And some insane driving by Ken Block!

DC SHOES: KEN BLOCK'S GYMKHANA FIVE: ULTIMATE URBAN PLAYGROUND; SAN FRANCISCO (9 min 52 sec)

You have to wonder how many of those he wrecks making his videos? Really cool stuff!

Hummm, I don't think that car is factory stock.

Amazing bit of driving.
Getting the streets closed for that must have been spendy and a one time shot. Lots of pressure to get it right.

Originally Posted by BE77 Pilot

You have to wonder how many of those he wrecks making his videos? Really cool stuff!

I imagine he has destroyed his fair share of Go-Pros as well. You can see one bouncing along the ground at 3:37 in the vid.

Originally Posted by Real Ira

Hummm, I don't think that car is factory stock.

Amazing bit of driving.
Getting the streets closed for that must have been spendy and a one time shot. Lots of pressure to get it right.

650 HP... nah dont think its stock

Originally Posted by UlteriorModem

650 HP... nah dont think its stock

It really doesn't take much to get that kind of power from some of these compacts. Only thing that needs to be done is replace the stock exhaust system with one of those Vuvuzula horns.






At least all of the teenagers around here swear it does......................

Someone needs to explain to them that noise does not necessarly equate with horsepower

Originally Posted by UlteriorModem

Someone needs to explain to them that noise does not necessarly equate with horsepower

Awwww, come on UM, let them have their fun. It's also more entertaining to see them get shut down by my wife in her stock Xterra.

Originally Posted by Real Ira

Hummm, I don't think that car is factory stock.

Amazing bit of driving.
Getting the streets closed for that must have been spendy and a one time shot. Lots of pressure to get it right.

I can't imagine it was shot in one take. Look at all the tire marks on the road.

I wonder how many sets of tires he goes through in the course of making one of those videos.

Originally Posted by Marten

I can't imagine it was shot in one take. Look at all the tire marks on the road.

Clearly it took several tries on some of that. I could see all the black marks on the pavement in all of the shots. Did you see where the GoPro camera departed the back of the car on that jump?

Move over, Steve McQueen.

I don't think they even intended to give the impression that it was shot in a single take. Just the different locations make it obvious that it was shot over several days. I read that it was shot over a four day period, and the fee to the City of San Francisco was a cool $1M!

Neil

Originally Posted by seanpcola

It really doesn't take much to get that kind of power from some of these compacts. Only thing that needs to be done is replace the stock exhaust system with one of those Vuvuzula horns.






At least all of the teenagers around here swear it does......................

Thanks Pal. You ever see a mixture of chewed pretzels and milk on an Ipad after going through your nose? I owe you big time

Originally Posted by 56S

Thanks Pal. You ever see a mixture of chewed pretzels and milk on an Ipad after going through your nose? I owe you big time

You know it's true.

Of course I'm man enough (or old fart enough) to admit that my buds and myself had particularly obnoxious vehicles growing up...................however..............there is a difference between the sound of a cammed up, headered up big block and a rice rocket with a soup can muffler.

Kind of like the difference between a 985 and and Rotax. Just ain't the same thing.

I like the parts where he's going downhill and sliding through the turns. Hes good!