My dad put a cup of water in my car during tofu deliveries to a hill resort. He said it was to ensure the tofu didn’t get damaged in transit. But he was secretly developing my downhill racing technique. Apparently if I didn’t spill the water, it meant that my cornering technique was ‘smooth’.
Also the kiddie version of ‘wax on wax off’ is ‘hang your jacket on the hook, take your jacket off the hook’.
Also, that technique has no real-world application. The father told him to try and make the water spin in the cup instead of splashing back and forth. But that’s not possible just from driving a vehicle, no matter how you drift corners.
I lived in Japan back when that anime TV show was releasing, and I can tell you, it’s pure fantasy. Although it’s much closer to real Japanese street racing than that awful Tokyo Drift film. That film was basically American street racing with Japanese actors. Actual Japanese street racers are science, math, and physics nerds, pushing the boundaries of their cars for the fun of it. Not hardened gangsters or Yakuza wannabes, decking their cars out with neon lights and massive spoilers and body kits. Hollywood invented their own concept of drift racing for that film.
I mean… using the water as an indicator for directional Gs is technically correct lol.
It won’t help you learn to drift better, but it does work as a bargain basement indicator for roughness of driving, which could be important if you’re moving food and don’t want it to spill.
Alternatively, you could just use a car with good suspension and not drive like a maniac lol.
My dad put a cup of water in my car during tofu deliveries to a hill resort. He said it was to ensure the tofu didn’t get damaged in transit. But he was secretly developing my downhill racing technique. Apparently if I didn’t spill the water, it meant that my cornering technique was ‘smooth’.
Also the kiddie version of ‘wax on wax off’ is ‘hang your jacket on the hook, take your jacket off the hook’.
Initial D!
Also, that technique has no real-world application. The father told him to try and make the water spin in the cup instead of splashing back and forth. But that’s not possible just from driving a vehicle, no matter how you drift corners.
I lived in Japan back when that anime TV show was releasing, and I can tell you, it’s pure fantasy. Although it’s much closer to real Japanese street racing than that awful Tokyo Drift film. That film was basically American street racing with Japanese actors. Actual Japanese street racers are science, math, and physics nerds, pushing the boundaries of their cars for the fun of it. Not hardened gangsters or Yakuza wannabes, decking their cars out with neon lights and massive spoilers and body kits. Hollywood invented their own concept of drift racing for that film.
I mean… using the water as an indicator for directional Gs is technically correct lol.
It won’t help you learn to drift better, but it does work as a bargain basement indicator for roughness of driving, which could be important if you’re moving food and don’t want it to spill.
Alternatively, you could just use a car with good suspension and not drive like a maniac lol.