change-sometime-maybe-not gearboxes) and I think I got the trophy for "furthest off course"! Pretty sure I was "trail braking" just before!
So back to my point - trail braking is to transfer momentum forward to get more weight and therefore grip on the steering wheels. Which makes sense in a 911 since it will understeer in most conditions due to chassis design and weight distribution.
But I don't see why this would be needed in a front/mid engined car like a V8V or indeed in a V12V with another 100 kilos up front.
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