Reply With QuoteOuch!!!!
seen a few of the yanks trying to load big bikes on trailers also, hilarious.
mike
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Ouch!!!!
seen a few of the yanks trying to load big bikes on trailers also, hilarious.
mike
Shame - lovely car - Shelby 350GT?
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Whoops.
He needed one of these:
Uncontrollable, even in a straight line... Do you even wonder why these Discovery Channel programs about classic cars only show the car driving on a wide and straight road? Simply because the handling is horrible... One lap on a circuit against an 'of the shelf' European or Japanse car with half the hp and things look very different from a 1/4 mile on a straight track .
Menno
I would be crying my eyes out if that was mine.
Stupid tyres on the Mustang. No grip. They do look best with the original size wheels.
I love the way his mate held his hand up right at the end as if to say 'stop' - only about 5 seconds too late.
I agree about the wheels.
The comments point out the ramps are for lawnmowers
The ramp looks slippery...
That video led me to this one.
But that vehicle looks like it's rotating from quite early on in the clip, like something isn't quite lined up right with the transmission (rotating anti-clockwise when viewed from above).
How come in alot of these videos, the car just veers into the left? What is the driver doing wrong?Originally Posted by sprite1275
Did the mustang have slicks fitted on it? Such a shame!
10.26 is really rather amusing.......
Its so bad. Just disintegrates.
I never thought about that. Here's a thought: RHD cars veer to the right when it comes to a lack of drivers' skills. To much correction with the left arm in a LHD car. Are there vids with RHD steered cars somewhere? When I am correct, these cars should veer to the other side. If it makes no difference, I would think it has to do with the drive train. But having said that: what happens when you floor the peddle on a RWD car with you hands loosely on the steering wheel? How does it react?
Furthermore: the Porsche and the Beemer (Bimmer? What's the street talk?) have all sorts of electronic controls to prevent this. I think that a few drivers had switched the controls off for 'the driver's pure power experience...'
Menno
I was thinking maybe due to the camber of the road, i.e. when the tyres break traction they tend to "fall" down the camber which for people who drive on the right would mean they veer to the left.
Of course Menno we can't distinguish between our theories empirically!
Americans shouldn't be allowed rear wheel drive*
* based on the video linked above.
I think it's that. It's freezing here in Finland at the moment and roads are very slippery. I had the traction contoll off (esc on) and most of the time the rear wheels veer to the right when slipping heavily. The car is a BMW with xdrive.
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