Why the fuck do they have to spread ridiculous inaccuracies resulting in the rest of us having to listen to idiots thinking that those things really do happen.

Example: The sweetass Ferrari F430 Spider in Miami Vice (just released) shoots blue flames out the exhaust pipes under hard acceleration.

Great, now every dumbfuck out there is gonna think that high end Italian sports cars shoot flames out the back

[Edited on July 31, 2006 at 1:43 PM. Reason : eek]

7/31/2006 1:43:00 PM

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"Great, now every dumbfuck out there is gonna think that high end Italian sports cars shoot flames out the back"

the general population is indeed pretty stupid but i think that most people that go to movies expect crap like this to be "movie magic"

although i can see your point - after independence day - people did think that if aliens came to attack us they might have shields around their enemy spacecraft that would be invulnerable to our attacks - but nobody really cared b/c we have will smith...

7/31/2006 1:47:17 PM

Usually they shoot flames out from under the hood

7/31/2006 1:48:23 PM

^^lol

I mean its not as bad as the BS from TFATF, but still not needed

7/31/2006 1:50:59 PM

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"Great, now every dumbfuck out there is gonna think that high end Italian sports cars shoot flames out the back"

wait, they don't?

7/31/2006 3:49:54 PM

How about the "Fast and the Furious" series? Now every dumbass with $300 bucks thinks a primer grey body kit makes their car go faster. I also loved the "double clutch" thing. Yeah, make sure to double clutch your synchromesh gearbox when you are upshifting during a drag race. "tokyo drift" is gonna be great.

7/31/2006 3:56:39 PM

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""tokyo drift" is gonna be great."

it already came and went...

7/31/2006 3:57:13 PM

the dukes of hazzard (tv show, havent seen the movie)

tires squealing on a dirt road? wtf?

7/31/2006 4:12:30 PM

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"tires squealing on a dirt road? wtf?"

How about tires squealing PERIOD. Whether accelerating, braking, or making a turn (especially at 10 mph).

7/31/2006 4:29:08 PM

tires can squeal at less than 10mph

I guess you've never stood near a parking garage with shiny concrete.

7/31/2006 4:32:39 PM

^exactly, when turning in a parking deck in my jeep they squeal like crazy at very low speeds

7/31/2006 4:39:18 PM

tires squeal in parking decks from the high amount of pollution buildup. you know, semi enclosed space, high traffic, low direct rainfall....

7/31/2006 4:54:24 PM

i always figured it was caused by the type of concrete used in the construction.

7/31/2006 5:03:06 PM

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"How about tires squealing PERIOD. Whether accelerating, braking, or making a turn (especially at 10 mph)."

it's easy to squeal tires doing all those things (try drag racing or a lap at VIR), but not necessarily in normal street manuevers

7/31/2006 5:20:21 PM

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"tires squeal in parking decks from the high amount of pollution buildup. you know, semi enclosed space, high traffic, low direct rainfall...."

my tires squeal at a bp gas station near my place, and it has a very smooth black surface. not trying to discredit your claim, but it only happens at this bp station! I think very smooth surfaces cuase it as well

7/31/2006 5:25:40 PM

i wonder why smooth surfaces cause that? hmmm

[Edited on July 31, 2006 at 5:30 PM. Reason : .]

7/31/2006 5:30:00 PM

^um...decreased traction? (if you were asking for real)

7/31/2006 10:56:20 PM

I think xvang meant that movies/shows use an EXCESSIVE amount of tire-squealing sound effects

you can see extreme examples of this on World's Wildest Police Videos and such

7/31/2006 11:10:56 PM

Haha, those police video shows are great. The acceleration sounds are added in, the tires squealing, sometimes even the police sirens.

It's sensational, entertainment TV.

7/31/2006 11:13:53 PM

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""tires squealing a dirt road? wtf?""

i've heard tires squeal on dirt track ovals

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"tires squeal in parking decks from the high amount of pollution buildup. you know, semi enclosed space, high traffic, low direct rainfall...."

what about locking diff's?

7/31/2006 11:21:15 PM

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"i've heard tires squeal on dirt track ovals"

Presence of stone/gravel makes tires squeal too.

I learned driving when I was 8 on a dirt track. Every now and then, I'd play with the brakes and the transmission to make the tires squeal like crazy.

7/31/2006 11:23:54 PM

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"my tires squeal at a bp gas station near my place"

did you miss the "high amount of pollution buildup" part? few parking lots on earth are more polluted than gas stations.

