Motorcycles have always been more rowdy and more able when it comes to stunting with cars playing second fiddle. Those who swear by their cars will argue against my statement but the fact remains that even today many of the motorcycles capabilities are yet to be explored. This does not mean that cars are any less fun to drive. The best example is the Saab Performance team.
Here are some stunts your car can perform for you. Beware, the stunts mentioned here should only be performed by experienced drivers. Boyracer's blog does not promote illegal and dangerous stunts by any means and this article is just meant for reading and knowledge.
1. Burnout
Car of choice: Dodge Challenger because it looks like a Wild Ram while doing it.
Burnout is the stunt where a car remains stationary while smoking its tyres. Burnout originated from drag racing where racers burn tyres to get them warm and grippy. Today various burnout competitions are held with proffessionals going ahead with innovative burnouts. Burnout does have a risk of fire or crash in the even of lack of control or mechanical fault.
2. Wheelie
Car of choice: Ford Mustang
Wheelie would've probably emerged after novice drivers fell of their two-wheelers trying to launch their two wheelers. With cars its safer but just as much harder. A wheelie involves getting the front wheels (on a rear-wheel drive car) to lift in the air at startup. Lots of torque is required for the stunt and poses serious danger too. Even the most proffessionally sound stunters must follow strict caution on an empty ground.
3. Doughnuts
Car of choice: Subaru Impreza WRX Sti
Doughnuts are an extremely interesting sport and adrenaline pumping as the taste of a Boston cream doughnut. Performing this maneuver entails rotating the rear or front of the vehicle around the opposite set of wheels in a continuous motion, creating (ideally) a circular skid-mark pattern of rubber on a roadway and possibly even cause the tires to emit smoke from Friction.
4. Tailgating
Car of choice: Saab 9-3 because they perform every year.
This stunt is less about adrenaline and more about accuracy. Multiple cars move in tandem to the car in the front making it look like a loop. A small error can either disrupt the stunts coordination or result in a crash.
5. Drifting
Car of choice: Mitsubishi lancer
I don't need to formally write about drifting since Tokyo Drift had a successful run. Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motorsport where the driver intentionally over steers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed. Lots of fun but expensive too.
6. Side Wheelie
Car of choise: BMW 3 series
Cars get the benifit of four wheels here. A stunt of high skill and calibre this cannot be done by everyone.
Here the car is made to run on two side wheels only tilting the car with the help of a slope.
7. Skidding
Car of choice: Peugeot 207
The most common form of stunting with cars. You approach a corner fast and use the handbrakes to lock the rear whiles while the front carry the car away from the turn. It is as much fun as it sounds.
Sunday, 12 December 2010
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