7 MORE things you don't understand about driving fast
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
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So, you thought I spilled all the secrets last time? Nope! I've got seven more game-changing facts to drop on you. Why am I doing this? Well, I want you all to be as stoked about high-speed driving as I am. I'm breaking down the stuff that's gonna make you faster, safer, and way more confident behind the wheel. Trust me, you'll wanna hear this.
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00:00 1) Exceed your car's limits
01:55 2) Row the gearbox
03:07 3) Poor use of the brakes
04:19 4) Steering feedback
05:14 5) Corner entry vision
06:37 6) Smooth is fast
07:34 7) Mechanical issues 
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As a new driver im realy enjoying your content. Going into great depth and detail about driving tips and concepts in a responsible way.
Thanks mate! That's the goal - "ethical petroheads"
Always happy to see you encouraging people to enjoy cars without feeding into some of the toxic and irresponsible culture that can come with that. massive props to you as always
Your comment just encapsulates everything I wanted the channel to be. Thank you for your kind words 👊
@@MickDrivesCarsI agree with him and I think you should take even more time telling ppl about the dangers of some of the things that are showed. Like how trail braking can be especially dangerous on a wet road, in a front wheel drive and going downhill and other many stuff
I might add as number 8: do not enter a bend too fast if you don't have the appropriate skills. For a beginner is much better to enter a little slower and keep the car balanced, so you're able to add some throttle sooner at the exit.
im a relatively new driver and thats something that ive noticed im better at than alot of my peers. Slow in right gear fast out works so much better on the road than chuck it into the bend and pray
as someone who recently just experienced my car’s limits, im glad to have found your channel. Sadly the car is totalled, but your videos will definitely help my future driving
Oh no! I hope you're ok and it's just your pride that hurts mate 👊
I started on motorbikes and had a couple pretty massive accidents before I calmed down so I know that feeling all too well. Pick yourself up, learn from it, and get back on the horse mate 👊
My God I just recently purchased a Subaru outback limited 256hp, I've never driven manual, I've been watching a lot of your videos and actually subscribed. Using the auto manual mode while driving, I'm having a lot more fun, and it makes rides that much more smoother. I just got back from a drive actually and watched you're videos about drive trains, it made me that much more confident taking corners especially with AWD it was a great time! You're videos honestly have made me probably 1000x more confident then I was before!!
Absolutely love your content, have been watching through it all like a tv series recently😂cheers mate
Just a pov of ex GT3 racer - a track day is not ideal for learning the perspective of driving 'spiritedly' on a uk road. Take an advanced driving course they will give you experience on the skid plates as well as well as cornering. There is no runoff on a main road and you have oncoming traffic which in the event of them being 'spirited' may lead to crossing central lines and thereby doubling impact speeds.50mph x 50mph totals out as a 100mph dead stop (spinal injury/death) The speeds you use are entirely your own choice, so ensure you make wise decisions to keep your speed both legal and appropriate for the conditions. Time and space are two commodities you can never have enough of when driving.
"50mph x 50mph totals out as a 100mph dead stop" your point about safe driving is fair but two vehicles of identical weight colliding head on at 50mph each = 50mph dead stop, not 100mph dead stop. It'd be the same as crashing into a wall at 50mph, and that's only with perfectly linear trajectories. Just correcting a very common misapplication of speed and physics. Obviously that doesn't change the fact that a head on collision is much worse but it's nowhere near equivalent to coming to a dead stop from double your speed unless you're hitting a fully loaded semi truck or something.
Was thinking about doing these videos at some point myself but now I don't need to, i'll just point them to your channel.
ive been getting into driving and the tip about the lines was amazing.
I don’t understand how you don’t have 10x the subscribers. Your channel is great! Absolutely class man, the way you explain everything is too.
Thanks man! It will come with time, I'm sure. I'm still relatively new. Watch this space for 100k subs celebration :)
entertaining and educational as always Mick 👍🏾
Thanks for the kind words ♥️
Man you are so underrated, i love your videos
Thanks dude!
I'm 14, but I still watch these videos. I really want to drive a car, my dream car is Fiat Panda 4x4 from 1998. I really like more "box" design of a car.
My dad said he will let me try to drive with his car on a road with no traffic next month :) I'm waiting for that day.
