1984 Lombard RAC Rally (day one) 

That's the idea, Graham. Stay home, stay safe.

Sorry to say your uncle is right, these were the golden years of rallying. I lived in West Wales at the time and never missed the RAC, great cars, great drivers and the greatest of all was the great times had by all of us spectators in the middle of the forests having the time of our lives regardless of the weather or the time of day or night the stages were run at. 👍🏁

Yes I was 15 months old when this took place..my 1st RAC was 1990 Lombard as a skiving 7 year old missing school traveling with my mom and stepdad around the country

@@davec197 I always used to avidly follow it on TV and dream of when I would leave school and go and watch the RAC Rally, that was back in the early 1990s. Sadly by the time that came round the glory days had long gone. Still never got round to seeing it. The closest I got was as a very young boy, my parents took me to see the cars as they drove through Leek on the way from Trentham to Chatsworth, I was far too young to recognise anything, never mind a Metro 6R4 back then though.

The game had evolved too far by that point. They were probably more invested in the group S car which fate never allowed.

Yes. Removed it myself as a precuation on copyright grounds.

@@VHSRallies that's a shame...did you have this kind of problems before?

@@VHSRallies Just saying, but you could switch the video preference to private instead..

A shorter wheelbase to exacerbate the extremely forward weight bias coupled with extra power and the extra turbo lag that comes with it. I wonder if Michele volunteered to run it or was assigned it...

@@tomanderson6335 thanks for the reply, we worked on this and a couple of others at DSM, the car was poor for the reasons you mention add to that peak torque at 4800rpm and you have a very nervous car. She loved the car by the way unlike Walter and Stig

For her it was, not so much for her teammates.

@@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin oh it was, it was a dog, Hannu, Stig and Walter all hated the sport.

Yeah. I kinda felt sorry for the tree, really. SD1 at unabated speed must have smarted, even for a well-established oak.

That Rover SD1 was not much good as a rally car. Too heavy and clumsy..

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Not it's not.

Lol I thought exactly the same when I heard it being pronounced that way 👍🏁