Subaru Drifting Gone Hilarious
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Topic: Subaru Drifting Gone Hilarious
Posted By: choopie911
Subject: Subaru Drifting Gone Hilarious
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 5:59pm
So a guy on my facebook that's still in Whitehorse uploaded some rubbernecking photos. Someone apparently decided to drift a corner, and...
Now notice there are no tracks up to it really? Apparently it hit the snowbank and got some air before its strategic landing. 
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Posted By: Bounty
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 6:02pm
| Looks like something a friend of mine would do. |
Posted By: Stingray
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 6:05pm
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Maybe the Yukon should join the 20th century with the rest of Canada. Bunch of silly lumberjacks. ------------- 
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 6:08pm
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Oh, that reminds me, a few weeks ago I was outside smoking a square at my friend's house when we heard this loud crash. We debated over what it was and whether we should walk a few blocks to see what happened, finally decided it was too cold to bother. Two days later at work one of my friends tells me a guy we used to work with wrecked his car, into a house. Turns out that was what we heard, dude and one of his friends were tripping, guy lets his buddy drive his car and ends up jumping a curb and plowing into someone's house doing 50. What really freaked me out was my friend who heard it with me guessed correctly that it was indeed a car crashing into a house. How he knew what that sounded like from 5 blocks away I have no clue.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 8:17pm
Wow just got one more pic from him:
Hit the boxes there and took out the internet in that area, but barely missed the transformer. So close. |
Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 9:22pm
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Wow. Drifting aside, talk about driving too fast for the road conditions. ------------- 
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Posted By: NiQ-Toto
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 9:35pm
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Uncle Rudder wrote:Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 10:46pm
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Wow, talk about going way to fast. BTW, how often does it snow up there? -------------  |
Posted By: Koolit32
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 10:48pm
| 2 fast 2 felonies |
Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 10:51pm
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Posted By: Rofl_Mao
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 11:00pm
| would have been cooler if the car exploded like a bunker-buster. |
Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 06 December 2009 at 11:14pm
yea a car blowing up someones house is so cool ------------- 
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 1:00am
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Can't really drift with AWD, you can lose traction, but an actual drift is impossible unless you've got VCD control and crank the power 100% to the rear, which is impossible on even the WRX STi.
That's why Subies make such great rally cars, they stick the corners even in the dirt. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 1:31am
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So Ken Block doesn't drift his AWD??? Besides we all know drifting in snow requires the studded tires. Noobs. Actually rally car/ drifters love the snow with the studded tires because the control is so much better and more predictable. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 3:10am
I don't think that's true at all |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 3:22am
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Eh. STi's are awesome cars, don't get me wrong, but around here, anyway, they've become the n00b Fast and Furious wannabe vehicles. Alot of wrecks involving them. ------------- 
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Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 6:57am
i dont know about AWD, but you cannot drift in a Front wheel drive car -------------
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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 8:13am
Funny, I was doing that this morning in my Focus. ------------- 
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Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 9:45am
| Had a fun time in the bimmer with 3" of fresh snow on an unplowed dirt road the other night. Yet somehow I didn't end up in a house.... |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 9:56am
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Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 9:57am
Took out the area internet access and still didn't get hurt? A miracle that. ------------- 
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Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 10:05am
maybe if you lost traction and got it loose enough, which isnt drifting. drifting consists of using the e-brake, which makes front wheel drive drifting this morning -------------
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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 10:09am
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What?
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Posted By: Gator Taco
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 10:17am
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I want Ken Blocks new STI ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trailgator01 - last.fm |
Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 10:28am
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I thought you were posting this...
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 10:32am
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 12:43pm
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Gah! Too many people on this forum get their racing know-how from F&F movies....
