So you think you can drive?

[quozl]

So you think you can drive?

Prove it!

Australia 2009: Hirvonen SS04

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUBXIWTm26I

Take the time to watch the whole thing

[Robby K]

Great video...

2 things required to be a WRC driver.... Commitment and plenty of it, and a rather large pair of aggots!

Dont know about anyone else but Ive always thought Rally drivers are the best drivers in the world!

[gareth_oau]

I tend to agree robby,

i love F1, absolutely, the guys are like perfectionist robots to be able to consistently lap within 1000ths of a second.

but on the other hand a rally driver has to deal with constantly changing variables and so is the king of adaptation.

i feel the rally drivers are worth a lot more than they are paid, and they are typically down-to-earth about it too.

tis a shame that the marketing side of things puts them a distant second profile-wise

[Jarred]

you'd never catch me doing that!

I don't have the gahoonas to drive that fast on such a tight ever changing track, even with pace notes!

[Mrk_Mickey]

you'd never catch me doing that!

I don't have the gahoonas to drive that fast on such a tight ever changing track, even with pace notes!

Yeah I reckon I'm the same. I'd love to try it but it'd be one of those things I do for 5 minutes and bugger up. hehehe.

[The_Hawk]

it'd be one of those things I do for 5 minutes and bugger up...

...into a tree at speed...

It looks like lots of fun but I think I would be purchasing the worlds largest supply of brown undies before heading out.

[Mrk_Mickey]

...into a tree at speed...

It looks like lots of fun but I think I would be purchasing the worlds largest supply of brown undies before heading out.

Rofl, yeah exactly.

[rayray086]

I suppose the only safe way to try this out is with a rally sim game. Colin McRae 4.0 on PC was mad fun!

[Cupra]

I did a little a long long time ago with an R100 & it was great fun....... but, at the start of each stage i found myself wondering how much it was going to cost me as it was my car!

[Yevvy]

now if everyone could drive like that, we wouldn't need speed limits

[Robby K]

I did a little a long long time ago with an R100 & it was great fun....... but, at the start of each stage i found myself wondering how much it was going to cost me as it was my car!

Ive got a tear in my eye reading this post being a massive rotary nut... You used to rally an R100?

Id love to get another 1 but besides the fact theyre like rocking horse poop to find these days the missus would kill me if I bought another car...lol


Since reading this thread Ive been watching all my old Groub B rally vids.... Still amazing to watch!

[DUB 12V]

post of the year, wow

[Ben_GTI]

WRC guys are honestly some of the most talented drivers out there... People say F1 is the best etc etc, but they have consistent surfaces, crash barriers, run off areas.... the WRC guys have trees inches from them and moving targets like cows and kangaroos to deal with too. *Ali G style* Wrrrrespect...

[dubbed]

Definitely agree with you Ben. I just have a whole different level of respect for rally drivers compared to other motor sport drivers.

My fav is definitely the group B. I'd dig some vids out but it'll keep me up all night!

[mikepologti]

awsome,........just awsome. id love to be able to drive like that.