Thanks for these videos, I have learned a lot from your advice :)
There's a top gear or grand tour episode that features that car. Far more capable off road than it had any right to be.
If you start driving early you could be pretty good man. I’d suggest you pick up a book called ultimate speed secrets by ross bentley, you can download a free pdf version online. Also i’d watch all of driver 61s videos on how to drive better and maybe read stig’s book if you want to spend money (I haven’t read it though). When you eventually start driving, with about 50 hours (they will fly past without you noticing) or so on backroads you should be pretty damn good. A track day will also help a lot
@@kdpwt Thanks!
my winter tires are summer tires at this point so I'm pretty used to over and under steer so in just a week I went from going 90 kmh around a icy bend to around 120 kmh.
Very good video as always, mate!
It's a good summary of what a fine driver actually looks like.
Only thing I could do different from yours is in the point 1, so I would written "exceed your limits" instead of car's limits cause I believe the most of drivers problem isn't about the car itself and more likely about themselves in their bad inputs... The thing is the limits of your car isn't relevant at all if you can't drive. It's only my opinion about that. For sure it's a good point by the way.
And yes, in a public roads the mist important thing should be respect for you and the others. Real petrolheads is not about crazy driving but safety one!
Cheers mate!
Love this comment!
I actually struggled with this when I was planning this video. My logic was that the issue is people's fear is based on the unknown - you think you're going really fast and the car can't possibly go faster. So it's hard to exceed your own limit when that limit is fear-based.
When you exceed the car's limit it's a real, physical indicator which takes the fear out of it... I think 😂
i come to this video after writing my car off. I agree with all these tips and I follow all the tips. Although I would definitely tell people to never drive as fast as you can on a road you don’t know. I followed tip number 5 on a corner thats entry was really smooth and looked like a nice easy corner. Little did I know on the road I’d never driven on, its one of those corners that last forever and got way tighter than initially anticipated. My back end flicked out and rest was history straight into a ditch. I’ve learned my lesson to never wrag my car to its limit on a road I don’t know.
Hey man, glad you’re still here.
Damn dude, hopefully you're ok! Decreasing radius corners are a nightmare if you don't know it's coming. Hopefully lesson learnt and you bounce back! Always leave a margin on the road, never drive as fast as you can.
Pick yourself up and get straight back in the seat mate, you got this.
@@Judgementkiryu thanks bro, my car did a really good job at protecting me, all I came out with was a achey back for a couple days. My car was well and truly mangled though. I will miss that car so much
@@MickDrivesCars Yeah man I’m fine thank you! I’m quite lucky to come out of the crash how I did, fair to say my cars safety design was perfect coming out with only a bit of back pain for a few days. Currently got a few more pay cheques before I can get back into a nice car again. I crashed literally the week before I started my new job, now I’ll be able to afford a couple track days on my new salary so I’ll be saving my dangerous driving for those days, and only a bit of fun on the road. Its humbled me quite a lot.
Your the best keep it up.
Damn, high praise. Thank you 👊
Good points all of them. I'm curious as an American if the UK has autocross like we have here? It is a course in a parking lot (Car park) marked out by traffic cones driven as fast as possible for time like a mini road course but no specific techniques or sliding needed like gymkhana or drifting. This is how I started in 1995 as it is cheaper ($35) safer and lower speeds than a trackday and is easier on the car's brakes and tires. In 1997 I started doing trackdays too then in 2000 primarily just do trackdays as I enjoy the seat time and speeds for the money difference.
Trackdays are more popular here, but autocross does exist, just not as many events. I've never done one but would love to.
excellent...
Thanks mate 👊
civic drivers just found their dream video
Fast driving on the roads is for young people who haven’t yet learnt anything. We should be encouraging steady defensive driving instead.
This is all good advice, but always be aware of other road users. Expect the unexpected.
Also some corners are unpredictable and become tighter without it being obvious on entry. So if they are new to you, take it steady.
Please do a video on how to stay centered in a lane, judge the width and distance of your car using the wiper tricks and side mirrors
Most of the stuff that interests me is spirited driving... Lots of people that can give normal driving tips like this already on RUclips 👊
would love to see you drive a manual in a video one day mate
I've done a few
M140i was manual
Slow car fast pov fabia was manual
My mini was manual
But yeah I have a long term goal for the channel to afford a sporty manual car to do educational/stupid stuff with
What is that red mark for on your steering?
