World record attempt at drifting in a C63 or E63..

[bpsorrel]

Anyone planning on a trip to Mercedes World this weekend will be able to watch an attempt at the world drifting record in either a C63 or E63!

Write up here: Drifter 'to smash world record' - Autocar.co.uk
and here: http://uk.autoblog.com/2011/06/15/mercedes-benz-world-to-stage-power-slide-record-attempt/

 

[snoop51]

Anyone planning on a trip to Mercedes World this weekend will be able to watch an attempt at the world drifting record in either a C63 or E63!

Write up here: Drifter 'to smash world record' - Autocar.co.uk
and here: Mercedes-Benz World to stage power slide record attempt - Autoblog UK

I'm guessing he won't be driving home on those tyres then!

 

[Mr E]

I must admit that this leaves me most uninterested, along with discussions about top speed and racing away from the lights... however, each to their own.

(note to self: avoid MB World this weekend)

 

[mika]

I'm guessing he won't be driving home on those tyres then!

but he might need to start with a full tank of petrol

it would be a shame if he had to refuel at the half way stage

 

[finisterre]

Waste is rarely pretty. (apart from some fireworks)

It makes Merc look down-market.

I guess they want to appeal to planks.

 

[mbenz1977]

no to keen on that. but thanks for the offer.

 

[WDB124066]

You guys are being a bit tough here aren't you. It's kind of nice to enter into a discussion with a Chav and say who holds the world record for drifting then.........

 

[st4]

Take it that one has the LSD option added.

 

[Mactech]

Mankind is more interesting because there are people who rise to a challenge
Drifting a car is really quite a skill, but I worry about the longevity of some of the cars components if the track is dry. It is safe to say that if it is a world record then the car will not have been signed off in those conditions

My great uncle was the very first man to climb Ben Nevis on a motorbike(!) and I engineered the current the diesel land speed record car. Why?
Because we can

 

[moonloops]

As the ancient saying goes, if you can't race - drift

 

[Cabe]

I wish him all the best, and await Kenny from the Block's response

 

[artyman]

............My great uncle was the very first man to climb Ben Nevis on a motorbike(!) .......

I remebr that exploit, would that be Sammy Miller by any chance, on an Ariel Arrow called Crocodile if I recall. I'm wracking my brain trying to remember the other rider, Geoff Smith the motocross rider rings a vague bell.

 

[Mactech]

I remebr that exploit, would that be Sammy Miller by any chance, on an Ariel Arrow called Crocodile if I recall. I'm wracking my brain trying to remember the other rider, Geoff Smith the motocross rider rings a vague bell.

Drew Macqueen, a speedway rider of the period got up there in the early 1930's on a 1928 Francis Barnett.....
That bike had next to no suspension travel, nothing like a modern off road bike which would have been a doddle by comparison

 

[Cabe]

So the suspension was made by BMW then.....

 

[kamalpatel12448]

So him practice a couple of weeks ago and there was a bit of a concern in the team about tyres holding out to the end. Will be interesting!

 

[bpsorrel]

Anyone go along and see it? If so, how did he do?

 

[MOCAŠ]

Anyone go along and see it? If so, how did he do?

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/1236208-post1.html

 

[BlackC55]

That does not look too hard to do.

 

[Adam230K]

Take it that one has the LSD option added.

Definitely. Thats how I blew up my first diff (open crap cheap diff), too much spinning in 1 sitting