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	BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: The coolest thing ever Friday, July 13, 2007 The coolest thing ever Okay, maybe it's not quite that good, but it's pretty damn nifty. This video of a formula one driver blazing ass through downtown Paris one morning at dawn has been popular on the Internet forever. As the official blurb goes: "On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit." It's an inspirational eight minutes of squealing tires, roaring engines, and optional red lights, and the several near misses with taxis and pedestrians just add to the fun. The addition that makes it so cool can be found here, and it's thanks to a plotted course on Google Maps. Read the directions on the top left of the page; basically you pause the movie long enough to let some buffer build up, then start the map at the 4 second mark, so they're synchronized. As the video of the bumper cam plays and the Ferrari hurtles along the Champs Elysees, the Google Map plays along, giving you a God's eye view of the car's progress along the absurdly sinuous and non-right angleed streets of Paris. I sat through it with a big smile on my face and an urge to urge the driver to go faster, but then I generally approve of reckless driving, so long as it's intentional, rather than beer-induced. Labels: driving, google maps Posted by: Flux # 6:57 PM Comments: Be cooler in 1080 HD. From wikipedia: "Recent claims made by the director himself, however, suggest he drove his own Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 in the film and dubbed the sound effects of a Ferrari 275GTB. Several independent groups have verified that the car in the film never reaches past 140 km/h (85mph) [1]" #: 10:20 PM posted by Anonymous I don't really care what he drove, 85mph through narrow Parisian streets is still fast! We first saw this vid at the Petersen car museum in LA. In any case, it's a fascinating vid to watch. #: 1:23 AM posted by Gura Post a Comment << Home Archives May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2012

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