Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Low level flight through Paris

One August morning in 1976, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a camera on the front bumper of his Ferrari 275GTB and had a friend, a F1 driver, rip through the streets of Paris.

I heard about the famed cult video ages ago and finally found it! You can even follow the adventure in realtime on this Google Maps mashup.

Running 18 red lights, and reckless driving got Lelouch arrested after he screened the video. He however claimed that he had taken adequate precautions. He further protected the identity of this friend, the driver.

Since the car is never revealed in the video, the usual suspects were a series of exotics -- 275GTB, Alpine A110, or even a Matara 675.

Wild speculation aside, Lelouch recently confessed that he was driving his own 6.9L Mercedes and tapped over the audio from a 275GTB. The car never exceeded 145kmph. I wish he never said the truth... imagination is better than reality.

The Ghost Rider offers solace.

My best long distance run has been the 530 kms from Kodai to Chennai in 6 hrs 30 mins. Short distances runs inside Chennai is my regular return from work drive, from the Thousand Lights Mosque area to Adyar in a tad over 7 mins.