The YooToob thread

wonski · 15-11-2014 5:31pm

Bigus wrote: »

12 mins long make yourself a cuppa before you watch this.
This is some mad fecker, how he finds the gaps is amazing , don't know the back story.

But I doubt it's his own V8 M3.

Yet for all his crazy antics he seems to stop for red lights !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YUBjJiF0tE

The back story is everyone wanted his head after the video went live - including the News etc. Nothing happened, his lawyer did good job. They couldn't prove it was dangerous:D

He also owns a GTR and crashed an M3 before. He owns a car rental business in Poland iirc. He was into drifting but wasn't good enough to make it.

Wetbench4 · 15-11-2014 7:35pm

Jaysus, I wouldn't even drive like that on a video game

Bigus wrote: »

12 mins long make yourself a cuppa before you watch this.
This is some mad fecker, how he finds the gaps is amazing , don't know the back story.

But I doubt it's his own V8 M3.

Yet for all his crazy antics he seems to stop for red lights !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YUBjJiF0tE

GvidoR · 15-11-2014 7:46pm

Wetbench4 wrote: »

Jaysus, I wouldn't even drive like that on a video game

I know. I mean, who stops at the traffic lights in a video game? :pac:

glynf · 15-11-2014 8:03pm

The beautiful noise that V8 makes though..

CianRyan · 15-11-2014 8:40pm

You could never do that in Dublin, everyone tailgates t'fcuk so there'd be no gaps to squeeze through.

rizzodun · 15-11-2014 9:43pm

Youtube user Automobilchannel Nordschleife regularly posts videos of him spectating at various races and tourist trackdays, here's his collection of some of the crashes he managed to catch on camera this year.

There's a reason it's known as the green hell.

Zcott · 15-11-2014 9:50pm

Had a laugh at the guy in the 106 who did a 180 and still wasn't going fast enough to hit the barrier...

flyingsnail · 15-11-2014 10:15pm

Last minute lane changes not such a good idea:eek:

Wetbench4 · 15-11-2014 11:10pm

flyingsnail wrote: »

Last minute lane changes not such a good idea:eek:

That was vicious, you could see what looked like schoolbags rolling on the ground.

Sitec · 15-11-2014 11:32pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUxMUpZIOMc

YbFocus · 15-11-2014 11:37pm

Lag Lag Lag Lag Lag...Fuuuuucccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

biko · 15-11-2014 11:41pm

FYI - the lane change video was non-fatal.

Sitec · 15-11-2014 11:42pm

YbFocus wrote: »

Lag Lag Lag Lag Lag...Fuuuuucccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

The noise of the vvt and turbo coming on song is just epic!

YbFocus · 15-11-2014 11:49pm

biko wrote: »

FYI - the lane change video was non-fatal.

Wow my god I am very surprised by that!

CiniO · 15-11-2014 11:57pm

wonski wrote: »

Is this how they re-thread the tires these days:eek:

I don't know if it was ever done in Ireland but back in Central / East Europe rethreading was quite popular. Never had a chance to see how it is done, though.

It's not retreading.
It's just cutting tread to make it deeper.
Indeed that was practised in Central / Eastern Europe a while ago.
F.e. I remember my grandfather used to do it himself.
And not because he couldn't afford new tyres.
It was because new tyres were not available on the market, so he could either do that, or drive on bald tyres.

Retreading is still happening, and I don't think there's anything illegal about it in the EU. Plenty of truck tyres are retreaded, and some car ones available as well, even for sale in UK or Ireland.
Retreading though is about putting new layer of tread onto the tyre - not like what you can see on the video.

Last year I rented a car in Poland with retreaded winter tyres, and I must say while they weren't top of the class, they were surely much better than most chineese stuff.

Pique · 16-11-2014 12:36am

Adding a layer of rubber and cutting treads into it is bad, as there's no guarantee that the new treads will adhere to the old rubber.

Cutting into the minimum rubber depth that major companies deem as a safe minimum, as a result of massive R&D, on the other hand is insane.

YbFocus · 16-11-2014 12:40am

Pique wrote: »

Adding a layer of rubber and cutting treads into it is bad, as there's no guarantee that the new treads will adhere to the old rubber.

Cutting into the minimum rubber depth that major companies deem as a safe minimum, as a result of massive R&D, on the other hand is insane.

We see this a lot in drifting, an original will always hold longer but the odd re-threaded tyre we came across will tear to bits.
We never get all the thread used, they always come apart, the new ply lifts off the original surface every time so they definitely aren't as strong.

*Kol* · 16-11-2014 12:51am

All large aircraft gyres are retreaded up to 10 times due to the expense of manufacturing new tyres.

CianRyan · 16-11-2014 12:51am

And now I want a GTR.

YbFocus · 16-11-2014 12:57am

CianRyan wrote: »

And now I want a GTR.

Did you not always want one like me

CianRyan · 16-11-2014 1:04am

YbFocus wrote: »

Did you not always want one like me

Well yeah but when you see that it just makes you depressed because you can't afford one.

tossy · 16-11-2014 9:44am

rizzodun wrote: »

Youtube user Automobilchannel Nordschleife regularly posts videos of him spectating at various races and tourist trackdays, here's his collection of some of the crashes he managed to catch on camera this year.

There's a reason it's known as the green hell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkjD8mSjFjs

It never ceases to amaze and annoy me how many people on these 'ring crash videos break the rules of the road and don't stop and warn other drivers when they are the first car on the scene of a crash.

