Hillclimbs in Europe are not for the faint of heart:
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Dec. 4, 2010 12:43 a.m. oldsaw SuperDork
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Dec. 4, 2010 6:08 a.m. chknhwk Reader
Dayum! About halfway through it I was thinking he had to have passed the timing station by now...
Guess he needs a new shifter knob, too.
I find it interesting he started slowing down well before the last timing station.
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Dec. 4, 2010 7:17 a.m. Platinum90 SuperDork
I think id be more apt to run hillclimb in an open wheeled car. You can see exactly where your wheels are.
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Dec. 4, 2010 7:31 a.m. jimbob_racing HalfDork
Having run both an open wheel car and a production car in hillclimbs, I can say that the open wheel car is a bit easier to drive because you do know exactly where you are on the road and what your car is doing. Of course, seeing your wheel reach the edge of the pavement and start into the gravel should is a bit disconcerting.
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Dec. 4, 2010 8:11 a.m. fifty Reader
oldsaw wrote:
Hillclimbs in Europe are not for the faint of heart:
or as they say in Old Europe: feint of heart :) Thanks for the link, I'd probably die of old age before i made the finish line.
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Dec. 4, 2010 8:19 a.m. Matt B HalfDork
Very nice. Added to the collection of favorites.
Interestingly enough, this was one of the "similar" video links posted after the videos. Kinda NSFW, in a trashy 80's bikini sort of way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPRDC1X0IBM&NR=1
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Dec. 4, 2010 10:06 a.m. oldsaw SuperDork
In reply to fifty:
Except "faint of heart" implies timidity while "feint of heart" implies a daring move.
Either way, both phrases apply depending on one's perspective.
