73 SE's can drift

[Bob]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=itiEp1hKQcc

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_CdUzvEB6M

[ODZKing]

Hmm, is there a point to this ridiculous behavior?   

[Bob]

4200 pounds doing what 2800 pounds can do is pretty impressive. 

[72Charger-SE]

I am impressed with small area and that no sheet metal was damaged during the filming of this video...   Impressive!  I can't wait to do a 'donut' in my car and I am 100% certain it will be in the middle of a wide open parking lot!

[myk]

Drifting's not my thing either, but I admire the level of control and suspension tuning that goes into cars on their way to a drift track.  That being said, those people are suicidal-NUTS to be sitting in front of a 2 ton car that could easily be thrown into an unrecoverable move that could do a lot of damage.  Asides from the safety issue, drifting is most impressive with larger playing fields...

[Ghoste]

It is admirable to have that kind of control.  It looks fun too.

[Mike DC]

There's no point to driving 1/4 mile straight ahead or doing 200 laps around a closed oval, either.

[ws23rt]

It does look like fun.  A reminder of when my common sense was not full developed.
I see the crowd of people all around and that is all I am thinking about.  One false move on the drivers part and the car would hurt many or worse.

[MaximRecoil]

Low speed "drifting" in a parking lot? He's more or less just "doing donuts". Put him on a high speed track with tight corners and have him use his "drifting skills" to produce some good lap times, and then it will be impressive.

[myk]

Low speed "drifting" in a parking lot? He's more or less just "doing donuts". Put him on a high speed track with tight corners and have him use his "drifting skills" to produce some good lap times, and then it will be impressive.

That's what I'm saying.  I'm not much into 1/4 miler's either, but at least you can watch the cars blast from one end of a track to another; same thing with oval/course racing...

[chargd72]

There are very few people on this entire site that could do what he did without hitting one of those barrels or wrecking their car.

[Marck]

Low speed "drifting" in a parking lot? He's more or less just "doing donuts". Put him on a high speed track with tight corners and have him use his "drifting skills" to produce some good lap times, and then it will be impressive.

Just because he's not going fast doesn't mean that what he's doing doesn't require skills.. Maybe you'd like to post a video of yourself doing the same, in the same confined space?

[GOTWING]

  first of i have a 73 SE and that it some funny chit right there ! i loved it and he did it old school LOL side pipes etc, whats with the wing !

[TUFCAT]

All I could think of is - - "what if he went out of control"?  

People seemed very close to the area

It would be very dangerous if the car suddenly drifted into spectators.    

Other than that, it was good driving!  

[Aero426]

Probably a good way to find out if your oiling system is any good, or not.  

That is excellent car control considering the heavy car and confined space. 

[Homerr]

Probably a good way to find out if your oiling system is any good, or not.  

That is excellent car control considering the heavy car and confined space. 

Or a quarter panel.

[70moparman]

Nice Driving ~ Bonus points for slotted mags and side pipes... 

[MaximRecoil]

Just because he's not going fast doesn't mean that what he's doing doesn't require skills..

"Skill" that's acquired in a matter of minutes, i.e., the amount of time it takes to get a feel for how the car responds when "doing donuts" (or "half donuts").

Maybe you'd like to post a video of yourself doing the same, in the same confined space?

Sure, if you want to supply the car, location, obstacles, video equipment, and pay me enough money to make it worth my time to do something I have absolutely no interest in doing otherwise.

[ws23rt]

Low speed "drifting" in a parking lot? He's more or less just "doing donuts". Put him on a high speed track with tight corners and have him use his "drifting skills" to produce some good lap times, and then it will be impressive.

Just because he's not going fast doesn't mean that what he's doing doesn't require skills.. Maybe you'd like to post a video of yourself doing the same, in the same confined space?

I agree---"doing a donuts" is just hit the gas and turn the wheel.   But to connect several together in a tight figure eight is not easy especially with a car like that.

[Marck]

Just because he's not going fast doesn't mean that what he's doing doesn't require skills..

"Skill" that's acquired in a matter of minutes, i.e., the amount of time it takes to get a feel for how the car responds when "doing donuts" (or "half donuts").

Maybe you'd like to post a video of yourself doing the same, in the same confined space?

Sure, if you want to supply the car, location, obstacles, video equipment, and pay me enough money to make it worth my time to do something I have absolutely no interest in doing otherwise.

Ask any drifter or stuntdriver, and they'll tell you that in order to do it so fluently, and so many consecutive times, it requires a lot of training. I showed the videos to my former boss, who drives rallycars, and he concurs..

So I guess that's a "no" for the last part...

[Mytur Binsdirti]

4200 pounds doing what 2800 pounds can do is pretty impressive. 

Now apply the same logic to a 110 lb female and a 310 lib female and you definately won't be impressed.   

[Daytona R/T SE]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=itiEp1hKQcc

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_CdUzvEB6M

Looks like automotive masturbation to me.   

[Ghoste]

You could make that argument for anything outside of A to B commuting.

[Bob]

4200 pounds doing what 2800 pounds can do is pretty impressive. 

Now apply the same logic to a 110 lb female and a 310 lib female and you definately won't be impressed.   

[Paul G]

That is very impressive. Sliding a big heavy car around like he is doing is not easy. I give the driver an "A". As for the spectators, if they are brave enough to stand there, they are dumb enough to get hurt. Natural selection?