Watch As Ken Block Scares The Shit Out Of Chris Harris In Two Minutes

"Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez" (apidaonline) 11/16/2014 at 11:04 • Filed to: Ken Block, Gymkhana, Chris Harris

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Here's what happens when part-time Jalopnik columnist !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! meets full-time lunatic Ken Block and takes a ride in his fully-built, nightmare-fueled racecar, dubbed the "Hoonicorn" before the premiere of Gymkhana Seven tomorrow.

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bob and john > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 11:14

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LOOOOOL.

Andrew T. Maness > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 12:00

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I've been looking forward to this for so long. They had the 4th street bridge and surrounding area closed for the past two friggin months, shit is going to be wild!

solracer > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 12:05

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Does Chris also get the shit scared out of him by autocross? Because there is very little Ken Block does (besides bombastically promoting himself) that tens of thousands of autocrossers do every weekend. Not impressed (and I own a Fiesta ST so you’d think I;d be a fan).

Dubblewhopper > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 12:10

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Chris I am ashamed, my friends would be doing the same thing in snow or other ill weather, and as a passenger, I have to roll a joint or load a bowl. Rookies, sheesh.....lol

CentralScrutinizer > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 12:13

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One thing I have noticed with pretty much every car reviewer and YT car personality is it seems requisite to laugh. Which is good, everybody should have fun and laugh. It does seem that it is required now though and anybody coming up adds a lot of laughing. It's like guitar from the 80's where everybody had to do some finger tapping after Ed and VH hit.

ljksetrightmemorialtrophydash > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 12:16

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Presumably they were running at 5/10ths and Ken Block is a competent driver, but careening around a maze of concrete pillars helmetless makes me nervous. Clip one of them sideways and you're done.

Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez > CentralScrutinizer 11/16/2014 at 12:18

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Or it's a normal human response after having a hit of adrenaline.

Rick Allen's Left Arm > solracer 11/16/2014 at 12:19

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You're so right! Just last weekend I jumped my car 172 feet at an event. Get on my level, Ken.

AgeraLover909 > solracer 11/16/2014 at 12:25

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You do realize that basically no autocrosser has an 845hp extremely short geared AWD monster of a car right? Also Chris is a competent driver, which means he's used to being in control. If he has not sat passenger often, it is not surprising at all that he would lose his cool when he's not in control. Plus the whole giant cement pillars thing... cause Ken Block's driving isn't enough on it's own...

Eyemightbewrong > Andrew T. Maness 11/16/2014 at 12:26

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I can only imagine what that must cost.

T off the New > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 12:33

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That thing is so fucking bad-ass.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 12:38

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full-time lunatic

...is right. You've got to trust someone quite a bit to ride along with them (sideways) with that much concrete nearby.

brian_nec > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 12:39

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The Hoonicorn scares the shit out of me.

stephenmcknight > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 12:40

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Chris meet a real Hooligan behind the wheel in Ken from the Block, that two Limely British Motoring Journalists that Ken put the fear of god into.

Has to try and scare Clarkson that would be funny, Jeremy is smart he just say No and sent someone else to do it age and treachery on Clarkson part.

325xi Touring not brown/diesel > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 12:57

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No its a feigned response to help generate views.

325xi Touring not brown/diesel > solracer 11/16/2014 at 12:58

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Its a feigned response to generate views.

Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 12:59

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Of course. Who could laugh after doing 4-wheel donuts with a professional rally driver? Boring!

Andrew T. Maness > Eyemightbewrong 11/16/2014 at 13:01

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I know, I would have taken pics but it was night time when I was down there and the quality would have been shite.

325xi Touring not brown/diesel > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 13:03

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There is a difference between a genuine laugh of joy and one put on for the cameras or amplified for the camera.

Nick Dina > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 13:03

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Couple things. That isn't a $70k Lexus hybrid. And his tits never fell out of his t-shirt. I am disappoint.

probablyshoulduseafakename > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 13:12

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Is it just me or Chris' expression looks kinda fake? Okay he's having fun, but it looks like he's playing the part. Totally not "shitting himself". He rode shotgun in a bunch of old school rally cars on tight roads, he drove a V10 F1 car. This is just burnouts on a mostly open place. Looking forward to the actual video though. Don't hate me.

