Nicole

No, they did not dive the dumpster for tires. But they showed a talent for improvising that you rarely see in motorsports. I could see Mark do this - if he had a navigator:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/13/g...e-cable-repla/

jon928se

Amazing - I had to laugh when the co-driver jumped in the drivers seat then calmly put his harness on - did he really think that the driver (now the throttle man was going to let him go fast enough to need a harness ???

Nicole

Yes, I thought the same thing... Not that I ever drive without a safety belt, but this was very ironic.

SteveG

In one of my lives I drove a taxi in NYC. In the Bronx the accel cable bead broke off at the pedal. I found a coat hanger in the trash and rigged an extension and hand grip and hand throttled it back to the garage. Wasn't so bad actually, and that was a lot faster than waiting on the mechanic to drive up there and get me. This looks like a lot more fun.

Mike Frye

Took 20 seconds to put the harness on while the driver was ready to finish under the hood hanging on with just his hands.

Nice. Imagine being the guy at the finish: 'Um, you got a guy under your hood there.'

iJeremy

"EASE on the brakes.... please don't brake hard!"

sharknoob

And the winner is............

rlm328

Did you notice that before the cable broke that he used the rev limiter as his shift indicator.

Mike in Chi

What was the melody the horn played?

The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You"?

Bull

"All My Exes Live In Texas"

karl ruiter

I had a similar experience once, but it was from Livermore to Berkely with my friend hanging out the passenger window and running the hex linkage of a dual carb setup on a 914 with a pair of vice grips in the dead of night on the freeway. More comfortable than this video, I think. But not as smart.

jon928se

Did anybody else watch this and find themselves trying to sit higher up to be able to see over the hood at the road ?

deep_uv

Globe appears to have taken up with several of them at the Manor Ho.

I thought the tune was more like "Yankee Doodle"

Bull

I wouldn't even wish that on Globe!

You are correct about that tune I believe....

"Yankee Doodle drew a Clown
and named him Mr. Texas....."

Greg Phillips

I made it home to San Diego from Monterey in my automatic 928 after the throttle cable broke about San Luis Obispo. Was able to us a cable tie and set a single throttle opening, adjusted it to make about 70 on the freeway and headed home.
Was slow climbing the hills into the San Fernando Valley. Luckily it was a Sunday evening and the only traffic I hit was in Santa Barbara, but I had to get off the freeway to let the brakes cool off on the surface streets before continuing.

Greg