Blast from past Ruf 911 Yellow Bird video
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Next stop, the tire store!
That car looks like its set up with 3 degrees of toe out on the back tires...
Great car control though, otherwise he'd be dead...
Great car control though, otherwise he'd be dead...
That's awesome!
He's on the Nurburgring when it's open to the general public. Just you tube that track and the videos are outrageous...
Great car control. It's crazy how light and twitchy the steering looked with all that weight over the rear wheels, not to mention the power. The car looked like it was actively trying to get him killed!
As a 1951, a 1956 and a 1967? SC Porsche owner, I remember with glee when Ruf drove the Yellow Bird to a record of 111 MPH. The Porsche YELLOW BIRD didn't have a turbo. Ed
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This is a guy out having fun. He's going fast but he's well within the limits of sensible fast driving on an appropriate road, not just a regular public road.
Incredible driving. Phenomenal car control. That's the definition of active oversteer management. Made Porsche Proud.
"if you hard enough left, you'll find yourself going right" certainly applies in that video.
Nothing like overtaking a man on a motorcycle while you are in a (barely)controlled 4 wheel drift.
I drooled over this car back when Road and Track wrote about it back in the 80s
Now that was some kick butt driving. He certainly knows the car and it's capabilities intimately and is driving it as well as it can be driven.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting.
You don't think he was favoring his right side more than his left?
Not that I'm anywhere near his talent, but I favor the opposite him. Seems he doesn't want to crash on his right side but isn't afraid to completely mess up the left.
I find I don't want to prang the side I'm sitting on, though throughout my accident history I'll nail the left without fail.
Not that I'm anywhere near his talent, but I favor the opposite him. Seems he doesn't want to crash on his right side but isn't afraid to completely mess up the left.
I find I don't want to prang the side I'm sitting on, though throughout my accident history I'll nail the left without fail.
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Nothing like overtaking a man on a motorcycle while you are in a (barely)controlled 4 wheel drift.
Having driven on the ring with a much less capable car (and driver), I can say that while the motorcyclesare faster on the straights, they are very much slower in the turns. So much so they were slowing me down and I was in constant fear of running over a fallen motorcycle driver.
I just don't go on anymore if I notice a lot of motorcycle drivers....
Nothing like overtaking a man on a motorcycle while you are in a (barely)controlled 4 wheel drift.
Having driven on the ring with a much less capable car (and driver), I can say that while the motorcyclesare faster on the straights, they are very much slower in the turns. So much so they were slowing me down and I was in constant fear of running over a fallen motorcycle driver.
I just don't go on anymore if I notice a lot of motorcycle drivers....
Originally Posted By: Klutch9
The car looked like it was actively trying to get him killed!
I wasn't impressed at all. It looked bouncy and unstable. I don't care for Porches.
The car looked like it was actively trying to get him killed!
I wasn't impressed at all. It looked bouncy and unstable. I don't care for Porches.
I remember when that car was new, and made headlines around the World for it's then-incredible (and still impressive) performance.
It would be interesting to see what it could do on modern tires.
Likewise, Sportbikes have improved dramatically from those mid-80's and older bikes seen in the video.
Thanks for posting that.
It would be interesting to see what it could do on modern tires.
Likewise, Sportbikes have improved dramatically from those mid-80's and older bikes seen in the video.
Thanks for posting that.
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