And here’s a video of the some diff bushings compressing under engine torque.
My car doesn’t do this at all. I just tried, and when I engaged the transmission the whole car kinda shuddered and the engine stopped. What am I doing wrong?
I’m betting your car is front-wheel-drive. What’s the year/make/model?
Does any of this apply to electric cars?
I have a 2017 Chevy Bolt (no gas engine, just a 200-HP electric motor, front wheel drive). If I’m stopped and floor the accelerator, the wheels will spin. I’ve found the best acceleration (without any squealing) is about pressing two-thirds on the pedal until the car is rolling and then flooring the pedal. Does this make sense or am I doing something wrong?
The wheels and suspension don’t care what’s applying torque to the driveshaft. Could be a gasoline engine, an electric motor, or an enraged gorilla.
Heh. Note how I carefully stated “engaged the transmission” rather than “shifted into drive.” 
I noted your phrasing, but it doesn’t answer my question. Why so coy?
Um, the joke is that it’s a manual transmission and I was pretending to be too dumb to understand why I was stalling the engine?