Most of us know the feeling. It’s just recently snowed and you spot a wide-open parking lot or a sweeper-style corner and your tempted to do your best Sebastien Loeb impression, applying a touch of throttle and a dab of steering input to execute the perfect snow drift.
The Latvian driver of the C6 Corvette Z06 in the video below definitely knows what we’re talking about. He appears to have taken one look at the long, dragged-out corner before him and thought it was the perfect opportunity to easily kick out the back end of his American sports car.
Towards the end of the drift the driver of the Z06 appears to lose it a bit, at which point the video abruptly cuts off. He just might’ve put the car into a ditch, which is a common outcome any time one of us mere mortals tries to replicate anything best reserved for a racing driver and a closed road or a race track. But you have to admit this Formula D-style slide looks like a ton of fun. Check it out in the video below.
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The question is could he mimic my American Z06 drift with out spinning at the end?
Also have done this in Chevy trucks too in similar conditions. Note the Z06 in my case was autocrossing in the dry in the summer.
Ah, the wallflower Terrain driver has an alter ego. I like it. Everything is true on the internet.
Perhaps you would like to share a video? Did it have an automatic or an automatic?
Well, some people is an escapist fantasy land where they see GM as something like The Price is Right; in that GM should just bequeath cars to past consumers for no good reason.
On the hand, there are lazy people who don’t work hard enough to afford things they want (like a Colorado), only to moan on the internet that GM won’t lower the bar of admissions for them….despite many, many, MANY consumers haven’t any issues with the Colorado’s price, or the price of full-size trucks from 10 years ago (whatever that argument is worth).
And as a parting shot, automatics are better than manuals for every performance application. The time wasted shifting manually is too important to spare when you’re demanding the most of a car.
I guess you do not autocross as no matter if it is an automatic or standard you generally use one gear on tight courses.
I guess you would not know that since you are all talk and no action.
Nice! and my fingers are crossed that if “Hoon damage” did occur it was minimum. Either way, a few bumps and bruises on a well driven car with a hoon loving driver are a badge of honor.
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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lada+drift&page=2