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* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'', the eponymous train gets derailed and begins to slide out of control when the track dips below the frozen-over surface of a lake. The engineer uses the brake and throttle to pull a J-turn, pointing it back on course, and slowly corrects the direction to line up with the rails on the other side of the lake. The entire scene is somewhat of a [[JustTrainWrong nightmare]] for those versed in steam locomotive mechanics; not so much for ''steering'' the train with the throttle and break, but more for the fact that such violent and sudden moving of the throttle and Johnson Bar would tear the running gear of any real steam locomotive to shreds.

** First, when she drifted the Panzer IV around [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships St. Gloriana]]'s Churchill, before letting her teammate open fire at point-blank range. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the shot [[NoSell did not do squat]] against the Churchill's armor]];

** Lastly, in the finals, (as homage to her previous trick as stated in the first example) where she drifted around [[GermanicEfficiency Kuromorimine]]'s Tiger I flag tank so hard that she broke the Panzer IV's tracks in the process.

** An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKfpPrRVIo episode]] involved Jeremy Clarkson in a Land Rover Sport attempting to outmanoeuvre a ''[[CoolTank Challenger 2]]''. He failed. The episode showcased the tank's smokelaunchers, manoeuvrability, speed and ability to handle rough terrain. And it was [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]]. However, Clarkson managed to survive for a full five minutes, by weaving around forests where the tank could not get a good shot on him. And that was with Challenger's crew having the handicap that they could only use it's main gun's sight to draw a bead on Clarkson's Land Rover, not any of it's co-axial, pintle or turreted mounted machine guns.

* The [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove little-known]] tank racing game ''Videogame/TreadMarks'' is about off-road-racing, heavily-armed, powersliding... tanks.

* A drift-racing game ''VideoGame/RacingLagoon'' features a limousine, which is ''actively'' driftable using the handbrake like other sport cars. There are also trucks and buses, but they drift poorly due to their enormous sizes and weights, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments but once you've modified]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and mastered them...]]

* [[http://imgur.com/gallery/acsyv An amusing miniature model example,]] just in case you needed a demonstration of how to drift a train.

* The Tachikoma in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' are very fast spider tanks, so you know they are fast and agile. But some of the stuff they pull off puts {{Spiderman}} to shame.

* ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'' lets you drift... while [[HorseOfADifferentColor riding a boar.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d1mFfFxiVw Yes, the hoofed animal.]] Yes, [[CrazyAwesome it is awesome.]] A programmer spent one of his lunch breaks trying to make the boar drift, and the producers thought it was too funny to not add.

** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with a Mercedes-Benz [[PopTheTires sans its tires, which have been shot to pieces]], in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', where Bond has to catch up with a circus train. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Cue train approaching from the opposite direction]]. He, naturally, makes the jump before the inevitable collision. [[CaptainObvious Mercedes-Benzes are not frequently made in track gauges]], so the special effects crew had to improvise one.

** Also humorously used as an answer to [[TheNeedsOfTheMany The Trolley Problem]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX7cnm3gTaI 1 HP drifting]]. Old-school. No, I mean horse-and-buggy old-school...

