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mike13
01-14-2004, 12:20 AM
They just showed some decent coverage of drifting in America on Autoweek. by decent I mean they were referring to it as a true motorsport and anticipating it's growth in the future while reporting some semi accurate history and facts. One thing the guy said was that drifters use 240sx's and old corrolas because they're rear wheel drive, theres zillions of them all over the United States, and they're cheap. I thought that was pretty funny considering it takes months of searching to find a 240 for sale anywhere besides Socal.

There was a two second clip of the Signal drift twins for the preview, then some footage of the RS*R supra/ 350z, they showed that one super clean yellow s13 w/ silvia face a whole bunch.

it was pretty cool, but even as a drifting fan i thought it looked pretty boring. Drifting around a huge ring or parking lot is dumb and a waste of tires/ money in my opinion. It doesnt look impressive like drifting on a track.

anyways, try to catch it if you have Speed Channel.

AadosX
01-14-2004, 12:23 AM
Yeah I saw it too, it was aight. At least they regarded it as a real sport unlike some dicks out there.

What are you talking about though? I live in freaking Alabama and S13's are EVERYWHERE. S14, now that's another story.

mike13
01-14-2004, 12:31 AM
now that i think about it there are several s13's available in my area, but since i have an s14, it took me a long time to find. I still wouldnt say there are "zillions" of them though.

nokeone
01-14-2004, 01:54 AM
was the yellow S13 the Jspec.com car?

s0ldats
01-14-2004, 09:51 AM
Originally posted by nokeone
was the yellow S13 the Jspec.com car?


yeah, and they showed andy, alex, and ernie on the podium. aarons car could be seen for a split second with his oldschool k1's.

Dousan_PG
01-14-2004, 09:53 AM
i still think that's hilarious..my POS burgundy stock bodied s13 up with those rad cars. hahahahaha
too funny
and this is like the 3rd time my car was shown on speed vision. i wonder if its the same footage. i dont have cable tv (cuz im poor) so im not sure. oh well.

Baka Sama
01-14-2004, 10:11 AM
http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29404 ..... :blah:

nokeone
01-14-2004, 11:55 AM
ur point being?..^^

Baka Sama
01-14-2004, 01:02 PM
Originally posted by nokeone
ur point being?..^^
Marsha.. Marsha.. Marsha!!
One day I will learn to out drift you all, an my car will be on... on... cartoon network! booya!
Until then... Practice Practice Practice...