Comments for "In Rally Car Talk, This Is Called "Taking the Turn Too Fast"" Video at VideoSift.com

By youdiejoe

youdiejoe (http://youdiejoe.videosift.com) — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:37:09 -0700

DOH!

By ant

ant (http://www.videosift.com/member/ant) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:22:13 -0700

It made me laugh.

By michie

michie (http://michie.videosift.com) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:25:03 -0700

By pyrex

pyrex (http://www.videosift.com/member/pyrex) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:31:45 -0700

Bwahaha, I'd love to see the look on the driver's face when that happened.

By mechadeath

mechadeath (http://www.videosift.com/member/mechadeath) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:21:14 -0700

anyone know what's going on here? did the distortion of the rubber through the turn cause the wheel to touch the sidewall and actually seize the axle up?

By Chaucer

Chaucer (http://www.videosift.com/member/Chaucer) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:08:21 -0700

not exactly sure but it looks like he snapped the bolts that hold the wheel on. then basically the wheel fell off.

By twiddles

twiddles (http://www.videosift.com/member/twiddles) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:58:44 -0700

Looks to me that he locked the brakes up and the force at that speed snapped the bolts. Might have kept the car from rolling over.

By supersaiyan93

supersaiyan93 (http://www.videosift.com/member/supersaiyan93) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:05:37 -0700

Looks like the rear diff locked during the turn and broke the rear axles at the splines.

of course, the real reason this occurred is because the car is French.

By Spork

Spork (http://www.videosift.com/member/Spork) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:05:52 -0700

I think, in Rally racing, this is actually called "building the rear axle out of confectioner's sugar."

By wingnut

wingnut (http://www.videosift.com/member/wingnut) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:54:35 -0700

Yeah, but that doesn't fit in the title box.