A little history explained by a fan...at Rally Estonia

Some of you more learned folks know that just a short boat ride from Ralli-Paradis or Finland, is a country full of the cousins: Estonia....very similar in most respects and even during the bad ol' days of Soviet Union, Estonia was a hot-bed of rally activity.
So right now is Rally Estonia and here is Finnish WRC driver, and huge classic rally fan and driver Jari Matti Latvala talking about the car he's driving this weekend, the Group 4 Audi Quattro---what the GpB quattro grew out of:




Enjoy.

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John Vanlandingham
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Awesome post. Lol poor j.m.l. has to shift with a clutch. I like his description of the ol non anti-lag.

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At around 2:16 he hits a jump. As he lands, watch the gear shifter


why cant I embed this...

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Nice video! I don't now what it is, but his voice has a soothing quality. I'd totally pay him to read me children's books while I fall asleep.....

Good stuff! I just wish I had the willpower to avoid youtube surfing afterwards...

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Kirk Coughlin
Woodbury, MN and River Falls, WI

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I just realized that without the youtube header you can't tell, but the link I posted is from the same event JVL posted, where the shifter not only breaks, but pulls out of the car!

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I just realized that without the youtube header you can't tell, but the link I posted is from the same event JVL posted, where the shifter not only breaks, but pulls out of the car!

Yeah sure, this was a one time rental thing Latval's personal car is a Classic FIA Historic legal Escort Gp4---he ain't stoopid, he knows what cool is...does pretty good too. (although its kind of funny how clean he drives the Escort--a lot less drama that typical...but clean is clean--and he cleans UP!)

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John Vanlandingham
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So, Here's a question for anyone listening. When JML's shifter broke, he stopped, popped it into 3rd and continued on. If this happened to your car, what gear would you select, what's the selection process? The highest gear you can get the car going from a stop with?

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If this happened to your car, what gear would you select, what's the selection process?

not on stage but once had the opportunity of getting to do this in my '86 saab spg after sitting in 100 degree weather on the Garden State Parkway for an hour the lower plastic bushing on the shifter decided to fall off. I choose 3rd because somewhere at somepoint someone said, if you loose it put it in 3rd, it'll get you home. made it home without getting run over by an angry person in a bmw/audi.

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-KTurner
Stomp down on the exhilarator and hold on to the wheel.

At STPR a couple of years ago, arriving at the start of one of the forest stages, my shifter cable connection broke at the transmission (Ford Focus). I thought I was done but Kieran (codriving for another team a few cars ahead) heard of my plight, ran back down the line to help us (with just a couple of minutes left before they launch). He yelled, "What gear do you want?!". Hmmm, little time to think: 10 mile stage, several tight hairpins, low powered car. Decided on 2nd gear. If I stallled out on those hairpins we'd be stuck.

Kieran manually selected 2nd and told me not touch the shifter. So we laid a bunch of tape over the shifter as a visual clue to me and off we went. Kieran managed to make his launch window too. Do you know how hard it is NOT to shift? In the video with JML you can see him involuntarily move his hand toward the shifter soon after starting. He had it easy since it wasn't there!

Ten miles, almost all of at 7,200 rpm. But the trusty Focus engine kept giving. And, surprisingly, I wasn't caught on stage either.

POR - thanks, Kieran.

Simon

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Here's Jari's crash on SS5:

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Here's Jari's crash on SS5:

is that a different rally? he was in an audi not an opel.

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-KTurner
Stomp down on the exhilarator and hold on to the wheel.

Different Jari.
Done like a true Finn.

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Grant Hughes

4:10 That's how you do sweep. I guess he figured if you we OK with running it through the ditch on it's roof, you won't mind if it get's a lil air coming out

I guess "blah blah blah blah" is the Estonian translation of the Finnish "Oi oi oi oi!"

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"Talk about drugs. Driving a car like that, going that fast, it’s like all the drugs at once." - Tommy Byrne

"Now, Pinky, if by any chance you are captured during this mission, remember you are Gunther Heindriksen from Appenzell. You moved to Grindelwald to drive the cog train to Murren. Can you repeat that?" - The Brain