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Title: Why LeCar isn't the best one to use for the police.
Post by: Ack-Ack on October 31, 2005, 11:36:14 PM

video of a French police chase.  I guess their cars just don't corner all that well.


French police chase (http://www.big-boys.com/articles/frenchcops.html)




ack-ack

Title: Why LeCar isn't the best one to use for the police.
Post by: Fishu on November 01, 2005, 01:10:02 AM

Looks like the driver didn't want to drive over the motorcycle, stopped turning to right and apparently didn't think about turning left to avoid collision with a solid object.

Title: Why LeCar isn't the best one to use for the police.
Post by: moot on November 01, 2005, 01:30:59 AM

LeCar's a Renault, the car in the vid's a pyugott.
The cop swearing helplessly is authentic stuff otoh.

Title: Why LeCar isn't the best one to use for the police.
Post by: beet1e on November 01, 2005, 03:27:41 AM

As I recall, the Le Car was a variant of Renault 5.

I don't like French cars very much, but the Peugeot 407 looks neat.

Title: Why LeCar isn't the best one to use for the police.
Post by: moot on November 01, 2005, 03:29:07 AM

It's still FWD.
Will they ever get a clue?

Title: Why LeCar isn't the best one to use for the police.
Post by: beet1e on November 01, 2005, 03:43:15 AM

Quote

Originally posted by moot
It's still FWD.
Will they ever get a clue?

Indeed. FWD was a much vaunted system in the 60s with the Mini, and then the Austin 1100 - like this POS...

(http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/images/ado16index_02.jpg)

My current Golf is FWD, and it sucks (the FWD only part). Can't wait to get my Audi A3 quattro next month!

Title: Why LeCar isn't the best one to use for the police.
Post by: moot on November 01, 2005, 03:55:14 AM

The R32 wasn't as good?
Not sure if they still make them, but the one I sat in seemed about as good as the A3.
The engine was easy to improve, ECU and exhaust replacement gave almost 300whp, single turbo did it easily.

-they still make it: http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/article_1569.shtml
R32 @ 40k$ in the UK, and R36 with 300hp sometime later and cheaper in the US.   Sounds fun..

Title: Why LeCar isn't the best one to use for the police.
Post by: lasersailor184 on November 01, 2005, 11:05:43 AM

Well, I think that the Motorcycle driver pulled a patented "Levi Barrel Roll" and the cop Overshot right into the ground.

Standard move, the cop must have been a N00b.