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brrm ([personal profile] brrm) wrote2008-11-14 11:01 am
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Not just a fun way to die but also... balls of steel. Just wow.



With less than a mile left in a stage of the Ralley de Serrians in France, the throttle cable in our hero's Renault finally gives up the ghost. Does he give up? No! Does the team try to push their way to the finish? Hell no! The driver tells his co-pilot to man the wheel while he hops into the engine bay, pulls the hood over himself and then manually controls the throttle cable bracket to a heroic finish. The picture above speaks for itself, but the video after the jump tells the whole tale.

Link to Autoblog post
Edit: more photos here.
Love their horn, too (see Flash video embedded in the linked page).
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[personal profile] emperor 2008-11-14 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
Do you not get burned to tiny crispy bits sitting on the engine like that?

[identity profile] brrm.livejournal.com 2008-11-14 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'm guessing the fire-retardant suit probably helps - especially if you keep away from the exhaust, which is the main scarily-hot bit of an engine. The rest shouldn't be too hot if the cooling system's working ok.
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[personal profile] fanf 2008-11-14 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Impressive!

[identity profile] karohemd.livejournal.com 2008-11-14 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd say just plain stupid but yeah

[identity profile] evath.livejournal.com 2008-11-14 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
yay!

[identity profile] hoiho.livejournal.com 2008-11-14 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
That's just magnificent!