Davy Secondclasscitizen Beam > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 13:21

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this is fun, but it pales to driving in Minneapolis-St. Paul the first month of snowfall. The most slack jawed surprised drivers anywhere, year after year. My supermarket parking lot trips are this exciting, but my windows have to stay closed. Slush on the inside of the car really frosts my shorts.

PS9 > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 13:24

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Don't know about the rest of you, but I definitely tune into performance car videos for the laughing. Yep, the AWD screaming V8 Mustang hoonage is totally not worth watching without someone in it laughing.

/s

Pushrods > solracer 11/16/2014 at 13:26

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Yea, because people do AWD drifts between immovable objects at SOLO II events all the time......

GTJohnny > solracer 11/16/2014 at 13:28

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And the winner for person sounding most like a fool, SOLRACER! Congratulations dummy.

GTJohnny > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 13:33

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You're an idiot. Laughing, like yawning, touching your hair or face, fast talking, and fidgety fingers are all signs of being NERVOUS. Which, getting into this monster with Ken Block behind the wheel would make everyone nervous. You and Solracer should get together and play battle of the idiots. Or for our sake stop posting on here, you only look like a fool.

SeaOfAshes > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 13:39

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If only there was a way for emotions other than joy, let's say exhilaration or fear, to cause laughter...

Mario > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 13:39

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Brave man this Chris Harris getting in a car with Ken "Crashie" Block

cluelessk > PS9 11/16/2014 at 13:47

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Pretty sure the OP has Aspergers and doesn't understand regular emotions.

RotaryLove > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 13:49

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Sweet baby jesus that thing sounds good.

ADeleteMe > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/16/2014 at 13:53

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Especially sans helmets in a caged car

Burrito de EJ25 > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 13:59

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Generate views? Isn't that person already watching?

PushToStart > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 14:08

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Yeah man, that's totally accurate, because these are the reasons I watch Chris Harris videos, in order of importance.

1. See him laughing

2. Any car related material

/sarcasm

jalop-ho > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 14:08

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Riding with Ken Block would scare the shit out of me too knowing how much he crashes his rally cars...

Dr_Watson > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 14:25

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At the end of the gif does harris reach down to make sure his balls are still there?

WINGZERO > Rick Allen's Left Arm 11/16/2014 at 14:36

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The days when he had a proper Subaru.. :/ *sigh*

intrawebuser > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 14:52

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Sounds like you need to stop watching since you're so unimpressed and would rather poo poo all over it. Holy crap cool stuff to generate views! The world is coming to an end! Do you know Chris personally? I would hope so, since you know his emotions so well.

1337HPMustang > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 14:55

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are you retarded? would you rather he sit there quietly and stare straight ahead? If you think a 2nd gear launch in a 850 awd chassis car wouldn't put that kind of reaction on his face then you're trolling or stupid. My guess is both.

TerraTech > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 14:56

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Chris could easily do what he did. Im not saying Ken isnt an amazing driver and do some crazy stuff but in this instance he just accelerated did a few donuts around the same pole and accelerated back. You could teach this a random car enthusiast with a bit of talent for driving in an afternoon.

remission12 > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 14:56

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1337HPMustang > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 14:56

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I'm afraid you're just as retarded as he is.

Biodegradable Wiring Harness > CentralScrutinizer 11/16/2014 at 14:57

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Very old show biz trick. Goes back to the first TV talk show hosts, or even earlier. Jerry Seinfeld does it a lot, and it looks really phony. I'd say Chris Harris is a relatively minor offender.

stephenmcknight > probablyshoulduseafakename 11/16/2014 at 14:59

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fair point well made, it feel like mr block like to rehash old ideas due to his sponsors.

Rick Allen's Left Arm > WINGZERO 11/16/2014 at 14:59

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I used to get bent about that, but then I realized that the cars are so heavily modified that it doesn't really matter. A 600hp AWD Fiesta isn't really a Fiesta, lol.

stephenmcknight > Mario 11/16/2014 at 15:00

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mr slowly has survived as well, us brits like a little cocking about.

Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez > TerraTech 11/16/2014 at 15:01

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Just because something looks easy doesn't mean it is easy.

Stuttgart Shuffle > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 15:26

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So the term 'Hoon' has officially been raped to death, finally? Alright, 17 year olds what's next? Group B? Gonna ruin that too?

Stefan25 > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 15:34

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Still want to see Chris Harris in a Drift missile Tuerked style.

soundman98 > Stuttgart Shuffle 11/16/2014 at 16:06

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let's add "drone" to this list(multi-rotor r/c copters). oh, and for the jalops, let's add "incredible", and "terrifying"

Redd, the RX-7 that could > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 16:27

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I want one.

325xi Touring not brown/diesel > 1337HPMustang 11/16/2014 at 16:28

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You are very mature.

Brazzzzzle > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 16:30

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Is that the Mustang? Nice

325xi Touring not brown/diesel > Burrito de EJ25 11/16/2014 at 16:31

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Yep, Chris Harris only has one video and he doesn't care about marketing for his other videos that he has and will create.

325xi Touring not brown/diesel > 1337HPMustang 11/16/2014 at 16:31

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You are very mature.

325xi Touring not brown/diesel > remission12 11/16/2014 at 16:32

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Sorry this is marketing 101 in the world of automotive videos. Sorry if that makes me a wet blanket.

clutchshiftington > Stuttgart Shuffle 11/16/2014 at 16:42

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From what I've seen, I'm pretty sure "bespoke" is going to be the next word to be run into the ground.

Carlitos the Fünfer > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 16:56

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...full-time lunatic...

I'm surprised you didn't capitalize on the opportunity to make a "hoon" pun. But I must say, the Hoonicorn is well-named.

Dake > Andrew T. Maness 11/16/2014 at 17:23

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In before, "Two months... because it's NOT ALL ONE TAKE!!!111oneoneone" With that out of the way, this should be loads of fun!

Nick > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 17:33

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That car sounds awesome! Looking forward to the next Gymkhana installment. :D

Chasaboo > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 17:42

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I have to get a recording of the sound of that engine so I can go to sleep at night. That thing is pure sex.

nocoolnames > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 17:48

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You know, I've pretty much always been a cynical asshole. One who was brought up through my teenage years and on into early adulthood in the bitter, sarcastic, environment that is the average internet comment section, message board, or forum.

That being said, fuck all you people that think Chris Harris is hamming it up for "views", or that "that shit wouldn't faze me". Are you really so shallow and stuck up your own asses that you think a person who loves cars and driving as much as Chris Harris seems to really wouldn't enjoy being driven around in a quite reckless fashion? Do you really think stuff like this wouldn't put a big, stupid, grin on your face too? If it doesn't, your visiting the wrong website.

You're not coming across as cool or hard core by implying that shit like this wouldn't make you happy, or that Chris Harris shouldn't get a thrill out of it. You're coming across as immature brats who are trying to act cool even though you clearly aren't, while at the same time undermining the enjoyment that is one of the main reasons why most of us like cars in the first place.

If you don't think getting smokey and slidey at ridiculous speeds underneath an overpass would put a grin on your face or give you the slightest bit of adrenaline rush, or make other people experience joy, here's what you should do. Go out and by a four wheeled appliance to take you to and from work, never take the long way home just for the hell of it, never break the speed limit, never give an empty parking lot a second glance, and never, ever post on Jalopnik, its affiliates, or any automotive sites like it again. /Rant fueled by sleep deprivation and cold medicine

LeadfootYT > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 17:55

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You owe it to yourself to get out more and take some ride-along laps at the nearest track event that offers that sort of thing. Your understanding of how the body responds under a situation where all you can do is hold onto your camera and brace yourself against the firewall will change immensely after that experience.

325xi Touring not brown/diesel > LeadfootYT 11/16/2014 at 18:05

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You owe it to yourself to learn the difference between putting on a show for the camera and true emotions.

boxrocket > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 18:12

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Hmm.

Looks like the Monkey...

