Engines revving flat out, cars going at 1mph, passengers jerking around like a vegetarian in a butchers cold room. What kind of madness is this? I LOVE IT!
I accidentally stumbled into one of these trials by accident where I live and ive never been so excited to see 60-70 year olds whip around in the mud in classic cars its the most amazing thing Ive ever seen.
Its actually the oldest form of Motorsport! There is a lot of thought in what will work and what you can do to make a car competitive. There is also a lot of technique and approach in how you drive them. Its also very cheap as motorsport goes!
@@190VAF for a foreigner, what are the limitations of the cars? because I seein this kind of videos cars that are not cheap running in this trial events, but I didnt see 4x4 or heavily modified trucks
Looks like not one of them had their original engine - apart from the very frst one not one sounded like a flat 4 air cooled engine ... I used to get to the top of the hill in Switzerland under heavy snow no problem while Audi 4x4's had to put chains on with my stock '72 Beetle and snow tyres. Just goes to show....
It's probably ok. Most air cooled engines blow air over their selves more and more as RPM increases. Modern liquid cooled engines would also get hot under this use. It's ok
Looks like something I’d do on forza! Really cool. I always marvel at European Motorsports like banger racing and stock hill climb events. The “Ill sue you over anything” mentality us Americans have prevents this stuff from existing here. I wish I could go and see banger racing! I love seeing older cars get used how they should be and not sitting in a wealthy person’s garage for ages seeing nothing but fluorescent lights.
@@why3011 I know we have demo derbies, but where in the US have you seen banger racing or anything like taking old vintage cars off-road in an event. I’ve never seen anywhere that has banger racing in the US. Funny story: in one demo derby I went to, a car went over the barrier and hit the emergency vehicle.
This stuff exists here, you just don’t leave the city lol. There’s combine derbies a few towns over from me. I was on a pit crew for a 2 hour long go kart dirt track endurance race over the summer. Coleman minibike and shitbox rally racing was also occuring at the same event (gambler 500).
That's why 90's compact small cars are so fun to drive. Short wheelbase, higher clearance, with just higher and lower pressure tires you can go almost everywhere. Also nowadays you don't care - it's like 100-200 bucks for such beater car, which you can give back to scrap and get some peanuts back :D
@@colonelslanders71fwd has weight over the drive axle which makes better traction than a front engine rwd. The bugs do well due to having their engine over the drive axles as well.
Rolled onto it side, push it back and everything was fine, great thing about this sport is that everybody take great care of looking after their cars and continually maintain/repair them 👍
american motorsports: it rained so we postponed the race european motorsports: take your shit up this ravine and bring a passenger so they can bounce for traction
Heard of this before . first I've seen it pretty awesome and exotic to someone who lives in the desert here in Southern California haven't seen mud a couple of years
My kingdom for an lsd. A locking diff of sorts would also be great....🤪 Also, the escorts seemed to do well in the mud track, like they've done it before!
@@ronaldpotter3962 I have driven my 8,000lb Ram 2500 diesel up more difficult hills than this, but I have no idea what is and is not allowed in the race.
@@possibly8180 Right six months later and I figured it out. The badge actually did came with the car as it was sold to substitute a ford car. A car in which I don't know the name of but the engine is said to not be the sport dohc 1.6 litre but the economy sohc engine Edit: the one in the video is probably swapped hence why it sounds so sporty
Great Video - especially as you make it look as tho we cleaned it(car 08 green beetle). I agree, it looks nothing on here compared to how steep it really is!
@@ItzJigz187 In my knowledge, I am not a car engineer, the weight of the engine sitting far back on the VW plus the independent suspension help the Beetle on traction and no, the Bettle is rear wheel drive not front wheel drive. Only some Porsches are 4 wheel drive.
I would have thought the Skodas and the bugs would have done better having the engine & gearbox over the back axel. Loved seeing MK1 & MK2 Escorts. I had so many of them.
I don't understand why people try to drive wildly unsuitable classics up a way too steep muddy slope while bouncing in the seat like they just had too much coffee....but I enjoy it for some reason.
The hell you say gear heads are in every corner of the globe go to the darkest part of the Amazon rain Forrest and you will find two natives racing their canoe's.
@@thebubaloomonkey I couldn't imagine going to the dealership and tellIng them I wanted a two-wheel drive x90 back in 1996. They were so ugly, four-wheel drive was the only thing they had going for them.