Thanks for this, can you explain what you mean by squeeze the brake? Can you describe what you do to the pedal? Thanks
So rather than treating it like a button, treat it like an elastic band you're slowly stretching to it's maximum
@@MickDrivesCars Thanks so much for your reply, that makes sense
I would like to have a tutored track day. I don't know where. Francorchamps is around the corner.
I was absolutely shocked that at brands hatch tutorial was completely free and available to everyone.
hey man, really enjoying your videos as a new driver, so thanks a lot for your help
I only have one comment for you- I think you should consider changing your attitude. I know you only do this to catch some more views, but something about your videos (especially the titles) gives a bit of an unpleasant feeling. like, instead of telling your viewers that they don't understand basically anything about driving, maybe title the video "7 TIPS on for driving fast".
I actually agree with you on this. The problem is, that's what works to get people to watch the videos. No point me making them if nobody watches, right? I hope you can understand.
Thanks for the kind words, I hope the video is useful enough you can forgive the title 👊
they all are@@MickDrivesCars
Hello mate,
You say that to be driving 'spiritedly' that at a minimum you should be shifting 'up' before a corner and 'down' after a corner (in quotations because you got it backwards at around 2:30) but yet when you demonstrate your attempt at trailbraking you don't change gear- and that's before we get to your horrible attempt at trailbraking.
My question is- if you're trailbraking into a corner (which I think is something you would only do under spirited driving) then why would you not change gear before and after the corner?
Cheers.
with a 90hp manual car shifting and knowing the car personally is necessary so that it doesnt look like a shit car or feel
Hey, what car is this? I can tell from the steering wheel it’s a renault, but which model?
Megane RS 300
Love these video's. If only there wasn't any BMW and Audi drivers who can't drive on the road. It will be a pleasure. I Still love my Mini Cooper. Being an auto it's a real pleasure doing the odd fast drive (Not breaking my laws)
Thanks for the kind words 👊
My first ever "fun" car was a mini. Fantastic things.
hey man, not every beammer driver is a bad driver :). but i understand where you got that stereotype from.
@@TomGT59it's alright the bmw driver we speak of chose it cause it was able to be buisness write off and their tax fella was iffy on the porsche cayenne
Decent vid, but have to disagree with the description of "squeezing" the brakes as being fastest. All things being equal (i.e. straightish corner entry), as anyone with quality seat time under their belts will attest: Stomp on the anchors AS HARD AS YOU can, and progressively get off them as you turn in. This is especially true in road cars with ABS. Genuine critique made in good faith
make a video on how to shift and when to shift please
Working on a "gears" video at the moment.
In the meantime check out my video "what is powerband" - that has a lot of key information about this too.
@@MickDrivesCars Thank you! I will definitely check it out. I’m a permit driver (learning to drive) and your video’s definitely helped with driving fundamentals.
ALWAYS be able to stop within the distance you can see! At 3:55 you hit the bend so fast the car was hugging the central white line, as can be seen in your offside mirror. Had a wide vehicle come around the bend at that precise moment, you’d have probably caused a collision. Also, you spent more time without both hands on the wheel during the entire video than you did with. Complacency is a killer.
It’s not so narrow a road that wide vehicles would be over the central white line by default, it looks like a narrow road in the video but that’s just perspective. If a wide vehicle was over the central white line it would be far more likely that that vehicle is taking the corner incorrectly and therefore would be in the wrong. I agree though that he should’ve probably gone a little slower around that one though
@@tflp1950 An HGV, PCV or any other articulated vehicle would almost certainly be taking up the width of that lane on that bend. It’s no good being ‘right’ when you’re six foot under. This is not ‘defensive driving’. Had there been a cyclist or some other obstruction in his lane as he rounded the bend he would not have been able to stop. This kind of driving should be reserved for the track. This is an accident waiting to happen.
