one morning in Paris, 1976....
Jun 19th, 2006 | 10:38 PM
#83
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Ok Ok, Check these links out...
This is just one of a series...
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Muck
This is just one of a series...
http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=24854
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/__121b_RkS...SgG0AW2siFYg==
;-)
Muck
Jun 27th, 2006 | 12:17 AM
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DH is a European car nut - racing, restoring, etc.. About fifteen years ago I bought him a very good copy of Rendezvous.
We have shown it at various Alfa Romeo car club events and it always gets a great response.
The woman that he runs to at Sacre Cour is/was his wife. Nice touch.
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Nina's DH here ... Robespierre's judgements of "torque control", and "managing adhesion" are a little off. The motor was rev'd extensivey, with a minimum of wheelspin and good acceleration, so torque was applied appropriately.
As for adhesion, try approaching racing speeds on surfaces that vary from cobblestone to tarmac and not spinning out. There were no paint transfers and no excessive wheelspin during the filming, so the limits of adhesion were not exceeded.
Ferraris tend to understeer at slower speeds/sharper corners - front engined V-12. The nose shuddering while the car was understeering is unavoidable when pushing the car's limits within the restriction of city streets.
Ever pressed a vintage Ferrari's clutch pedal while shifting its transmission? It's not easy. The best paid racing drivers in the world still miss shifts ;-)
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Nina again.... ...someday he will leave me for a carburetor. At least I never have to worry about another woman taking him away from me - he is too busy in the garage with his "Italian Mistresses".
Nina
We have shown it at various Alfa Romeo car club events and it always gets a great response.
The woman that he runs to at Sacre Cour is/was his wife. Nice touch.
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Nina's DH here ... Robespierre's judgements of "torque control", and "managing adhesion" are a little off. The motor was rev'd extensivey, with a minimum of wheelspin and good acceleration, so torque was applied appropriately.
As for adhesion, try approaching racing speeds on surfaces that vary from cobblestone to tarmac and not spinning out. There were no paint transfers and no excessive wheelspin during the filming, so the limits of adhesion were not exceeded.
Ferraris tend to understeer at slower speeds/sharper corners - front engined V-12. The nose shuddering while the car was understeering is unavoidable when pushing the car's limits within the restriction of city streets.
Ever pressed a vintage Ferrari's clutch pedal while shifting its transmission? It's not easy. The best paid racing drivers in the world still miss shifts ;-)
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Nina again.... ...someday he will leave me for a carburetor. At least I never have to worry about another woman taking him away from me - he is too busy in the garage with his "Italian Mistresses".
Nina
Jun 27th, 2006 | 06:08 AM
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NDH - the topic changed to the Porsche film at Date: 04/24/2006, 08:10 pm. I said as much on 04/26/2006, 09:48 am.
My comments were on the Stockholm bit, not the Paris one. He missed shifts. He didn't apply power smoothly, often adding it tentatively and incrementally when he should have had his foot in it. In turns, he continuously over- or under-compensated for the track he was getting from the set of his front wheels, making the steering jerky.
I stand by my critique.
My comments were on the Stockholm bit, not the Paris one. He missed shifts. He didn't apply power smoothly, often adding it tentatively and incrementally when he should have had his foot in it. In turns, he continuously over- or under-compensated for the track he was getting from the set of his front wheels, making the steering jerky.
I stand by my critique.
