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sgtrock21
Seasoned Driver
Joined: Jul 15, 2012
Posts: 120
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Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:54 pm |
 
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Acura's USA holliday commercials are depicting minor "celebrity" drivers and even Santa kidnapping ordinary people and taking them on a "wild" ride on city streets which are 20 to 25mph. With normal traffic at about 3 to 4 times the legal speed. Even drifting! Are they trying to say that if you are an "elite" Accura owner you are above the law and devoid of commonn sense? I disagree! In my opinion this is a very bad example. Many young drivers own Hondas and aspire to own Accuras. They are being shown that this is acceptable and this is how they can achieve their dream of being an Accura driver! On the other hand Dodge has a commercial of their products "racing" at about 60 to 70 mph (100 to 115 kph). and at the end of the commercial they are on a race track. |
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Misha
Site Owner
Joined: Aug 02, 2006
Posts: 705
Location: McLean, VA, USA
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Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:56 am |
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One cannot drift on Acura, they all are FWD. And yes, the message is certainly wrong. |
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sgtrock21
Seasoned Driver
Joined: Jul 15, 2012
Posts: 120
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Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:12 am |
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| Misha wrote: | One cannot drift on Acura, they all are FWD. And yes, the message is certainly wrong.
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Of course you can drift an Accura if you get the CGI option. |
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Misha
Site Owner
Joined: Aug 02, 2006
Posts: 705
Location: McLean, VA, USA
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Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:23 am |
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Astraist
Master Driver
Joined: Mar 27, 2010
Posts: 209
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Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:26 pm |
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Misha is right, drifting per se is not possible when the car is front wheel driven. When drifting, you maintain the slide (irregardless of how you started it) by an application of power.
This is only possible when the car is rear-wheel driven (and in some four-wheel drive settings) as well as has enough power and a locked or limited-slip differential. These are the basic terms to make drifting possible.
A front-wheel driven will come back to straight when throttle is applied. The slide can only be maintained so far by letting the car decelerate or by keeping the wheel turned and apply throttle timidly in some cars, or by mechanically reducing the rear-axle grip via use of trays, but not of these is proper drifting. |
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sgtrock21
Seasoned Driver
Joined: Jul 15, 2012
Posts: 120
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Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:58 am |
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Computer Generated Imagery. |
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Misha
Site Owner
Joined: Aug 02, 2006
Posts: 705
Location: McLean, VA, USA
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Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:34 pm |
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LOL, thank you for the giggles, SQT  |
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