rec.autos.simulators

by **double** » Sun, 03 Feb 2002 12:50:01

Is this not the most depressing show you've every watched? Granted I've
seen it before, but it still amazes me the cars Allen Decatenay (sp?) gets
to drive :-(

Towards the end, watching/listening to him drive that 6700hp (he did say
"sixty-seven hundred", right?) Sports Racer Prototype looking-car in his
Dockers, denim shirt, goggles and no gloves, was amazing, hehe.

by **Kevin Anderso** » Sun, 03 Feb 2002 12:59:40

Not only does he drive them, but he really "drives!" them. I forget what
cars they were doing the show on But there was an in car view, ANd he was
hauling ass on a tight little road. I was amazed that he wasn't just slowly
driving it.

Kevin Anderson

by **Steve Blankenshi** » Sun, 03 Feb 2002 13:15:17

Try six TO seven hundred horsepower. Not a AA Top Fueler there, after all... Too bad, would've been interesting at Flugplatz! ;-)

SB

> Is this not the most depressing show you've every watched? Granted I've
> seen it before, but it still amazes me the cars Allen Decatenay (sp?) gets
> to drive :-(

> Towards the end, watching/listening to him drive that 6700hp (he did say
> "sixty-seven hundred", right?) Sports Racer Prototype looking-car in his
> Dockers, denim shirt, goggles and no gloves, was amazing, hehe.

by **Dale Gree** » Sun, 03 Feb 2002 13:24:46

It hurts to watch DeCadenet driving the Daytona... my all-time favourite
car.

I don't think it was 6700hp... maybe he said 6 to 700 hp. That's the 333SP
in that show right? 650hp at 10K rpm or something...

Dale.

by **Mark Jeangerar** » Sun, 03 Feb 2002 13:49:36

Oh yeah, the 333SP. It's a beautiful piece of film. No helmet, hair in the
wind.... charging around Le Mas Du Clos. The very last scene, after the
credits roll, says it all. When he pulls up to stop at Le Mas, cotton mouth,
sweaty palms, slightly shaking. I know that feeling, but not from the
variety of cars that he knows it from.

Lucky bastard.
--

"Racing! - Science for the action minded."

mark

by **double** » Mon, 04 Feb 2002 00:03:50

oh man.... i'm blushing so bad right now. trust me, I know better, but was
caught up in that moment.

(acting like Chris Farley:) "man, i'm so stupid......(pounds on head) what
was I thinking!?!?! 6700hp........I'm such an IDIOT!"

also, it was neat at the end to see to owners of each of those cars. I
think I only recognized Ralph Lauren and Mark Knopfler though.

all... Too bad, would've been interesting at Flugplatz! ;-)

> SB

by **Jan Koh** » Mon, 04 Feb 2002 01:11:16

ROTFL!!!!!! I've been thinking the same thing...last year during the Le
Mans, a
friend and I sent him an email in the booth calling him a few names
(jokingly, of course)
for his Porsche, Ferrari and BMW "history" shows...

It's the smirk he has on his face, knowing us viewers are drooling in our
beers watching him
belt them around some great roads. Bastage... ;]

Cheers!

Jan Kohl
The Pits - 6 years and counting
http://www.theuspits.com

by **Milhous** » Mon, 04 Feb 2002 01:29:25

*sigh* Know what you mean...

But take the bad with the good. At least we're getting to -watch-
and -listen- to him driving these old Ferraris. Whenever it comes on, it
goes on the home theater. ;)

Hmm, haven't seen it since I got a subwoofer for it....ooooh, I bet that
sounds nice... =)

Milhouse

by **double** » Mon, 04 Feb 2002 03:26:44

By far, my favorite in that show is the 312 PB (that i goofed on the HP).
The sound of the engine, plus the in-car shots of him working the steering
wheel, is truly the essence of driving.

> *sigh* Know what you mean...

> But take the bad with the good. At least we're getting to -watch-
> and -listen- to him driving these old Ferraris. Whenever it comes on, it
> goes on the home theater. ;)

> Hmm, haven't seen it since I got a subwoofer for it....ooooh, I bet that
> sounds nice... =)

> Milhouse

> > Is this not the most depressing show you've every watched? Granted I've
> > seen it before, but it still amazes me the cars Allen Decatenay (sp?)
gets
> > to drive :-(

> > Towards the end, watching/listening to him drive that Sports Racer

Prototype looking-car in his Dockers, denim shirt, goggles and no gloves,
was amazing, hehe.

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by **Biz** » Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:28:38

Alain de Cadenet is the guy you're referring to correct?

--
Biz

"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash

> Is this not the most depressing show you've every watched? Granted I've
> seen it before, but it still amazes me the cars Allen Decatenay (sp?) gets
> to drive :-(

> Towards the end, watching/listening to him drive that 6700hp (he did say
> "sixty-seven hundred", right?) Sports Racer Prototype looking-car in his
> Dockers, denim shirt, goggles and no gloves, was amazing, hehe.

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