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  1. Crashton

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    #2 Crashton, Aug 15, 2012
    Great save! My two observations. One he did not give up & get off the gas or hit the brakes he continued to drive the car & did not become a passenger. That is a tough thing to do in a seemingly no way out situation. Two, he was a damned lucky boy! :Thumbsup:
     
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    #4 BThayer23, Aug 15, 2012
    Not the fastest way around the corner, but it's close...
     
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    #6 rum4, Aug 15, 2012
    That is incredible
     
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    #8 agranger, Aug 16, 2012
    The car was standing on the driver's side door and he was still trying to countersteer! The driver was a perfect combination of very skilled and very lucky.
     
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    #9 WolfGTI, Aug 16, 2012
    Came in expecting crappy slammed, poked and stretched Clubman - leaving satisfied with excellent driving goodness!!!!
     
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    #12 Crashton, Aug 16, 2012
    Colin was such an incredible driver, as far as this old guy sees it Colin won the gold that day. I wish he was still here with us & whipping Seb Loeb's butt.
     
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    #15 agranger, Aug 16, 2012
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    Done!
     
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    #3 Zapski, Aug 15, 2012
    That's definitely brown-trowsers time there! :eek:

    Fantastic save.
     
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    #5 quikmni, Aug 15, 2012
    Amazing and lucky save. The navigator did not seem to miss a beat.
     
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    #7 Friskie, Aug 15, 2012
    Old pilots have a catch phrase for that: "Hours and hours of numbing boredome punctuated by a moment of sheer terror".
     
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    #11 Nathan, Aug 16, 2012
    The links from the above post...

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETUkSlvlp78]Colin McRae - 2006 X Games 2nd place. Subaru Crash/Roll - Travis Pastrana - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPCGnkApnDU[/ame]
     
  13. Crashton

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    #13 Crashton, Aug 16, 2012
    Both guys drivers all the way, total commitment. Both McRae & Plato are hero driver's as those video clips show.
     
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    #14 CHKMINI, Aug 16, 2012
    Rally drivers must carry their jewels around in a wheelbarrow:biggrin5:
     
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    #16 Crashton, Aug 16, 2012
    ^ that wheelbarrow looks a might puny....
     
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    #17 Sideways, Aug 16, 2012
    thats just another day at the office for a Rally Driver...Turn left - turn right - avoid pulverizing car against (insert random object here) - cross the finish line...
     
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    #18 agranger, Aug 17, 2012
    Nope... you just aren't used to seeing 3000 carat diamonds. It's all a question of scale. :D
     
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    #19 Jabbles, Aug 17, 2012
    Some more good saves.

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHAG1pevSkY&feature=player_embedded]Changing Lanes. Like a Boss - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz2Z3X9FwZ4&feature=player_embedded]HOW TO CHANGE LANES LIKE A BOSS! - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcG9-Q81ky4&feature=player_embedded]WTF How To Switch Lanes Like A Boss - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP-FeNw1PSI&feature=player_embedded]change the lane like a boss! - YouTube[/ame]

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jSYiU-JdRw&feature=player_embedded]POV Rally Champion Mark Higgins Near Crash at 150 mph @ 2011 Isle of Man TT - YouTube[/ame]
     
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    #20 Angib, Aug 18, 2012
    In that last vid, the passenger always strikes me like he may not be quite all there - confidence in your driver is one thing, but failing to scream under these circumstances shows a lack of imagination in my view. Ideal rally co-pilot material, however.
     
  20. Metalman

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    #21 Metalman, Aug 18, 2012
    ^^^ I think it has something to do with having a stiff upper lip....