poleposition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alY9WpTqN3k

In this day and age, our jaded, cynical nature makes us skeptical. So when BMW produced a marvelous film of ?the old tablecloth trick??you know, when you yank the tablecloth out from under you mother-in-law?s finest china and it stays in place?using a BMW S1000 RR to do the yanking. . . and a tablecloth about twenty feet long. . . with an entire china closet worth of dishes laid out like a Google break room. . . well, there were some suspicions. .

BMW's biggest-ever YouTube film has attracted more than 1,700,000 hits so far?plus a lot of comment about whether it was real or computer-generated. What exactly is the issue here? Well, in the film, the 193-horsepower S1000 RR is cranked wide open, and on its way to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds, it snatches the tablecloth from under all the settings?without disturbing a single piece. Yup, silverware, dishes, glasses, candelabras, vases of flowers?it could have been a wedding (something to consider, if you?re planning one).

The Internet crowd?you know, the guys who live with their parents and know absolutely everything?were quick to call BS. But insiders at BMW NA swear the trick is real. According to Roy Oliemuller, BMW NA?s motorcycles communications manager, everyone associated with the production maintains that the bike really did pull out the tablecloth. ?I wasn't there to witness it personally,? adds BMW?s Matt Russell, ?but I would love to have been!?

Of course, like the Honda commercial The Cog, nobody claims that everything worked on the first try. The Cog took 666 setups before it worked perfectly.?Paul Duchene

BMWCCA source

vlad_b

wow. honestly i would be skeptical too. it looks unreal!