People are really putting in work to strengthen the case for self-driving cars. We’ve got idiots in Mustangs crashing on a regular basis, dumb asses in supercars crashing almost as frequently, and now we’re looking at another video of someone trusting the old straps of a flatbed truck to hold his Mercedes-AMG C63 S in place while he does a sitting burnout while the truck drives down the highway.

Burning Out on a Flatbad – Cool or Dumb?

The video above and the video below were posted by Russian Instagram user archi_6.3 who is, apparently, from Saint Petersburg, Russia. We have to admit that the sitting burnout while the flatbed drives down the highway does look pretty cool, but at the same time, it’s dangerous as hell. At one point, disaster really did creep up on coolguy Archi as the Mercedes started to sway a bit and did tap the front and side rails of the flatbed. There was only minor damage to the wheel and front bumper, but still – it could have been a lot worse.

One has to admit that the guy behind the wheel – the owner of the car – does have a lot of courage. I’m not sure I’d trust those aged tie-down straps to hold a six-figure car in place. Had one of them given way, this cool stunt could have turned into a deadly stunt, but we’re still kind of glad we got to see it nonetheless – it was pretty cool to see. It’s certainly not the first time we’ve seen it, and we have a hunch that it won’t be the last.

For the uninitiated, the Mercedes-AMG C63 S is powered by a hand-built 4.0-liter, turbocharged, V-8 that delivers a commendable 503 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque. So, make no mistake, the tie downs aren’t really needed for this baby to do a good burnout. In fact, by slapping the drive mode selector into “Drift,” you’re able to send all that power straight to the rear wheels – that’s why this stunt was even possible. Of course, you really have to ask yourself if you’re willing to put a $75,000 car through this much pain just for some Instagram followers. Apparently, it was worth it to Archi.

Mercedes-AMG C63 S specifications