Monday, August 29, 2011

Roadtrip

Yesterday me and my mate went for an epic roadtrip throughout the country (just kidding, it was like 120km). I've got a Nissan 200sx and he's got Skoda Octavia, which is on of the most common cars in Czech Republic. My car got some sporty tuning, so the suspension is quite hard and the ride isn't that comfortable, especially on local roads. But it's fast! :D

   We decided to go for a swim in a nearby dam and visit a famous hill climb track called Ecce Homo. As we climbed the hill like pros, we stumbled upon a race that was going on there as well. We had to turn around and come back later. Time to go for a swim, it took us an hour or so to find a place suitable for swimming, but in the end we found the best one. Nothing better than a swim in some cold water on these summer days! Anyway, we chilled there for entire afternoon and then went back.

I decided to have another go on that hill climb, but from the opposite direction. Here's some footage:

 

Sorry for slightly bad camera angle, I used the redneck style camera - taped my phone to the rearview mirror :D And it somehow looks very slow, but trust me when you're sitting there, it's pretty damn fast! It was my second attempt on that track, so I really didn't know the corners, but I tried to go as fast as my car and brain let me. And cooked the brakes doing so, the last few corners I had literally no brakes at all! :D

I hope you enjoy the footage, although it might have been much better. Rev up!

9 comments:

  1. I just got back from a 800 mile road trip.

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  2. you should take that car drifting haha :)

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  3. Well, the redneck camera did its job. Nice footage.

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  4. @Superdonkey: I value my rear tires too much, but from time to time I can't resist to do a burnout or a couple of doughnuts. Will buy some other wheels just for drifting and I'm gonna beat the hell out of them!

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  5. Awesome. Looks like a lot of fun.

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  6. @Joe: It really was, till the breaks incident... :D

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  7. I hope you had fun! :D
    And dude... Taping your phone to the rearview mirror... Dude! :D

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  8. just don't get killed :D also i'm following :)

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