Sterling Archer · 17-11-2014 9:16pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQlK9N583UM

Macau F3 Crash almost takes out entire grid

colm_mcm · 17-11-2014 9:49pm

How to make a strange car ad.

http://youtu.be/kdT9oURGtTc

Pique · 17-11-2014 10:12pm

Ken Block is back.
845WHP 4wd '67 Mustang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qanlirrRWs

BofaDeezNuhtz · 18-11-2014 2:00am

YbFocus wrote: »

Wow my god I am very surprised by that!

Yeah I deffo thought Mammy an kids are fuuuucked in that vid tbh :eek:

BofaDeezNuhtz · 18-11-2014 4:36am

Hal1 wrote: »

Hats off to that guy and the shear amount of effort involved, it's an absolutely flawless job, but a poxy mazda 6? I'd have left it in that ditch.

The point (which went over your head) was that he did it for 1/3rd of the price of a Genuine mazda replacement panel...

And whats poxy about a Mazda 6?
For instance in it class the Mondeo for example had such a shítty 1.8 petrol engine that Ford replaced it with another
manufacturers engine instead....Yep you guessed it...

a poxy Mazda 6 wan

Hal1 · 18-11-2014 1:45pm

I'm sure he did save a lot by doing most of the work himself.

I know someone who went through a nightmare with their mazda 6 with piston ring trouble (the 1.8 variant). I know they are not all bad, and a lot of manufacturers share there engines with others. That's no secret.

the merchant · 18-11-2014 4:18pm

I appreciate Ken Block's amazing skill but am I the only one who finds those Gymkhana videos over produced and boring?

glynf · 18-11-2014 5:28pm

The OJ bit was funny, and the viaduct bit is apparently a nod to the T2, but that car is f++king outrageous.

rizzodun · 18-11-2014 7:57pm

the merchant wrote: »

I appreciate Ken Block's amazing skill but am I the only one who finds those Gymkhana videos over produced and boring?

There's an awful feel of 'multiple takes then use the best one' about those videos. He's an amazing driver, as long as it's a controlled environment, I think the WRC showed him up a lot, once loads of variables were thrown into the mix he wasn't nearly as consistent.

Not that I would be even a fraction as good mind! I wonder why he just doesn't compete in track racing, rallycross or drifting, I think track racing in particular would suit him.

As for that car, it may have been 65 Mustang once upon a time, but that's like calling a Nascar a Chevy Camero...

Wetbench4 · 18-11-2014 10:41pm

rizzodun wrote: »

There's an awful feel of 'multiple takes then use the best one' about those videos. He's an amazing driver, as long as it's a controlled environment, I think the WRC showed him up a lot, once loads of variables were thrown into the mix he wasn't nearly as consistent.

Not that I would be even a fraction as good mind! I wonder why he just doesn't compete in track racing, rallycross or drifting, I think track racing in particular would suit him.

As for that car, it may have been 65 Mustang once upon a time, but that's like calling a Nascar a Chevy Camero...

I think all the skidmarks give away the number of takes but still well produced, but i'd imagine he is mostly bark and no bite, but good for a yank. That car though, reminds me of Eleanor(i think that was the nod rather than t2) but takin testosterone;)!!

YbFocus · 18-11-2014 10:50pm

It's a perfectly good mustang destroyed in my opinion and normally i wouldn't care about American cars at all.

Wetbench4 · 18-11-2014 11:03pm

YbFocus wrote: »

It's a perfectly good mustang destroyed in my opinion and normally i wouldn't care about American cars at all.

But there must be sh1t loads of old stangs over there so i say why not

dr.fuzzenstein · 19-11-2014 10:10pm

YbFocus wrote: »

It's a perfectly good mustang destroyed in my opinion and normally i wouldn't care about American cars at all.

The yanks seem to like to take old cars, rip out everything that's old and original about them, in fact get rip out everything except some of the body shell and build up a completely new car out of it. The cover in garish paint and drive the sh*t out of it.
It's wholesale destruction of classic cars, almost as bad as banger racing for real classic car enthusiasts.
The problem with doing that to old cars is, they don't make them anymore, so every classic destroyed is lost forever. And one day there'll be nothing original left, all destroyed by "enthusiasts".
Worst offender: drifting. If you want to get any of those cars popular for drifting today, there won't be any. All wrecked.

Though in this video I'd say they just found a bodyshell and built it up, probably never was a car.
LOL for the white Bronco,

Interslice · 21-11-2014 1:46pm

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152381304088509

ScrubsfanChris · 22-11-2014 12:50am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVBcEg6klJI

hi5 · 22-11-2014 3:55pm

String · 22-11-2014 6:43pm

Odyssey 2005 · 22-11-2014 8:53pm

hi5 wrote: »

Enjoyed that tks for posting..

Pique · 24-11-2014 10:07pm

Not strictly a W-18, but a fantastic piece of work, all the same..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_STaG6Tu_Oo

GvidoR · 24-11-2014 10:44pm

Here's a video on how to make your car run on burning wood.

Pique · 25-11-2014 12:21am

That's some Zombie apocalypse **** right there !

Odyssey 2005 · 25-11-2014 7:48am

Ver sprung durk technique! :eek:

I'd love to see the NCT mans face when you show up with that.:P

BigEejit · 25-11-2014 11:46am

GvidoR wrote: »

Here's a video on how to make your car run on burning wood.

Brilliant, thats some ingenuity. I wonder how far he gets on a load of wood....

One of the follow up videos that youtube has in tiles at the end of that was this one. Some flipping sound .... and a great way to get 100 miles out of the rear tyres :P