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EduardoEspecial posted:We took this here steel hoop and glued some rubber on it! WHEEL OF THE FUTURE! Probably should have spent the money on hiring a real engineer, instead of buying the flashy car.
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mutt2jeff posted:Just a little bit of wheel hop... It looks like this is the type of wheel hop that would be controlled by control arms...is this one of those yea we just use leaf springs type suspensions?
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Lord Gaga posted:It looks like this is the type of wheel hop that would be controlled by control arms...is this one of those yea we just use leaf springs type suspensions? That's a Cougar, I believe. They weigh 15 tons, and I'm fairly certain that the manufacturers are more concerned with the occupants surviving a estimated 300-500 lb. IED attack:  than the rear end not ripping off during a panic stop. They've been in service in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Isrealis use them, and I believe the Iraqis now use a slightly modified one as a domestic troop transport; and I haven't heard of one doing that. Driving 15 miles back to base on three wheels after surviving an IED attack, yes; rear axle ripping itself out under a panic stop, no. I'm guessing that was from a factory performance test and the issue was corrected. The Prong Song fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Sep 23, 2012 |
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mutt2jeff posted:MAN truck with giant turd strapped to the back races up a hillclimb. This video linked at the end of that one is pretty drat good too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7_GblAAwV0
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Boat posted:This video linked at the end of that one is pretty drat good too. That orange mini feels like its yelling I think I can i think I can in the angriest voice. Lots of 3 wheelin in this vid.
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Once again, the craziest poo poo happens in Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqDrnR2bWk4 
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MrChips posted:Once again, the craziest poo poo happens in Russia: Nailed it!
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I would imagine this is how a lot of mens wives feel around the 'ring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hJfBM2sRkQ
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Diesel is the future with Oldsmobile! Also turn your speakers way the gently caress down, the audio is blown to hell.
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GTi_guy posted:I would imagine this is how a lot of mens wives feel around the 'ring. I like how he lies and says the first 7km is the most exciting part.
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GTi_guy posted:I would imagine this is how a lot of mens wives feel around the 'ring. Someone needs to do a proper study of the fear felt by an inexperienced passenger with an experienced driver vs an experienced passenger with an inexperienced driver.
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MrChips posted:Once again, the craziest poo poo happens in Russia: I'm curious as to whether crazier poo poo does happen in Russia, or if it's just the seeming ubiquity of dashcams catching the crazy poo poo that would happen anywhere. If dashcams were a huge thing in the US, I'm sure we'd see more insane poo poo happening. Hell, just look at some of those intersection camera red light runner compilations.
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InitialDave posted:She hasn't learned how to brace herself, that's the main problem - seat forward enough to wedge your feet in the corners of the footwell, outer arm up and holding the grabhandle, inner arm across abdomen and holding the door handle. Yeah, what a dummy  Spin and recovery at Bathurst https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86s4LH1gU4
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DixielandDelight posted:Yeah, what a dummy
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InitialDave posted:No, really. Getting chucked around a cabin with little more than an inertia reel seatbelt to hold you isn't fun for anyone, if you show people how to hold themselves in place, it's a lot less uncomfortable. What's strange is that I felt the opposite was true when I was in a five point harness with an instructor driving at mid-ohio. Whenever I tried to brace myself I started getting uncomfortable and queasy, tightening the harness and letting myself flop around like a fish felt a lot more comfortable.
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DixielandDelight posted:Yeah, what a dummy Getting tossed around in a 3 point sucks and can make things seem a lot worse than they are. Compare how violent the ride in these two cars look: Girls first auto-x ride ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7erNqMOqgM Regular auto-xer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je0MORHjXjk The forces are pretty similar, the guy in the second one is just bracing and it seems smoother despite a big powerslide at the end which are pretty jarring even when braced.
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Muffinpox posted:Getting tossed around in a 3 point sucks and can make things seem a lot worse than they are. Compare how violent the ride in these two cars look: Seats also make a big difference. I fly out of the "sport" seats in my MINI but the GT2 buckets in the Cayman keep me stuck pretty well.
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InitialDave posted:Someone needs to do a proper study of the fear felt by an inexperienced passenger with an experienced driver vs an experienced passenger with an inexperienced driver. Oh god. Being an instructor is one of the most terrifying things ever.
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Muffinpox posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je0MORHjXjk  oh my..I've never been to an autox, I wonder how hard people will laugh if I show up in a 14 year old beat up econobox on original suspension? I mean, people show up in worse... right?
