No, you are correct. I think this guy equates clutch slippage with abusive driving and doesn’t realize that there are a wide ranges of slippage that the clutch goes through. It’s not good to let the clutch pedal out slowly while you are giving it lots of throttle, but a quick, smooth engagement of the pedal is all…

Inevitably the clutch is going to generate heat no matter how you drive. Burning of the clutch disc is just excessive heat. I worked at a Volkswagen dealership for years and my friends, the mechanics, and I worked on my car a lot and spoke about clutch often. I had the car apart a bunch of times and have a good idea…

Don’t make the clutch slip? You keep emphasizing this advice that really doesn’t make sense. The clutch is always going to slip a little bit. That’s inherently how a clutch works. If the flywheel engaged the transmission with no slip, you’d be spinning tires and blowing out gears constantly. I think you meant to say…

Sure. Do you daily drive those vehicles?

Never change, Torch.

Because it doesn’t rain cheese.

I’d hope the brakes bring the car down to speed FASTER more quickly than it accelerates.

Wow! What a cool picture.

Look at the people on the side of the street at 3:12 when that SWAT van with the cow-catcher sends those cars flying. They are like “oh fuck!”

It’s the effect of high frame rates.

Huh. Okay well I hope you click on his stuff from now on. He does a few laps with the electronics turned on to get fast laps, and then turns everything off and does end up getting sideways. I’m not a drift fan but seeing how a car manages a drift tells a lot about its character and balance.

It’s truly unbelievable that you didn’t know Harris before TG and you’re on the site. Are you new to Jalopnik as well?

Haha I saw the preview of your comment when I clicked the alert and it just said “so”. I was like WTF do you mean so?!?!? But yeah. It’s pretty much as close to a race car as you can buy from a mass producing manufacturer.

Yeah that’s the thing. Regardless of how fast a Vette Z06 would be around a lap or two, this Viper could drive into next year’s 24 hr du le mans and race all day and all night.

The one and only. You can have your P1, 918, Koenigsegg, whatever. I’d buy two if I won the lottery so my dad and I could go racing all day.

Ah man I took the bait :) chat away my friend!

He definitely does. He competes in all kinds of historic races and is fast as hell. He’s a great driver and always does a few laps of not sliding around sideways.

I agree with this statement. The 348 was an abomination.

Benjen is Neo.

WUT. Who thinks this thing is ugly?