Chris in his early days is like any KZfaqrs when they just getting started. Legend

So how many cars got ruined as a result of watching this video? Haha.

This video basically taught me how to drift. First i started with an old beat up E34 535i but now got myself an E39 M5, whipping it about every corner :)

I'm watching this even though I own a front wheel drive car

This guy makes it look soooooo simple!!!! Amazing driver.

Love this car!! And Chris Harris is a good teacher I have to admit. I love his car reviews!

Love his steering techniques

An awesome driver, great reviewer of cars and top bloke! If only he'd give me driving lessons! :)

Awesome!So much detail and clear voice.

One of the best videos out about how to start and the drift. Thanks man!!!

Dude you were doing an insane drift whule talking and explaining.... amazing man! sublime...

Excellent instructional video. This really is superb car control and advice.

40 seconds in and I had to give this a thumbs up. Awesome stuff

Chris makes it look so easy. There are other things to take into consideration, which he does here without explaining, such as corner entrance speed, what line you need to take to allow enough room for the slide, and turning back into the corner during the slide to induce more slide if needed, which is what he's doing in between 6:27 and 6:30, and again more drastically at 6:41.

Hello Mister Harris, I follow you from Belgium since a long time... You are just the best pilot journalist I ever saw. Sorry for my mistakes in English. If you come a day in Belgium, don't hesitate to contact me. I will show you the Molignee Valley where stars of rally like Patrick Snijers, Marc Duez,... had their best days. Best regards

Gather up instructions are very clear and just what I wanted to know

My old nail m5 . Ha ha I love these cars had one many moons ago. Loved it

Good fun! Thanks for the upload!

very nice driving, really nice advice..... take heed experienced drivers.

Amazing car ! and great driving

You are awseome i admire you,i own an 320d e46 from the past '00,and i wish drive an M5,but now is not possible,greetings from Romania!

awesome video mate

Love the fact this company supports our peace officers !

Good video. Cheers!

No fair Chris, you are in the perfect car to do this!

respect that man knows what doing.

@raze203 At the start of the second drift, Chris applied throttle aggressively in order to get the rear tires to break traction. The differential may have momentarily locked due to the tires spinning at different rates combined with the sudden application of power. That would have caused the bang you heard.

chris is a awesome drifter

Now once you got the three stages of the drift sorted out, the world is your oyster. You see, the possibilities are endless because you can induce a slide whenever you want to, you can control it, through steering and throttle, you can get away and come back into a straight line, whenever you want..

no doubt chris is one of the best journalist/drivers working today. sad drivers republic gone down . where he is right now?

great vid!

08 e90 m3 in the intro may be the greatest production BMW ever made

I love that old 400hp M5

there are many ways to initiate a drift. clutch kicking, using a handbrake, preloading the car. here the surface is wet and slick so it is easy to break traction with just turning in and throttling

While oversteer is not the fastest way around a paved track, it's important to have car control so you can save yourself from crashing if you get on the throttle too soon. On a dirt track or rally course it allows the driver to steer the car since the front wheels aren't gripping very good.

@LP640ROADSTERdk thanks i saw it still think he would do great in a tv show first degree carnuts,great reporter,connoisseur,great driver.

Great video..

might have been the shock absorbers or whatever those were that maxed out on their travel and produced that bang.

@Crowie74 ofcourse ;) the R8 V10 is perfect for powersliding ;)

He's at evo, and I agree, great journalist.

when i heard chis harris's voice... i went insane

absolute genius! :D

I guess it's personal preference, I just find it easier to modulate when it's less sensitive and easier to counter when there is no added weight. For normal driving in the twisties or for a quick overtake sport is very good though.

great video

I always found it better with sport on, sharper throttle response makes for quicker adjustability.. same with steering weight

That is possibly the dirtiest M5 I have ever seen. I love it.

e39 is such a sick car!

The shelling peas bit made me laugh.

Chris makes it look all too easy, fabulous driving mate!! I've got a BMW 520d and am not sure I want to rip up my new tires... Just yet ;-)

Yes sir. Just get a loose surface like some gravel or snow and have a ball. But be careful! A big ole diesel truck is likely to roll if put too sideways haha

wow I want him as my driving instructor

Drivers Republic represent!

@elmarko99 thanks i saw it still sad that DR went down.

sometimes microphones or speakers pick up frequencies from the engine electronics, notice the pitch exactly follows the rpms. I can't explain how but I've seen this phenomenon elsewhere too, even in one of my cars.

@yukiotakata yeah he is immense! he does a lot for EVO magazine (in my opinion the best car mag in england) and i think he does some for Autocar aswell. i just got a 350z and i really want to try some power oversteer but finding a place where its safe to practise is not so easy.

