Ingase ingadumile njengePikes Peak, kodwa irempu yaseMount Washington ingumqansa omdala kunawo wonke eNyakatho Melika. Mhlawumbe ngenxa yalesi sizathu, u-Subaru wabiza umshayeli owaziwayo uTravis Pastrana futhi wamnika umsebenzi obalulekile: ukushaya irekhodi lalokhu kukhuphuka nge-WRX STI yakhe.
Ku-odwe futhi… kwenziwe. Esondweni le-Subaru WRX STI elungiswe kakhulu futhi iletha amandla angu-875 hp, umshayeli wendiza waseMelika uqedele umqansa ongamakhilomitha angu-12.2 oya eMount Washington (eseNew Hampshire) e. 5imizuzu 28.67s.
Ingaphansi ngo-16.05s uma iqhathaniswa nerekhodi elidala elihle kakhulu, elasungulwa ngo-2017 futhi elalisungulwe nge-WRX STI, nakuba linamandla amancane (600 hp).
Ngaphezu kwamajika aqondile kanye nobude obukhuphukayo (leli gquma liyi-1917 m ukuphakama), umgwaqo oya phezulu uxubile - unetiyela nomhlabathi - okwenze umsebenzi kaPastrana waba nzima nakakhulu. umbukwane wangempela wokushayela.
Ngakho-ke uyazi ukuthi ngikhuluma ngani (noma ukubhala…) Ngikumema ukuthi ubukele ividiyo yomqansa ophithizelayo owine irekhodi e-Mount Washington Hillclimb uya e-Pastrana kanye “neyakhe” i-Subaru WRX STI:
Mayelana "Nesiqalo Esibandayo". Kusukela ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu e-Razão Automóvel, kune-“Cold Start” ngo-8:30 ekuseni. Njengoba uphuza ikhofi lakho noma uqunga isibindi sokuqala usuku, hlala unolwazi lwakamuva ngamaqiniso athakazelisayo, amaqiniso omlando namavidiyo abalulekile avela emhlabeni wezimoto. Konke ngamagama angaphansi kwama-200.