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| Author | Subject: Madness On Wheels: Rallying's Craziest years |
 SteviePut
Seasoned Pro  Location: Down south Registered: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 13,637 Status: Offline |
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Heads up! BBC4 @2100 Sky Channel 116  ________________________________________ My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it? |
 Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 18:42
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stu
Seasoned Pro  Location: Milton Keynes Registered: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 5,525 Status: Offline |
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Saw an advert for this the other day, looks good. Will definitely be tuning in. |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 18:45
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musclebeach
Seasoned Pro  Location: Yorkshire Registered: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 7,763 Status: Offline |
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Well done Stevieput, it's Sky+'d if i'm not watching it  ________________________________________ VW Golf GT TDI 115, 100k nooooooooooooooooooooo! |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 20:11
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davedgti6
Seasoned Pro  Location: whiston, prescot Registered: 28 May 2006 Posts: 1,651 Status: Offline |
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Awesome________________________________________ Team Supercharged Gti-6™ |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 22:01
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sarahsix
Seasoned Pro  Location: Cenarth Registered: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 2,996 Status: Offline |
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 interesting programme...reminded me a bit of 'Senna'.________________________________________ keep the machinery between the greeneryR766JKV nile blue gti6 - sold  V634DLR black gti6 - sold Now driving a skoda furby vrs - for sale Currently piloting an Audi a3 sportback |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 22:03
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jeffers
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 14 Dec 2003 Posts: 3,702 Status: Offline |
Post #6
Very interesting programme....________________________________________ Team Running Engine again!Team Negative Camber! My Budget track engine build thread! Now appearing at a Trackday near you!!  |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 22:08
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wilyoldave
Seasoned Pro  Location: Yeovil Registered: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 1,642 Status: Offline |
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The crowd/ spectater scenes were absolutely mental.Compulsive viewing. ________________________________________ No more peugeotsSnap - no more RS clio Now Ph1 RS clio |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 22:28
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redrallye
rimjaw  Location: At the limit of adhesion Registered: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 28,753 Status: Offline |
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Cars weren't dangerous, the f**king spectators were  ________________________________________ Team "310bhp/tonne" Team "Old Skool Kool"  Team "Faster than a standard 6. No really, both of them are" |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 22:44
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atterz
Seasoned Pro  Location: Stafford Registered: 18 Feb 2011 Posts: 1,134 Status: Offline |
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Brilliant.________________________________________ owain wrote: A GTI-6 with a good dashboard and the seats down can outsprint an E46 M3 in July. |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 22:44
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SteviePut
Seasoned Pro Location: Down south Registered: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 13,637 Status: Offline |
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I remember as a kid going to the RAC rally in the Welsh mountains. The crowds weren't as bad as some of those scenes however I remember walking down the stage whilst the cars were still going through. This was during the group B times. I can remember seeing the Lancia S4's, Metro's and pug t16's. But it couldnt carry on the way it was going. It does make you wonder where we'd be if they'd allowed the development to continue tho. ________________________________________ My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it? |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 23:22
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cress87
Seasoned Pro  Location: Norwich Registered: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 11,360 Status: Offline |
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Good documentary that. Cheers. ________________________________________  You feed beefburgers to swans.  I may have been speeding Mr Policeman but [a] I live for the 306 and [b] did you see that dog? omfg |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 23:24
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redrallye
rimjaw Location: At the limit of adhesion Registered: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 28,753 Status: Offline |
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Why would anyone ever stand on the outside of a corner though? Seriously, its just dumb ________________________________________ Team "310bhp/tonne" Team "Old Skool Kool" Team "Faster than a standard 6. No really, both of them are" |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2012 at 00:02
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Wongy
Regular  Location: Oswestry Registered: 05 Mar 2012 Posts: 266 Status: Offline |
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Believe it or not, some marshals make you stand on the outside, over on the manx a few years ago we walked down to a corner wheere an evo had crashed the previous year, it clipped the bank and rolled over the outside of the corner, so we stood on the inside, on a bank about 6ft up off the road, the marshal then proceeded to move us to the outside of the corner where there were still marks from where the evo rolled, round of applause for that one. Had similar situations a few times. ________________________________________ 1999 Gaystone blue '6,1990 sierra cosworth 4x2 |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2012 at 18:03
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gtisid
Seasoned Pro  Location: chelmsford Registered: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 4,992 Status: Offline |
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good program , seen most of the footage before and heard most of the drivers opinions before. Bought back a lot of good memories seeing these magnificent machines. Did remind me how short the grp b era was though and it seemed longer because there was the world championship one week and the uk championship the next. that is the first time though i have ever realised how dangerous the cars were though, never knew the lancia was a bomb waiting to go off.lancia did lok a weapon in its tarmac trim, evil almost. i remember everyone i knew at the time and worked with had an interest in the sport then builders, accountants everyone watched or looked for results on the train into work on a monday if it was not televised. seems almost sterile the w.r.c today. nice to see loeb bin it at the weekend as he almost does not seem human ________________________________________ puglessPhase 1 GTI 6 1996-1997 Subaru Impreza GB270 2007-2008 rare spiderman comics same day international courier |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2012 at 19:51
