This video entry from Jalopnik is an example of just one of those good ‘ol, silly things guys can and will most-likely do with their cars. These two goofballs are trying to flex their tire-burning “muscles” in this early ’90s, Chrysler New Yorker.
On the common sense scale, this little burnout stunt is probably not the best to try at home, especially considering the fact that this New Yorker is burning rubber over an oil-soaked platform. Soaked in oil enough, in fact, that one wrong spark could have caused the whole car to go up in flames.
It’s also not terribly smart that these two guys were burning-out on top of a curb; if the car would have somehow slipped into gear or the tires would have somehow made contact with the pavement, the ’90s Chrysler could have easily launched itself through a wall or fence.
In general, doing a burnout until the front or rear end of a car ignites itself is just not a very wise idea; it’s bad enough that the tires are spinning-out at running speeds, but whenever a gas tank is present, there should always linger the warning that a spark is very easy to produce.
Aside from all the safety standards involved, who wants to ruin a perfectly nice car? I think that one of the main issues this video brings-up is one of personal value as much as it is one of personal safety. In other words, it’s an obligation for every car lover to re-evaluate his or her own definition of “classic,” and so assuming that the word “classic” is variable, why should a car like an early ’90s Chrysler be regarded as any less “classic” then a ’58 Chrysler 300?
But I think what happens is that certain automotive genres are taken-for-granted more so than others, and so certain models of car that hold special degrees of value get trashed-on as though they are simply “used cars.” It’s not a flattering part of our hobby, but it does happen!
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