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      03-19-2017, 11:05 AM   #1
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Pure Impulse Finland event - simply awesome, once in a lifetime trip.

This picture below was taken by BMW, not me. No photoshopping




Some fun Day 1 in i8.



This was my instructor driving above, but I replicated the powerslide afterwards. I found it v easy to power slide i8 on ice, Ken Block style

The i8 was incredibly easy to 4 wheel drift powerslide. A bit harder to opposite lock powerslide, but easily achievable by pulsing the throttle and keeping it balanced, with DSC fully off

In fact I found the i8 the easiest to powerslide of all the 4WD BMWs I tried.



The i8 was on 5 series wheels. Identical size all round, and studded tyres of course.




The first day was amazing, with far more driving than expected. I loved it! A truly fantastic, memorable driving experience that I learned so much from. I love my i8 even more now after powersliding one on ice!

How not to do it - a friend, whom I will not name



And how it should be done:



The second day was exhausting, back-breaking, painful and extremely tough. So much so that I had had enough after 90 minutes or so.

We went 180km into the Arctic Circle on snowmobiles. It was INCREDIBLY tough, and only a few of us did it all the way. I did, but was struggling to walk and move afterwards. Everything hurt, and for days afterwards!

It was the toughest thing I've ever done physically, by far. The organisers said they will never try this again.

The cold was not a problem in daylight due to lots of layers and good clothing. It was just VERY physically demanding and we had a v fast pace. It was too much when it got bumpy - really horrible. When we were down to our tiny group, we sped up a lot At least until the severe bumps. I think we were out for about 11 hours in total, and mostly on the move throughout.



However it was not safe to go so fast due to the trees and occasional stumps. It was also just too demanding on the human body. On our way back it was pitch black and it got very very cold.

I had a bad start too as I had a crash just 50m of setting off and flew off my snowmobile onto the road! I was lucky the vehicle did not land on me, as I literally flew off.



I stepped off where that picture is taken and sank to my waist! The snow was extremely deep! A few snowmobiles got stuck when we stopped (loss of momentum) and had to be dug out

Overall it was an awesome trip, and I am very glad to have done it all.

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Thanks for posting... nice trip!

I did a 1000km raid in snowmobile from Rovaniemi to the arctic circle 20 years ago. It was VERY physical!
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Thanks for posting... nice trip!

I did a 1000km raid in snowmobile from Rovaniemi to the arctic circle 20 years ago. It was VERY physical!
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Got to love those Finns

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This looks like an amazing experience! Thanks for sharing.
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Wow! Great write up Jash! 2nd day sounded very tough, but seems the overall experience made up for it.
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Nice write up. The event was a ton of fun. It was pretty interesting learning the two different approaches to drifting the i8.
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That looks like a lot of fun!
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That's a very photograph , thanks for sharing your experiences
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Cool I love the i8

Thanks everyone

Yes, it was indeed quite an experience, and accurately described as a once in a lifetime event.

Whilst Day 2 was tough, it was a great feeling afterwards having done it. And the event was fantastic overall.

Skinrock, yes indeed, it was great trying the two drifting techniques in the i8. What an amazingly versatile car, and so much more controllable and with a "hands-on in-control" feel than I ever imagined, given the computer shenanigans going on with its drivetrain. I love it
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does hitting the snow like that cause any type of damage? or they set it up in a certain way to minimize damage from smacking the snow like that
(friend with the car video)
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This is absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing!
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Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
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That red i8 looking GRAND in the snow. Wow
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does hitting the snow like that cause any type of damage? or they set it up in a certain way to minimize damage from smacking the snow like that
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Yes it can and does cause minor damage, but these cars are surprisingly tough. And "snow walls" are somewhat forgiving.

BMW were not overly precious about the cars - all credit to them

Parts & DFR, glad you liked the post Ray, yes it does look great

The Pure Impulse site now has more pics of this, and other 2017 Winter events, and also a review of the event.
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Very cool what you did!

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For some unknown reason, the i8 looks like it belongs in the snow and it looks pretty damn good.
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Some pics I took of the event.

edit: Mobile app sucks.
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Glad you all enjoyed the write-up etc. Here is an awesome video put together of the driving day, by Richard Rayner.

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Me, suffering




A cool pic from another PI Winter event:

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Just picked up my i8 on the 31st march before the tax went up. Haven't received the pure impulse thing yet, but what is the price of events like these?
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