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got spanked.

dirgle > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 18:50

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And you owe it to yourself to let some of that cynicism go, and enjoy life a little more. Not everything you view in the digital ether must be a marketing conspiracy. In this instance I'm just not seeing what you're saying about the video. I see a man trying, and not with full success, to film himself taking a ride in a ludicrously overpowered machine driven by a man who has a known history of crashing. All the while dodging concrete obstacles while teetering on the edge of control. If that doesn't elicit emotion out of you then you're not human. Could Chris play it up? Sure. Would Chris Play it up? Possibly. Did Chris play it up? I don't really see that here. Sorry.

Dusty Ventures > cluelessk 11/16/2014 at 19:01

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As someone who does in fact have Asperger's I request that you not besmirch my ilk by associating us with these comments.

Doppelkupplung > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 19:05

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Block has definitely ran the name, "Hoonigan" into the ground. Going to see those stickers plastered all over Integras and V6 Mustangs.

truebeliever > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 19:12

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Chris can out drive Ken any day of the week.

Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez > Doppelkupplung 11/16/2014 at 19:15

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Hoonigan is a clothing and marketing company.

notoriousEIC > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 19:27

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Founded by Ken Block.

Atikus13 > CentralScrutinizer 11/16/2014 at 19:28

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I don't know about you guys. But I was just describing to my wife that I've been wanting a car that could handle speed. Because one of the greatest short lived moments was when my uncle took me in his car doing donuts and going faster then your moms car could handle brought me such joy as the acceleration pushed me deep into my seat I would break out laughing hysterically. So yea pure speed can generate laughter. If you don't laugh after almost shitting your pants from that feeling what are you?

remission12 > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 19:30

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The fact that this video is on Block's FB page and TheDaveVTEC's (whoever that is) YT channel, makes whatever faces Chris Harris is making irrelevant. You already know who he is and are clearly not a fan of his smiling/laughing mug. If however, the goal was to convert those among Block's fans who are completely ignorant of Harris and his videos and compel them to search him out because of the laughing, tip of the hat to you for your sound analysis of this clear bit of shameless self-promotion.

Futura1000 > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 19:30

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Veronykah > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 19:46

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I don't know, for me, riding in a fast car doing crazy things, I definitely laugh. Ride a roller coaster sometime, half the people are laughing. Best adrenaline feeling ever.

Veronykah > nocoolnames 11/16/2014 at 19:54

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Quote of the motherfucking DAY...no wait...YEAR.

peabo > solracer 11/16/2014 at 20:44

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Yes... driving at the WRC level is EXACTLY the same as weaving through cones at under 60mph in a random parking lot. Exact same. Zero difference. You should go be a rally champion. Christ... people need to educate themselves. Even if you're not a fan, you can't refute the fact that the man can indeed drive: you don't just place second (damn near first) in a rallycross championship with the likes of Tanner Foust and Nelson Piquet Jr.

325xi Touring not brown/diesel > dirgle 11/16/2014 at 20:48

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Cool, we have differing opinions and that tends to happen on the internet. Thanks for your input.

325xi Touring not brown/diesel > Veronykah 11/16/2014 at 20:50

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I agree but after being a professional roller coaster rider and doing it for 20 years you most definitely will play up that emotion for the viewers of your videos.

dirgle > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 21:11

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Wow, did we just have a disagreement on the internet that didn't devolve into a flame war based in juvenile name calling. I'm pleasantly surprised. I think I may have just found a faint pulse on my faith in humanity. Well done Supra in a tux.

David Ruddock > nocoolnames 11/16/2014 at 21:21

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RIGHT?

Icantdrift > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 21:31

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I'd be scared too, because Ken Block ALWAYS crashes.

UKPDXWRX > solracer 11/16/2014 at 21:36

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Hahaha oh my god Autocross. My ass dude - it might not be fast but the shit Ken Block does takes a shitload more talent than understeering a FWD econohatch around a track paddock facing the existential danger of hitting an orange traffic cone. It's the equivalent of laser tag for cars. Fun but roughly as intense as hitting the front side of vail on a toboggan on the scale of automotive activities. Sometimes taking away all the risk does actually take out some of the fun.

spacejase > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 21:43

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a couple of things I noticed:

you are really fantastic with that camera on a stick

you grab your crotch when you are scared

perfectly understandable

EdwardR > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 22:00

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Actually, he doesn't look scared at all, very exited to be sure but I wouldn't say scared.

