This video got uploaded to YouTube three days ago, and it’s already been viewed a gazillion times. Probably because it’s one of the greatest pieces of car porn ever created. I don’t particularly like cars or driving, and I hate all that Fast and the Furious bullshit, but I can admit that Tokyo drifting around obstacles and doing donuts around a guy on a Segway can be kind of impressive. It’s all part of an automotive sport called gymkhana:
[O]bstacles in Gymkhana will often consist of slaloms, 180 degree turns, 360 degree turns, figure eight turns and some times parking boxes… Handbrake technique, drifting and sliding and left foot braking are all necessary skills for Gymkhana.
Right. So like I said, car porn. One final note: the backdrop to this video is very obviously the Inland Empire, which is Californian for “shithole.”
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That’s at El Toro in Irvine. Not exactly the IE.
The Inland Empire should be walled off, a la “Escape From New York”…I hate it when the Santa Ana winds blow, and their stank heads my way. Elitist? You bet.
Oh, and the car video may have been cool, but I couldn’t get all the way through the 30 minute prologue. You’re filming cars in the asshole of California…you’re not fucking Fellini.
Oh. Well, if Cmdr.Chimp is right, then that’s the old Marine Corps Air Base, which should give Matt an erection. No wonder he liked the video.
But I stand by my Inland Empire comments. Shithole.
Rampage Jackson would run his fucking ass over.
Wow that car is a crazy slut
I’m an excellent driver.
Ive seen easier ways to edge a lawn.
How many times a day does that guy change his tires?
we need videos of the segway stunt gone wrong.
There is no need for a 360 degree turn. Just drive straight, asshole.
I like to make those tire howl noises in parking garages.
Alternate Side Parking is a pain in the ass.
Curiously enough, my day job brought me to that very same airbase not more than three months ago.
Irvine’s a shithole too, BTW. I fucking hate that place.
Yeah, but can you wedge a Philly Daily News in you steering wheel and read it while driving the work truck down I-95 while eating an Egg McMuffin and drinking coffee?
Think not, Spins McGoo.
@Zack: Why the Irvine hatred? Sure, there’s not much to do, but it’s a nice city. Plus, I grew up there, which makes it a historic site.
Irvine is a fine place to raise a family (much like Connecticut, where I was spawned) but it us the most tight-assed society on the planet. One time I was at a party in the grad dorms at UC Irvine one time and a noise complaint got called in at 10 p.m. On a Friday. And it was a quiet party; no stereo, no drinking games, just a room full of conversations. And have you ever seen a single pedestrian in that city? I’m not even sure why they installed sidewalks.
I make this dude look like an amateur.
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