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"what about locking diff's?"

what about them? if your diff is locking in a parking deck then you need some additive i would think.

7/31/2006 11:31:11 PM

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"I think xvang meant that movies/shows use an EXCESSIVE amount of tire-squealing sound effects"

Exactly... we're not talking about real-life tracks and real-life racing here... the thread title says "Cars in movies". I'll admit that they do a lot better these days with the sound effects, but watch any good ole' movie/tv show and you'll know what I'm talking about.

7/31/2006 11:47:40 PM

i thought it was a rather good movie.....$.02

8/1/2006 12:06:35 AM

I laughed my ass off with the Dukes of Hazzard movie. Not only would that nose heavy Charger land squarely on its front grill every time it launched into the air, it was a lot of fun watching all the cop cars chase the Charger in the race at the end (effectively being faster than all the "race" cars).

oh dear...

8/1/2006 1:18:01 PM

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"I laughed my ass off with the Dukes of Hazzard movie. Not only would that nose heavy Charger land squarely on its front grill every time it launched into the air"

good to know that engineering degree is coming to good use, as gravity is independent of weight and all masses accelerate equally towards the center of the earth.

HAHAHAHA LOL

8/1/2006 1:50:35 PM

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"good to know that engineering degree is coming to good use, as gravity is independent of weight and all masses accelerate equally towards the center of the earth. HAHAHAHA LOL "

it's good to know air resistance or any of those other pesky things to complicate equations must not have ever existed in any of your physics problems

8/1/2006 1:53:41 PM

Ahahaha, air resistance isn't making the nose come down first.

ahahahaha

8/1/2006 2:53:33 PM

I am guessing you guys skipped classes on angular momentum,

8/1/2006 2:57:39 PM

ahh i didn't put too much thought into car jumping previously

so if a car is going over a jump - the front wheel leaves the jump first - gravity starts slowing it down and then makes it fall - the back wheel is still getting pushed up by the ramp - so when the back wheel leaves the ramp, it is going up but the front wheel is going down and thus there is rotation

8/1/2006 3:17:56 PM

I've been near 1 running lamborghini and it most def. shot some serious flames out the exhaust. (I know that is probably not the norm)

8/1/2006 3:35:55 PM

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"good to know that engineering degree is coming to good use, as gravity is independent of weight and all masses accelerate equally towards the center of the earth. "

I can't figure out if this guy is being serious or not

8/1/2006 5:12:51 PM

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"you can see extreme examples of this on World's Wildest Police Videos and such"

Especially when the cars are in the grass, gotta love those smart producers.

8/1/2006 5:16:03 PM

^^^that doesn't really mean anything. Its not difficult to make flames shoot out your exhaust. All you need are some spark plugs and a combustible.

However, if flames are shooting out of a full length exhaust under full throttle, then the engine isn't running properly.

8/1/2006 8:15:05 PM

i think after "Gone in sixty seconds" a lot of people thought that Eleanor could shift up 12 times before shifting down

8/1/2006 8:33:28 PM

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"I've been near 1 running lamborghini and it most def. shot some serious flames out the exhaust. (I know that is probably not the norm)"

plenty of cars will do that if you gut the cat

yeah so in the new F&F movie they did an sr20 swap in late 60s (boss?) mustang in like a week

8/1/2006 11:30:36 PM

the car is going to make a paraboloid path through the air, with a landing angle very close if not equal to the launching angle. for the car to do a nose dive and destroy itself it would have to launch at a 45+* angle.***


***ideal conditions being assumed (uniform launching surface and acceleration, wind resistance, etc)

8/2/2006 1:15:32 AM

The center of mass will follow that path

8/2/2006 1:26:56 AM

^^you are assuming the car's center of mass is in the dead center, most cars are front heavy

8/2/2006 9:11:57 AM

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"How about tires squealing PERIOD. Whether accelerating, braking, or making a turn (especially at 10 mph). "

reminds me of all the 80's and early 90's movies with Camry's and Caprice Classics taking off and squealing tires like mad

8/2/2006 3:19:18 PM

WARNING! DANGER TO MANIFOLD!

8/2/2006 4:01:17 PM

The reason that the shinny parking lots make tires squealing is the decorative sealant. The smooth surface helps, but it is the sealant that causes the squel. It does not really protect the asphalt but it looks pretty.

8/2/2006 6:43:49 PM