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Old 12-08-2006, 05:57 AM   #1
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thanks for the great vid......now where is that abandoned air strip ?!
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Old 12-08-2006, 06:56 AM   #2
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Honestly, I could be missing something, but I don't see why anyone would want to do what this guy did with the car. I don't know much about fastest lap times, but in whatever track driving I've done and observed, the fastest cars do very little (if any) sliding or abuse in general. Their driving is actually the smoothest and least abusive to their cars.

I have a feeling that all this slipping and sliding that's prevalent in these "review" videos (tons of them online) and in car magazines is either just for show (a lot of flash with no substance) and/or being sponsored by every tire producer in the world. Just like tobacco companies pushing "cool" smoking to kids. I bet the Michelin guy watching all this "tire painting" was having much more fun than the driver. That is, if being jarred and thrown left and right in the drivers seat (during the 360 stunt) could be descibed as "fun".

Sorry to be raining on the parade. Just an opinion.

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Old 12-08-2006, 08:55 AM   #3
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This type of driving is too much fun to explain in words (except for the donuts, which make me barf), but IMO it should be reserved for rental cars and government issued vehicles only.
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Honestly, I could be missing something, but I don't see why anyone would want to do what this guy did with the car.

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Because it's fun!!!! :dance:
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Because it's fun!!!! :dance:
OK, understood and can't argue with that. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
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Honestly, I could be missing something, but I don't see why anyone would want to do what this guy did with the car. I don't know much about fastest lap times, but in whatever track driving I've done and observed, the fastest cars do very little (if any) sliding or abuse in general. Their driving is actually the smoothest and least abusive to their cars.

I have a feeling that all this slipping and sliding that's prevalent in these "review" videos (tons of them online) and in car magazines is either just for show (a lot of flash with no substance) and/or being sponsored by every tire producer in the world. Just like tobacco companies pushing "cool" smoking to kids. I bet the Michelin guy watching all this "tire painting" was having much more fun than the driver. That is, if being jarred and thrown left and right in the drivers seat (during the 360 stunt) could be descibed as "fun".

Sorry to be raining on the parade. Just an opinion.

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you ever done a powerslide?
Yes, I have slid a car -- both intentionally and not. Don't enjoy it much. Both in skiing and driving, I prefer (and enjoy) going fast while minimizing sliding. Can't see why anyone would do it on purpose just for its own sake. Quality of tires is measured in amount of grip that they offer -- and not in their propensity to slide. Quality (sharpness) of ski's edges is also measured by how much they MINIMIZE sliding while turning at speed. But hey, I also don't understand why a bunch of people would run in front of bulls trough narrow streets and call that fun. As I said, different strokes for different folks. It'd be a boring world if we all liked the same things.

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But hey, I also don't understand why a bunch of people would run in front of bulls trough narrow streets and call that fun. Z.
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Yes, I'm sure his senorita is impressed right about now. I bet he wished he'd stayed home, smoked crack and banged his head.


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Yes, I have slid a car -- both intentionally and not. Don't enjoy it much.

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Its ok Z, you just arent as fun loving as some of us, Im sure you are fun in other ways, just not this one. What active hobby do you do that you actually have fun doing and dont have try to accomplish with perfection???
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Its ok Z, you just arent as fun loving as some of us, Im sure you are fun in other ways, just not this one. What active hobby do you do that you actually have fun doing and dont have try to accomplish with perfection???
While probably no match to your funlovingness, in my free time I enjoy smoking crack. On Friday evenings I like to combine it with banging my head three times against a wall. And you're right, it's much more fun when I don't nail the latter perfectly.

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While probably no match to your funlovingness, in my free time I enjoy smoking crack. On Friday evenings I like to combine it with banging my head three times against a wall. And you're right, it's much more fun when I don't nail the latter perfectly.

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