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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 01:11 PM
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thats what I used to think till I went back and watched it again... it looks so tame in comparison to his newer stuff. I just think people remember the first one being a lot better than it is cause it was the first vid of anyone doing anything like that, so it blew everyone's mind. then the rest were like, "meh, I'ver already seen that"

I think the best one was the San Francisco one, followed closely by the Mustang one cause that car is da SH*T!
845 HP Mustang Hoonicorn_RTR was tough to beat....esp w. Chris Harris comments
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 01:43 PM
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845 HP Mustang Hoonicorn_RTR was tough to beat....esp w. Chris Harris comments
there's a Chris Harris commentary on the main gynkhana vid with the Hoonicorn? or are you just talking the ride along vid and him looking at the car up close?
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by warmmilk
thats what I used to think till I went back and watched it again... it looks so tame in comparison to his newer stuff. I just think people remember the first one being a lot better than it is cause it was the first vid of anyone doing anything like that, so it blew everyone's mind. then the rest were like, "meh, I'ver already seen that"

I think the best one was the San Francisco one, followed closely by the Mustang one cause that car is da SH*T!
I watch the original one all the time. I think the things he did were just as technical, if not more so, and he did it all in a regular car. Impressive, IMO.
The mustang one was fun to watch, though. Only because I liked the car LOL
Excluding the original vid, SF is up there for me, too.
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by warmmilk
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...followed closely by the Mustang one cause that car is da SH*T!
That is possibly the coolest car ever.
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 02:00 PM
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Gymkhana videos all pretty much seemed the same to me after first one. I can only watch maybe like a 1/3 of the way through before I get bored...lol
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by warmmilk
there's a Chris Harris commentary on the main gynkhana vid with the Hoonicorn? or are you just talking the ride along vid and him looking at the car up close?

The ride along and commentary.

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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 02:27 PM
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oh ok, I've seen that one
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by letsgetthisdone
Gymkhana videos all pretty much seemed the same to me after first one. I can only watch maybe like a 1/3 of the way through before I get bored...lol
I've only gotten about half way through #9, but its pretty good so far.
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by letsgetthisdone
Gymkhana videos all pretty much seemed the same to me after first one. I can only watch maybe like a 1/3 of the way through before I get bored...lol

and I thought I had a short attention span...
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 05:10 PM
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I don't have a short attention span. I've watched pretty much all of jafromobile's youtube video's all the way through, and some of that stuff is long. But it's also interesting. Ken Block and hooniganism doesn't really "interest" me. Its basically the same thing every time, just a different place, car, and lines. Meh...
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by letsgetthisdone
I don't have a short attention span. I've watched pretty much all of jafromobile's youtube video's all the way through, and some of that stuff is long. But it's also interesting. Ken Block and hooniganism doesn't really "interest" me. Its basically the same thing every time, just a different place, car, and lines. Meh...
So, it's the same thing, but all the elements change?
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So you don't like root, which Is the stunt driving? I used to wait anxiously for new Gymkhana videos. I used to like watching, but now I can predict what's going to happen next;
Launch car
Slide backward around an immovable object.
Donut
Drift some wide, open space at a high rate of speed.
Donut
Perform a small jump
Backward drift around a pole
Donut
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 05:33 PM
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You could say that. It just doesn't impress me. You can see it takes several attempts to get each shot, it's like his trip through gymkhana land is one seamless "lap". To me it's not really a massive display of skill, like say, driving an F1 or WRC car competitively. There are no retakes in racing, and Ken Block has failed miserably in his racing efforts...lol
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by letsgetthisdone
You could say that. It just doesn't impress me. You can see it takes several attempts to get each shot, it's like his trip through gymkhana land is one seamless "lap". To me it's not really a massive display of skill, like say, driving an F1 or WRC car competitively. There are no retakes in racing, and Ken Block has failed miserably in his racing efforts...lol
But he's probably making more money than any WRC racer except maybe Sebastien Loeb.
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Old Sep 13, 2016 | 08:01 PM
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That doesn't impress me lol
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Old Sep 14, 2016 | 05:17 AM
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But he's probably making more money than any WRC racer except maybe Sebastien Loeb.
usually those guys have a rich back ground from the begin with except Loeb and few others

this is general opinion of mine on KB criticism.

I do not think Ken Block failed his racing carrier miserably as was mentioned. He still runned in a first 15 in the WRC.
That is pretty good for my standards. The first 20 guys in WRC just have a stunning driving skill there is no way around that.

They are tenth of the sec or less from each other in each corner... You would understand the weight of that fact as soon as you sit in a rally car

if you ever will sit in a WRC car when one of these guys driving you around, you would understand how far we are behind them in driving skills.
Even if you sit in Group N car at WRC level.

Ken Block is a really good driver. He is a kind of clown, but there is nothing we should taking away from him as a driver.
Wr all know he def. a good entertainment for anyone who likes Motorsport.

There is a reason why EVERYBODY even those who talks **** about him walks away from the stages smile on they face after he passed by, flying or super sideways s etc.

For me he is the American Gigi Gialli. lol

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