Josh G > 325xi Touring not brown/diesel 11/16/2014 at 22:23

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Is it possible after driving in a P1, La Ferrari and others he may actually be delightfully impressed by an 850hp awd muscle car driven by a fellow hoonista? .... As I was writing this I re-watched, I might agree with you. shit

RatMR2 > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/16/2014 at 22:26

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If you haven't seen it, there's a great video of Chris Harris in the passenger's seat as François Delecour fangs a 911 GT3 RS around on (open public) roads along the Route Napoleon. The quality isn't fantastic, but the content is great - Harris' reactions give you some idea of how fast they're going:

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > solracer 11/16/2014 at 22:44

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Holding steady state drifts around moving targets, 45 degree landings off hills in San Fransico, knocking gorillas off of ten foot ladders with the quarter panel. All pretty standard SCCA stuff.

Charles Spratlin > Rick Allen's Left Arm 11/16/2014 at 23:13

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at least it still stars life as a run of the mill Fiesta. keeps some of the spirit of the old Homologation days alive.

RyanFrew > solracer 11/16/2014 at 23:16

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I autocross as well - this is one of the funniest comments I've seen on Jalopnik.

Charles Spratlin > solracer 11/16/2014 at 23:16

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dude, just stop. you are so full of it it isn't even funny.

Autocross and Gymkhana have almost nothing to do with one another aside from navigating around cones.

ZabiakFero > Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez 11/17/2014 at 01:39

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I would not even say hello to Block without a helmet on my head no to mention going in car wirh him

True > solracer 11/17/2014 at 01:47

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Those precious moments when autocrossers confirm the stereotypes about autocrosers.

Chaos-cascade > Carlitos the Fünfer 11/17/2014 at 02:10

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full time "Hoonatic..." There you go, the other shoe has dropped you can get some sleep.

techinsanity2011 > boxrocket 11/17/2014 at 02:44

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CentralScrutinizer > cluelessk 11/17/2014 at 06:39

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Well I am on the spectrum. However. I did say it was a good thing. But I am seeing it now with other reviewer's who are not Chris Harris driving incredibly expensive fast cars at high speed, crossed up with tires billowing smoke. Or Matt Farah stomping a 900 HP car. I think most of those laughs are pretty real and surely Chris is having a ball.

But I see other lesser known people who are doing rather pedestrian things in car's who seem to add the laugh at any chance they get.

If you yourself do not have Asperger's you may have paid attention to nuance in my comparison of Eddie VH which connotes that It is people following the original who was great.

I let my young buddy from Zimbabwe drive my C-5. He had never driven ANYTHING remotely as fast. I had him punch it from a slow roll and I laughed my ball's off seeing the expression on his face. He smiled a bit but was more shocked then anything. I had him do it 5 times more and laughed every time. If I put him in a ZR-1 or launch controlled GTR I think he might of wet himself and I would have had an embolism.

John Coctostan > clutchshiftington 11/17/2014 at 06:43

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bespoke by definition is always different

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > nocoolnames 11/17/2014 at 08:21

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Well said, person brought up in internet comment sections.

Oh, and it's, "you're visiting the wrong website," not "your visiting the wrong website."

Signed,

Someone who has spent a lot of time in internet comment sections

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > ljksetrightmemorialtrophydash 11/17/2014 at 08:47

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Yeah, especially with a roll cage. The last thing that you want to do is go sideways into something with no helmet and a metal bar inches from your head.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Doppelkupplung 11/17/2014 at 08:49

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Going to? They already are.

Rage of ManBearPig > solracer 11/17/2014 at 09:34

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I know right, I'm thinking that this guy (Chris) does videos drifting Mclaren P1s and road testing Venom Gts in backroads and get scared by a glorified stunt driver doing doughnuts? I call BS