[runbill]

This is very old, but I saw it for the first time today. I think it's very cool.<br><br>
On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a<br>
gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a<br>
professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of<br>
Paris early in the morning . The film was<br>
limited for technical reasons (the<br>
length of a single roll of 35mm motion picture film) to 10 minutes; the course<br>
was from Porte Dauphine , through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.<br><br>
No streets were closed, as Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.<br><br>
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in<br>
some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red<br>
lights, nearly hitting<br>
real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.<br><br>
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He<br>
has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo</a>

 

[Floridaboiler]

that was cool.

 

[Alternative School Grrl]

Heh..that rocked.<br><br>
In your face, Grand Theft Auto.

 

[Seabee]

spectacular

 

[Seabee]

Le Bump.<br>
Seriously, that was an awesome film.

 

[Chele]

FUCKIN A!!!!!! DUDE HAS SOME SKILL!!!!!!!!!!!<img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif">

 

[K]

You know, I've seen this before and I was pretty skeptical the first time. Now I'm sure. That's no Ferrari. I mean, the sound is, but whatever they're driving sure as hell isn't a Ferrari. The sound is dubbed over.

 

[Chele]

DUDE! Why you gotta take all the fun out of this! KILL JOY!!!!!!!!!!! Who cares if this was a Ferrari or a Fiat...the driver had skill!!!!!!!!!!!! SKILL!!!!!!! BEWARE OF THE SKILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[K]

Here's a cool one.<br><br>
Jaguar D type on Le Mans 1956.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DulNn2tlTFs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DulNn2tlTFs</a>

 

[Chele]

pfffffffffffff that's a closed course!!!!!!!

 

[K]

Turn the sound off and picture the driver behind the wheel of this:<br><br><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Mercedes_Benz_450SEL_Seitenansicht.jpg/800px-Mercedes_Benz_450SEL_Seitenansicht.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"><br><br>
That's what it really was. A little less impressive, IMO.

 

[K]

Nope, sorry, my dear. That was an open course. Note the car/motorcyle/bike/foot traffic.

 

[bap]

I corrected your post.

 

[purple hayes]

That's not cool, that's being a d-bag. Do you cheer when people run red lights? Do you whoop and holler when someone drive 140MPH in your town on public streets?<br><br>
That guy was a tool. Case closed.

 

[Seabee]

This tread was up to this point mostly discussion about an impressive display of automobile handling. We return you now to our correspondent in the field covering the growing outrage concerning the lack of concern for public safety.<br><br><img alt="" src="http://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mob-simpsons.jpg" style="border:0px solid;">

 

[purple hayes]

Disregard for public safety trump skill. I win! <img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif">

 

[Chele]

I'm sure no one advocates that type of driving IRL, but given that it does sound dubbed, its very possible this was staged and told that it was done on an open road just to add to the hype about it.