I hate the drift hype!

[patboyy34]

nice thread, dude.......

[Zagan]

I don't mind drifting and would give it a whirl in the proper place, Race track have big skid pans etc to try this stuff out at.

Though it costs money but would be fun and worth the cash in my mind anyway.

What was interesting is the first thing the No1 Drift King says is power oversteer (holding the handbrake up while going around a corner, what 90% of everyone calls drifting) isn't drifting it's just power oversteer, real drifting is turning the car before you enter the corner and then straighting up while going through the corner.

He also says no many people seem to know this, and class almost everything else as drifting but it's no where near drifting in the first place and drifting should be practiced heaps in the right types of car with the proper setups.

It's a great video none the less, but young people or should I say young drivers usually have no control over a car, and probably crap themselves as they see the letterbox passing by them where the passenger seat was before the letter box came by.

Ah, well though. Just hope they don't trash your car, that was something I though I was going to read, I guess you can't use your front yard to park a car any more that's a shame.

[r33skylinegtst]

Haha his car's not in any shape to be driven, my letterbox tore his rear quarter panel a new hole

The letter box gets its revenge... :D:D:D

[Intensevil]

Keep it on the track and everything should be good. If that kid had a choice between paying for the bodywork on his now damaged car or $120 at a fullock sesion hed have to be stupid to not do the right hting

[G0DF4Th3R]

Haha his car's not in any shape to be driven, my letterbox tore his rear quarter panel a new hole

[Rezz]

What is with Aussies suckling on the teat of the American media hype?

I think it's entirely ghey how heaps of Aussies knew about drift from the mid-90's (where I lived anyway) and yet it doesn't get popular in Oz until some freakin' yanks hype it up...

[LBR33]

This is a quote from exvitermini.com i totally agree.

I recently went to LA to attend the D1 Drift Championship to see what it was all about.  I've got to say, my original opinion of drifting (after seeing it done in Australia) wasn't very high - in fact, to be blatantly honest, it was more along the lines of what I read on a forum once:  "Drifting is like figure skating:  It is not a sport - and all the guys that do it are gay."  Well, after witnessing the madness that is the D1 challenge, I have to say that it is an amazing thing to watch when it is done correctly.  Facing facts, over 90% of people only watch motor sport for the accidents.  Well, drifting is basically an accident just waiting to happen.  I can honestly say that I really enjoyed it, so if you get a chance to see the Japanese D1 guys at it, then do so - still shots just don't convey the spectacle adequately.

Note to all the Holden owners - Your dunnydoor cant drift to save itself so stop trying and stop killing people in the process.

[Sumo]

Not only to holden owners, I wouldn't try drifting in a stock skyline for the same reasons. Heavy and a bastard to guess what the hicas is going to do to you......

Sumo

[Genesis®]

i'm never really into drifting (maybe becos i found out that i cant from a recent skidpan). I rather spend the time/money fine-tuning my car for track work and shaving off my seconds from my laptimes

[meggala]

pity funky you have to bag a sport yeah the kids are silly to try to try it on the street and sorry for your letter box..

like all sports it starts at a basic level do you think they dont drift on the streets in japan they do 2 3 nights a week and get up to 500 cars.at least drift is now recognised by motor sport bodies and we can get venues to hold it where as b4 we couldnt . its not easy but greatly improves some one skills for a relative low cost for a car. btw the young kids find it a great sport to watch an so do I I also love doing it but it takes heaps of practice.

I 've heard about some of your expeditions on to the foot path with your car. so let he who is with out sin cast the first stone.

meggala

[meggala]

btw rezza it was popular here way b4 d1 USA and in the US as well

pt gawler carting track 12 months ago

3000 peopel there andit was rain at the start of the day.

{img]http://www.meggala.com/ceffydrift.jpg[/img]

[GTRgeoff]

What was interesting is the first thing the No1 Drift King says is power oversteer (holding the handbrake up while going around a corner, what 90% of everyone calls drifting) isn't drifting it's just power oversteer, real drifting is turning the car before you enter the corner and then straighting up while going through the corner.

