Machines | Ford Focus RS Drift Mode Crash Report | Auto Expert John Cadogan | Australia
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Predictably enough, drifting douchebags all over the world have started losing control of their Ford Focus RSs, on public roads. This is because - if you believe those Muppets at Ford - the Focus RS is so clever that any douchebag can drift it. Who could possibly have predicted that this would end badly? Waterboard me until the end of time for daring to speak out on what a fundamentally shit idea Ford’s Any Douchebag Can Drift Mode really is. Remember when Graeme Whickman, who runs Ford in Australia, said: “Quite seriously, when you are driving around how often do you see people actively trying to drift their cars?” Well, Mr Whickman, thank you for asking. Happily enough we can now begin to answer your question using empirical data. A recent cruise event hosted by irresponsible muppets from the New York Douchebag Drift Owners’ Club went sideways when one of their drifting douchebag constituents was unable to overcome the delusion that he was in fact Ken Block. The New York Douchebag Drift club was of course quick to state that it did not condone drifting douchebaggery on public roads. I hate arse-covering weasels. They might not condone it; but they certainly facilitated it. They got the drone up, they GoPro-ed the shit out of the ‘looks like we got us a drifting douchebaggery’ convoy. But they ‘don’t condone it’. As entertaining as it is to watch a talentless douchebag let’s be kind ‘adjust the resale value’ of his Focus RS, and it is pretty entertaining, someone could pretty easily have been killed. Another drifting douchebaggery incident outside Motorworld Stuttgardt ended in a near miss, with dozens of pedestrians at risk. If you take both these drifting douchebag incidents, and tweak just a few minor variables - you get carnage. Brought to you by the eerie confluence of Ford engineering and marketing fuckwittery and the zero self restraint capacity of the typical human drifting douchebag driver. And of course douchebag drifting carnage is exactly what will happen soon enough. As a journalist - I’m kinda looking forward to it. Not the carnage or the personal tragedy, but the story. Drift Mode has no purpose other than to elevate risk on a public road. Those dickheads at Ford knows this. It’s merely a matter of time before Douchebag Drift mode kills someone. When this occurs it will sure as shit be captured on 100 cell phones and dash cameras. The driver will be responsible, and so will Ford. It’s called ‘contributory negligence’. Responsibility here is absolutely bilateral, and arguing the case for abrogating Ford's responsibility here is insane. I’m rather looking forward to seeing how Ford deals with that when it actually happens. They are so preposterously shit at communication - it’ll be like a politician at a press conference the day after those interesting, grainy ‘getting acquainted’ images with the ladyboy stripper intern make the front page of the major metro dailies. So, let’s be perfectly clear on this: I’ve had more than enough time to consider what I said initially about Drift Mode in the Focus RS, and look: if you were offended by those comments, because I was terribly outspoken, I am very sincerely - so seriously - committed to giving precisely zero fucks about your poor hurt Any Douchebag Can Drift Mode feelings. Have a concrete sandwich. Harden up. Don’t be an imbecile (it’s undignified) and jam any further criticisms where the Pope, the Holy Father, declines to wash - except if he knows absolutely that nobody’s really watching. Ford’s Any Douchebag Can Drift Mode is an automotive engineering abomination. A very dangerous one.
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modes on cars are there so car can perform what is design to do at a track and hoping, drivers know how to perform safely. as you called it " douche bag " wants to perform something on the road and fuck it up, let them. who gives a fuck? and it sounds like you love Ken's dick in your mouth. please, go kill your self and let the idiots kill them self having fun.
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You're really entertaining!
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YOU SUCK....FUCKING HATER!
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why is the drift mode so "dangerous "?
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I don't know who is the bigger douchebag. This guy, or the idiots listening to him. He takes ONE example of someone crashing and spews this crap out of his mouth. First of all, this happened in New York NOT all over the world. Second, Ford never claimed ANYONE can drift with this drift mode. So quit trying to sell your bullshit propaganda.
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That`s right. Chainsaw manufacturers don`t advertise stating "This is an improved hand grip in case you want to juggle 3 or more running chainsaws at top rpm"
Well done, John. -
16:45 - Regarding bad design and negligence:
http://users.wfu.edu/palmitar/Law&Valuation/Papers/1999/Leggett-pinto.html -
Yeah, I don't know why there is a "drift mode" in a goddamn Focus. It's retarded. Drifting isn't a mode, it's a skill gained through TONS of practice and dedication...and the destruction of a fuck load of expensive tires.
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I'd like to see car companies have a star knocked off their (A)NCAP safety rating for adding danger settings (i.e. the ability to turn off safety equipment), for starters. In fairness, these cars are a very visible warning when you see them on the roads to steer clear of the people driving them.