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* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with a Mercedes-Benz [[PopTheTires sans its tires, which have been shot to pieces]], in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', where Bond has to catch up with a circus train. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Cue train approaching from the opposite direction]]. He, naturally, makes the jump before the inevitable collision. [[CaptainObvious Mercedes-Benzes are not frequently made in track gauges]], so the special effects crew had to improvise one.
** ''Film/GoldenEye'': The particularly memorable "tank chase" is one of the stronger examples, with Bond chasing after the DamselInDistress in a "Model T" (a Russian T-series heavy tank, that is). [[spoiler:Extra style points for lifting a memorial statue, sticking it in an overhang, and crushing some cars on his tail.]] That the guy he's chasing is in a small Soviet-bloc car just makes it even more [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMX7_z4ixFQ awesome]].
* ''Film/TheItalianJob2003'' features some particularly shiny Mini Coopers navigating through buildings like some parkour maniac. The cars used were heavily modified to withstand the highly atypical driving conditions.
* ''Film/TheItalianJob1969'', with Michael Caine, has ''even better'' Mini car-fu of this nature, including a scene where the cars can be seen driving over the roof of the local Fiat factory.
* The souped-up steam train from ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''.
* Herbie in ''Film/HerbieFullyLoaded'', most especially the final NASCAR racing sequence where the anthropomorphic Volkswagen was seen climbing onto the fence above the wall, trying to avoid being trade-painted.
* ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' manages to do it with... well, a ''battleship'', thanks to creative application of the anchor. This maneuver is called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor#Club_hauling club hauling]] and was used in the age of sail to turn in a small radius. Using it on a battleship at flank speed would probably just drag the anchor.
* In ''Film/FastAndFurious6'', the heroes are driving their usual muscle cars when they suddenly discover that their opponent is driving a tank.
* Indian film ''Alluda Mazaaka...!'' has a rather famous one where the lead character, portrayed by [[MemeticMutation India's Chuck Norris]], Chiranjeevi slides his horse under a truck. Yes, you read that right, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfoaogJN_pw slides a horse]]!

* The 50,000 ton [[MilitaryMashupMachine Land Battleships]] of the eponymous ''Literature/{{Bolo}}'' series are noted to be able to hit ''200 miles per hour'' on flat terrain. 'Flat' in this case being anything less bumpy than the average mountain range.

* Due to high crosswinds, the pilots seen in ''Flying Wild Alaska'' do this on pretty much every other landing.

* The TropeNamer is ''Densha de D'', a {{Crossover}} AffectionateParody of ''Manga/InitialD'' and ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo'' [[RecycledINSPACE using trains instead of cars]]. Towards the end of one race, Takumi shifts his train to roll down both sets of tracks on a corner at high speed, intentionally spreading his train across two sets of tracks to minimise the risk of flipping over sideways from the forces involved. A shocked Keisuke blurts out the infamous line.

** It is also used in scruples questions to take both options to run over something undesirable with a train.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQJKQjXpGQA Another notable episode]] featured an attempt to drive a Transit Van driven around the Nurburgring in ten minutes.

** An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKfpPrRVIo episode]] involved Jeremy Clarkson in a Land Rover Sport attempting to outmanoeuvre a ''[[CoolTank Challenger 2]]''. He failed. The episode showcased the tank's smokelaunchers, manoeuvrability, speed and ability to handle rough terrain. And it was [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]]. However, Clarkson managed to survive for a full five minutes, by weaving around forests where the tank could not get a good shot on him. And that was with Challenger's crew having the handicap that they could only use it's main gun's sight to draw a bead on Clarkson's Land Rover, not any of it's co-axial, pintle or turreted mounted machine guns.

* A drift-racing game ''VideoGame/RacingLagoon'' features a limousine, which is ''actively'' driftable using the handbrake like other sport cars. There are also trucks and buses, but they drift poorly due to their enormous sizes and weights, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny but once you've modified]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome and mastered them...]]

* Despite being a game that makes strenuous efforts toward realism to the point where its engine has been used for actual military training simulations, ''OperationFlashpoint'' lets you pull this off in any tank, assuming you can reach a sufficiently high speed, due to tank treads apparently having significantly less grip than they do in RealLife.

* The recent flight-combat game ''Videogame/{{HAWX}}'' gives the player the ability to drift ''fighter jets'' in mid-air. However, the ability differs from jet to jet. Slowpokes like the MiG-21 Fishbed can barely hold a drift, while the SU-37 Terminator can ''flip in mid-air.''

* The ''Nimitz''-class supercarrier can do [[http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/28217935135885018_ZiPMs7gZ_c.jpg this]]. That's a boat big enough to have two runways drifting.

** TheMovie goes well beyond "just" drifting tanks, giving us things like tanks making sick jumps (off of another tank in one case), a tank skipping across a river, a tank chase on a roller coaster track, tanks climbing a model mountain...

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ti7z807Dmk Here]], a Bradley is parked [[BluesBrothers Elwood-style]].