When I was racing rally cars, this was called a Scandinavian Flick. Get wide and sideways well before the corner and exit fast. Scary as hell so I gave up perfecting it.

I've spent too many years maintaining control and good lines to accept this as sport. It's just lair assing about. If I go through a corner and hang the ass a little I am just doing that, or I have underestimated the corner. I even had trouble at the skidpan day due to my automatic response to maintain line when oversteer sets in. Hard to not do that, but eventually had some fun.

I'm not saying those that enjoy this shouldn't...in the appropriate venue, just stay off the streets, and even our racetracks as it F**Ks up the lines with too much rubber, making it dangerous for those going fast.

Skidpan parks would be great for all people to learn.

Sorry to hear about your mailbox Shan.

[meggala]

yeah geoff it really is weird drifting when you have had it drummed into your head to take good clean lines. and the lines are really weird

still its lots of fun.

meggala

[Rezz]

btw rezza it was popular here way b4 d1 USA and in the US as well

pt gawler carting track 12 months ago

3000 peopel there andit was rain at the start of the day.

Yeah, for sure... but I meant on a widespread national level. Almost like something isn't "legit" until some doofus american dude says it is?

[Rezz]

Btw Megga love the pic... definately *devoid* of american hype... Japanese style!!!

[Roy]

I think its funny... provided the hillbillies arent damaging, harming anyone/themselves

I was at Wakefield once when it was raining and a bunch of guys were talking it up, drift this drift that.... only they didnt go out onto the track in the morning becuase it was raining and the circuit was really wet...:confused:

Then when it dried out a little they were all out there drifting (?) ... only it looked more like plough understeer, lift off oversteer = dirt excursions to me.

Not a huge fan of drifitng, i find it funny that people take it so serious, what is drifting etc etc, as long as it puts a smile on your dial who cares (of course that assuming they dont take out MY letterbox :box:

[JAM*353]

Just a thought, i was just watching 9's "The Car show" only to see them tell us that next week, both those wankers that host it are "Going to test out the new 'Fad' of drifting"

That'lll do wonders to keep the assholes from trying it for themselves

[predator]

Its funny how actually losing control of your car has become so cool. I know the pros do it so its all controlled, but to get to the controlled stage takes a hell of a lot of practice. And the speeds the pros do it at is incredible. If some punk kid tried it they're going to hit something, and die. In fact i'm a little surprised it hasn't happened a bit more to be honest.

Why isn't tuning your car to go really hard and fast, and working on your suspension setup and brakes so that it sticks to the road like glue and getting that perfect racing line not also just as "cool"?? Unfortunately that takes knowledge and money, so wonder so many out there cling to "drift".

[knore]

Even the best japanese drifters still crash fairly often,

Your pushing the limits of gravity, adhesion, angles and speed.. Its inevitable that crashes happen.

If professional japanese drifters crash all the time, then we, and all the other people who think they can drift will crash almost every time.

[funkymonkey]

meggy I was expecting a heartfelt response from you. I have no worries about drift days at tracks etc. Also I saw some of the footage from Adelaide like a year n a bit ago before all this hype, those vids were of pure enthusiasts ahvin a go, I liked that.

What I hate is how people think its a new "fad" as someone posted, and how media portray it as that, a cool thing that anyone can do with any import.

The way the japanese system with the drift scene works is that there are groups, or clusters of drifters, some of whom are pretty experienced, and they tend to have a following of people who learn from them.

In australia you have a kid with a car and a instuctional DVD and some avi's he downloaded of kazaa and some dvd's he bought off autobarn, who convinces himself he knows what to do when put in a bad situation, but really has no experience to speak of, so he panics and stacks his car.

What I wanna see more of is people teaching the kids how its done, take em in the car for a spin around a skidpan, then let em try it, instead of givin em DVDs.

As for my expeditions onto a footpath, i don't think new tyres and a wet road count as a drift lol