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Is it possible Tilke has finally designed a interesting track? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxqlf0c6Eh8 http://www.atlantamotorsportspark.com/ Edit: 991 GT3 mules with PDK. This is going to get exciting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yz22aSbdwg Aurune fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Sep 26, 2012 |
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Boat posted:I'm curious as to whether crazier poo poo does happen in Russia, or if it's just the seeming ubiquity of dashcams catching the crazy poo poo that would happen anywhere. If dashcams were a huge thing in the US, I'm sure we'd see more insane poo poo happening. Hell, just look at some of those intersection camera red light runner compilations. I've always been a fan of the fighter-jet fly-by: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Xv5iTG82A Also has plenty of and possibly  type wrecks as well. I've been watching way too many of these lately.
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Boat posted:I'm curious as to whether crazier poo poo does happen in Russia, or if it's just the seeming ubiquity of dashcams catching the crazy poo poo that would happen anywhere. If dashcams were a huge thing in the US, I'm sure we'd see more insane poo poo happening. Hell, just look at some of those intersection camera red light runner compilations. Some of it has to be Russia. Every really horrible crash story I hear of from there ends in some official taking a bribe to look the other way. Edit: I'm sure the insane rate of alcoholism doesn't help either. Aurune fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Sep 26, 2012 |
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Root Bear posted:I've always been a fan of the fighter-jet fly-by: Also lots of "I need to change my underwear" moments... some of those close ones :O
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Dave Inc. posted:What's strange is that I felt the opposite was true when I was in a five point harness with an instructor driving at mid-ohio. Whenever I tried to brace myself I started getting uncomfortable and queasy, tightening the harness and letting myself flop around like a fish felt a lot more comfortable. Could it have to do with being able to sense how slithery a good driver is getting the car when you're fully strapped in?
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Aurune posted:Some of it has to be Russia. Every really horrible crash story I hear of from there ends in some official taking a bribe to look the other way. In a previous discussion on Russian and Chinese dash cam videos someone brought up a good point that many of these drivers have not grown up with cars (including the rules and laws surrounding them) like most of us have. The point was that mass car ownership in Russia and China is a relatively new thing, and with so many new-ish drivers on the road crazy poo poo is bound to happen. 4/20 NEVER FORGET fucked around with this message at 10:54 on Sep 26, 2012 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Xv5iTG82A&t=217s Holy poo poo the dude was going WAY too fast, but I have to give him props for not turning the motorcycle and its rider into debris strewn across the highway.Also the segment prior to that, 
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The Locator posted:Oh god. Being an instructor is one of the most terrifying things ever. One of the instructors did a ride-along with me at mid-ohio and told me he hadn't been at all scared during the lap. One of my proudest moments of the week. kimbo305 posted:Could it have to do with being able to sense how slithery a good driver is getting the car when you're fully strapped in?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hJfBM2sRkQ This poo poo is hilarious. A hell of a ride: Liri Farfus gets a taste of the Nordschleife.
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Wicaeed posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Xv5iTG82A Watching that, a lot of it also seems to be that "traffic slowing in front of me" doesn't equate to "traffic is slowing" but to "swerve the gently caress around into other lanes to get past that poo poo oh poo poo this lane is stopped too/contains oncoming traffic/isn't actually a lane *crunch*"
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This is amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-i2_g33wXQ Impreza with blown struts. Just watch it.
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Wicaeed posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Xv5iTG82A&t=217s From that same video, I bring you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Xv5iTG82A&t=43s. Aww you scared it, it jumped! 
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Boat posted:Watching that, a lot of it also seems to be that "traffic slowing in front of me" doesn't equate to "traffic is slowing" but to "swerve the gently caress around into other lanes to get past that poo poo oh poo poo this lane is stopped too/contains oncoming traffic/isn't actually a lane *crunch*" There is defiantly a car hierarchy at least in the Cities. Nice cars get right of way no matter what, lovely cars should beware and pedestrians should not ever be in the street. Not uncommon to see people drive on sidewalks and hard shoulders to pass slow traffic.
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I like this big block Integra in the related. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMdUo43-qu0 edit: Woops never posted the link! Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Sep 27, 2012 |
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The automotive equivalent of the A-10 Warthog design ethic. e- dude has a ton of crazy customs in his channel Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Sep 27, 2012 |
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VikingSkull posted:The automotive equivalent of the A-10 Warthog design ethic. More the inverse or converse or one of those other math words. The A-10 is crazy looking because it was built around a gun & design theory that was really good at killing tanks. That car is built around a motor that was designed to look shiny. One is function dictates form, the other is just pure form. Thing's loving nuts looking though, kind of a shame nobody will ever see its full potential.
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Its function is form. Cars can be art, too. I think that's what a lot of people don't get about show cars. They might not ever make a pass down a dragstrip, but that's not what they are built to do.
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