Launch Control with a Baby in the Back Seat

[e92involved]

Originally Posted by X2Board

Holy crap! That was a close one, but it's what seperates the drivers from the herd. He did everything right to correct the skid.

LOL I'm still trying to figure out how in an "AWD" car the slide even started!

[BMW Fanatic]

Originally Posted by e92involved

LOL I'm still trying to figure out how in an "AWD" car the slide even started!

+1

[e92involved]

Originally Posted by jphughan

I'm suspicious of this video. The first time the car oversteers, you see the driver cross his arms while turning the wheel left, then his hands disappear, the wheel continues left (which it wouldn't do naturally, but nor is there any visible manual control of the steering wheel), and then his right hand reappears on the right side of the wheel to continue turning it left without us ever seeing him uncross his arms? And then right after the spin, he says "Quattro". I wonder if this is some sort of Audi ad.

This is exactly what happens when the car breaks loose and you correct it. Try it in your car while videoing. If you do it right this is what it will look like

[OC3]

Originally Posted by BMW Fanatic

+1

Well, it wasn't driver-induced, so probably some liquid/slick on the highway surface. Or, tires.

Originally Posted by e92involved

This is exactly what happens when the car breaks loose and you correct it. Try it in your car while videoing. If you do it right this is what it will look like

+1

[Mike Benvo]

Originally Posted by M3RD

He may have done it right to correct the skid, however, then he got stupid by a) coming to a full stop on the main highway on the shoulder and b) getting out of the car to check if he scratched his fender ...

Why not drive to the next exit and do that avoiding to put others and himself in harms way ... ?

I would have stopped like that too...

In fact, when I was 16 I had a similar thing happen to me.. I was driving my brothers Mustang 5.0 which I did not realize had a live axle. Hit a bump on the 405 freeway in the left lane and went sideways across all five lanes in pouring rain in the middle of traffic. Somehow missed every single car. After that I pulled over on the shoulder and sat there for a little bit collecting my marbles..

If I was a father I wouldn't be doing launch control or anything like that with my kid in the back. Reason is that you could lose control on the second gear shift and go completely sideways. It happened the first time I did launch control in my E60 M5, and I have my friend going sideways on video in his E92 M3 last week on the second gear shift. It's just not worth it with children anywhere around. Not to mention based on Tegans face after the launch some brain scramblage action might have been going on

This video I just came across and is pretty crazy too (particularly the second clip), but no saves here:

[positiveions]

Wow, Mike, that video is disturbing.
I was reading a short story on world car fans; someone bought a GT3, 4 hours later crashed the car going 160mph. The car looked like a spaghetti. I highly doubt it the guy survived.

[Denk]

I wonder about the tires on that Audi.

[Mike Benvo]

Originally Posted by Denk

I wonder about the tires on that Audi.

Exactly what I was thinking. Bald tires + a little slick spot would totally cause that.

Reminds me of this (obviously photoshopped)... lol

[iamcpap]

Originally Posted by Mike Benvo

I searched and didn't find it...

In that case.. watch this insane save

Not joking... Youtube just flashed a banner ad on that video that said, "Need to change your underwear?"

Too funny...

[DARK_M3]

As a parent who drives like this front time to time I would never do that with my child in the car.

[DARK_M3]

Originally Posted by Mike Benvo

Exactly what I was thinking. Bald tires + a little slick spot would totally cause that.

Reminds me of this (obviously photoshopped)... lol

That cannot be a real ad. The photoshopping is terrible!!

[Andrew@ActiveAutowerke]

[Team Plutonium]

Originally Posted by Andrew@ActiveAutowerke

That's awesome!!!

[Dodge2Dub]

Originally Posted by Andrew@ActiveAutowerke

Hilarious!!!

[Mike van D]

Anybody got some mouthwash? Too funny...

[M3PO]

Nothing beats this:



PS. I don't see the big deal about launching the car with the kid in the back seat.

[THE TECH]

Originally Posted by M3PO

Nothing beats this:



PS. I don't see the big deal about launching the car with the kid in the back seat.

WOW!!

[CarbonFoot]

^^OMG - by far, the worst ending

[HeartMD]

Originally Posted by THE TECH

WOW!!

DAMN!!! The car literally disintegrated!! Poor people. That shit can happen to anyone. Stay safe when the weather picks up people.

[DDS2015]

Originally Posted by M3RD

He may have done it right to correct the skid, however, then he got stupid by a) coming to a full stop on the main highway on the shoulder and b) getting out of the car to check if he scratched his fender ...

Why not drive to the next exit and do that avoiding to put others and himself in harms way ... ?

My guess is that he got out to see if all of his tires were intact. If that would've happened to me I would've pulled over to to see if I blew a tire which caused the skid. You can see him looking at the rear tires in the rear view mirror in the video.

[Mike Benvo]

I just took a video like that with my cleaning lady in the passenger seat. It's absolutely hilarious. She starts yelling at me on the 2nd gear shift.

[M3PO]

Originally Posted by Mike Benvo

I just took a video like that with my cleaning lady in the passenger seat. It's absolutely hilarious. She starts yelling at me on the 2nd gear shift.

POST IT IMMEDIATELY!!!