"FF: Tokyo Drift" flick influences idiot to drift car off 6-floor parking lot...
07-06-2007, 01:19 AM
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"FF: Tokyo Drift" flick influences idiot to drift car off 6-floor parking lot...
Car 'Drifts' Off Parking Deck
Atlanta police are still trying to figure out what caused a car to plunge six stories out of a parking deck in Midtown, with the driver still inside early Wednesday morning.
Police said the 23-year-old driver behind the wheel of the car was trying to do something called drifting, not unlike the movie "Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift." A driver would pick up a lot of speed, and then cuts his wheel sharply, causing the car to slide sideways, or "drift."
At the Savannah Midtown Apartments at North and Piedmont Avenues, the bumper of the red Chevrolet Cavalier can be seen hanging from the sixth level of the parking deck. The car plunged from to a dumpster behind the garage.
Part of the fence went through the passenger side of the car, where the driver had just dropped off his passenger. Police said that they were certain that the passenger would have been killed, had she still been in the car.
After the car hit the ground, apartment residents said they had heard the squealing from the parking deck. They ran downstairs to see if the driver was okay. They said he was conscious, but bleeding a lot.
The unidentified driver is in stable condition at Grady Memorial Hospital, but facing a number of charges, including DUI, reckless driving and criminal damage to property.
Atlanta police are still trying to figure out what caused a car to plunge six stories out of a parking deck in Midtown, with the driver still inside early Wednesday morning.
Police said the 23-year-old driver behind the wheel of the car was trying to do something called drifting, not unlike the movie "Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift." A driver would pick up a lot of speed, and then cuts his wheel sharply, causing the car to slide sideways, or "drift."
At the Savannah Midtown Apartments at North and Piedmont Avenues, the bumper of the red Chevrolet Cavalier can be seen hanging from the sixth level of the parking deck. The car plunged from to a dumpster behind the garage.
Part of the fence went through the passenger side of the car, where the driver had just dropped off his passenger. Police said that they were certain that the passenger would have been killed, had she still been in the car.
After the car hit the ground, apartment residents said they had heard the squealing from the parking deck. They ran downstairs to see if the driver was okay. They said he was conscious, but bleeding a lot.
The unidentified driver is in stable condition at Grady Memorial Hospital, but facing a number of charges, including DUI, reckless driving and criminal damage to property.
07-06-2007, 01:20 AM
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Source and pics here: http://www.11alive.com/news/article_...?storyid=99589
07-06-2007, 02:29 AM
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That will buff right out....
07-06-2007, 04:40 AM
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but omfg u kno what pisses me off? they use the movie as their source or origin of the foundation of drifting and use it in a way of kinda blaming the movie or at least itll eventually lead to sumin like that by other viwers. n that fool was just straight up stupid. there is a reason why its a movie. -_-
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07-06-2007, 08:07 AM
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The car plunged...to a dumpster behind the garage.
07-06-2007, 08:09 AM
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This pretty much says it all ...
Who drifts in a Cavalier? And he's drunk? Sounds like he just missed out on a Darwin. Too bad because some day he's probably going to reproduce those idiot genes.
the bumper of the red Chevrolet Cavalier
07-06-2007, 09:35 AM
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Admittedly, I'm old, but isn't drifting done in RWD vehicles? How the hell do you drift a FWD car without looking like a complete tool?
It would seem drifting in a 400+HP RWD beast would be a shitload easier than trying to truly drift in a 170HP FWD shitbox.
Someone help me out...
It would seem drifting in a 400+HP RWD beast would be a shitload easier than trying to truly drift in a 170HP FWD shitbox.
Someone help me out...
07-06-2007, 02:14 PM
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Well, he's my hero. 
Reps for bravery in the face of stupidity.
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Last model had 140 in a 2.2, where before it had a 2.4 w/ 150
07-06-2007, 09:09 PM
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That movie sucked. C'mon, a hick (horrible acting) goes from street racing rich kids in his home built muscle car through peoples houses to going to Tokyo and drifting with Yakuza gangs and dodging bullets??
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07-06-2007, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by crazymjb
That movie sucked. C'mon, a hick (horrible acting) goes from street racing rich kids in his home built muscle car through peoples houses to going to Tokyo and drifting with Yakuza gangs and dodging bullets??
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Better than the first two.
07-07-2007, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by rmpage
Drifting: the figure skating of motorsports.
And I thought I was the only one who felt that way. 
With all due respect to Keiichi Tsuchiya, I canNOT think of a worst way to ruin a good set of tires.
That was a good laugh for the afternoon.
07-10-2007, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by mltk53
but omfg u kno what pisses me off? they use the movie as their source or origin of the foundation of drifting and use it in a way of kinda blaming the movie or at least itll eventually lead to sumin like that by other viwers. n that fool was just straight up stupid. there is a reason why its a movie. -_-
07-10-2007, 01:59 PM
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After the car hit the ground, apartment residents said they had heard the squealing from the parking deck.
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