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Streetcar Donuts

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2014-02-14 21:02 in General Discussion
No Davejames, it's not a new Hostess snack cake. Just Ken Block drivin' & driftin' through the eerily empty streets of San Fran. I thought Tracy Allen said it was all Priuses & Leafs up in the Bay area...?

Just a little something to get our heartrates up a bit as we surf the forums. I still say a robot drifting car would be a great challenge.

Streetcar donuts start at 2:30: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_popout&v=LuDN2bCIyus#t=150s

Fullscreen video at http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=LuDN2bCIyus&feature=related

Comments

  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-01-11 09:51
    Looks like he learned a thing or two from Doc Hudson!!
  • jdoleckijdolecki Posts: 726
    edited 2013-01-11 10:11
    The Google driver less car can do that.
  • davejamesdavejames Posts: 4,047
    edited 2013-01-11 10:15
    ...pretty darn impressive.

    But what I really want to know is, how much money did he pay for the "carbon offsets" to redeem all the [EMAIL="cr@p"]cr@p[/EMAIL] he spewed into the pristeen SF air? [/sarc]
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-01-11 10:18
    I'm disappointed. I expected to see a streeetcar doing donuts, twisting and snapping the cable, then glissading down the hill into San Fracisco Bay.

    -Phil
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2013-01-11 10:18
    From what I recall, this just looks like a typical tourist in San Francisco trying to find the onramp to Hwy 101. I never could find it without circling around a few times.
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2013-01-11 10:22
    davejames wrote: »
    ...pretty darn impressive.

    But what I really want to know is, how much money did he pay for the "carbon offsets" to redeem all the [EMAIL="cr@p"]cr@p[/EMAIL] he spewed into the pristeen SF air? [/sarc]
    Actually, the air in SF is quite pristeen due to the winds off the Pacific. All the CO2 and particulates tend to pile up in the south bay around San Jose.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-01-11 10:25
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    I'm disappointed. -Phil

    Well then I'll double your money back!
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-01-11 10:56
    Dammit, there goes the neighborhood.

    A very cunning way to get me to watch a commercial for DC Shoes.
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-01-11 11:09
    Advertising for DC shoes?? Haha! I got the the better of that deal, I still don't know what DC shoes are, don't know where to buy them and don't know why I'd want them...but a Ford LIKE THAT would make a sweet little commuter car!!
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2013-01-11 13:10
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    I'm disappointed. I expected to see a streeetcar doing donuts, twisting and snapping the cable...

    Well, heck, I had expected to see erco handing out pastries on a trolley. Or at least some Twinkies.

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  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2013-01-11 22:44
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    i'm disappointed. I expected to see a streeetcar doing donuts, twisting and snapping the cable, then glissading down the hill into san fracisco bay.

    -phil

    ditto!
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-01-12 07:09
    I left San Francisco in 1994.

    The daily doughnuts almost killed me, but my cholesterol has gone way down by eating Taiwanese food ;-)

    BTW, that ain't no streetcar, that's a cablecar, yes... there is a bit difference. The streetcars are electric.
  • ajwardajward Posts: 1,130
    edited 2013-01-13 02:31
    Interesting, but factor in normal San Francisco traffic, pedestrians and the occasional Critical Mass and there would be a whole lot less speeding and a whole lot more swearing. :innocent:

    Surprising too, is the absence of some activist group protesting the whole event on behalf of an endangered insect, or tree, or whale or some such thing! :blank:

    @Loopy FWIW, the vehicles in the "streetcar donut" scene aren't even cable cars, just a couple of truck or bus chassis' made up to look kinda like our beloved cable cars. :smile:
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2013-01-13 06:15
    Forget the shoes, I want a set of those tires.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-02-14 13:14
    Another great video for car nuts. More hauling Smile thru several metropolitan cities (ah, Roma) in various Ferrari F1 cars. OK, it's really a Shell commercial, but you won't know that until it's too late.

    http://www.youtube.com/embed/1_kwxzU4wL4
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    edited 2014-02-14 19:56
    Those aren't streetcars. Those are cable cars. Cable cars are much rarer, and as the name implies propelled by a cable moving beneath the ground. Streetcars are generally propelled by electric motors powered by a current running between the tracks and an overhead cable. There are many more of these, including a line in San Francisco along the wharves. Amusingly the SF streetcar line was populated with cars from other cities, including a couple from New Orleans, which caused much head scratching on my part when I first saw them.

    Red Bull must have spent a mountain of money on this to get those streets cleared for the stunts. Even on Sunday morning SF is a very busy city and most of those locations are not just iconic, but also busy. I can't imagine they'd have been allowed more than a few hours for each tie-up to do the scene, including setup and removal of the protective barriers.
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2014-02-14 21:02
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    I'm disappointed. I expected to see a streeetcar doing donuts, twisting and snapping the cable, then glissading down the hill into San Fracisco Bay.

    -Phil

    +1
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