Re: Re: Gauge Page :-)

[Jason Stone <jason_r_stone@yahoo.com>]

There have been several of these videos..

Don't know if anyone remembers but a Japanese guy in a
Ferrari F40 did this and sold the video on the black
market...  Statistics reason that eventually one of
these would fall into the hands of the constabulary
and sure enough he was busted.

Number two was of a Motorbike rider on the Paris ring
road.  There used to be a "race" to see how fast you
could get around the Paris ring road.. not sure if
there was something about what time it had to be
done...  Anyway there is a shot of him riding between
moving cars at over 280km/h.. the cars were probably
doing about 80-100km/h as there was traffic...  What a
nutter... but gotta admit that he sure did know how to
handle that blade!  ;-)

cul8r
Jase
'91 Audi S2
'97 GSXR600
[The big question is which one to take around the
Nurburing first!? :-) ]


> Incidentally, the Ferrari in Paris case: Are you
referring to the late '60s > underground classic film
"Rendezvous" or some modern emulation of same?
> Regards,
> Rob

Again, I can jump in here to answer the
Italian-car-related questions.  ;^)

The car in Rendezvous is a Ferrari (275, AFAIK)
according to most credible sourc es.

There is another Ferrari/camcorder story of lore that
I will relate to those who have not heard it:
A gentleman was trying to sell a recent, high-end
(read: fast) Ferrari and an interested buyer disputed
his claims of the top end. Not wanting to be all-talk,
the
guy mounts a camcorder between the seats to give a
view of the dash and the road
in
front of it. We see the car accelerating up to 170,
180, whatever it was, flashi ng
by other cars as if they were speeding in reverse
around him. The tape was maile d to
the prospective buyer and our Ferrari-owning
enthusiast unexpectedly met the loc al
authorities the day after it was received - thanks to
the indisputable evidence procured by the undercover
cop posing as the buyer.
This story was told and the video shown on one or more
of those reality-shows on
Fox
- "World's Scariest Drivers" or something like that.
That's entertainment...!

Shaun Folkerts
1989 200QW
fiatlancia@earthlink.net
The only way _my_ ItalCars will hit speeds like that
is after they leave the top
of
the cliff!

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