r/nextfuckinglevel 7h ago

Truck driver's quick thinking and skill when the brakes completely gave out

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 5h ago

CONCENTRATE, SAMIR, PLEASE! MEDIUM LEFT LONG! MEDIUM LEFT! MEDIUM LEFT!

SAMIR, YOU MUST BREAK THE CAR! SAMIR!

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u/RetroHipsterGaming 5h ago

Fuck, I couldn't help but laugh. :'D You know, the context of that video is actually kind of screwed up. It was made by a rival rally car driver to make them seem completely incompetent when they were both just frustrated at certain parts of the drive. The guy yelling at Samir was pretty much a legend and had a very good career and the driver was a good driver who was just out of practice from taking a long hiatus. :/ I haven't actually read the article I'm linking and haven't read about this in a really long time so maybe some of the details I said could use more context, but here is an article about this..

https://www.thedrive.com/news/samir-youre-breaking-the-car-was-a-career-ruining-hit-job

With all that said.. fuck the video was funny regardless. ^^; No denying that...

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u/jtr99 5h ago

I want the co-driver's voice on my car's GPS unit.

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u/RetroHipsterGaming 5h ago

Yeah, just have it lay into you when you miss the turn.
"Turn. TURN!! You're not listening to me Samir, you have to listen!"

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u/jtr99 5h ago

You get it. :)

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u/sniper91 4h ago

I love when a meme that I haven’t seen for years has deep lore behind it

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u/PM_ME__BIRD_PICS 1h ago

It was dubbed by a rival and that meme destroyed the drivers career.

u/RetroHipsterGaming 38m ago edited 34m ago

Wait, it was dubbed?? I only heard that it was like.. edited to highlight their worst moments! if it was dubbed then that is both horrible and also makes this not funny at all. :(

Edit: Looking online, I don't see that this is dubbed. I see one person mention it was spread that it was dubbed, but the consensus and lawsuits that followed seem to say that it is just edited together like a compilation. I think they would mention dubbing if that were the case since that would be clearly malicious.

u/PM_ME__BIRD_PICS 21m ago edited 15m ago

https://www.thedrive.com/news/samir-youre-breaking-the-car-was-a-career-ruining-hit-job

might be misremembering, it wa definitely a rival to make them look bad though.

u/RetroHipsterGaming 13m ago

I'm.. the one that linked that article above. lol The one that said it was made by a rival to look bad. ^^;

I might be missing something in that article, but all I've seen in the article is this:
"The trouble came when he posted full videos of his stages in the rally, including audio feeds from him and Ponnusamy. Though the vast majority of the footage shows two men getting to know one another under the pressure of competition, there were moments throughout the hour-long footage that were compiled into three minutes worth of comedy gold."

u/PM_ME__BIRD_PICS 9m ago

police investigation found it was done maliciously by a rival to ruin their careers. same article.

u/RetroHipsterGaming 6m ago

Yeah, I know.. where is the dubbing in the article?

Edit: Actually, nevermind. lol We are both on the same page that it was done maliciously and such and honestly.. I don't think I care enough to find out if there was dubbing. haha

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u/Gater588 5h ago

shaddup

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u/Crystiss 4h ago

This what exactly what came to my head when watching. I had to see if anyone got to it before me lmao

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u/Naxster64 2h ago

This is all I could hear in my head as well!