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Fun With Front Wheel Drive!
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Edward Niedermeyer
(IC: employee)
Published: August 7th, 2011
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What does one say about a clip like this? Besides, perhaps, that I hope you all are enjoying your weekend as much as this guy. Meanwhile, hit the jump for what I believe to be the inspiration for this “project” (if, in fact, it was inspired by more than a bottle of vodka)…
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Possibly one of my favorite James Bond car chases, from A View To A Kill, features Bond commandeering a Renault 11 taxi cab, only to have its top and back end end spectacularly (and utterly implausibly) knocked off. Is there an older reference point for this, the most under-appreciated ability of front-drive vehicles? If so, I’m not aware of it… but I bet someone out there is.
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Imagine a slow day in the yard de la dismantling, a body saw ample tools and already oil/grease-covered dudes. Wheeeee!!!!!!!!!
That's a cool clip but watching him bounce up and down and hit the ground in that seat gave me a headache.