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  Dec. 30, 2009 7:07 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

  Leno remakes C'était un rendez-vous in California

  Video

  http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid57946755001?bclid=57849451001&...

  Story

  http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/12/jay-leno-rendezvous/

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  Dec. 30, 2009 7:25 a.m. m0t0r1t3 New Reader

  Cool one !

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  Dec. 30, 2009 7:29 a.m. John Brown SuperDork

  "Jay, get your hands off the shifter"

  Internationally known as The Brown Stig

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  Dec. 30, 2009 8:30 a.m. White_and_Nerdy Reader

  No comparison to the original, but cool nonetheless.

  - Justin

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  Dec. 30, 2009 8:46 a.m. DrBoost Dork

  Very cool. That car sounds stupendous on accel, terrible on the overrun. It sounds like there are some teeth missing on the ring gear. Not that I'd kick it out of bed or anything.....

  You know you are deep in boost territory when you get tire pressures and boost pressures confused

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  Dec. 30, 2009 9:55 a.m. Wally SuperDork

  Je crois que cela a été posté déjà

  It's pillage first, then burn

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  Dec. 30, 2009 10:29 a.m. TJ Dork

  DrBoost wrote: Very cool. That car sounds stupendous on accel, terrible on the overrun. It sounds like there are some teeth missing on the ring gear. Not that I'd kick it out of bed or anything.....

  Is it powered by a air cooled v-twin? Sounds like a Harley powered car.
  

  That video tricked me - it is nothing like the real thing.

  Why are these called signatures when they are not in cursive?

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  Dec. 30, 2009 11:11 a.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork

  Yeah, "Jay drives an expensive car around the block in L.A." Looks like he almost hit 10 over the speed limit. Whoopie.

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  Dec. 30, 2009 11:32 a.m. plance1 HalfDork

  Didn't he get his bugati stuck in the mud? Redundant post.

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  Dec. 30, 2009 12:24 p.m. 4cylndrfury Dork

  John Brown wrote: "Jay, get your hands off the shifter"

  Spalding, GETYOURFOOTOFFTHEBOAT!!

  "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo DaVinci

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  Dec. 30, 2009 1:38 p.m. GhiaMonster New Reader

  I was sad to never hear the tires make any indication that they were even there. I am glad it happened, but if they had stuck with more classic shots and less Jay I would have liked it more.

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  Dec. 30, 2009 2:04 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

  he should have done it in one of his more classic cars.. maybe even a convertable.. tank car?

  Non-Sequitor Alert!

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  Dec. 30, 2009 4:35 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork

  DrBoost wrote: Very cool. That car sounds stupendous on accel, terrible on the overrun. It sounds like there are some teeth missing on the ring gear. Not that I'd kick it out of bed or anything.....

  Seriously. I couldn't watch the whole video.

  Aye, que pena.

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  Dec. 30, 2009 5:36 p.m. Slyp_Dawg New Reader

  to me, that sounded vaguely like the car backfiring on overrun, but then again I've never driven or heard a car with a ring gear missing teeth, so I don't know what that sounds like. it looked like one hell of a nice road, though...

  "We are on the cutting edge of cocking about" Richard Hammond

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  Dec. 30, 2009 7:32 p.m. artyboy619 New Reader

  nice movie

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  Dec. 30, 2009 7:56 p.m. Gearheadotaku HalfDork

  I like it. Notice how light the traffic was? Must have been very early on a Sunday. Makes me want to make my own movie...

  Old enough to know better, too young too care!

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  Dec. 31, 2009 1:13 a.m. gamby SuperDork

  will watch later...

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  Dec. 31, 2009 1:21 a.m. JeepinMatt HalfDork

  As a side note, if anyone remembers the original Gone in Sixty Seconds, they filmed all those scenes without closing off any roads to getting any permission. Those people running out of the path of the cars are just regular people out for a walk. Same with the traffic. And the newsman interviews people who have no idea that what they just saw was part of a movie. The train wreck at the beginning of the movie wasn't originally in the plans; it just happened and they went over the film it, then just left it in. Most of it was just driving through the city and obviously highly illegal. They did it on Sundays, when they knew the dude who kept an eye on such mischief wasn't on the job. That Cadillac dealership they wreck into wasn't in cahoots with the movie, either. H.B. Halicki had to buy all those damaged cars from the dealership when they found out what happened. One last thing; that accident where Halicki spins Eleanor and hits the pole was a real accident. When he regained consciousness, he simply asked if they got it on film. Classic low-budget movie

  "But this is HDTV. It's got better resolution than the real world."

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  Dec. 31, 2009 11:42 a.m. Gearheadotaku HalfDork

  JeepinMatt wrote: As a side note, if anyone remembers the original Gone in Sixty Seconds, they filmed all those scenes without closing off any roads to getting any permission. Those people running out of the path of the cars are just regular people out for a walk. Same with the traffic. And the newsman interviews people who have no idea that what they just saw was part of a movie. The train wreck at the beginning of the movie wasn't originally in the plans; it just happened and they went over the film it, then just left it in. Most of it was just driving through the city and obviously highly illegal. They did it on Sundays, when they knew the dude who kept an eye on such mischief wasn't on the job. That Cadillac dealership they wreck into wasn't in cahoots with the movie, either. H.B. Halicki had to buy all those damaged cars from the dealership when they found out what happened. One last thing; that accident where Halicki spins Eleanor and hits the pole was a real accident. When he regained consciousness, he simply asked if they got it on film. Classic low-budget movie

  Yes, awesome film. Waching the shock wave ripple through he car in the jump scene was incredible.

  Old enough to know better, too young too care!

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