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Submitted: Tuesday, Jan 13, 2004 at 18:06
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murranji
Have found the SBS cover of the rally very interesting ,both from a vehicle side and as a vast view of Africa.SBS 7 pm EDST .Recommend viewing
Reply By: Member - Alex B - Tuesday, Jan 13, 2004 at 21:52
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2004 at 21:52
the coverage has been great it's on twice a day - 4pm & 7pm - the 4pm one is a rerun of the previous night.
And for what it worth.....(Steve)...
Its from these types of events that bring us tomorrows technologies & improvements. Bet you London to a brick we'll see Mitsubishi’s 'kinetic suspension" that they are trailing in Dakar on road vehicles in the next 3-5 years!
People canned the Space program (and some still do) but have no idea of how many day-to-day items we now use that were invented & developed in such programs, eg Velcro to name one.
The same goes with ALL car manufacturers $500, 000 for a prototype in the Dakar a race - chicken feed! It’s all part of R&D and it’s us that benefit in the long run.
Cheers
Alex B
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Reply By: Member - JohnR - Wednesday, Jan 14, 2004 at 07:51
Wednesday, Jan 14, 2004 at 07:51
Murranji, like navaraman I heve been seeing it on Fox sports. The wow factor it defintely there for the scenery and the machine development angle.
I saw that particularly because of the reference to the Citroen rally
suspension modifications by Kinetic Pty Ltd in
Dunsborough in Western Australia that have reduced the bounce rebound in their rally cars. Apparently now in the current 470 Lexus. Pretty exciting part for the future and whay it may do in
suspension development. Rally News WRC artilce on Citroen Kinetic development interesting article that one.Regards
JohnR - Not enough of the right travelling, some here..... some over there.......
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Follow Up By: Member - Bradley- Wednesday, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:22
Wednesday, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:22
Good article that, it's great to see another fantastic straight forward thinking effort from the aussies !! Pity it probably won't get any support from aussie manufacturers, Ford could use it as they ride like boats instead of 'hovercraft' LOL Hmm must be something in the water in WA, Sarich orbital engine , kinetic
suspension etc......Go aussie GoMoo... everyone knows what a Jackaroo looks like :-)
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