Webclips

Hello,
Welcome to webclips, first off this month something a little bit revolutionary in the world of video, a camera that allows live viewing, or at least recording, around 360 degrees. It’s been fairly common of late in some cameras but not for video: http://bit.ly/QvwrUt

How about Clarkson’s top 100 cars in full on YouTube, no reason for this really other than it’s good entertainment! http://bit.ly/VbDsZx

Oh, and a bit more Clarkson, although this one is more relevant, a comparison of the E46 M3 CSL and the E9 equivalent, also, you may recognise the registration number on the E9 as it belongs to a member of the club: http://bit.ly/Tx35FQ

Blimey, it’s Clarkson central around here, how many of you have seen the reviews of the new 1 Series M135i? Here’s Clarkson’s review from the Sunday Times: http://bit.ly/Wz3y7U closely followed by Chris Harris’ video view verses the Audi RS3 http://bit.ly/QT0xCN both very complimentary!

I have seen some serious off-roading videos on YouTube but this goes farther than I have seen before, the “Gall Boys in Queensland Australia….with caravans http://bit.ly/Tr8Wcm

Autocar recently posted a video of “how to make the perfect M3” where they consider the various elements of past M3’s that could/should be incorporated in the next M3 (2014) http://bit.ly/UfXNMl

How about some restoration, apologies it’s mostly M3 related: http://bit.ly/V9cuQ1 hopefully the links will still work when you read this article as they are from eBay: http://bit.ly/TyiBjR

http://bit.ly/V9cD5Z and http://bit.ly/UfY0z2

A tractor that can do donuts…need I say more? http://bit.ly/UfY4ih

Here’s a great collection of videos on Bimmer Times (www.bimmertimes.com), you may have seen some of them before but they are all collected together here for ease of access, there’s also a little bit about each of the cars featured: http://bit.ly/Yfvy6O

World’s fastest street car over a standing mile @ 283 mph, pretty impressive stuff: http://bit.ly/Tyj3hU the car is based on a Ford GT.

A while back Maria de Villota had a bad accident at Duxford whilst testing for Marussia F1, here’s the full story and an interview with Maria after her recovery, she’s pretty keen to get back into racing as soon as she can: http://bit.ly/VaVR6H

Want to see something silly? How about the Dutch Superbus project: http://bit.ly/Wz5Aos I can’t see it getting very far…

Finally…..a man in the USA spent 17 years building a Lamborghini in his basement and didn’t even have a way of getting it out when he had finished: http://bit.ly/UwMVMk

 To see all the webclips links on-line please visit the blog http://bmwccgb.blogspot.com/

I could really do with some help in finding interesting stuff on the internet so please do email me with your ideas for links I can include in future editions of WebClips.  We also have our own video channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/BMWCCGB and our photos on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bmwccgb/. Also, don’t forget that we now have a Facebook page here: http://on.fb.me/xIqqnq , Twitter account (@BMWCCGB) and a blog www.bmwccgb.blogspot.com please take a look and get involved!

Please send me links to any interesting items you find on your travels around the interwebs and I'll see if we can get it mentioned here in a future edition of the magazine.

Have fun and be safe on the interwebs!

Webclips

Hello,
Welcome to webclips, first off this month is a look at the insides of a few cars, here are some brilliant cutaways of various cars http://bit.ly/ROSNMO and a video from Sauber F1 explaining what all the bits are! http://bit.ly/PjrQFE

Something very topical next, how many of you have heard about the new M135i? It looks and sounds very exciting with 320 BHP and a shade under £30K! See what Chris Harris thinks of it, he also compares the Audi RS3 (yes RS3 not S3) http://bit.ly/T5sTn9

Something else fast, but quite a lot more is this 1992 Audi S4, 260 mph no less, and it’s the fastest “sedan” in the world, brilliant story and great pictures and video too http://bit.ly/OTDXYp

If you want to have a laugh, and at the same time be shocked by what people will drive around in and what they will do to keep their cars on the road take a look at this web site http://imgur.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop You’ll need to keep checking back every so often to remind yourself how badly some people treat their cars and what they will do to keep them rolling, although sometimes they probably shouldn’t! Here’s one good example seen on Jalopnik: http://bit.ly/TIZzUA

Ever needed to repair your car at the side of the road? This vide was clearly done in jest but it has a very good repair shown, visit the Australian outback for a lesson in radiator repair http://bit.ly/SbAiTE

I think I have probably shared this one with you once before, but I can’t remember so here goes again! It’s a new tyre of tyre that the army have been looking at, looks really good and you wouldn’t get any punctures: http://bit.ly/RbB1Gq

How about a bit of drifting, this is motorcycle vs. car drift battle #2….great fun and lots of burnt rubber! http://bit.ly/RffDi0 and to continue the theme here’s another on the same subject, again, great quality video call “keep drifting fun” http://vimeo.com/42252944

And finally for this month, “experience freedom”, another great video filmed with GoPro units (is there anything that isn’t these days?) with lots of skydiving…. http://vimeo.com/36778012

OK, so not quite finally….here’s one of an E30 M3 thrashing (and I mean thrashing) a Ferrari 458 Italia….great stuff! http://bit.ly/QA9i0t the E30 doesn’t look much but it certainly packs a might punch with a turbo on its E85!

