By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

This clip brings the whole “you’re doing it wrong” thing to a whole new level. Here, some genius tries to do a burnout, but instead of roasting the tires, he winds up burning up the clutch on his Z06. Bravo, buddy. Watching this, I’m just kind of dumbfounded that none of the dudes standing by stopped him. Had none of them ever seen a burnout performed? Or do they just secretly hate this guy? The pained expletive at the end of the clip sums up my feelings exactly…

By David Clarke

highspeedhijinks

Owning one FWD car knocking on the door of 150,000 miles, and another car that’s currently DOA due to an exhaust header issue, it’s been a very long time since I’ve laid some rubber on the pavement. I’m talking a good old fashioned, no-holds-barred, tire-torching burnout. Some of you guys have got the goods. So I say let the rubber fly! Show us how long of a patch of rubber you can lay with your machine and post it on your ride page. The member with the longest stripes wins. No prizes for this one, just pride!

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Right from the point where this dude gets off his bike, you can tell this little exercise is going to end badly. I mean, it looks like he barely has a hold of the machine, and it’s not like there’s a ton of room for error here. I’ve probably watched this clip like ten times already, and I can’t get over how the rider flops around like a rag doll after the bike gets traction and shoots off toward the parked car. Fortunately, it looks like the dude is OK, and the car seems to have escaped without any damage.

By Chris Bicknell

Bick66

With the front end restoration of my ’66 Impala in the final stages I decided it was time to have a little fun. Jen and I took the car to a nearby parking lot and let the new 383 Stroker lay some rubber on the asphalt.

I’ve had a ton of fun driving this car over the past few weeks but now it’s back to the garage to rebuild the rear end. Something broke in the rear differential and I ended up limping home at about 10 miles an hour. After work I’ll be tearing it apart to see just how bad it is. I’ve been kicking myself but I figure if the 44 year old rear end couldn’t handle a little abuse it was only a matter of time before I’d be left on the side of the road. At least it happened close to home and we were able to drive it back to the garage.

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Maybe I’m completely delusional—it’s not a bad first guess under any circumstances—but I find the whole idea of doing a burnout in your carport to totally hilarious. I mean, I love burnouts as much as the next gearhead, but I don’t think I want tire smoke pouring all over things that aren’t attached to my car. This seems more like the kind of stunt you’d want to pull in, say, your buddy’s carport as payback. But I guess it takes all types to make the world go round, and it sure looks like the dude behind the wheel is having a good time in this clip.