OT whats you best driving bit in a film?

Well, whats your favourite driving bit in a film? my favourite has gotta be that long chase scene in Bullit with Steve McQueen. Oooooh.. the sound of the double declutching! The sound of the tyre squeels!! I guess i should watch it again sometime, and record the bit as an mpeg on the puter! :-) - brian

I liked the chase scenes in Ronin too . Mediocre film but bloody good car chases. I love the sound of that V8 in Bullitt though . I'm hoping to get my hands on Le Mans soon . Another classic Andrew Brian Innes <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Well, whats your favourite driving bit in a film? > > my favourite has gotta be that long chase scene in Bullit with Steve > McQueen. > > Oooooh.. the sound of the double declutching! The sound of the tyre > squeels!! > > I guess i should watch it again sometime, and record the bit as an mpeg on > the puter! > > :-) > > - > brian

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Well, whats your favourite driving bit in a film? > Someone's already given the nod to "Ronin", and that'd have to be my most recent fav, too. But I like the old comedy "Gumball Rally" - there's a scene of a 1972 Ferrari Daytona Spyder coming in for a refueling stop at a gas station (manned, so they say, by the entire Ferrari GP pit crew!). There's a nice, windy road leading in to the station, and the sound of that glorious V12 downshifting from fourth to first is worth sitting through the rest of the so-so movie! Also, there's a cool scene of it racing a Shelby Cobra through the a dry concrete riverbed somewhere in Long Beach...!

"Brian Innes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Well, whats your favourite driving bit in a film? I watch "The Racers" every time it's on for the great scenes of 50's F1 and Sports Car racing. The shots of the Mille Miglia are priceless. Other favs are "The Green Helmet", "Two Lane Blacktop", "LeMans", the shots of Spa in the rain in "Grand Prix", and my all time favorite, "The Speed Merchants", although it's more of a documentry and would be expected to have great racing sequences. Of course. the Miami Vice episode with Danny Sullivan driving a 962 through the streets of Miami stands alone as the highpoint of motorsports caught on film....hehe...just kidding<g> -- don New GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks: http://www.ianparker.co.uk/gpl/bapom/

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>Well, whats your favourite driving bit in a film? > >my favourite has gotta be that long chase scene in Bullit with Steve >McQueen. > >Oooooh.. the sound of the double declutching! The sound of the tyre >squeels!! > >I guess i should watch it again sometime, and record the bit as an mpeg on >the puter! > >:-) > >- >brian

Mad Max (the first one). I'm a fuel-injected suicide machine ..well, in a sim that is. Stuurm

" Follow me boys! While I lay a rubber road right to FREE-DOM! " And lots of KZ1000 Kawasaki's. I liked Road Warrior too. " The Car " with James Brolin was on Speedvison last night. Neat movie, but not great. The car was kinda cool. Blues Brothers had some great car chases - especially the end with just PILES of police cars! Smokey and the Bandit - the first one. Bullit has to be one of the best. Steve McQueen is The Man. ************************************ Dave Pawlikowski [email hidden] www.cushdrive.com www.luftwaffe-experten.com ************************************ " >

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> Mad Max (the first one). > > I'm a fuel-injected suicide machine > > ..well, in a sim that is. > > Stuurm

I don't see this one mentioned often It's called "The Seven Ups". Roy Scheider(The Police chief from "Jaws") drives ,I believe a green Chevy Nova on a great 5 min chase that ends with him slamming into the rear of an 18 Wheeler . Great one. Anyone else know this one? "Karaya One" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:brI36.34716$[email hidden]... > " Follow me boys! While I lay a rubber road right to FREE-DOM! " And lotsof > KZ1000 Kawasaki's. > > I liked Road Warrior too. > > " The Car " with James Brolin was on Speedvison last night. Neat movie,but

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> not great. The car was kinda cool. > > Blues Brothers had some great car chases - especially the end with just > PILES of police cars! > > Smokey and the Bandit - the first one. > > Bullit has to be one of the best. Steve McQueen is The Man. > > ************************************ > Dave Pawlikowski > [email hidden] > www.cushdrive.com > www.luftwaffe-experten.com > > ************************************ > " > > > Mad Max (the first one). > > > > I'm a fuel-injected suicide machine > > > > ..well, in a sim that is. > > > > Stuurm > >

On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 19:26:53 GMT, "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I don't see this one mentioned often It's called "The Seven Ups". Roy >Scheider(The Police chief from "Jaws") drives ,I believe a green Chevy Nova >on a great 5 min chase that ends with him slamming into the rear of an 18 >Wheeler . Great one. Anyone else know this one? Yep..but it was a Pontiac Ventura. :o) ~daxe

