AWD fun in the rain [Archive] - High Altitude Imports

V8SpankR

02-27-2003, 09:38 AM

Why even own a FWD DSM?

http://www.mass-pc.com/movies/laser-in-rain.wmv

AWDs can do the tightest cookies. 'burnout:

Dallas J

02-27-2003, 10:11 AM

Normally with my damn 56k connection i wouldnt download a video, but i just couldnt pass on an AWD donut video.

My car now on 1.15-1.2 bar seems to break them all loose in the wet pretty easy in 1st. It gets fun as hell around corners.

-Dallas J

stu

02-27-2003, 03:05 PM

They should make a commercial that has classical music playing, and a bunch of balerinas are twirling in the rain, and right in the middle of them is an AWD DSM doing that. Then at the bottom of the screen in white letters, it would say "Do you have All-Wheel-Drive?" There would be not commentary and no sounds except for the Balay (sp) music.

That would be a cool commercial.

NoPepsiForYou

02-27-2003, 04:28 PM

Originally posted by stu
They should make a commercial that has classical music playing, and a bunch of balerinas are twirling in the rain, and right in the middle of them is an AWD DSM doing that. Then at the bottom of the screen in white letters, it would say "Do you have All-Wheel-Drive?" There would be not commentary and no sounds except for the Balay (sp) music.

That would be a cool commercial.

Better than that spaz chick in the Mitsubishi Commercials:guns:

V8SpankR

02-28-2003, 07:59 AM

I'm gonna take my DSM out and have Pat make a vid of me doing the same in the snow over in the Kohl's parking lot . It'll be interesting since I have Kumho Ecstas on my car and they are a no-no in the snow.

GimPin

02-28-2003, 08:20 AM

you have to love the AWD donuts ........ they are just so much different than RWD..... the piviot point is in the middle of the car instead of the front.... I used to love it when it snowed

V8SpankR

02-28-2003, 08:35 AM

With AWD it's like the car is spinning on an axis,with RWD the rear is just going around the front end.

GimPin

02-28-2003, 08:41 AM

I found that after about the 3rd or 4th donut you tend to get a bit dizzy

CSMsi311

03-01-2003, 04:03 PM

Originally posted by V8SpankR
With AWD it's like the car is spinning on an axis,with RWD the rear is just going around the front end.

technically a RWD car spinning around the front end is still spinning about an axis. ;) I was noticing in the WRX videos that awd cars do spin about the center of the car.

exciv2000

03-01-2003, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by V8SpankR
I'm gonna take my DSM out and have Pat make a vid of me doing the same in the snow over in the Kohl's parking lot . It'll be interesting since I have Kumho Ecstas on my car and they are a no-no in the snow.

When are you doing this? Let me know and I'll probably show up to watch/hangout.

95GSRB18C

03-02-2003, 12:11 AM

AWD can be fun like that if you got the power to smoke the tires. :D BTW: That vid is cool.

V8SpankR

03-02-2003, 08:08 AM

Originally posted by CSMsi311
technically a RWD car spinning around the front end is still spinning about an axis. ;) I was noticing in the WRX videos that awd cars do spin about the center of the car.

I realized that after I posted it and was hoping nobody would notice. ;)
RWD's axis is just moved to the front of the car where the AWD one is nearly dead center.

V8SpankR

03-02-2003, 08:10 AM

Originally posted by exciv2000
When are you doing this? Let me know and I'll probably show up to watch/hangout.

I'm not sure when,probably sometime during the next round of storms.
I'm hesitent right now cause the car is so clean and ready for the next Friday we have some good weather,I am so itchin' for Bandi to open.

exciv2000

03-02-2003, 09:41 AM

Originally posted by V8SpankR
I'm not sure when,probably sometime during the next round of storms.
I'm hesitent right now cause the car is so clean and ready for the next Friday we have some good weather,I am so itchin' for Bandi to open.

Let me know either way.