Untold story of SPC #51 in 3/07 C&D article

[rcweingart]

As you say, Duh . . .
My car wasn't modified to gain 80 HP. It was "modified" to lose 80 HP from the way it was delivered. Again as you say, Duh . . .
I'm saying that I felt that fair reporting would note that they were given the coupe as a last minute replacement and not prep'd for the event as the other cars were. As for the engine problem, it would have been refreshing to see the truth, that their driver F'd up instead of hiding the fact.
And, you aren't busting my chops. The facts are the facts no matter what your or my take is.

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Kinda OT, but I relay an expirience with "test drivers"........
You'll remember the movie remake a few years ago;The Dukes of Hazard???? well, it was filmed here in Louisiana and most of the driving scenes were done on the road course I race on...they were looking for "local cars" to do the road race scenes and we have about 15 cars that regularly race in the Vintage class, mine included....they contacted us all and wanted to "rent" our cars for the movie, only hitch was they would only use "their stunt drivers".... the contract said they would pay for any and all damage done to the cars, but "we would have to prove the damage to them" for payment.....about 7 or 8 guys ponied up their cars and when the dust settled, they were all very sorry they did...all the cars were throughly trashed, all needed engine rebuilds and all needed at the least a paint job and most needed quite a bit of body work. the owners were finally paid for the damages, but it was not easy getting the money out of the film company.... saw them shoot a few scenes and although I DID NOT have a car in there, I wanted to kill some of their "professional stunt drivers"...those guys did not give a damn what they did to the cars and took great delight in seeing just how much abuse the cars would take before braking something on them, they were total jerks and not really very good drivers to boot..............



David

[SP01715]

Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD

Kinda OT, but I relay an expirience with "test drivers"........
You'll remember the movie remake a few years ago;The Dukes of Hazard???? well, it was filmed here in Louisiana and most of the driving scenes were done on the road course I race on...they were looking for "local cars" to do the road race scenes and we have about 15 cars that regularly race in the Vintage class, mine included....they contacted us all and wanted to "rent" our cars for the movie, only hitch was they would only use "their stunt drivers".... the contract said they would pay for any and all damage done to the cars, but "we would have to prove the damage to them" for payment.....about 7 or 8 guys ponied up their cars and when the dust settled, they were all very sorry they did...all the cars were throughly trashed, all needed engine rebuilds and all needed at the least a paint job and most needed quite a bit of body work. the owners were finally paid for the damages, but it was not easy getting the money out of the film company.... saw them shoot a few scenes and although I DID NOT have a car in there, I wanted to kill some of their "professional stunt drivers"...those guys did not give a damn what they did to the cars and took great delight in seeing just how much abuse the cars would take before braking something on them, they were total jerks and not really very good drivers to boot..............



David

I know some guys that let their boats be used for the making of the new Miami Vice movie and they were not to happy either...

[SP01715]

Sorry to hear about the treatment of your car...

I had a 100K boat that I let a magazine test in 1999 and was happy that it got a several page layout as well as the cover, but they treated my boat the same way they treated your car.

I have the plaques from the Magazine hanging in my office, which is cool, but I would never let another magazine touch another car, boat etc...

I also noticed the same bias as you described. The boat builder was a major advertiser so the boat got a good write up, but they won't even test boats that don't advertise.

Hope everything works out.