@1697P Ofcourse this is very personal and can vary by different persons. Personally, I like it when i can just reach the top of the wheel with straight arms, that way my arms are slightly bend when I'm holding it 13:50

good driving dude

Might Chris be the Stig?

this video makes me want an e39 m5 a lot

Great vid!! Can you use the same technique with a 4wd performance car like a 911 turbo, or Lambo?

With all the JDM-wannabe 'dori' BS here, why has this *classic petrolhead instructional* (IMO) only got ~100k views? Deserves far more - not sure where the 6 thumbs down came from either. The Monkey has truly exquisite skill, watching mastery at this level whilst he calmly explains the process... I'll keep learning but that's a rare and fine talent. Bravo.

@MaddGrimm sounds interesting..... i had that sound on my M3 before.. it was my water pump lol

There is no superchargers on an M5.. but I did notice that whine is present even on the normal E39.. my cousin has a 528i and it whines as well, thought it was the torque converter but this is a manual and it still whines!

@salmanbioshock yeah me too... but apparently that's the diff locking

As he entered at 1:58, I immediately started smiling uncontrollably.

it does to a certain extent, although you still need to be fully aware of where the steering wheel is when you want to counter-steer. check this video /watch?v=5Tq2-yFU9_M from 4:30 you'll see he lets go of the wheel completely and it does spin on its own. It's possible to really forcefully steer into the turn then just let go and let the car start the counter-steer for you, but you will need to catch it on the way back or the car will just flick round in the other direction

great car for drifting

chris harris really puts every other auto journalist to shame he needs his own show

@yukiotakata He's at EVO magazine.

Wonder how many people wrote off their cars after watching this :D

Chris calls it a drift... But you know thanks for the correction! 👍🏼👦🏽

THE KING OF SLING!!

The bang you can hear is the diff, locking to the other side.

@JSlShow Yeah that´s right.. if you talk about a rally driver, he´s awful.. but if talking about drifting and oversteering, Block has a great handling over his car in gymkhana

I wonder if I'll be able to do this in my 2003 Nissan Nivara... I take the sandbag ballasts out of the back first though.

@yukiotakata he's at Evo magazine

That noise is the camera picking up the voltage being kicked out by the alternator from the cig lighter socket...

is this a m5 with turbo? the noise likes a turbo??? great techniques

No, read the title. This is for power oversteering. You can find videos on shift locking, clutch kicking, handbraking, and weight shifting around here.

E39 M5 FTW !

well, it is ... easy & difficult but most of all: FUN & real driving PLEASURE ;-)

interfered? was it possibly a non-shielded aftermarket setup? or do you think about those flashy-fancy things that adjust the volume the more you rev, so you still can hear the radio, even whilst revving 5k+?

the E39 is easy to drift due to 3 factors, locking diff, 400/400hp/ft lbs, long wheelbase

FINALLY an english speaking drift tutorial! With great beard comes great driftu kingu!

THE CONCASTINATION WITHIN THE COMMITMENT OF ACTION IS RELEVANT TO CONTROL ON TRANSITION OF THE 4 WHEELS.

E39 M5 ftw!

That sound is from the camera or mic connected to the car

sweet

Could be the sound of the diff locking violently as he changes direction? But yeah chris is like the keiichi tsuchiya of UK...

Problem is when I try to prepare my seat that i can put my hand on top of the steering wheel as it is shown, I'm very very close to the steering wheel. And I'm afraid of the airbag if it comes out at an accident. Maybe I have short arms... Do some of ypu have the same problem?

Its funny. I drift on Forza with a force feedback wheel and I've never drifted in real life. When I bought an E39 M5 (the car Chris Harris is driving) I drifted it and controlled it perfectly, getting out of the drift smoothly is the hard part though and thats what takes in car practice.

Hi chaps, how easy is it to drift an open diff mk1 mx5 with 115 bhp and good tyres? Thanks

@yukiotakata He's writing for evo magazine (@evotv) and posts privately on youtube as @theharrismonkey . Also freelancing elsewhere; he has recently written for Jalopnik.

@forbello Comparing Block to Loeb is like comparing paper to a jet engine. Just throw the paper away, there's no comparison.

they use the handbrake to put the car into a slide once the car is sliding you can keep it that way by accelerating. at low speeds is not necesary if your car is powerful...in the other hand...handbrake will make it slide at any speed with or without power. The handbrake slide came out of rally just to put the car into slide mode at the required speed. He doesn't use the handbrake because the car is probably not his...since handbrake slide is harsh on the car components.

its the differential locking

@9090336 what about teh blow off sound? would have been able to hear that no?

how fast do ya think you were going during those drifts?

My mum had a heap of shit that ford called a cortina back in the 70s. The original AM radio when not tuned to any specific station would play a very loud whine that perfectly matched the RPM instead of your usual static. Some freaky interference going on somewhere in that thing.

Miata plus wet road equals this on a daily basis plus 20+ mpg (: fun cheap and economical(as long as you dont hit a dry spot and burn tires off)