The Ventura is a Nova with an extra set of tail lights for the non-US guys. :-) Pontiac was smart enough to stay quiet when Chevy slapped a Nova badge on a Toyota Corolla some years later (well, maybe they weren't so smart, because it was the best built Nova ever, even if it wasn't the fastest!). All I can think of when I see a Nova or Ventura is their penchant for the body slipping crooked on the suspension, causing something jokingly referred to as "crabbing"... The wheels are going straight, but the body of the car and driver are looking off at an angle about 5 degrees from straight. Tim On Mon, 01 Jan 2001 02:52:54 GMT, [email hidden] (daxe) wrote:

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>On Sun, 31 Dec 2000 19:26:53 GMT, "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> >wrote: > >>I don't see this one mentioned often It's called "The Seven Ups". Roy >>Scheider(The Police chief from "Jaws") drives ,I believe a green Chevy Nova >>on a great 5 min chase that ends with him slamming into the rear of an 18 >>Wheeler . Great one. Anyone else know this one? > > >Yep..but it was a Pontiac Ventura. > >:o) > >~daxe

Karaya One <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:brI36.34716$[email hidden]... > " Follow me boys! While I lay a rubber road right to FREE-DOM! " And lotsof > KZ1000 Kawasaki's. > > I liked Road Warrior too. > > " The Car " with James Brolin was on Speedvison last night. Neat movie,but

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> not great. The car was kinda cool. > > Blues Brothers had some great car chases - especially the end with just > PILES of police cars! > > Smokey and the Bandit - the first one. > > Bullit has to be one of the best. Steve McQueen is The Man.

Gone in 60 Seconds. The 1974 film. The MOTHER of all car chases...!

[email hidden] (Brian Innes) wrote: >my favourite has gotta be that long chase scene in Bullit with Steve >McQueen. Ronin is the new champ ... best car chases ever. Joe McGinn _____________________ Radical Entertainment

"A Thomas" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I liked the chase scenes in Ronin too . Mediocre film but bloody good car >chases. Are you kidding? Best action film of 98, by far. Joe McGinn _____________________ Radical Entertainment

You all are forgetting the First feature film by Stephen Spielberg. A made for TV effort called 'The Duel' with Dennis Weaver. No highspeed chases, no door to door banging....but as intense a chase as ever filmed. dave henrie "Joe62" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> [email hidden] (Brian Innes) wrote: > > >my favourite has gotta be that long chase scene in Bullit with Steve > >McQueen. > > Ronin is the new champ ... best car chases ever. > > Joe McGinn > _____________________ > Radical Entertainment

Joe62 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > [email hidden] (Brian Innes) wrote: > > >my favourite has gotta be that long chase scene in Bullit with Steve > >McQueen. > > Ronin is the new champ ... best car chases ever. It's PDG but kinda cheesy in some spots. Like the off-road scene - you're in front of the chased car (Citroen XM) and you can plainly see the dirt roostertails of the camera car. And obvious splices (just before the offroad part is the WORST one I've seen in *any* movie). But yeah, it's quite good. "He's yours." I still prefer Gone in 60 Seconds. 45 minute car chase with no obvious splices, no special effects (it was 1974 and one a cheap budget *then*). They even had a filming accident, the "lightpole scene", so they just made it part of the movie. *That* is rare today. (hell, the hassle of trying to find this movie is worth it, just to see the lightpole scene - OUCH!)

On Mon, 01 Jan 2001 08:48:42 -0500, Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote: >The Ventura is a Nova with an extra set of tail lights for the non-US >guys. :-) Don't forget the obligatory Poncho split grille. >Pontiac was smart enough to stay quiet when Chevy slapped a Nova badge >on a Toyota Corolla some years later (well, maybe they weren't so >smart, because it was the best built Nova ever, even if it wasn't the >fastest!). Maybe the most reliable, but I'll still take one of the 1965 SS396 models, anyway.. >All I can think of when I see a Nova or Ventura is their penchant for >the body slipping crooked on the suspension, causing something >jokingly referred to as "crabbing"... The wheels are going straight, >but the body of the car and driver are looking off at an angle about 5 >degrees from straight. >> So true! It is the strangest thing in the world to drive behind. You do have to wonder if you accidentally doubled up on your meds that day. ~daxe

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> > I still prefer Gone in 60 Seconds. 45 minute car chase with no > obvious splices, no special effects (it was 1974 and one a cheap > budget *then*). They even had a filming accident, the "lightpole > scene", so they just made it part of the movie. *That* is rare today. > > (hell, the hassle of trying to find this movie is worth it, just to

see > the lightpole scene - OUCH!) > > I agree 100%! The original Gone In 60 Secs. was great. Saw a shortpiece on TV that the original director (forget his name) wanted some stunts in the movie done as he said....stuntmen said "No Way" so he did them himself. Was going to make a sequel but he died before he could do it, if my memory is correct. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

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> > [email hidden] (Brian Innes) wrote: > > >my favourite has gotta be that long chase scene in Bullit with Steve > >McQueen. > > Ronin is the new champ ... best car chases ever.

