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November 15, 2008
Throttle Cable Breaks. Driver Won’t Give Up.
By John Coyle
Editor
Ok, this is what happened. After the throttle cable on his Renault broke during the Ralley de Serrians in France, the driver climbs under the hood and controls the throttle manually until his copilot manages to cross the finish line. Seriously. This badass rides until the hood for the last mile. The best part? The official’s face when the car completes the stage. Who says the French are wimps?
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kap0w
Nov 17, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I love the horn – is that what the Dukes Of Hazzard sounds like translated into French? But yeah – gotta go with CUBE. Where’s the solidarity? If your driver is straddling the engine, doesn’t it seem a little cruel to put the seatbelt on? Or are you going with the “thrown clear” school of auto safety?
Evan
Nov 16, 2008 at 3:03 pm
That’s mental in the 10 years I’ve been watching WRC I’ve never seen anybody that desperate to finish a stage. Mental!!!
CUBE
Nov 16, 2008 at 12:02 pm
junimrox,
He is wearing fire retardant overalls. I think I would be more concern about radiator fan and the fact that driver still could not see 2/3 of the road in front of him.
GTwildfire
Nov 16, 2008 at 3:39 am
It’s a Renault… designed with room for a Frenchman under the hood to manually feed the squirrel if it comes to that… what’s the big deal?
junimrox
Nov 16, 2008 at 2:09 am
Thats weird, most engines are really hot and/or there is no way to actually sit on them, this guy must be a hobbit to fit in there with the hood almost closed. Or he was doing the flintstone car thing.
And possibly he got his balls fried over the exhaust.
cknarf
Nov 15, 2008 at 11:51 pm
I knew a guy that used a shoe string.
louis
Nov 15, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I still find it interesting that before the cable broke how often he hit the rev limiter
Dhillaz
Nov 15, 2008 at 12:32 pm
EPIC.
CUBE
Nov 15, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Best part is that Copilot waisting the time to buckles up in 5 point harness, while the driver sitting in the engine bay!!!!!