Dunno if anyone will be able to help at all but...
I'm looking for a video of a red mr2 GTS in a police chase I remember watching it on itv4 show police, camera, action a long time ago, but I don't know what episode.
I cant seem to find this video anywhere on the Internet. It was interesting as it just goes to show how fast these things really were way back in circa 1994 compared to other road going cars. It seemed to smoke everything off the road even police bikes and the helicopter
If anyone knows what I'm on about Do you know where i can get it or have a link to it?
Thanks
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Was it you?
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Ethan21 wrote:It seemed to smoke everything off the road even police bikes and the helicopter
I suspect you'll find that all the other drivers/riders were driving safely, and that the MR2 wasn't really at warp speed.
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Maybe he had an eBay intercooler and manifold.
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nickg07 wrote:Maybe he had an eBay intercooler and manifold.
And a Bee R rev limiter
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There is a brilliant old clip of a Mk2 Mr2 racing an Uno Turbo on police camera action.. they top out at around 130, police car struggling to keep up.. The Uno won IIRC
If you can't see the angle, you're in trouble.
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Rory wrote:Was it you?
No lol the videos about 18 years old I think I would have been 4
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Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:Ethan21 wrote:It seemed to smoke everything off the road even police bikes and the helicopter
I suspect you'll find that all the other drivers/riders were driving safely, and that the MR2 wasn't really at warp speed.
Don't ruin my perception of reality. So you are as suggesting 2's don't have warp drive engines and can't reach a warp speed of 9.8 at risk?
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charged wrote:There is a brilliant old clip of a Mk2 Mr2 racing an Uno Turbo on police camera action.. they top out at around 130, police car struggling to keep up.. The Uno won IIRC
This? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxjKW3syMJc
(skip about 1min of the boring intro)
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Ethan21 wrote:Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:Ethan21 wrote:It seemed to smoke everything off the road even police bikes and the helicopter
I suspect you'll find that all the other drivers/riders were driving safely, and that the MR2 wasn't really at warp speed.
Don't ruin my perception of reality. So you are as suggesting 2's don't have warp drive engines and can't reach a warp speed of 9.8 at risk?
On a serious note notice how I said seemed
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Ethan21 wrote:I'm looking for a video of a red mr2 GTS in a police chase I remember watching it on itv4 show police, camera, action a long time ago, but I don't know what episode.
I cant seem to find this video anywhere on the Internet. It was interesting as it just goes to show how fast these things really were way back in circa 1994 compared to other road going cars. It seemed to smoke everything off the road even police bikes and the helicopter
I know the one you mean.
IIRC it was 1993.
Did not know it was a GTS though, what makes you say that?
I've never found it on the tinterwebz
Bit of info from my memory banks:
They were Post Office robbers from Manchester.
There were police motorbikes in the chase too
It ended up having a head-on crash with another car - the woman driver of the other car had a terrible time claiming from her insurance company as they would not believe it was not her fault - she ended up buying the video and sending it to them
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shinny wrote:
This? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxjKW3syMJc
(skip about 1min of the boring intro)
Good work!
The car in front.. is a Fiat Uno
If you can't see the angle, you're in trouble.
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loudandproud205 wrote:Its an N/A so doesn't really count
This
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JohnnyC wrote:Ethan21 wrote:I'm looking for a video of a red mr2 GTS in a police chase I remember watching it on itv4 show police, camera, action a long time ago, but I don't know what episode.
I cant seem to find this video anywhere on the Internet. It was interesting as it just goes to show how fast these things really were way back in circa 1994 compared to other road going cars. It seemed to smoke everything off the road even police bikes and the helicopter
I know the one you mean.
IIRC it was 1993.
Did not know it was a GTS though, what makes you say that?
I've never found it on the tinterwebz
Bit of info from my memory banks:
They were Post Office robbers from Manchester.
There were police motorbikes in the chase too
It ended up having a head-on crash with another car - the woman driver of the other car had a terrible time claiming from her insurance company as they would not believe it was not her fault - she ended up buying the video and sending it to them
That's the one, I thought in the Commentary they mentioned it was a gts may well be wrong though it was a long time ago
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Ethan21 wrote:That's the one, I thought in the Commentary they mentioned it was a gts may well be wrong though it was a long time ago
I think imports were quite rare back then.
And IIRC all the commentary was from the helicopter (apart from that by PC Tony Stamp ), people in helicopter wouldn't be able to tell a GTS from at UK GTi-16
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IIRC it was on the first video in the series...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VHS-FILM-MOVI ... 1e74cc6944
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VHS-FILM-MOVI ... 1e74cc6944
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JohnnyC wrote:IIRC it was on the first video in the series...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VHS-FILM-MOVI ... 1e74cc6944
Thanks that great ill try to download it i dont have vhs anymore
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dump it on you tube if you buy it