This Lotus 7 is a Gymkhana Terror

iceracer wrote:

TGMF wrote: good god that looks hard on the trans.

I had a friend that blew the transmission in his XK140 doing just that.

It looks like every shift into reverse is done with the rear wheels locked up. It should shift with no problem.

Automatic for sure, He gets +100 bonus points if that is not an automatic!

Car is light and tires are hard rubber, not big and inflated well.

I'll bet that's not an automatic.

My uk friends refered to this as "autotest" I believe.

And because its name has been invoked, The Mini.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/QcglWsEco4g?rel=0

yeah.... but what kinda magic potion gets you the nose stand??

It's been shortened - look at the length of the rear window. All the weight is in the nose, there's really nothing in the back but some small wheels to keep it from dragging on the ground. Shorty Minis are known for stoppies.

I'm with Tuna on this one. As someone who has never been able to find a course amidst a sea of orange cones, I can't begin to imagine how these guys manage. Can you picture them walking the course and doing all those pirouettes?

In reply to Keith Tanner:

Ok, that's the first I've heard of a shorty-mini, but now I really want one. It's almost 1/2-Shriner's car - 1/2-racecar!

I loose my way to breakfast- I'd never find my way through that course!

petegossett wrote: In reply to Keith Tanner: Ok, that's the first I've heard of a shorty-mini, but now I really want one. It's almost 1/2-Shriner's car - 1/2-racecar!

The one in the video is not shortened much. Usually you simply take the doors out and sit in the back seat. "Shorty Mini" is a most rewarding Google search.

I wanted to post the Mini stoppie video, but I was waaaaaaay too late. Nice weather today, so we're irresponsibly running backroads in SWMBO's '14 Impala. This would be an awesome car if it wasn't programmed for 80-year-olds.

tuna55 wrote: I have no earthly idea how someone even memorizes that course!

^^^^This. It's impossible!