Herbie goes to Monte Carlo... enough said.

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>>All I can think of when I see a Nova or Ventura is their penchant for >>the body slipping crooked on the suspension, causing something >>jokingly referred to as "crabbing"... The wheels are going straight, >>but the body of the car and driver are looking off at an angle about 5 >>degrees from straight. >>> > > >So true! It is the strangest thing in the world to drive behind. You >do have to wonder if you accidentally doubled up on your meds that >day.

Has anyone actually DRIVEN a car that did this? I haven't - I'm just wondering if you could tell by the way the car handled. I'm thinking that you might not be able to tell VISUALLY from inside the car... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On 02 Jan 2001 20:45:01 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote: >Has anyone actually DRIVEN a car that did this? I haven't - I'm just wondering >if you could tell by the way the car handled. I'm thinking that you might not >be able to tell VISUALLY from inside the car... Probably not. Those cars handle so bad, it wouldn't matter anyway. I have a story about this. :-) My buddy loved telling me how much faster his 69 Chevelle (350 4bbl) was than my 87 Mustang. I actually agreed with him, but finally got sick of hearing about it. We found a safe spot to time them, and did multiple runs, even trading off on cars. Surprise! My Mustang smoked the Chevelle every time, even in the swapped runs. What's funny is that the Chevelle's mushy exagerrated body motions made it feel much faster than it actually was. My rear quad-shocked Mustang would stay nearly flat on launch, with the only drama begin wheelspin. The Chevelle would make all kinds of noise through the Cherry Bombs, then lurch back and and to the side on it's Jello suspension so hard that it'd throw you back and give you a big eye full of hood... All theatrics. Throw in a few corners and a modern Cavalier could smoke it (which is not to say I'd take one over the beautiful Chevelle). I love those old muscle cars, and know some were brutally fast, but most weren't near as fast as they felt. :-) Tim

The driving scenes that always amuse me are all those 50's and 60's Hollywood bluescreen jobs where a driver is moving along a road as straight as an arrow whilst holding a conversation with a passenger and doing an impression of Colin McRae's steering technique on an international rally. I know those old Yank tanks have a reputation for soggy handling but were they really that bad? ;-) MS Brian Innes <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Well, whats your favourite driving bit in a film? > > my favourite has gotta be that long chase scene in Bullit with Steve > McQueen. > > Oooooh.. the sound of the double declutching! The sound of the tyre > squeels!! > > I guess i should watch it again sometime, and record the bit as an mpeg on > the puter! > > :-) > > - > brian

"Mark Seery" <[email hidden]> writes: > The driving scenes that always amuse me are all those 50's and 60's > Hollywood bluescreen jobs where a driver is moving along a road as straight > as an arrow whilst holding a conversation with a passenger and doing an > impression of Colin McRae's steering technique on an international rally. I > know those old Yank tanks have a reputation for soggy handling but were they > really that bad? ;-) No, but the roads are crap. Even if the road is going in a straight line, the bumpy and grooved tarmac make constant steering necessary :)

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> MS > Brian Innes <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Well, whats your favourite driving bit in a film? > > > > my favourite has gotta be that long chase scene in Bullit with Steve > > McQueen. > > > > Oooooh.. the sound of the double declutching! The sound of the tyre > > squeels!! > > > > I guess i should watch it again sometime, and record the bit as an mpeg on > > the puter! > > > > :-) > > > > - > > brian > >

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Pierre Robitaille <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >my favourite has gotta be that long chase scene in Bullit with Steve > > >McQueen. > > Ronin is the new champ ... best car chases ever. > Herbie goes to Monte Carlo... enough said. Herbie "overtaking" that evil 917 in the famous tunnel in Monaco. ;-) -- ____ /______\_ .\\ a t t h e a d [ XT./~~~~ [ Rex\_____ http://my.bawue.de/~matthead \____/\__]_] 1977' Yamaha XT.Rex 500 Enduro (154 Mm)