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  • turboswede

    March 2, 2010 1:20 p.m. turboswede UltraDork

    More Rohrl awesomeness

    Rohrl Pike's Peak Check out the button actuated clutch pedal!

  • racerfink

    March 2, 2010 4:38 p.m. racerfink New Reader

    There's something about bias-ply tires on a Porsche at Spa...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ84Fa-AqXY

    And why Group B drivers are the very best drivers in the world.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4UuZ5mauKk

  • Opus

    March 2, 2010 9:42 p.m. Opus Dork

    81gtv6 wrote:

    If anyone is interested I recently found a way to download YouTube vids as an mp4. This one is on its way to my hard drive right now.

    please share your knowledge on how to.

  • Opus

    March 2, 2010 9:44 p.m. Opus Dork

    Stuc wrote:

    Thanks for sharing, glad I watched. I might share on another board but I'll quote you for some cross-board credit

    Also, is it just me or does that Porsche slide funny? Is it that way with most RRs? He seems to hold the oversteer corrections longer than I would think would be needed and obviously he's doing it right

    may have something to do with the snow on the ground at the side of the track.

    Also, was he going on the track backwards at one point?

  • 81gtv6

    March 2, 2010 9:51 p.m. 81gtv6 Reader

    In reply to Opus:

    Very easy. Once you click the link to a vid and it starts playing, stop it and up in the address bar between the www. and youtube type kiss.

    http://www.kissyoutube.com/watch?v=U4UuZ5mauKk

    Enjoy.

  • DWNSHFT

    March 2, 2010 11:35 p.m. DWNSHFT Reader

    The guy in the vintage 911 on bias-ply tires at Spa is seriously gettin' it done. Passing the two 911s was sweet, but passing the Jag on the outside was incredible.

    David

  • Shaun

    March 2, 2010 11:53 p.m. Shaun Reader

    Opus wrote:

    Stuc wrote:

    Thanks for sharing, glad I watched. I might share on another board but I'll quote you for some cross-board credit

    Also, is it just me or does that Porsche slide funny? Is it that way with most RRs? He seems to hold the oversteer corrections longer than I would think would be needed and obviously he's doing it right

    may have something to do with the snow on the ground at the side of the track.

    Also, was he going on the track backwards at one point?

    I thought that was the 911 handling characteristic of yore: throttle off- pig under steer, throttle on- sideways. All the 911 vids I saw in this thread exhibited that basic characteristic. I have never driven one, and after watching this stuff, I am not sure I ever should.

  • Shaun

    March 2, 2010 11:54 p.m. Shaun Reader

    DWNSHFT wrote:

    The guy in the vintage 911 on bias-ply tires at Spa is seriously gettin' it done. Passing the two 911s was sweet, but passing the Jag on the outside was incredible.

    David

    He was really really fast, and downright inpatient. He seemed to be way better than anyone else on the track. Great footage.

  • Cone_Junky

    March 3, 2010 12:29 a.m. Cone_Junky New Reader

    oldsaw wrote:

    Rohrl is genius behind the wheel.

    For a perspective from the opposite end - WRC champ Loeb honing his skills with FWD, but with a lot of tail wagging:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifawCXsYh0Q

    Between that video and the fact that my region now has a FWD SM class, I really miss my little track GTI. Putting a FWD car in a four wheel drift is a lot of fun

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