PH Blog: BAC Mono, now with added traffic
This time we've got video - and there are even other cars in it!
Well, here is my chance to atone, because although we didn't get much in the way of on-road pics, we did take a video. Now, the combination of Riggers and camera is never going to win any Oscars, but it does at least give you a sense of what it's like to drive such an apparently extreme track car on the road.
Likewise the power delivery makes for easy in-town progress, with decent torque all the way through the rev range and the power not kicking in until the engine is spinning faster and more loudly than seems appropriate in an urban environment (you really don't get a massive wallop until about 5,000rpm).
Out on more open roads the Mono reveals itself to be frankly ballistic, with oodles of traction and grip and, once that engine is screaming and you're banging through the gears without need for the clutch pedal, huge cross-country pace.
I didn't really plumb the depths of the Mono's point-to-point ability - on relatively busy public roads you simply can't - but not once did it feel skittish or indeed anything other than totally planted and controlled. And for a car with one seat, an F3 gearbox and a steering wheel that would make Lewis Hamilton feel at home, that's quite an achievement.
Riggers
The video was supposed to be simply an adjunct to the blog. People were asking for more thoughts about the car on the road, so that's what we gave you.
People were also asking for shots of the car on the road. So that's also what we gave you.
Honestly, there's no pleasing some people... still if you're unhappy with the service just PM me and I'll sort you out a refund. Oh, wait...
(Oh and by the way - the eagle-eyed among you might have spotted a GoPro attached to the Mono - that was supposed to take some in-car footage, but the memory card corrupted so we lost it. My apologies for that)
The video was supposed to be simply an adjunct to the blog. People were asking for more thoughts about the car on the road, so that's what we gave you.
People were also asking for shots of the car on the road. So that's also what we gave you.
Honestly, there's no pleasing some people... still if you're unhappy with the service just PM me and I'll sort you out a refund. Oh, wait...
(Oh and by the way - the eagle-eyed among you might have spotted a GoPro attached to the Mono - that was supposed to take some in-car footage, but the memory card corrupted so we lost it. My apologies for that)
I liked all the others though
I would have like some growling engines, some drifting and some.. oh wait where is Chris Harris ? I blame him for lifting the bar
The video was supposed to be simply an adjunct to the blog. People were asking for more thoughts about the car on the road, so that's what we gave you.
People were also asking for shots of the car on the road. So that's also what we gave you.
Honestly, there's no pleasing some people... still if you're unhappy with the service just PM me and I'll sort you out a refund. Oh, wait...
(Oh and by the way - the eagle-eyed among you might have spotted a GoPro attached to the Mono - that was supposed to take some in-car footage, but the memory card corrupted so we lost it. My apologies for that)
Think driving that on the road I would want the lights on all the time so I didn't get squashed; I doubt a lorry would even see that in front of them!!!
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