The problem with this advice is that it encourages drivers to drive at speeds where they can not stop within the distance they can see. If a driver is going into corners fast, based on the ability of the car instead of whether or not a driver will be able to stop if there is an obstruction ahead, then they will have committed to hitting any potential obstruction ahead. This is not wise advice- especially when there are so many new drivers learning from you. Stopping happens in three stages, perception (3/4 second) , reaction (3/4 second) and then the actual distance it takes to stop the car once you are pressing the brake pedal. The problem is that our brains are essentially blind to the first two stages of stopping. So, driver's brains imagine they can stop in the distance between when they start pressing that brake pedal and when the car comes to a stop. But. they. can't. Because it takes 3/4 of a second for your brain to process a problem ahead. Then, it takes another 3/4 second to get your foot from the gas to the brake - that is 1.5 seconds and you haven't started stopping yet. That means, at 30/kmh you will travel 6m going "ooops, that's a problem", you will travel another 6m getting your foot from the gas to the brake and then you can stop the average car in about 6 mm. The brain imagines it can be done in 6mm but the reality is that it takes 18m. The faster you are traveling, the further you will go while your brain goes "oops, that's a problem" and then while you get your foot from the gas to the brake. At 110kmh, you will travel 23m going "ooops, that's a problem" and then you will travel another 23m getting your foot from the gas to the brake. That is 46m and you haven't started stopping yet... so, while you are encouraging new drivers to determine how fast they can take a curve based on how the lines on the road connect, understand, you are also encouraging them to drive in a way that causes a lot of fatal crashes. I know it may sound harsh, but that is the reality. That is just physics. We can't defy the laws of physics.
Drivers that are going to drive fast are going to do so no matter what. At least these videos may get some of those drivers to learn better skills and practices for when they are at speed, which will hopefully reduce their risk of causing an accident
@@wesphoenix5 ya, maybe watching them will enable the drivers to defy the laws of physics... good call.
@@DrivingHeroAcademy His point was to understand your cars limits so you have better control of your vehicle. If you have an "oops, that's a problem" at speed after learning how to better control your car, you can navigate the situation safer. It's sound advice to go to a track to develop your skills as a driver and understand your vehicle better if you're going to drive fast
@@wesphoenix5 I understand the point. The point being made doesn't negate the dangers involved nor the risk of overdriving visibility.
I went once in a corner too fast and i almost flipped my car lol
Haha ''almost'' means it was a good lesson of where the limits are :)
@@MickDrivesCars True my friend now i know the speed to go in corners
there are some factual errors in the video but the most alarming for me would be squeezing the brakes progressively into the corner, for gods and your own sake DON'T DO THAT! as you squeeze the brake you ask for more longitudinal force, i.e. friction hence grip, from your front tires especially. a tyre can only supply as much, so that there will be little to no reserves for lateral grip, which means you'll inevitably get understeer. to put it in richard hammonds words, understeer works like this, you drive down the road you turn the wheel (brake) but the car goes straight on, crashes into the tree and you can think of the rest. again, for your safeties sake, don't brake progressively.
now that i am reading it in the comments again, trailbraking is a technique where you trail OFF, not ON, the brake. trailbraking on open road is dangerous, because this technique is used in motorsports for transfering the weight of the car, just like you said, but not in the way you explained it. when cornering racingdrivers try to transfer the weight of the car to the front axle mid corner to induce controlled instability and controlled oversteer, so they can get out of the corner quicker. they slam on the brakes on corner entry, TRAIL OFF the brake around mid corner and slam the throttle on corner exit and NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND as that gets you killed.
I have exceeded my cars limits quite a few times on the road... Luckily I have enough experience to save it and nothing went wrong. Dont recommend doing that 💀if you dont know how to recover from liftoff oversteer in a FWD car. If you are gonna do it, do it in a rental 💀
go to autocross and if your car passes inspection (just take good care of it & it will) then request a pro driver instructor to go with you and they will teach you everything you need to know, you cannot do this yourself
stopping the 10 year olds from saying first
Thank you for your service solider 🤝
Thank you: I can't understand why they do it.
First
I more want to know what Renault he is driving
bmw makes al the corners 😝
This guy is a complete pleb 😂 he's talking about trail braking in a car with ABS 😂😂😂😂
GT3 race cars have abs big man
Both hands on the wheel please.
Okaayy mum
Drive safe and within the law on public roads. It is a privilege not a right.
It's perfectly possible to drive quickly and safely at the same time.
Drink or drugs and distracted driving make a far greater contribution to serious injuries and deaths on our roads than driving quickly ever has. Source: official RTC statistics.