French Hillclimbing Video

[CNHSS1]

awesome footage of french hillclimb event
http://www.filecabi.net/video/carcartoon.html

[cranky]

Fook Me :eek:

[Jez]

Quick :)

[R.Sendout]

Cool, we have a hillclimb track in my village:thumbs:

[mammoth]

mental:notworthy

bike engine?

[jrtuning]

pretty damn nippy :nod:

seen it before, think it was on one of the aussie silvia sites :nod:

[Bowleg]

mental:notworthy

bike engine?

:no: Audi R8 I believe - awesome vid :thumbs:

[30PSI]

Seen this one before.

Many of the in car videos I have seen of fast cars never appear to be fast.

This vid isnt like that, you can truly grasp the speed of that car. Its incredible, I want a drive :wack:

Edit - I love french roads, they are sooo nice. That car grips well round the bends as well. I want it

[CNHSS1]

Cool, we have a hillclimb track in my village


shall i guess which one then?
Shelsley, Loton Park, Harewood, Gurston Down?

[Ari Vatanen]

repostastic :)

its not an Audi R8 its way to small

its got an M3 engine IIRC :)

[CNHSS1]

yeah i thought it was an Osella or similar

[R.Sendout]

shall i guess which one then?
Shelsley, Loton Park, Harewood, Gurston Down?

You got it:thumbs:

Eventually:p

Gurston down is walkable from my house wich means I get in free:D

Have you ever driven it?

[skid solo]

Never seen that vid before. Bloody awesome! As someone else said, the sound and speed actually match properly making it feel uber quick.

[Mertle]

repostastic :)

its not an Audi R8 its way to small

its got an M3 engine IIRC :)

I didn't think it was an R8 when I watched it before, the bodyshell is too narrow:no:

[CNHSS1]

Gurston down is walkable from my house wich means I get in free

Have you ever driven it?


No, in fact Gurston and Wiscombe are about the only two mainland hillclimbs ive not yet done (not done Boulet Bay-Jersey, Val de Terres-Guernsey or isle of Man either.....Yet:D )
Our championship comes to Gurston on september 9th, (8th wiscombe),so i will hopefully be there then:thumbs: Possibly another round at Wiscombe in May altho yet to be confirmed.

Were you there last september? My mate seriously pranged his supercharged 330bhp 3litre scimitar into the armco. Made a mess of the car but he was A-OK.

[R.Sendout]

No, in fact Gurston and Wiscombe are about the only two mainland hillclimbs ive not yet done (not done Boulet Bay-Jersey, Val de Terres-Guernsey or isle of Man either.....Yet:D )
Our championship comes to Gurston on september 9th, (8th wiscombe),so i will hopefully be there then:thumbs: Possibly another round at Wiscombe in May altho yet to be confirmed.

Were you there last september? My mate seriously pranged his supercharged 330bhp 3litre scimitar into the armco. Made a mess of the car but he was A-OK.

I did go to a few last year but dont remember that:no: Glad to hear he is OK though:thumbs:

If you are running this year and need somewhere to stay, let me know (dont stay at the Queens 'ripoff' Head). I have a spare bed and plenty of secure space to store your car over night:nod: :)

[CNHSS1]

thanks for the offer, will keep it in mind subjetc to my entry being accepted.:sxoc:

[Bowleg]

I'm sure its an R8 :smash: :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=512fDAilYqI

[SteveDunn]

Why? Because it says on an interweb page? It's blatantly one of those smaller cars that are like caterham size. I don't know any names but it sure ain't a LeMans type car :rolleyes:

[CNHSS1]

i know the youtube vid says its an R8, but im sure of seen it running 'outcar' video on some french site.
its something like this iirc
http://www.racecarsdirect.com/viewlisting.php?view=5413
http://www.racecarsdirect.com/viewlisting.php?view=4915
http://www.racecarsdirect.com/viewlisting.php?view=4334
http://www.racecarsdirect.com/viewlisting.php?view=3236

could be wrong tho

[R.Sendout]

Come on guys....:rolleyes:


Its a Norma M20:nod:

[Yak]

Arg, arg arg. Must stop watching hill climb vids. Just makes me want to drive them.
That how I ened up at Loton last year :wack:

[FullMetalGasket]

It's not a sodding Audi ;)

If you don't believe me then here's (http://perso.orange.fr/castellanacompetition/) the teams website which just happens to have pictures of the car (currently for sale if you want it ;) ) and the original version of that video (in a bigger more usefull WMV format :cool: (bottom right = Caméra embarquée Gémenos for you non-frog readers :thumbs: )
In the multimedia section there're another 3 vids available aswell :Plug:





.............Annnddd relax :D

[R.Sendout]

It's not a sodding Audi ;)

If you don't believe me then here's (http://perso.orange.fr/castellanacompetition/) the teams website which just happens to have pictures of the car (currently for sale if you want it ;) ) and the original version of that video (in a bigger more usefull WMV format :cool: (bottom right = Caméra embarquée Gémenos for you non-frog readers :thumbs: )






.............Annnddd relax :D

See post 21:nod:

Told ya:p

[FullMetalGasket]

Yeah, but I started typing a reply when you lot were only upto post #19.
Then I discovered the other vids and got destracted :wack:

[R.Sendout]

You probably wont believe me.........but, I knew what it was when I first watched it. Was just letting you lot look like a bunch of numpties:D :wave:

[JuZ]

I've seen that video before, still impresses me :notworthy


Off topic slightly, but I got to drive up Prescott hill a few years ago :D

[manic_mechanic]

Fantastic video, it looks as if with a bit of practice he could go up faster!
Theres a lot of catching oversteer so i reckon with better track knowledge and practice he could be smoother still!

Imagine how fast he must be going if it looks that fast on vid :eek:

[CNHSS1]

Prescotts ace, i love it. Was there september last year, will find the vids, got them at work somewhere and post them.

Was close with the osella, but no cigar;)

Yak
does watching the hillclimb vids make you want to turn up late to events (like Loton...) lol, poor old SM was having kittens coz you hadnt turned up

[phat_gadgy]

Great video :thumbs:

[FullMetalGasket]

Off topic slightly, but I got to drive up Prescott hill a few years ago :D

Off topic slightly more - I'll be doing the Hill Climb school there in my Westy later this year :D