Who knows how to drive?

[JR_Charger]

I've watched a few of these "Idiots in Supercars" type videos -



I've mostly owned RWD vehicles, but never anything with 400+ HP. I also don't have any RWD vehicles with traction or stability control. I noticed that many of these "drivers" suddenly have their rear end swing out on them, which is pretty impressive on some these vehicles. Especially the Nissan GT-R which is AWD and has so many driving aids that it has been accused of being more robot than car. How are these guys managing to pull these tail swing wrecks off? Some of them are driving in a straight line, with all the technological driving aids you can get outside of a Tesla, and they still manage to fishtail and drive into a guard rail.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

I think a lot of them feel it going out but think they are being wusses if they lift.

 

[Kern Dog]

Too many idiots recording VERTICAL video for me, man.

 

[Cojohnso1]

Most mistakes I see is not how, but when.

 

[66 Sat]

Probably cold, very low profile tires coupled with power delivery that comes on strong in the midrange, coupled with a lack of skill. Throw in an audience with some showing off from the driver and you have that video.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Seems like most of the videos were filmed overseas. Perhaps it's a culture thing?

 

[Dave6T4]

Just push the button, and turn stability control off. I had to do this to do burn-outs with my 2005 5.7 Hemi Magnum R/T. I never lost control and wiped out, however. Lots of prior experience with High Performance cars: 383 4-speed '62 Dart, 383 automatic, 3.91 geared '69 SuperBee, 455 automatic '70 Buick (my sensible family car), 413/440 '64 Polara, 426 Street Wedge (dual 4 barrels) '64 Polara 500, 440 automatic '67 R/T, and 440 4-speed '67 R/T 3-seat wagon (1 of 0).

 

[1967coronet]

I got a nephew running IMCA here in Ia.
As long as he's turning left that kid can drive.

 

[vance.dykes]

When you drive a high horsepower car you have to feel by the seat of your pants what the car is doing this way you can catch it before it gets too far . so im ready at all times for the car to go side ways when I stab the gas that's the way it's work for me Dry weather is great here in Florida you get a rain oil starts coming up you better be ready especially when you got 12 in wide tires that are harder compound and you don't get much traction in the rain better be ready or you'll lose that car the moral is be ready for anything know your limitations and your cars limitations

 

[Black_Sheep]

When you drive a high horsepower car you have to feel by the seat of your pants what the car is doing this way you can catch it before it gets too far . so im ready at all times for the car to go side ways when I stab the gas that's the way it's work for me Dry weather is great here in Florida you get a rain oil starts coming up you better be ready especially when you got 12 in wide tires that are harder compound and you don't get much traction in the rain better be ready or you'll lose that car the moral is be ready for anything know your limitations and your cars limitations

Knowing your limitations is key. Owning a high performance car doesn’t automatically make a person a high performance driver. I’ve witnessed it firsthand many, many times…

 

[Coelacanth]

I would Hazzard a guess that most of us probably drove muscle cars in our youth, doing donuts on streets, gravel, dirt roads, on snow & ice, and even though they weren't supercar horsepower levels, we all learned how to get into a spin and how to get out of one, and how much you could swing out your rear end and still be able to reel it in. I remember driving my Charger, '68 and '70 Monaco and even my '98 Dakota RWD in winters, and doing a 180-degree U-turn every time I reached my parents' home and finish the tailspin exactly when the vehicle rotated 180 degrees and would line up perfectly with the opposite curb. Maybe most of these "more money than brains" supercar (and Mustang) owners never had that experience in their youth?

EDIT: I'm not too proud to also admit my Charger taught me a lesson one day, too...I was at a red light next to some other car and punched it when it turned green. I think just when the 727 wanted to chirp the tires, there was a puddle in the street and I did the herky-jerky back-and-forth trying to recover...and ended up stopped, facing the wrong way in my lane. Beyond embarrassed, I got the car turned around and drove meekly away. I'll bet most of us had that experience, too!

 

[vance.dykes]

Ask how many people have driven on black ice as long as you don't put it in a ditch you did good

 

[taylor382]

I've watched a few of these "Idiots in Supercars" type videos -



I've mostly owned RWD vehicles, but never anything with 400+ HP. I also don't have any RWD vehicles with traction or stability control. I noticed that many of these "drivers" suddenly have their rear end swing out on them, which is pretty impressive on some these vehicles. Especially the Nissan GT-R which is AWD and has so many driving aids that it has been accused of being more robot than car. How are these guys managing to pull these tail swing wrecks off? Some of them are driving in a straight line, with all the technological driving aids you can get outside of a Tesla, and they still manage to fishtail and drive into a guard rail.

It’s wild how quickly things go sideways, even with all that tech. People think the electronics make them invincible, but physics usually wins when you have that much power and zero experience.

 

[Coelacanth]

I drove on black ice just last Friday. There were at least a half-dozen ditch victims, some of them pretty bad...cars on their sides or roofs...but we have a huge number of recent immigrants here who have no idea how to drive, let alone drive semis or in winter...

 

[OneWheelPeel]

I would Hazzard a guess that most of us probably drove muscle cars in our youth, doing donuts on streets, gravel, dirt roads, on snow & ice, and even though they weren't supercar horsepower levels, we all learned how to get into a spin and how to get out of one, and how much you could swing out your rear end and still be able to reel it in. I remember driving my Charger, '68 and '70 Monaco and even my '98 Dakota RWD in winters, and doing a 180-degree U-turn every time I reached my parents' home and finish the tailspin exactly when the vehicle rotated 180 degrees and would line up perfectly with the opposite curb. Maybe most of these "more money than brains" supercar (and Mustang) owners never had that experience in their youth?

EDIT: I'm not too proud to also admit my Charger taught me a lesson one day, too...I was at a red light next to some other car and punched it when it turned green. I think just when the 727 wanted to chirp the tires, there was a puddle in the street and I did the herky-jerky back-and-forth trying to recover...and ended up stopped, facing the wrong way in my lane. Beyond embarrassed, I got the car turned around and drove meekly away. I'll bet most of us had that experience, too!

I didn't get to play with anything V8 and RWD until I had been driving for several years, but I got to play with low power RWD cars/trucks in the dirt which taught me how to catch most slides and correct etc. I do have the embarrassing story of how a day after getting my used 1985 Mustang GT 5spd it was raining and I'm waiting at a light to turn left, it finally clears and I can go. And go it did, by the time I started to catch it I decided better to let it just do the 180 and drive back the way I came in disgrace.

As years went on that car did make me a much better driver.

 

[DeltaV]

 

[DeltaV]

Not everyone can be Hans Stuck!



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