Subaru Impreza STI pulls out of snow the truck...aka - Who needs a tow?

[Randimus Maximus]

 

Subaru Impreza STI pulls out of snow the truck - WAW.LV

[Monster Dave]

Something about that just doesn't seem right.....

[Latinbalar]

i don't think that truck was as stuck as it thought it was.  the truck got it self out the car helped.

[Slide Panda]

Yeah, jsut a little help along. It's about the same as me 'pushing out' a Ford 250 a couple years back.  It just needed a tiny bit to get over the hump..

[Pip]

I'm not gonna lie, the video's title made me lol.

[Randimus Maximus]

I'm not gonna lie, the video's title made me lol.

Thread title updated for more LOLZ.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Thread title updated for more LOLZ.

Can you add some lulz too, brah?

[KnightofNi]

why is it so hard to believe that an awd 300+ hp car pulled a truck out?


i also havne't seen the video yet.

[Popeye the Sailor]

why is it so hard to believe that an awd 300+ hp car pulled a truck out?


i also havne't seen the video yet.

Because HP is not torque, the gearing is not set up to tow things, and trucks are incredibly heavy by comparison. In inclement conditions, as shown, I would expect the car to just spin all four while the truck does nothin'.

[KnightofNi]

Because HP is not torque, the gearing is not set up to tow things, and trucks are incredibly heavy by comparison. In inclement conditions, as shown, I would expect the car to just spin all four while the truck does nothin'.

with the right tires i think the car could do it.

i don't know if the turbo would spool properly though. lol

[abby normal]

spec. is 300 ft-lb at ~3000 rpm.  no low range though.  with stock tires,  the
STI would be spinning all 4.

[Popeye the Sailor]

The car was spinning all four-it wasn't pulling anything-it moved forawrd as the truck drove itself out.


Screams viral marketing to me.

[Triple J]

i don't think that truck was as stuck as it thought it was.  the truck got it self out the car helped.

+1

[triangleforge]

Wondered the same as Mr.I -- I can't quite hear the language spoken in the clip, but it sounds maybe Flemish or could be one of the Balkan (edit: I meant Baltic, but I suppose it could be Balkan as well...) languages. The lettering on the truck (which doesn't appear on the screen enough to be a really effective ad for them...) is latin script but not English, so probably somewhere in Europe.

Hmmm, OK... the original YouTube poster wrote in Russian. Mine is really rusty, but it says something like "(Do you) Think the Subaru Impreza STI isn't prepared for Russian winter (and) roads? Maybe or maybe not (?) but It pulls the truck like a tractor."  

Or if someone's more current in their Russian than me:

Ð"умаеÑ,е Subaru Impreza STI не предназначена для Российской зимы и дорог?! МожеÑ, быÑ,ÑŒ и не была, но грузовик или Ñ,ракÑ,ор из снега она выÑ,янеÑ,...!

This one's still impressive, though not as over the top:

Legacy GT Spec.B pull stuck F150 out of snow

[KnightofNi]

Wondered the same as Mr.I -- I can't quite hear the language spoken in the clip, but it sounds maybe Flemish or could be one of the Balkan languages. The lettering on the truck (which doesn't appear on the screen enough to be a really effective ad for them...) is latin script but not English, so probably somewhere in Europe.

Hmmm, OK... the original YouTube poster wrote in Russian. Mine is really rusty, but it says something like "(Do you) Think the Subaru Impreza STI isn't prepared for Russian winter (and) roads? Maybe or maybe not (?) but It pulls the truck like a tractor."  

Or if someone's more current in their Russian than me:

Ð"умаеÑ,е Subaru Impreza STI не предназначена для Российской зимы и дорог?! МожеÑ, быÑ,ÑŒ и не была, но грузовик или Ñ,ракÑ,ор из снега она выÑ,янеÑ,...!

paging krponik, krponik to the white coutesy phone please....



it's sounding liek an ad to me now