Video from today's shennanigans

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake) 11/16/2014 at 19:04 • Filed to: None

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I haven't looked at the go pro footage, but for starters here's some slo-mo highlights

Milky > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:12

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WhiskeyGolf > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:14

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4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:14

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Things like this make me crave RWD again, the most I can manage at the moment is wild understeer. Also I would quite like some snow. Jel, basically.

Jayhawk Jake > Milky 11/16/2014 at 19:15

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I did drive midengineer's mr2 today, so I got some legitimate drift action

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:15

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Goddammit, I need my license NAOW. I wanna do that in the Odyssey so bad.

Brian Silvestro > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:16

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kewl

Funktheduck > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:16

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Are you at a prison? Why does the parking lot have a guard tower?

Scary__goongala! > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:17

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My miata has only seen one winter, and I would like to keep it that way. On the other hand I really want to slap on the winter tires and DORIFTO IN THE SNOW!!

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:22

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Make a compilation and put this as a background song.

Jayhawk Jake > Funktheduck 11/16/2014 at 19:34

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It's a high school. I have no idea why there's a guard tower...

mr2gud2u > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:35

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How much snow did you guys get? We barely got a dusting in KC.

Jayhawk Jake > mr2gud2u 11/16/2014 at 19:36

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2 inches or so

Funktheduck > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:47

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Almost the same.

*****One bit of knowledge: don't hoon on government property. The cops can do something about it without the property owner's go ahead. When I was in high school I had friends get in trouble for practicing their driving before their dl test bc they were on school property without permission aka trespassing. However, if you do it on private property the cops can't issue tickets or arrest without permission of the property owners which for big lots in shopping centers is usually some holding company. The most they can do is tell you to leave unless you've put someone's life in danger.*****

***** I am not a lawyer and offer no legal advice. I'm just supplying my understanding of the laws in my state based on personal experience and experiences of friends/acquaintances

OPPOsaurus WRX > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:53

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I've never actually tried this but I think you should... aquire plastic lunch trays, something like what they have at McD's and put them under your rear wheels. Hoon.

 > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 19:58

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Needs moar RWD and moar power. Those FWD drifts were terrible.

Jayhawk Jake >  11/16/2014 at 20:01

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Haters gon hate. I had some better drifts when I wasn't being filmed by the iPhone.

 > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 20:04

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Too bad Buick lacks proper hand brake. Coulda had some nice ones.

Jayhawk Jake >  11/16/2014 at 20:34

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He had some good ones. It's got a foot brake that he rubber-banded the ratchet lock on. It mostly didn't help that the lot had been pre-hooned and really wasn't super slick.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To >  11/16/2014 at 22:06

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"proper" hand brake? I had a foot operated hand brake which was superior in that I didn't have to take my hands off the wheel. The drifts are more impressive than they look because they're all being caught more or less from the side in this video.

Here's a video with a decent drift at the end:

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 22:07

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I laughed way too hard at 1:55 with the Sonic dragging its handbrake'd wheels behind it.

 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/16/2014 at 22:20

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Yes, proper hand brake. The one you can apply and release on the fly while using your feet for the pedals. And there is no point arguing that proper hand brake is superior for drifting or just about anything else.

offroadkarter > Jayhawk Jake 11/16/2014 at 22:34

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The MR2 was the best car by far


Apparently I'll have to show you kids how to do some snow drifts when winter hits NJ

offroadkarter > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy 11/16/2014 at 22:38

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please don't deface andrew wk

Jayhawk Jake > offroadkarter 11/16/2014 at 22:51

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It would have helped to have more snow

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To >  11/16/2014 at 22:53

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...aside from the way you activate them, there is absolutely no functional difference, so who gives a shit? I have no clutch, so my left foot is free to constantly manipulate the parking brake way more than anyone could with a hand-operated parking brake. I was drifting just as well as the Sonic, which has a "proper" hand brake.

 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/16/2014 at 22:59

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No functional difference? I guess that's why all professional drifters use foot operated hand brake. Oh wait.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To >  11/16/2014 at 23:08

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No, there is no functional difference. It is an ergonomic one. In both cases a lever is actuated and it clamps on the rear discs. The only difference is the set of muscles used by the driver which, again, is ergonomic. Professional drifters usually drive manuals and have hydraulic-assisted handbrakes so they can clamp down harder than is possible with an unassisted hand-operated handbrake as found in 99% of cars. Legs are stronger than thighs, so technically the foot-operated is superior when ergonomically feasible because it allows greater clamping pressure to be applied.

You're possibly the world's most passionate person about handbrakes. Kinda sad.

Have a gif.

 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/17/2014 at 07:48

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There is a functional difference. It's way faster to apply and release a hand brake than it is a foot brake. Not to mention every single car I've been in the foot brake was awkwardly placed and being 6'4" it was almost always a pain in the ass to apply. On top of that majority of cars have a hand lever release at a knee level or lower which makes it even worse.