 To see all the webclips links on-line please visit the blog http://bmwccgb.blogspot.com/

I could really do with some help in finding interesting stuff on the internet so please do email me with your ideas for links I can include in future editions of WebClips.  We also have our own video channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/BMWCCGB and our photos on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bmwccgb/. Also, don’t forget that we now have a Facebook page here: http://on.fb.me/xIqqnq , Twitter account (@BMWCCGB) and a blog www.bmwccgb.blogspot.com please take a look and get involved!

Please send me links to any interesting items you find on your travels around the interwebs and I'll see if we can get it mentioned here in a future edition of the magazine.

Have fun and be safe on the interwebs!

Webclips

Hello,
Welcome to webclips, let’s start with a BMW Motorsport video of Augustus Farfus (DTM driver) giving his wife Liri Farus a ride around the Nurburgring in an M3, clearly Liri isn’t a good passenger! http://bit.ly/Q1zAH4

This one is interesting, a Smoking Tyre car comparison/review, this time they compare the Porsche Caymen R with the BMW 1M with some interesting results: http://bit.ly/PLFVHg and whilst we are on the subject of comparisons here’s one of the 3013 M5 and a 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS in what is tagged as an “epic super sedan showdown”… http://bit.ly/U7Q8nH

The nest one is topical (well it was when I found it), it’s actually an advert by Samsung as a sponsor of the London 2012 Paralympics, it’s titled “Sport doesn’t care who you are – Everyone can take part” and it’s quite thought provoking http://bit.ly/SuUul2

Here’s a BMW UK film about David Weir “Man and Machine”, BMW have attempted to show the connection between driver and car in the way that David has a connection with his wheelchair, I’m not sure that they have hit the spot but the insight into David’s training is well worth a look: http://bit.ly/VpQUua

Now for some fun, if you have ever seen anything that Alex Roy is involved in then you will realise that driving, speed and fun and games are usually involved, however, in this case the speed element is missing…. http://bit.ly/SYb2UH

Here are a couple from Chris Tranter, the first is a little weird (it’s all in Swedish) but a great bit of insight into Alpina from a 1992 TV Program: http://bit.ly/U7Sov9 (the wheels on the B12 could do with a refurb!) and the second, also Alpina, is much more up to date and is of a B6 GT3 car (driver Dominik Schwager) at the Nurburgring, I love those machine gun style gear-changes: http://bit.ly/SAC3sg

How about some fun? A self-styled super hero with “silly string” and generally having fun in a Spiderman kid of way, you must watch this! http://bit.ly/O93OKB

If any of you are familiar with Evo magazine or Pistonheads then you will have heard of Chris Harris, Chris is quite an opinionated chap but he’s a good driver and puts together a great video, here he is invited to go on a tyre launch which involves a Lancia Delta S4, Lancia 037, Stratos (amongst others) and also Markku Alen and Juha Kankkunen ….quite a line up! http://bit.ly/KS3uhi

And finally a bit of E21 action in the form of a hillclimb car, it’s a 2 litre car with about 220 BHP, looks and sounds fantastic http://bit.ly/gGRG4h

To see all the webclips links on-line please visit the blog http://bmwccgb.blogspot.com/

I could really do with some help in finding interesting stuff on the internet so please do email me with your ideas for links I can include in future editions of WebClips.  We also have our own video channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/BMWCCGB and our photos on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bmwccgb/. Also, don’t forget that we now have a Facebook page here: http://on.fb.me/xIqqnq , Twitter account (@BMWCCGB) and a blog www.bmwccgb.blogspot.com please take a look and get involved!

Have fun and be safe on the interwebs!

Hello,
Welcome to webclips, let’s start with some history this month, and it’s also topical given that it is BMW “M”s 40^th anniversary, this is an official BMW film and well worth a watch http://bit.ly/NIsO7t

Next is a follow up to an article that has been kicking around on Jalopnik for a while now about a Ferrari that was buried in a backyard in Los Angeles in 1978, it’s very interesting and there is also a video from its current owner: http://bit.ly/Rx8WoM  video here: http://bit.ly/NDo5tH

The next video is a review by Car and Driver magazine comparing a 1967 Lotus Elan and a modern day Mazda MX5 (Super 20 concept), for me the best parts are the reviews of the Lotus: http://bit.ly/PTNkGM

Way off topic next (do I have a topic?), how about the fantastic achievement of getting a vehicle to Mars, and what’s more amazing is the quality of the pictures that it is sending back, let’s hope that it doesn’t need the AA or RAC out here! Here’s a brilliant panorama sent back soon after Curiosity landed http://bit.ly/T6doix

Back on topic, and a familiar one for me, another great article about the E30 M3 and Mercedes 190E by Automobile Magazine (USA), http://bit.ly/QO1tGO has a bit of history into both models introduction as well as a comparison.