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nashy
Sarcastic Tw@  Location: Nuts deep Registered: 13 Aug 2004 Posts: 14,788 Status: Offline |
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Thankfully i caught this last night  Really good programme, i'd pretty much forgot just how mental both the cars and the fans were. As Ed said, the cars werent the real problem, it was the spectators, why you'd risk standing in front of a 500bhp rally monster is a mystery to me, totally bonkers and im still amazed that there wasnt more spectator accidents than there was. ________________________________________ Pete Sims - R.I.P buddy!PS£ id - onenashy |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2012 at 22:21
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arigti6
Seasoned Pro  Location: Wiltshire Registered: 24 Jan 2010 Posts: 2,365 Status: Offline |
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iPlayer Clicky for anyone that may not have seen this! Some Great footage and noise! Bloody Portugese spectators  ________________________________________ I Live for the 306TEAM CHERRY PINK RALLYE 2008 BMW ///M 320d |
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Posted 10th Apr 2012 at 21:15
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gti-gaz
Regular  Location: daan'south Registered: 08 Jun 2010 Posts: 150 Status: Offline |
Post #17
thanks for the heads up! I ended up watching it on bbc iplayer later that night after it aired |
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Posted 10th Apr 2012 at 23:55
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oldbrownshoe
Seasoned Pro  Location: Holon Israel Registered: 08 Aug 2008 Posts: 1,795 Status: Offline |
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SteviePut wrote: Heads up! BBC4 @2100 Sky Channel 116 And in http://netload.in/dateiY2v9a1IN5E.htm Channel. ________________________________________ French military victories?Did you mean French military defeats? |
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Posted 11th Apr 2012 at 06:26
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thugpuggin
Seasoned Pro  Location: Bristol Registered: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 26,784 Status: Offline |
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On again now on BBC4________________________________________ Black X Reg PIII.VGTi 6 A4212 pt 1 A4212 pt 2 Searching the streets of Bristol for 1.36p/day.Joint Kent Leader |
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Posted 10th Dec 2012 at 22:03
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CUJ
Seasoned Pro  Location: Southampton Registered: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 22,218 Status: Offline |
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Hey Stevie, Ed   Do you still get notifications if you aren't a member? ________________________________________ 340 horses |
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Posted 13th Dec 2012 at 00:59
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rich306
Seasoned Pro  Location: Portsmouth Registered: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 1,834 Status: Offline |
Post #21
Watched it on BBC inlayer, cant believe how bad it was back then!! ________________________________________ Richies Project RallyeElectrical work carried out in Portsmouth jamiek_uk2000 wrote: - Top Tip!!! You'll need to throw money at the car. Not on parts. Just stand near your car and throw loose change at it, I find this increases performance for a short period of time |
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Posted 13th Dec 2012 at 07:52
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matt evans
Seasoned Pro  Location: Stourbridge Registered: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2,290 Status: Offline |
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rich306 wrote: Watched it on BBC inlayer, cant believe how bad it was back then!! Bad? I was a spectator at the 1985 RAC rally, in some welsh forest, frozen half to death, as an excitable 11 yr old, was the best rallying i've ever watched. Sounds, sights, smells were nothing like todays cars. In the UK the crowds were a lot smaller and more sensible and appreciated how damned fast these cars were going. I agree the European crowd situations were chronic, but they still are today, you hear of stages being cancelled due to overcrowding of spectators and stuff ________________________________________ 1999 Astor Grey GTi-6 OEM+ (now gone...)2004 Aegean Blue 206 GTi 180 (also gone...) 2006 Skoda Fabia vRS in Sprint Yellow honestly3k wrote: Do you wrestle for a living matt? You sound like a monster owain wrote: Nothing involving a 306 can be considered worthwhile. |
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Posted 13th Dec 2012 at 08:43
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rich306
Seasoned Pro Location: Portsmouth Registered: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 1,834 Status: Offline |
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matt evans wrote: rich306 wrote: Watched it on BBC inlayer, cant believe how bad it was back then!! Bad? I was a spectator at the 1985 RAC rally, in some welsh forest, frozen half to death, as an excitable 11 yr old, was the best rallying i've ever watched. Sounds, sights, smells were nothing like todays cars. In the UK the crowds were a lot smaller and more sensible and appreciated how damned fast these cars were going. I agree the European crowd situations were chronic, but they still are today, you hear of stages being cancelled due to overcrowding of spectators and stuff Can't believe i made a mistake spelling 'iPlayer'. I meant in terms of crowd control, it's awesome watching it! i had the pleasure of watching part of the Welsh rally whilst on a military exercise one time:  ________________________________________ Richies Project RallyeElectrical work carried out in Portsmouth jamiek_uk2000 wrote: - Top Tip!!! You'll need to throw money at the car. Not on parts. Just stand near your car and throw loose change at it, I find this increases performance for a short period of time |
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Posted 13th Dec 2012 at 18:31
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ian7675
Techno Viking  Location: Gloucestershire Registered: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 6,068 Status: Offline |
Post #24
I came across an illegal rave in some woods whilst on a military exercise once ________________________________________ Less than 24 hours to go! |
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Posted 13th Dec 2012 at 18:42
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rich306
Seasoned Pro Location: Portsmouth Registered: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 1,834 Status: Offline |
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ian7675 wrote: I came across an illegal rave in some woods whilst on a military exercise once Did you join in?  ________________________________________ Richies Project RallyeElectrical work carried out in Portsmouth jamiek_uk2000 wrote: - Top Tip!!! You'll need to throw money at the car. Not on parts. Just stand near your car and throw loose change at it, I find this increases performance for a short period of time |
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Posted 13th Dec 2012 at 19:31
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