Especially in the Murray River

Carta Pisana,

That would have to be the fastest tour of Paris ever??

There are faster cars you could do it in?

Hey Merv

Do you think it would be as fast as a Gondola on the Murray?

Sarvowinner...are u from oz ?? i have never heard of a gondola on the murray river....

Didn't you see the cooking show with Stefano de Pieri from Mildura? www.abc.net.au/gondola/

No missed that one....

Yeah that wasn't bad.. but then again I like all cookin' shows.. I love all food!

Don't you wish they would repeat the Galloping Gourmet?

i prefer take away pies and chinese...

Actually, if you measure the trip on Google Earth, you will find an average speed of 78 km/h. Nothing that extraordinary. And he was driving a Mercedes - the Ferrari noise is post-dubbed.

Shucks - superheterodyne

I hate it when people let the facts get in the way of a good story (or film) ;)

How do you get 78 km/h? And where did you find the post-dubbing note? According to this

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2005/Rendezvous.shtml

he covered 11.4 km in 451 seconds. That's an average of 91 mph.

you guys are starting to get very technical.. bugger that!..how about we hire a Ferrari and bloody well try it?.. who's in?

Do they have speed cameras in Paris ??

Merv you didn't think of that did you?

does anybody know if they do?

I guesss they would??

how much would a Ferrari for a day caost in Paris?

Robespierre - the movie is 8 minutes 39 seconds (that's 519 seconds) long and the distance is 11,3 km, measured on Google Earth.

I don't know what the brand of your calculator is, maybe it is a vintage Pascaline that you expropriated from the clergy, however, 519 s is 0,1442 hours, that gives an average speed of 11,3/0.1442 = 78.6 km/h.

A quick look on the French name of the movie in Google will lead you to the Mercedes information.

78.4, sorry, my fingers slipped.

As for speed cameras in Paris : there are two within the city [one at 50 on Cours la Reine and another at 70 on the Quai de Bercy] and several on the Préiphérique.

..are those calculations "as the crow flies"?.. or measured properly?

141 replies to this thread.. what's the biggest Fodor's thread anyones seen before?

I don't know about Paris, but where I have seen late model Ferrarris to rent, the rate for a single day was 1,000 to 1,200 euro.

does anyone know what that is in $Aussie dollars

about 2000

basically double, that's a no brainer then, thanks Michael

That is about as boring a 'video' as I've ever seen. Gave up after passing the Louvre. It's too dark to really enjoy any views.

Try it on a better monitor. The movie looks great on this 19" high-contrast LCD, and I'm looking forward to playing the DVD on a big plasma display.

Does anyone else hear "boys and their toys"? And, they complain about recipe threads :-)

Sexist claptrap.

You're right. On second look the "boys" were discussing chocolates and cooking shows earlier on this thread. No complaints from them on recipe threads, I suppose.

Still makes me think of "boys and their toys" though.

we love our toys ...:)

And, that's the way it should be Wally.

Read this and thought about this thread (from a Rule of Life list)

Sometimes, we just need to remember what the rules of life really are:

8. You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

:-)