Drifting, true honest-to-god drifting is the process of using the power of the rear wheels to push your vehicle through a turn while breaking traction. You cannot drift a front wheel or all-wheel drive vehicle because of this fact. You can break traction with them and cause them to slide, but you cannot complete the second part of the equation which is using the rear wheels to (and here's the important part) push the car through the turn while maintaining negative lateral traction. With a FWD car you can achieve what is called a 'J' turn if you use the e-brake, but the fact of the matter is that once the front wheels grip to complete the turn, you are now pulling the car along the path of the front wheels which means you regain not only transverse, but also lateral traction. Drifting doesn't allow you to regain lateral traction until the vehicle completes it's own arc of travel due to the pushing motion generated by the rear wheels. In an AWD vehicle, the car never actually puts all the power to the rear wheels. In Subarus, the maximum that can be put to the rear two wheels by the computer is something like 60% meaning that the front wheels are still maintaining something like 40% of the power. This makes the car act as a hybrid of a rear wheel and front wheel drive vehicle. While you do get the "push" aspects of a rear wheel drive vehicle which is drifting, you also maintain the positive traction aspects of a front-wheel-drive vehicle due to the power split. Hence my statement that any Subaru without a VCD (variable center differential) controller that would allow you to lock 100% of the power to the rear wheels (STi's only let you lock into something like 80/20btw) you wouldn't be truly drifting in a Subaru. The positive traction that is maintained by both the Subaru Impreza and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution with their AWD systems is the reason that they perform so well on the rally circuit. Here, watch these two videos: As you can see the attitude of the vehicle must be adjusted going into the turn with lateral and transverse traction already negated. Also notice that the vehicle doesn't correct it's attitude until the natural travel of the arc is completed. Compare that to the next video: Notice that all the Imprezas and Lancers in this video cannot break traction until the are actually IN the turn, what this amounts to is a controlled spin-out. The only way it is controlled though is by the use of the power-shifting VCD in the vehicles which takes the power from the rear wheels which are slipping and putting it to the front wheels which give far superior traction. If you notice, as these cars exit their turns, their attitude snaps back to parallel with the course because the front wheels automatically regain positive traction BEFORE the vehicle has naturally finished its flow through the arc of travel. Video one is drifting Video two is a great demonstration of a reverse-lock turn in slick conditions. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 1:06pm
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Jeremy Clarkson is facepalming so hard. Not at you, tallen. -------------
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 1:47pm
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I just had a flashback of learning to drive on ice with my Camaro...
First snowstorm I drove through in that car was the most terrifying thing ever.
Now, everytime it ices over, I immediately drive to the highschool parking lot.  ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 1:56pm
Jeremy Clarkson is oft times a moron. Did you see him drive the ZR1 in the 2nd episode of this season? He was complaining about how hard it is to control and the rear was always sliding out. All he had to do was not floor it through the turns. -------------
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Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 2:12pm
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so i was right?
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 2:14pm
You mean Clarkson often acts out in an entertaining manner to, I don't know, entertain? -------------
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 3:14pm
| More than one style of drifting. |
Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 3:26pm
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abu drift
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 3:29pm
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I've seen that bike video, I honestly don't think I could do that without knocking my teeth out a few times.
Also yeah Top Gear is an entertainment show, remember that every time they drop a piano on a car, drive off a pier, ignore lap times, or race airport equipment. It's entertainment, not a real omg supr srs car show. Besides, clarkson was right, the ass slides out super easily on those, that's something worth mentioning. In many cars you can stomp on the gas leaving a corner and still make it home to your kids. |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 3:30pm
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 3:38pm
I didn't realize James May posted on this forum. |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 3:38pm
------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 3:41pm
------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 4:02pm
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 4:44pm
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 4:51pm
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Maybe im oldschool, but im tired of the douschey attitude of the stereyotypical drifter kids. It seems to me that all of the kids with used subcompacts with near stock engines/suspensions have an attitude that their car is hot stuff, and is better than any ride out there. The ones with mid 90's subies are the worst.
But then again, the older people(college grads mostly) that hang out at these car meets with actual fast/well handling cars seem to be nice, so I dont know. ------------- 
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 4:53pm
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^ We college kids don't have a whole lot of cash laying around to spend on our cars, but I see your point regardless. ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 5:05pm
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I said grads. Most of the people with nicer car are usually 25ish at these meets, or are spoiled/driving someone elses car.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 5:11pm
| I'll admit I'll ebrake corners (in the boons) for fun. I know my front wheel drive Corolla is a front wheel drive corolla, but I have male parts and therefor it's fun. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 5:12pm
So much truth. Sadly I can't ebrake my taurus. I do in fact "drift" in wicked slippery surfaces. That is fun, ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 5:23pm
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I wish I had a hand e-brake. Those locking pedal e-brakes are not conducive to, uh, aggressive motoring...
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 5:37pm
Are you finally starting to see the errors in your ways? |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 5:38pm
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Le sigh... I still like the Impala though. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 5:48pm
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Tiburon hates the snow. Slides like no other though. Its pretty easy to control too. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 6:54pm
no no no. the kids with regular and hatchback civics think they are the coolest thing ever. as well as the kids with mustangs. also, my firebird does not like snow or rain, as im sure you are used to by now Sneaky -------------
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Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 7:43pm
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I use to use the e-brake in my corolla everytime I would pull out of our driveway in the winter. I'd hold the ebrake up while I was in 1st and gunning it so the car would spin 90 degrees and I could pull out without having to use reverse. -------------
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Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 8:41pm
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 8:41pm
I used to do the same thing when I had my cavalier. Havnt wanted to try it in the tiburon. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 8:46pm
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 07 December 2009 at 11:07pm
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The Mazda 6 is alright in the snow/rain, but the torque generated by the engine causes it to slip a bit. I usually have to start her out in 2nd in the snow.
I used to have a 2003 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS which I loved and regret ever getting rid of. I don't regret buying the Mazda, just getting rid of the Subie. It drove like it was on dry tarmac when in fresh snow. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |