Rookie Mistakes When Driving a Fast Car 

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1. Turn off any and all assists (cuz you're better than that) 2. Floor it 3. Buy a new car

Oversteer is when the passenger gets scared. Understeer is when the driver gets scared.

Rookie mistakes: Don't add power until you've added brakes. Don't add power until you've added traction. Don't add power until you have mastered the stock powerplant. Watch Initial D. Takumi is the man because he overcomes the lack of power, not because he has tons of power. Understand the difference between a car with an LSD and without. Know what you have. Looking at you 335i owners. Understand that smooth steering wheel motions make for a less upset car. Understand that losing traction should not cause you to immediately put on the brakes. Knowing understeer vs. oversteer and how you can achieve them using acceleration/braking/steering. Go find an empty parking lot and learn. Expect your driveline to be designed for stock power, so once you start adding power expect everything around you to break.

You don’t have to buy a fast car if you can drive any car fast. * tapping head*

“Yeah it’s a FWD. Four-wheel drive.”

"The best of the best have even crashed" The Stig has crashed a Koenigsegg CCX

best thing a rookie can do is when somebody yells do a burn out. dont do it.. saves you tires, emarassment, clutch and a ticket for reckless indangerment or reckless driving.

Cant wait to buy my first fast car, its gonna be the fastest 94' corolla around my town

All that advice was great... but that save at 8:13 was SPECTACULAR

Take your car to a long straight by yourself and test your car launches. Learn how it handles first, with/out traction control, then test it’s cornering, how it breaks loose, what rpms to launch, how your tires stick. Don’t just send it thinking you can handle it. Baby steps first. Don’t turn your car platform into a meme. (Mustang community) Oh and if you do launch and it starts breaking loose to one side, don’t be an idiot and keep stepping on the gas, let it go gradually until you have grip again. Same goes for braking. Don’t stomp on the brakes at high speeds, tap on it until you have a descent. You could lock your pads. Happy sending.

The 700hp dodge reference fits perfectly. A few months ago I watched a guy put his 700hp viper into an electrical pole.

I remember in high school I had a 1997 Mustang GT. It wasn't very powerful, it only had around 220HP. However, I took time to learn how the car handled. I added fatter tires and better brake pads and rotors before I touched anything else on the car. In comparison, I had friends with E36 M3s and 3000GT VR4 and Eclipse GTXs and 300ZXs etc. all of which were faster than me on paper and they always struggled to keep up with me. My buddy with the 3000GT VR4 used to tell people "put artsohc in any car and it immediately gains 100HP". Power is nothing without the ability to utilize it correctly. There is a reason people in Miata's can smoke people in significantly more powerful cars when on a twisty road/track. It's better to be known as a good driver than as the person with the most power...who eventually puts all that power into a ditch.

Dude, in my sophomore class last year, this girl who had these rich parents, she got a 2019 Corvette with EVERYTHING, 795 horsepower, supercharged, rear window louvers, nice black color, but it was an automatic though. 16 year old girl with a brand new license driving a brand new Corvette. Its crazy. Meanwhile I'm driving a 2006 corolla trying to find a used Camaro for sale. Update: so today is 12-2-19, on 11-15-19 I totaled that 06 corolla bc of some dumbass in a pickup coming into my lane making me go into a guardrail at 60, and on 11-17-19 I finally bought a Camaro, a 1987 Camaro IROC Z/28 with T-tops and a 305 V8

Throughout my college years I drove my father's 2005 Toyota Highlander (base stock). A couple years after graduation, I was still sharing the Highlander as a daily with him. It was already on 280k miles. Figured I should get my first car. Saved up a bit. Had the choice between a new common car (Altima , corrolla, etc) or give a good search for a used car within the budget. I have little knowledge about cars, good thing got RU-vid! After a driven search for 2 weeks, I locked my vision for a specific 2002 Jaguar XKR in Aspen Green Mica with 9,680 miles. Beautiful. All the way out in Santa Barbara. The whole buying experience of the XKR is another story in itself. A months ordeal; tears shed upon doubt. Mostly financial hurdles. -> bought the car & shipped it to NY. My friends and family were concerned that I didn't fly over to check the car in person. My mechanic did a full inspection and said "the car is in great condition, the only thing you need to keep an eye out is the next oil change." Wow, what a relief. It's now been 7 months and words cannot explain the amount of fun & thrill I have driving this car. It's my first car! I even picked up interior/exterior detailing as a hobby. The places I've driven to with my dog, the amazing people I've met, the late night drives for thought, even the friendly strangers that admires. I believe I made the right choice. To think how different my life will be right now had I settled for new.

Rookie mistake: tracking my daily while it was completely stock

It's a mistake to drive fast while being a rookie

When you notice that "stock modifications" makes zero sense...

When u try to go 200 mph on bags

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. This also applies to life.

When people ask you to do a burnout remind those people that they are paying for the tires not the owner of the car....

"You're probably not gonna just... you're you're not gonna have... eh... uh... hmmm not gonna win... it's not gonna be a good time." Alex Martinez from Fitment Industries 5/24/19

An old trucker told me- To go fast and tell about it. Tires. Brakes. Brains. (Don't run triple digits in a neighborhood or city limits, but West Texas, South Florida, Death Valley... hammer down!!)

Rule #1: Respect the car and its power..

After everything; don't forget to carry an extra pair of drawers for when it inevitably gets out of hand

That is correct. Gotta learn slow first lmao. Have a good day y'all 🙏

stalled in a 4-way stop once...very embarrassing lol.

My fwd Mk5 GTI isn’t good on fuel economy at all maybe because I floor it everywhere😂 and someone who drives a fwd can be an enthusiast

Oh, so that wobbly shit that my 200 HP FWD diesel A3 does all the time is torque steer. Good to know.

I drive a 2017 brz so this video is not for me🤣

2:57 explains FWD torque steer uses a BMW to explain it.

Talk about fast car *show a miata 😂

First mistake when driving a fast car.. Going fast 😂

Just received my shirt 🙃 best money I’ve spent in a long time! You guys are the best

8:07 what is that rim in the very top left? It looks great and would look dope on my S4

I've watched nearly all your videos the past few days and subscribed as well, love the content you guys put out - wheel history is my favorite, learning about the wheel companies is great! You guys should do a "the truth about..." Videos for Advanti, Ambit, Titan, Asanti to name a handful. Those are brands I've heard and seen their name but don't know much about and your videos have helped me learn a ton! Thanks again.

This dude is so funny relatable and chill. Nice channel

Loved cars since a kid and got a steal on a 92 mustang gt. Very excited.

Just finished my is300 build, gte rocks!!

Reading DRMNG on the thumbnail 😂

Full throttle is the best type of throttle discipline

_That feeling when someone yells send it but you literally can’t cuz you drive a Datsun_

“And you’re not gonna contemplate... thinking ‘you know what, maybe I should do a burnout’”. The humor in these videos is a good quality on this channel.

This was fun, and funny... Thanks!

Alex i heard you talking on a microphone at automotion last weekend and my heart skipped a beat. I had a fanboy moment. I wanted to ask for a picture but me and my group were on the way out :(

I love my fwd '15 Focus ST

I drove my e90 M3 for about a month before I even thought about going into fill sport mode and little by little started working on flooring it and steering still practicing before I go full tc off on a track or back roads this car has taught me alot about driving ngl and before I thought about adding power I changed stuff that was known to fail like the rod bearing and added cooling and tires before I added anything else

THE MOST INFOMATIVE VID IVE SEEN IN YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought the thumbnail said "DRMNG" I was like, what?

I enjoyed this video. My car is a 173hp 4 cylinder but I have plans for mods. Thanks for the heads up.

I'm so glad this popped up in my recommendations

Just subbed! Love the channel lol

8:14 me thinking about where I’m gonna get food from

still love my fwd Honda's😍

My first car was a Cobalt ls 2.2 fwd. I just upgraded and bought myself a 2018 challenger RT with the 5.7l hemi. I plan on building it up, but it is plenty fast, and fun for me right now. It's very, very easy to break the rear wheels loose. Overall it has been a huge change to a rear wheel drive car, and it definitely handles differently.

excellent presentation subscribed

I’ve got a c63 now and I handle the counter steering and everything perfectly now, it’s all just natural now, it just happens and I learned in a 2011 Camry drifting around in the snow. I know completely different cars, fwd vs rwd and like 170 hp 4 cyl to a 450 hp v8 but when I turn traction off and do a launch I can actually control my car and I completely credit that to beating the camrys e brake into the ground. Lose traction in snow...no problem. When and if I have a kid I’ll be taking him to lots and quiet side streets to learn because when they lose traction I want them to be ready for it.

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This video was just too amazing lmao

I have a 2019 GT PP1 with a Whipple Stage 2. Just out it on. I have the pilot sport 4s bit would like to get 19x10.5s in the rear with 295s pilot sport 4s. What's the best setup for a daily driver? I dont want to get super thicc bois bc they will cause more wear on my components..trying to keep it close to stock. Any recommendation would be nice.

