I had a BMW i3 neck and neck with my RX8... given the RX8 isn't the quickest car in the world, I did not think the i3 would be a quick car. I was shocked.

As some other people pointed out, he jumped on the red, and most likely(rather than trying to put in a real time), just put on a show and did a burnout down the track.

Yeah, that's the thing on the hellcat right?

The internet does not forget, and they do not forgive. Although I haven't seen a "why did you turn" comment in a while...

Yeah no amount of HP can overcome that instant torque.... also for arguments sake, you can rev and launch a ICE, so you engage the transmission/wheels/etc while the car is at peak torque. It's not like an ICE rolls out from 0 rpm and has to always build, especially not in these situations.

on everything from my he fiat 500 to the hellcat!

not as useful as curb feelers!

based on the number of cars I see driving around at night with no lights on, it's apparently pretty god damn hard.

haha fair point

Right? I mean he's driven like, lots of high power RWD cars before. Such a pro.

1.5psi off.

100% this.

I would probably also mentioned what your plans are to make sure it doesn't happen again.

My first car didn't have any of that, though it didn't have enough power(and was FWD) for TC to be a necessity. ABS and DSC however I wish it had. Nothing is more scary than your brakes locking up when you need to stop quickly...

The wheels in the video are turned MAYBE 5-8 degree's. I'm pretty sure there was mild-no steering input.

I'm willing to bet that slight difference in your alignment are going to rule out your ability to feel a 1.5psi difference even as a veteran race car driver.

I think the more insane claim is that he things being 1.5 psi off is going to cause any meaningful effects... Your tires PSI go up and down more than that just from temperature changes in the day and you heating them up as you drive.

I kinda stopped visiting most of the other gawker sites... is that crap still going on?

In fairness, DSC probably would've saved him. There's really no reason he should've ever had it off, so I'm glad he's at least realized it. (Hopefully).

I also think the M4 is a fine car and I have no complaints about the amount of power or torque or tire width or grip or anything. In fact, the whole reason I got the M4 is because it's not AWD and I like the rear moving around a bit. Mistakes happen and I've learned a lesson - and from now on will keep DSC on when…