A battle of epic proportions! Lotus Elan vs BMW M3 - LotusTalk

mopho · 03-10-2008, 11:26 PM

A bitter fight until the end! and in the wet

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=7

Exigent · 03-10-2008, 11:40 PM

Wow. He's got some quick hands.

StallionX · 03-11-2008, 12:22 AM

is it m or does i seem like he is in a fake car connected to a projector like i those 50's movies?

Young Version · 03-11-2008, 12:48 AM

Some great driving there...the E36 is leaving him out to dry (

) in the straights, but he's always right there with him in the twisty bits. Very entertaining video.

thetoast · 03-11-2008, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StallionX

is it m or does i seem like he is in a fake car connected to a projector like i those 50's movies?

heh... if it wasn't for the wiper moving up and down the windshield, i'd probably agree

exarkun1178 · 03-11-2008, 05:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StallionX

is it m or does i seem like he is in a fake car connected to a projector like i those 50's movies?

+1

babak · 03-11-2008, 06:20 AM

Say the title as if you're Jeremy Clarkson, put an emphasis on 'epic' I can just see a TogGear challenge in the making.

xtn · 03-11-2008, 06:46 AM

Mad skillz yo!

lotus_tunnen · 03-11-2008, 07:13 AM

this is a very entertaining video

goelise · 03-11-2008, 07:16 AM

+100! Who is the driver? Does anyone know? edit: Denny Zardo /edit

Very good driving! Awesome at the end - right hand balled up in a fist!

RichS · 03-11-2008, 08:04 AM

OK, that was AMAZING!

From previous experience with in car video when he was close to the bumper of the M3, he was REALLY close. The camera tends to make things look farther away than they really are.

richw350 · 03-11-2008, 08:07 AM

Nice!

Cardinal · 03-11-2008, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StallionX

is it m or does i seem like he is in a fake car connected to a projector like i those 50's movies?

Now that you mention it, I can't get the idea out of my head.

Edit: Just caught the end of the video. Wow!

jkolb · 03-11-2008, 08:16 AM

1600 cc vs 3200 cc. Lotus magic.

Jerry

mopho · 03-11-2008, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jkolb

1600 cc vs 3200 cc. Lotus magic.

Jerry

Not to mention a 4-speed gearbox...

mopho · 03-11-2008, 11:43 AM

I've posted these before, but for those who have not seen them yet:

Elan vs lightweight E-Type

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Elan vs Cobras

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Elans on the (new) Nurburgring

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knucklehead · 03-11-2008, 12:24 PM

Morgan,
Thanks for posting the vids that was breathtaking!!!

Shine · 03-12-2008, 10:17 PM

Zardo

I was pumping my fists right along with him!

lotusforsale · 03-14-2008, 07:44 PM

Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was inhuman.

What was going through the BMW driver's mind, yathink?

lotusforsale · 03-14-2008, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mopho

I've posted these before, but for those who have not seen them yet:

Elan vs lightweight E-Type

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Years ago, I was working for a moving company as a packer during the summer months while I was in college. My company had the contract to move the then fighter squadron that was occupying Dover AFB in Delaware out so the C5's could move in.

I was packing a pilot's family in base housing to move out. Under the car port he had what was clearly an E type Jag under a car cover. I asked him about it. He told me it was a light weight E type he picked up when he was stationed overseas and had shipped home at taxpayers' expense. He pulled the cover off to show me. I will never forget seeing that car. I was in my very early 20's, I'm in my early/mid 50's now...

I'll be a dementia ridden patient in a nursing home, and I will remember that car. I may not remember my name, my family..but I will remember seeing him pull the cover off that car.

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03-11-2008, 12:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
Young Version B& Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fallbrook/Chico, CA Posts: 27	Some great driving there...the E36 is leaving him out to dry () in the straights, but he's always right there with him in the twisty bits. Very entertaining video.

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RichS No, it's only an N/A Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 3,285	OK, that was AMAZING! From previous experience with in car video when he was close to the bumper of the M3, he was REALLY close. The camera tends to make things look farther away than they really are. __________________ Useful links to vendors removed at Nadeem's request. "Nice avatar by the way, I doubt Colin Chapman would have followed the herd as I have seen many here do. --Nadeem"

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