Some gratuitous E30 M3 rally car action next…. http://bit.ly/QanUnQ brilliant!

This next one is very interesting, it’s about the Classic Car Club (http://www.classiccarclub.com) In 2004 Jalopnik asked its readers what cool cars they would buy if they had $1M to spend, the Classic Car club was formed in Manhattan New York in 2005 and the founders told Jalopnik that they were going to do just that: http://bit.ly/PLamBj These guys have to keep this cars running so that any member can borrow them and drive them all the time!

OK, so this is also a bit off track but on topic (for me), it’s a drifting video but it’s all done in a front wheel drive Toyota Avensis Diesel…… http://bit.ly/NDpIHR makes no sense to me at all….but the video is great.

A bit of fun next with the Slo Mo Guys, tennis, with a difference http://bit.ly/PLbGnE

Heard about the Ascari Resort but by Klaus Zwaart who owns Ascari?  Well this is a similar idea that was inspired by that very resort but in America by a banker called Alan Wilzig. Not as extensive or spectacular in my view but I wouldn’t say no if the opportunity to drive there came up http://bit.ly/Ry212N

And finally, do you think your reactions are good? How about the reactions of this 19 year old Formula 2 racing driver Dino Zamparelli, I think I would have crashed: http://bit.ly/R6bYjg

We also have our own video channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/BMWCCGB and our photos on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bmwccgb/. Also, don’t forget that we now have a Facebook page here: http://on.fb.me/xIqqnq , Twitter account (@BMWCCGB) and a blog www.bmwccgb.blogspot.com please take a look and get involved!

Drifting a FWD Toyota Avensis Diesel....now I have seen it all!

Straight Six WebClips

Hello,
Welcome to webclips, let’s start with something a little different, you all know that I am a keen photographer so how about “camera wars”….it’s just a bit of fun! http://bit.ly/RmCDtf

And now for an all-electric E36 Pikes Peak race car…and it sounds awesome, well, it actually doesn’t sound much at all but Bill Caswell was making quite a lot of noise whilst test driving it! http://bit.ly/OLOGDR 

I am a big fan of slow motion and HD video, this next clip is right on topic for that subject and it’s about racing so I think you’ll like it, http://bit.ly/MncJcA , some of the clips in there you may have seen before but overall it’s a great video.

Chris Tranter sent me the next two, the first is of Sean Treacy in his BMW 2002: http://bit.ly/MCvTXv and the second if from the 1979 M1 Procar series at Hockenheim, http://bit.ly/T5WT5k Many thanks to Chris for sending through the clips.

The next clip is absolutely awesome (and I do mean that!), it’s from the USA and it’s all about the Henessey Venom GT, this is essentially a Lotus Exige, but there is little of the original left. It has 1200+ BHP and a theoretical top speed of 272 MPH…be amazed….. http://bit.ly/NeihBc

Something a little slower now, ever heard of “hydro graphics”? I hadn’t until I watched this video, it’s brilliant the way they apply the graphics by floating the film on water, yes, you heard me correctly…now watch the video and see the results: http://bit.ly/OuNxws

By now you have probably all seen Ken Block’s latest “Gymkhana” but just in case…have a look at this WRC driver cum stunt man and see how many sets of tyres he can get through to create a 10 minute video http://bit.ly/QzfB7U

Slowing down the pace a little, here’s something called a time lapse video, 3000 photos were used to create this video of an engine for a Triumph Spitfire, lots of patience was also needed by the sounds of it http://bit.ly/Qm5YH6 

And finally, a non-car related link, this is stunning, using remote controlled aeroplanes with DragonLink fitted which allows them to fly further away (higher and lower also), add to that the use of GoPro HD cameras and you have a great sequence of videos http://bit.ly/Qm6GnX

To see all the webclips links on-line please visit the blog http://bmwccgb.blogspot.com/

I could really do with some help in finding interesting stuff on the internet so please do email me with your ideas for links I can include in future editions of WebClips.  We also have our own video channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/BMWCCGB and our photos on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/bmwccgb/. Also, don’t forget that we now have a Facebook page here: http://on.fb.me/xIqqnq , Twitter account (@BMWCCGB) and a blog www.bmwccgb.blogspot.com please take a look and get involved!