uhmm.. 6 year old viral advertising video fail.

As aero kind of touched on, no tow truck would link a front wheel drive car like that. Also when loading several tons of weight, who DOESN'T break/lock the tires of their tow truck?

Oh, one other funny trick I've used when stuck with a front wheel drive car going up a hill that refuses to go; turn around and BACK up the hill (Obviously, NOT on a public road, but very useful on snowy driveways and a private road that a friend lives up...)

That way---and yes, it's only marginal---but that way, the weight shift puts the weight onto the driving wheels instead of taking it off them as the car rocks backwards under acceleration...

What if you only have front wheel drive?

Front-wheel drive FTW.

Before finishing the video I was going to say that wheel hop is a very bad thing. The forces involved are huge. Idiots doing burnouts in there front wheel drive cars will often crack the transmission case because of wheel hop.

Secondly locking the rear wheels while the front are still slowing the vehicle is a recipe for spinning out. Try this on a motorcycle if you want to kill yourself

The parking break only connects to the rear wheels (usually, anyways). If the rear wheels lock before the front wheels, the car will spin. In a front wheel drive car, that would be almost immediate.

Did they put the chains on the back wheels of a front wheel drive car? Might explain why they were slipping and sliding.

>> ^shagen454:

My understanding of physics, as elementary as it may be (I earned a C+) - the car being hit on the left side would push the car to the right like you said. The driver would have to correct the direction but it looks like he/she over-corrected. I dunno, I've never been clipped from behind going that fast.
>> ^P1ggy:
The asshole car clipped the car on the right in the back left corner. It pushed the back slightly out to the right which effectively put that car into a left hand turn. It did not do it on purpose.
>> ^shagen454:
Why did the other car turn in? Was he trying to hit the oncoming asshole car, thereby making the accident much worse? Anyway, upvote for amazing title.




I'm sorry to inform you that your C+ was well deserved ;-)

The car was in fact hit on the left side. but it would only go to the right if it had been hit on the front left side. since the moron had hit the other car on the back left side he effectively turned it to the left. This is a technique trained and used i.e. by security personell for stopping especially front wheel drive cars. basically you just "turn" the car.

Take a model car, put your finger on top and push it forwards. no with your other hand push the back end to the right. result: car goes left. quod erat demonstrandum as my phyics teacher used to note :-)

>> ^robbersdog49:

>> ^BoneRemake:
Not to bust your balls but its more then likely front wheel drive. What it will do for certain is piss the owner off ! BUT ! these guys are on a schedule, what can ya expect ?!@

BMW don't make a front wheel drive car.
Not bustin' your balls or nothin'.


Thanks, thast actually really good to know. Odd though it seems. WOnder why they chose that route.

>> ^BoneRemake:

Not to bust your balls but its more then likely front wheel drive. What it will do for certain is piss the owner off ! BUT ! these guys are on a schedule, what can ya expect ?!@


BMW don't make a front wheel drive car.

Not bustin' your balls or nothin'.

>> ^Chaucer:

That's one way to bend an driveshaft.


Not to bust your balls but its more then likely front wheel drive. What it will do for certain is piss the owner off ! BUT ! these guys are on a schedule, what can ya expect ?!@

>> ^kymbos:

The one that goes front on is hilarious. None of this clipping the rear fender rubbish.


Textbook case of oversteer vs. understeer. Guess which of the cars has front wheel drive?

>> ^bloodymario:

>> ^blutruth:
I would be especially worried if I owned a car that was mostly sold as front-wheel drive, but the one I owned was one of a few rare, all-wheel drive models(which I do).
Let me guess - Eclipse GSX?


Nope, but a good guess. Mazda 323 GTX. Only ~1300 sold in North America.

>> ^blutruth:

I would be especially worried if I owned a car that was mostly sold as front-wheel drive, but the one I owned was one of a few rare, all-wheel drive models(which I do).

Let me guess - Eclipse GSX?

>> ^LordOderus:

What if the car was a standard and was in gear? Wouldn't dragging the tires like that cause damage when they can't roll freely?


The majority of cars on the road today are two-wheel drive. The Chevrolet Corvette being towed at the beginning of the video is rear-wheel drive and the Toyota Corolla at the end of the video is front-wheel drive. In these cases, the tow truck driver hoists the car by it's driven wheels.

In the case of an all-wheel drive vehicle, this solution would cause damage to the vehicle. I would be especially worried if I owned a car that was mostly sold as front-wheel drive, but the one I owned was one of a few rare, all-wheel drive models(which I do). You can't expect a tow truck driver to know the driven wheels of every car ever made, and the ad itself points out that the tow truck driver can do everything without ever getting out of his truck.