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Gymkhana haters look away now.

She flies so nicely.

All that active aero looks a bit futile when you see the windscreen and bonnet wobbling around from about 4m 20s.

There seemed to be some actual stunts in that - the handstanding monster truck, the donuts around a helicopter which is actually flying - which is quite a contrast to the later Ken Block ones that were more about slo-mo action shots of a wheel spinning.

Still 8 mins too long.

Too long and much silliness mixed in with some fabulous control .

That's one tough car too - the rather-too-nose-down landing at 5mins. The Rufford Ford guys wouldn't probably spontaneously explode if they saw the water splash at 6mins....

That reminds me, I heard Rufford Ford has been closed. Locals taking away warning signs and blocking it up so it gets fuller than it should. Apologies if that's been mentioned in a thread already.

mik wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 10:42 am That's one tough car too - the rather-too-nose-down landing at 5mins.

Wonder if Travis shat himself more at that or the base jump landing?

Deffo on my Lottery winners list - not one single thing about that that I dislike

I don’t know, while I like them messing around with unusual old cars instead of just using the latest rallycross car, I think a lot of it it a bit gimmicky.

I personally think it would be a lot cooler without the weird active aero, I can’t imagine the little flappy bits on the box arches add anything useful and they look silly when in use. It looks best as it’s sat in the still photo with everything retracted.

I also noticed on Chris’s vid just how high cut the arches are. I mean the car is about 6 inches off the ground, but there’s about a foot between the top of the rear wheel and the underside of the arch. I get they want suspension travel, but what’s the point of suspension travel it can’t possibly use?