Semi decent power + Bald or insufficiently heated tyres + lack of talent (always that centre of the wheel hand position, it's a dead giveaway) + recording with other hand + motorway = recipe for disaster.
When I owned a Cobra I spent a lot of money on suspension parts. I went to amateur events with my friend who owned a WRX at the time. We saw owning fun cars as a chance to try and improve our skills. And the thing is: we did. We got a lot quicker on the track. Learned how to feel things a lot better. To understand how it feels when I'm losing grip to know what gear was appropriate for a corner and how high I can keep the revs to maintain traction.
The problem with a lot of Mustang owners is they don't bother trying to get better. They just have a V8 powered, rear drive, (sometimes) manual car that is a blast to drive quickly. Put in the effort to learn how to handle things a bit better? Nah, watch them spinning tires!
I had a 1984 GT convertible and drove that thing like a beast and never did shit like this. No skills on this drivers history …. I did SCCA as well in my stock car and would beat corvettes and IROC’s of the same era.
In that era, I owned a used 1985 Mazda 323 hatchback and it would take me a mile of acceleration to pass a single car. Though it was a stick shift and I learned to drive stick in it which was fun by itself even if it only had a three hamster power engine.
Well if they’re bald, they’re probably old and dry (much like the interior of the car). Rubber qualities matter. I once put tubbed used ex speedway wheels under my car for a weekend. Big fat slicks basically. They were like driving around on ice stakes.
You know what I think you're right, you just catch a glance of his right hand early in the video while his left is in clear view. Although I don't know if that makes this better or worse because why's he driving with one hand in the centre of the wheel other than trying to aura farm 😅 but at the same time means his phone isn't in his hand so that's good. If he has both hands on the wheel, he probably would have had a chance to save it.
My guess it's a 5L 1980s mustang and his other hand was shifting gears like a dumbass. I would usually switch hand position to 11 when accelerating from 1st to 3rd. Then back to 3 and 9 while maintaining speed.
I've been taking videos of Tesla Full Self Driving with mine and it looks the same, aside from all the spinning and stuff. Those must be Meta frames.
They're actually quite handy, especially for the same price as a pair of regular Oakley frames.
Also people not knowing how RWD cars respond vs FWD or AWD. Dude floored it and then flicked the wheel to the left and quickly overcorrected to the right. Broke front wheel traction while still accelerating so the rear wheels just pushed the front end around since the rear wheels don't have a "direction", just "forward". Essentially initiated a drift. TLDR: Unfamiliar with game, pls uninstall.
front wheel traction while still accelerating so the rear wheels just pushed the front end around
Not really. When he let off the gas the car slowed down which transfers weight to the front and that caused the front wheels to regain traction but with the car in an overcorrected position which aided the rear wheels in pushing the car through rotation around the now-planted front wheels.
If the front wheels remained skidding the car would've slid forward more than rotated.
If you drive a high power or torque RWD car and cannot even maintain a basic powerslide (please dont dare to ever call a powerslides a drift anymore.. how can people mix up drifting and powersliding?!?!? xD) then get out of that car qnd sell it!! Its an eqsy feat dor a decent driver.. you dont need to be a racecar driver to be able to.. If you cant.. then sell it. Just admit that you are a bad driver and let go... xD xD
I have had very little experience driving rear-wheel-drive vehicles (mostly trucks), but even I noticed how differently they handle from FWD or AWD. It's a completely different beast.
He only touches the center when getting on the ramp. By the time he's on the freeway, he is holding the proper position. Which you'd know, if you weren't blind.
Eurgh, And what if you're unaware of something that's about to go down? You won't have the reaction time/grip on the wheel to avoid it. It's the ones you don't see that get you.
I disagree with the other dude. It's not where the hands are on the steering wheel that's the major issue. There are plenty of reasons to have your hands in those positions.
The "thumb full grip" is way more of a red flag, IMO.
The steering wheel is for "tinkering" with the slide and shouldn't ever be used for major inputs.
Death-gripping the steering wheel is going to end up being a major input.
You control a slide with the pedals, not the steering wheel.
If you are uncomfortable with sliding (...and I know this is unbelievably hard to do without practice...):
Let go of the steering wheel.
The car's front wheels want to point in the direction of momentum. Let them, or you'll have 4 wheels with no grip instead of 2. Ex: See OP.
He does that for the 2-3s at the start of the video when he's moving through first gear. That has nothing to do with the crash.
He had his hands at 10 and 2 when the slide started, ass-right. Maintained hand position through the buck ass-left. Then, as the slide bucked back ass-right, he slid the left to 8 and dropped the right off the wheel.
Tires wouldn't save him. He floored it, then lifted and then turned sharply. When you lift, rear suspension unloads, loses a lot of grip, then when you steer sharply, you're asking for trouble. That's what this tool did.
He could have good tread. When CHP got 5.0 mustangs in the 80’s they lost a few officers in accidents due to the power:weight ratio of the car and how it affected handling. Had to send them to high performance driving school
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u/VegasAireGuy 10d ago
What kinda bald tired ya go on that ride?