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So, the Focus RS is dangerous because of Drift Mode, a system which allows 70% of available torque to be sent to the rear wheels. Alright, let's assume that's true. You go on to say "I'm not against the Focus RS because of its power, I'm against it because of any douchebag can drift mode."-So essentially what you're saying is that you're against the Focus RS because it has a system that allows 70% of its torque to be sent to the rear wheels (as opposed to the usual split provided by the torque vectoring system when not in drift mode - have you actually researched what that spit is?).
So, you're against the Focus RS because of drift mode. We can agree on that because those are your own words. Drift Mode is a feature that allows up to 70% of torque to be transferred to the rear wheels. We can agree on that because... well because it's a stated, undeniable fact. Good, let's carry on.-A RWD HSV transfers 100% of available torque to the rear wheels at all times. Unlike the Focus RS, this is not due to activating a specific setting in the ESC system (one that comes with a safety disclaimer). No, this is permanent, it's always on. 100% of available torque to the rear wheels. At. All. Times. Please explain to me, sir, how you have such a vehement stance against the Focus RS because of how dangerous 'drift mode' is, and yet you make no comment whatsoever about how dangerous full time RWD systems are in the hands of the very same idiots who would be behaving this way in a Focus RS? Go ahead, I'll wait. I know you -thinkyou addressed this query to another commenter, but you didn't. You conveniently avoided the actual question in favour of generalisations and ad hominem, I'm sure that counts for something in your echo chamber, or with the usual caliber of your viewers, but it won't fly with me.-If giving drivers the option of transferring 70% of available torque to the rear wheels is negligence on the manufacturer's behalf because of how dangerous it is, surely the mere production of RWD cars that transfer 100% of available torque to the rear wheels at all times is even more negligent? Right? I mean the drivers purchasing RWD vehicles don't even have the option to disable this incredibly dangerous driving mode.-P.S: if the best reply you've got is the pathetic ad hominem you've directed toward other commenters in your videos, I'll take that as an admission that you're literally just dribbling shit like a disabled monkey and enjoy laughing at your expense. I'm happy to be surprised, though, on the off chance you do actually have a coherent, well articulated and fact-based rebuttal. Colour me skeptical of that, though, I've watched enough of your videos to know that facts aren't your strong suit. -
Nice video and very good point. All those guys talking about good control of their cars. You may have best control of your car in drift but you CAN'T CONTROL your surroundings. News flush for you. You can't do it in relatively controlled environment of race truck, but you think you can on open public road? Try to go around some kid who will jump on the road to get his ball, or mitigate collision with some car while you are during your drift. If you think you can do it than congrats with your nice sense of humor. Drifting on open roads is dangerous and reckless. And putting such "buttons" in cars just encourages this kind of stupid people to use it and do it. Hope no one from your families will have "close encounter" with someone like that just because this few tight corners were so nice to drift on them.
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cars are unsafe so lets all just take trains
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most light brained teens can't afford a 50 000$ RS anyways, while their will still be rich idiots, cars like this have option for track use not public road use, the problem is not the car but the people.
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fucketheadeness. Funny!
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i like how he can lift himselt up from the fact, that hes getting old, hasnt finisht his live goals and calls everything that he wanted just a pile of crap, lets face it everyone in there early 20s likes a good handling sporty car. i think hes one of them people who had there walls covert with all the cars that he cant affort. for the car enthusiasts, sometimes a car is moar that a transport device, should we think rational, everybody would live in a cheap 1 room apartment because there is room and its good enouth, think about it
and sorry, thats not my first language
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Same idiot (first video) over cooking that corner in a fwd car would have plowed nose first into one of those other cars. He got safely past everyone else before wrecking himself. Rwd probably the same story, just tail first into one of those other cars. This really just sounds like a grumpy old man complaining. You've got plenty of warning having a button to turn this feature on and off. A Mustang bucking only on the 50th time you swing the tail out and taking out a crowd, not as much. Yet, no Ralph Nader like campaign to end the Mustang. So no drifting because crotchety. What about Rally racing, racing motorcycles on ice and snow, burning out tires til the car burns down, racing only in left hand turns? Where does it end? You could call everything dangerous and stupid. Not just drifting. Not a drifter by the way. I like my tires and the traction they provide today and tomorrow. It wasn't Ford's fault, it was this driver's fault. We don't ban forks because someone can lose an eye.
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Bloody Brilliant commentary mate. Can't find anything wrong with it.
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How did Ford marketing get this past the lawyers, a " Drive illegally button " ??
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Excellent video. What really makes me laugh is that the shit-box new Focus is NOT REAR WHEEL DRIVE so it slides out of control, not drift. Only professional drifters can handle their cars properly. I love the outcry from brain dead drivers.... 😂
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Fuck-us RS ?