Riccardo Patrese takes his wife for a lap at Jerez in a Honda. Gets interesting at 2:00
Bonus: Learn some useful Italian phrases from Mrs. Patrese
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIhGJyLR6TI
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I wish I spoke Italian so I could understand what she's saying. At least she's fun to look at!
Well the "NO NO NO" was easy to translate, I really liked when she threw her hand into her arm!!!
Jeff
Jeff
quote:Originally posted by JeffS:
Well the "NO NO NO" was easy to translate, I really liked when she threw her hand into her arm!!!
Jeff
I think even I could interpret that. And he looked so calm. Just another Sunday drive!
I liked it when she figured out that the camera had recorded it all!
quote:Originally posted by Mark Charlton:
I wish I spoke Italian so I could understand what she's saying. At least she's fun to look at!
Looks like she turned on the AC at the beginning to make it nice and cold inside
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My Italian is a little rusty .. but those were words that were border line using in front of a camera .. LOL
Ron
Ron
I love this video. What a laugh !!!
Watched it to many times to count. My family thought it was great as well.
The engineer in me can't be held back ...
He looks like it is a carefree Sunday drive. But, to get an idea of the cornering and braking forces look at her head and hair. Even though she leens into every turn her hair gets pulled by the centripital forces. He must really be giving it to her - the car that is.
Watched it to many times to count. My family thought it was great as well.
The engineer in me can't be held back ...
He looks like it is a carefree Sunday drive. But, to get an idea of the cornering and braking forces look at her head and hair. Even though she leens into every turn her hair gets pulled by the centripital forces. He must really be giving it to her - the car that is.
Two elements of human nature on display:
1. Every guy loves to scare his woman.
2. Every time a woman gets in to a car, she can't resist playing with the stereo and doesn't shut up for the whole ride.
1. Every guy loves to scare his woman.
2. Every time a woman gets in to a car, she can't resist playing with the stereo and doesn't shut up for the whole ride.
The goal is to do #1 so well that it causes a form of paralysis (deer in the headlights) so that #2 doesn't happen.
I always wondered why my wife never said a word when I drove a sports car years ago, but when I bought a sedan, the complaining about my driving started ... she told me recently that she she was terrified the whole time, and didn't want to distract me by making any noise.
Great thing about the Pantera is that 1) you can stop the fiddling with controls by just saying that they don't work right now, you need time to work on them (probably true); and 2) when driving, it's so loud you can't hear anything but the engine pounding next to your ear!
I always wondered why my wife never said a word when I drove a sports car years ago, but when I bought a sedan, the complaining about my driving started ... she told me recently that she she was terrified the whole time, and didn't want to distract me by making any noise.
Great thing about the Pantera is that 1) you can stop the fiddling with controls by just saying that they don't work right now, you need time to work on them (probably true); and 2) when driving, it's so loud you can't hear anything but the engine pounding next to your ear!
Around 2:25 she is saying something about this not being a Formula One car (Riccardo was at Jerez to drive the Honda F1 car as a special favor from Honda). My Italian isn't much good and it's not that clear anyway, but she definitely says the word "Pantera" as well. No, it's not a Pantera either.
No, it's not a Pantera either.
I am glad I was not the only one how well the AC was working in the car.
Sorry Guys.
Sorry Guys.
When she really loses it, she says Sh_t then drops the F-bomb. 3:10
Most of what she is sayings is "please go slow". Words like calm, enough, stop...
You are right about the F1 reference. She is pleading that they are in a car and not an F1 race car.
Actually I think it is funnier not to know what she is saying.
Most of what she is sayings is "please go slow". Words like calm, enough, stop...
You are right about the F1 reference. She is pleading that they are in a car and not an F1 race car.
Actually I think it is funnier not to know what she is saying.