Comments on: Donuts? Go nuts!

Donuts? Go nuts!

Eideteker — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:21:12 -0800

like a maniac. The affable Tiff Needell illustrates how to get more out of your FWD, RWD, and AWD vehicle. And, of course, how to manage on two out of your four wheels. (youtube)

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:21:56 -0800

Links brought to you by my current equivocation between the EVO and the STi. Loads more car enthusiast videos on youtube; just search for Fifth Gear or Top Gear. And, umm, the youtube playlist link seems to work about 50% of the time, so if you get an error, I'm sorry. So very, very sorry.

By: amyms

amyms — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:42:45 -0800

An anecdote regarding "donuts"... My SO, a police officer, recently ticketed a group of teenagers who were doing donuts in the grocery store parking lot... We live in a very small town where everyone is pretty affable with the cops, and the teenagers in question were complaining to my SO, "Aww why are you giving us a ticket? I'll bet you did this same stuff when you were our age"... My SO's reply: "Yep, I did do the same stuff. And I went to the courthouse and paid my ticket without whining. You can do the same." lol

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:54:50 -0800

Tiff Needell seems the antithesis of the steely-nerved quick-reflex driver.

By: anthill

anthill — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:25:48 -0800

He reminds me of Mr. Rogers a little bit.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:52:29 -0800

It sounds like Tiff is reading his own magazine articles. His delivery seems forced and artificial. He is informative, but nowhere near as entertaining as Clarkson. There was a Top Gear or Motorworld segment with a guy skillfully breaking off parts of a station wagon in a parking garage. Was it the same guy that is doing some of the driving tricks with Tiff here?

By: peeedro

peeedro — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:57:42 -0800

Watching that Mini up on two wheels makes me think of the massive fleet of SUVs that will spend 99.9% of their life on paved roads. How long until we have "trick" cars for sale which can easily be driven on two wheels for a pretty price but will also spend a vast majority of their time in hum-drum four-wheeled service?

By: SteelyDuran

SteelyDuran — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:39:17 -0800

[this is two, three, and four wheels good]

By: geodave

geodave — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:15:48 -0800

Alright. Go to the FWD link. The latest comment, by "bumpak", is: "im not gonna lie that was shit they act like that stuff is hard ive been driving like that since i was 15 man those guys suck balls.!! LAMERS!!! (all black people should die)" I think I'm going to quit the Internet.

By: Poagao

Poagao — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:22:57 -0800

Man, we were trying to get a Camry (auto) to pull a Rockford for a movie and couldn't get it right. Wish we'd seen this beforehand.

By: IronLizard

IronLizard — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:28:55 -0800

Thanks, Eideteker. I'm going to waste a lot of time on these.

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:19:29 -0800

I was watching Getaway in Stockholm just last night. (Can't screen vids at work, but I think this is the original.) That seems somehow relevant.

By: wzcx

wzcx — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:12:39 -0800

Eideteker, thanks for the videos. And by the way, you need an Evo, not an STI. I'd try to convince you with a drive in mine if you were on the other coast.
Why?
Less expensive than the Subie to start with and less expensive to modify. I'm putting out 410hp at the wheels for under $3k. The 4G63 motor is easier to open up than the boxer in the STI. Cams are cheaper. The car is more neutral-handling than the Subaru. The 5-spd transmission is absolutely bombproof, and the diffs can hold over 500whp. The list goes on- do some comparisons between, say, i-club and norcalevo.net for more reasons to drive an Evo.

By: wfc123

wfc123 — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:29:57 -0800

Stockholm looks nice, too.

By: Relay

Relay — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:27:55 -0800

Ah, Tiff ... there's two things that I always remember from when he first came on the scene: 1. Great helmet design 2. Bog slow in an F1 car

By: dansdata

dansdata — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:28:57 -0800

Top Gear was, arguably, better when it had Jeremy and Tiff. James May is indeed a far better presenter, though.

By: linux

linux — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:27:01 -0800

Get the STi. Much more fun. More power != more fun. Though, honestly, they are both ugly as sin.

By: IronLizard

IronLizard — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:17:23 -0800

Get the STi. Much more fun. More power != more fun. Forget it. Get a 70's datsun Z. They re-invented fun. Restoring one to good condition, however, may be more work than you'd like. For bonus points: throw in a supercharged chevy 350 and you have a power to mass ratio unequaled by anything you can afford.

By: mss

mss — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:31:56 -0800

Had a 77 Z that I taught myself handbreak turns. Lived on a big curve with a driveway halfway through. Neighbors hated it.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:48:25 -0800

Actually, my dad had a 70's Datsun for awhile. He loved that car and I loved going for rides in it with him. Good call, IL!

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:25:21 -0800

Better video of Russ Swift playing with cars.