So Friday’s driving experience was a bit of
a laugh. This cage is made from steel tubing and bolted to the top of a
Mercedes C-Class. All the car’s basic functions – steering, transmission,
accelerator and brake – are transferred to controls inside the cage and away
you go. The idea is that it lets film makers shoot actors inside the
car doing ‘foot down, arse out’ slides while they’re saying their lines, etc
and not having to worry about actually controlling the car. First I had a ride
in the front passenger seat – very strange when there’s no one next to
you – and then had a drive from up top. It was a sod; the controls are best described
as crude, there’s no power steering, the wheel doesn’t centre itself and the
brakes are appalling. Still good fun though. Film company 20th Century Fox were letting journalists have a go as part of the DVD release of A Good Day To Die Hard, which I think I'm contractually obliged to tell you.
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