Motoring errors in films

[edo]

Just watching bond... The one were Connery is in Vegas - tips the muscle car on two (passenger) wheels, and then pops out of the alley on the drivers side wheels!

Quite how that got through continuity I have no idea!

[CharlesAL]

Best/funniest is the 'Roger's having trouble with his rear differential' line in The Italian Job. Deliberate, I know, but funny every time.

[pugfan]

From memory most of the engine etc sounds in Drive seemed to be quite off. Apparently this was done to reflect the drivers emotion or something.

[Monty Python]

I noticed when he was driving the moon buggy, one of it's wheels appeared be no longer attached to said vehicle, yet miraculously in the next part it still had four wheels on it.

(here at 2:35 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y03zBX_q4TM)

[10 Pence Short]

In the recent film Dallas Buyers Club, which is set in the 80s, there is a giant poster of an Aventador behind the main character's desk.

[CB2152]

Continuing Bond, in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" George Lazenby seems to be able to get tyre squeal on sand!

[bomma220]

IIRC, in 'Commando' , Arnie's driving an orange 911 in a car chase - the panel damage on the 911 varies a lot, badly dented reverting to unmarked...;)

[73mark]

Monty Python said:

I noticed when he was driving the moon buggy, one of it's wheels appeared be no longer attached to said vehicle, yet miraculously in the next part it still had four wheels on it.

Thought it was just me.

[Northernchimp]

Currently watching Police Interceptors on 5 star and they're repeatedly saying a Polo is a Golf. Not a film, but it's irritating.

[surveyor]

Stupid ones. Watched a show last week where the car was making large rev noises as she raced off to hospital. All would have been fine if the rev counter had not been shown in shot not exactly racing...

[thecremeegg]

On a similar vein, in a Covert Affairs episode they specifically reference a C63 AMG when in fact it's a non AMG E class......perhaps the budget ran out

[Rickyy]

Northernchimp said:

Currently watching Police Interceptors on 5 star and they're repeatedly saying a Polo is a Golf. Not a film, but it's irritating.

The "stanced" Polo GTI? That was driving me nuts and had me screaming at the TV!

[HaloGen8]

Any jump scene from Dukes of Hazard

But come on....classics though.

[Northernchimp]

Rickyy said:

Northernchimp said:

Currently watching Police Interceptors on 5 star and they're repeatedly saying a Polo is a Golf. Not a film, but it's irritating.

The "stanced" Polo GTI? That was driving me nuts and had me screaming at the TV!

Yes, the "Golf GTI 180" no less.

[jurbie]

edo said:

Just watching bond... The one were Connery is in Vegas - tips the muscle car on two (passenger) wheels, and then pops out of the alley on the drivers side wheels!

Quite how that got through continuity I have no idea!

Watch carefully and you'll actually see him tip it from the passenger wheels to the drivers wheels. Right after the police car tips onto its roof the picture cuts to the inside of Bonds car and you see it drop onto 4 wheels and then back up onto the drivers wheels.

Here it is at 3 minutes 50 seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkFFhU-0S9Y

[ridds]

As I watched it last night. Taken 2, yellow Merc in the chase scene towards the end.

Powerslides like a golden from a girl that hadn't passed her test. No a hint of damage even though it had hit many things until just before the last shot when it was smashed to bits.

[edo]

Northernchimp said:

Currently watching Police Interceptors on 5 star and they're repeatedly saying a Polo is a Golf. Not a film, but it's irritating.

Yup, noticed that earlier in the week.

[Ryanmt]

In rush there's a cgi shot inside an engine with it running flat out. Except the sparkplug isn't fitted in the engine (but they put a threaded hole in for it!)

[gazchap]

bomma220 said:

IIRC, in 'Commando' , Arnie's driving an orange 911 in a car chase - the panel damage on the 911 varies a lot, badly dented reverting to unmarked...;)

Not just badly dented, it rolls over and then a few scenes later is magically brand-new again!

In Die Hard With A Vengeance, John McClane drives a taxi through NYC to try and beat a timer on one of the villain's bombs. They get stuck in traffic and Sam Jackson's character says something like "I told you Park Drive was always jammed."

McClane then says "I didn't say Park Drive, I said through the park" and yanks the steering wheel to the left... but on the exterior shot, the car turns right.

[robsco]

Bad Boys 2 features a 550 Maranello, but they dub what is plainly a flat-plane Ferrari V8 sound over the top. Wound me up over the entire film.