4wd cars can still have similar issues to FWD or rwd cars because most of them are not split 50/50 on power, some are front bias others are rear bias. It all depends on what the manufacturer intended

First car I drove: 2003 tundra for 6 months 1st car I owned: 2013 Hyundai Genesis coupe 2.0t for 2 1/2 years 2nd car: 2017 Mustang Gt Baby steps

saw this video a while ago, didn't think I would need it anytime soon, then found out I was lucky as hell and getting an 08 bullitt as a first car and might actually need it now.

I went from the 5.7 Hemi to the 6.4 Hemi and finally to the AWD Trackhawk 6.2 Supercharged Hemi. Knowing your power and how to drive it is half the battle.

How do you loose control in a stock Miata? Really? Cereal box license?

AWD being a ticket to broken axles? I think a good contender would be a RWD vehicle with bias-ply slicks, 4.10:1+ final drive ratio, and stock axles.

This video is so on point 😂

What wheels are behind alex that are on the bottom row 2nd from the left?

That drag race blowup caught me off guard oh my god

Do you want to pull wheelies in a dodge challenger here's what you need to know

That Richard Hammond joke got me. LOL

Seen it happened. A guy in HS had a 2004 Mustang Slapped a bigger turbo, intercooler, etc adding something like 150-200HP more than OEM. The problem he left the Suspension, Trans and Tires stock. Car lasted him about 3 weeks before he totaled.

I started back in 06 with an 89 chevy S10 V6 single cab short bed god I loved that truck then 09 a 99 Cougar V6 with a 3.0L swapped engine quick but wasn't fast enough 4ish years later got myself a beautiful 2006 Pontiac GTO in phantom black metallic 400hp 400tq with a bonus procharger pushing 502rwhp lost that one picked up another 2006 GTO but in spicy red metallic

Spongebob: "floor it?" Patrick, an intellectual: "big toe"

15 with a charger srt8, needed this vid lol

I drive a 2011 335i as a daily, haven’t got a chance to drive it quick yet but so far it’s more car than I’ll ever need

Watching this in preparation for my new job as a Tofu delivery driver.

And then u have toyota mr2 with snap oversteer wich is in a class on its own

I got my car like a year ago at age 13 now I'm 14 almost 15 so I'm close to driving it now which is very exciting to me, I have a 2006 mk5 tdi Jetta that's stick and here in the next couple months I'm getting bags, stage 3 tune since it already had stage 2, a new turbo, a new performance clutch, straight piping it, and some new wheels really excited for what's to come

lol i had a 2019 corvette gs and lemme tell you something.... grip and traction is EVERYTHING

Don't lift off when you've lost traction esp in rwd and tbh fwd when it goes you literally need to plant it through the floor to get it back

im gonna get into driving a car in general

Started off with a 2003 mustang gt drove it for 3 years worked my ass off and saved all the money I could and now at 19 I just bought a 2016 mustang gt premium and it’s the best feeling ever

This video gave me an idea for a future video of yours: dyno mistakes.

Alex: 3:22 Chevy Cobalt SS SC/TC: *am I a joke to you?*

8:16 👍🏾 great save

Currently drive a 04 v6 ram 1500 rwd , my question is what’s traction on a wet road ??? Me and fish tailing hung out today though with my tires that are still in a good shape

I started off in a 5spd 2001 cavalier, upgraded to my current 06 G35 6spd coupe.

But I like my FWD Toyota Avalon 😆 268hp and 248lb/ft of torque makes me happy I got it as my first car. Maybe if I move somewhere with no snow I’ll get a 350z or something, that would be great.

Just bought a 2007 mustang. Can't wait till I get good at driving it.

The part were u talk about modifying your car at 7:26 you remind me of Tom Holland when u say “ you’re playing in a whole new ball game sport” 😂

I love it thanks for the cavalier shoutout and now I actually own a much faster Dodge Challenger lol

My first car was a 2008 Kia Rio base. I know, it sounds boring as hell, BUT, It had a 5 speed, and only weighed 2400 pounds, and was actually kinda fun

a 600hp 4 wheel drive gated gallarado?? safe or check axle?

I love when RU-vid auto sub says MUSIC for exhaust sounds 😎

Something I never have to worry about anyone telling me... Do a burnout. I drive a Honda Fit. XD Haha street cred zero. And then I eat your Mustang. >.>

Don’t outdrive the consequences you are willing to live with

Thanks for the feature! #STnation

Aayyy 1320Video clip in the beginning cool

I legit read the title DRMNG instead of driving lol