DO you HONESTLY drift......

[Drift101]

Be painfully honest about this. When you go to the hills or mountains, where the paths are narrow and such, do you HONESTLY drift around every turn you get the chance to perform it?

I don't, I may be insane, but I aint that crazy. At least not right now......

Also when you say you DO drift, are you actually "drifting" or just burning rubber?? (i.e. you are actually COUNTER-steering around the corners)

[SimpleS14]

no...and its that I don't trust my skills...I just haven't tired yet...nor am I interested to.

[ootranceformeroo]

Does drifting on the track count???

I dont do it on moutains.....dont have the balls yet!

[mistaanime]

well...neighborhoods..lol...not moutains yet..no money for the track either...juss

[TheSnail]

I think most people are countersteering since smoking tires in 2nd+ gear would take some nice numbers. I drift, I do about every thing crazy, I am a crazy baboon behind the wheel. I actualy am thinking the 200/240/silvia is going byby for a nice ducati. I just dont give a crap about playing with death. Of coarse I dont endanger others or passenger, but I just dont think about my life when I go 120 in a 25. It is getting boring, I like the feeling you get when you know your in some shit and have to devise a plan quick. That is why I want a bike. 150mph in a car is a dangerous as going 50mph on a bike. So think about the exciment of going 100mph on back roads on a bike, one false move, or some shit in the road and its over. I would rather have people thinking I died in a wreck rather then a suicide. but keep that on the dL. But answering your question, yes I drift , I take my right turns turning left.

[nightwalker]

I'm an internet drifter, I slide my mouse between narrow websites, while making screeching tires noises!

[TheSnail]

I'm an internet drifter, I slide my mouse between narrow websites, while making screeching tires noises!


HAHAHAHA ! !

[TheSnail]

I do the samething when ever I'm controling grocery kart.

[The ROMAN]

I drift through a few turns that have a nice margin for error, through parking lots, and I go to the track at least once a month. Give it time and I'll be there.

[HyperTek]

Yah i do.. freaking open diff is not too safe for narrow places tho.. but I manage

[Shin_Kudo]

I'm not going to start drifting on the touge or anywhere else until I have a couple track days worth of practice.

[Ricer240sx]

well, right now i only power slide to get used to the ass being out, but i am searching for a parking lok and some unattended cones so i can learn to drift for real!!

[sticky240]

well honstly i dont. I mean were I work at night (graveyard, 3rd shift) there are alot of wide straight roads with nice turns to practice. plus their empty at like 2:00 in the morning so if I feel inclined to i'll go out and see if I could pull a drift off.

I've done about 2 or 3 drifts around a couple of the turns. The thing thats stopping me from just going out and really trying is cause i don't wna tto break something and have to walk back to work or call a tow truck or somthing (since im alone out here). If i had more friends to come with me I would be more confident to do something.

Oh well, i guess im a poser lol

[steve shadows]

:rl: :ughug:

[blu808]

Uhh yea, not in residential or intersections tho. Its all about 3rd and 4th gear drifts baby. Yea!!! :whip:

[s13DrOop]

haha i take turns around my neighborhood!! sooooon i will be taking the track..maybe the mountain? too bad i crashed in palomares off niles cayon..SHHH

[steve shadows]

haha i take turns around my neighborhood!! sooooon i will be taking the track..maybe the mountain? too bad i crashed in palomares off niles cayon..SHHH

pb[pv[o yeah :werd:

[balmo]

i try to. at the track

[240Driver39]

no...not really interested to...except occassional shinanigans in the rain

[aznpoopy]

i don't try to drift intentionally... sometimes it kicks out (hard susp + nj roads = poop) and theres a little countersteering but nothing to get excited about.

[russian]

I think most people are countersteering since smoking tires in 2nd+ gear would take some nice numbers.

no it doesnt, i have powerslided quite a few times on my stretched 711's with n/a mod ka. you dont need big number to smoke out, its all about droping into 2nd while at high rev and punch the gas/counter steer.

just try it.

[steve shadows]

no it doesnt, i have powerslided quite a few times on my stretched 711's with n/a mod ka. you dont need big number to smoke out, its all about droping into 2nd while at high rev and punch the gas/counter steer.

just try it.

your russian and were right lol :werd:

[sidewaze]

Hey guys whats up.

Yes I do drift. Unfortunately we don't really have any mountain passes here but I try and do it when ever I can. Im still using the stock suspension so the snap back is harsh. Im not the best but, Im not bad either.

Im finding the best style to use is Feint to get the weight to shif better. If we had passes here though, I'd probabley try it a lot. I would just make sure I had a better set up. You guys are lucky that you can go there when ever you want.

Have a good one and drift safely.

Easy :cool:

[[email protected]]

I do drift. I have gone to a few drift days also to grip events. I dont really try to drift in the mountains, I kinda like living.

[-E-]

no...and its that I don't trust my skills...I just haven't tired yet...nor am I interested to.

same here .

[misnomer]

Never have the urge to. I'm happy enough going up and down my mountains quickly. No need to lose my grip.

<edit> . . .and because the available poll responses are so one-sided, I can't respond. Chaulk one up for "I simply don't care to drift" :-)

[driftyour40]

yes i drift have pulled 45 to 50 mph entry drifts its fun try it. if you fuck up you wern't ready :nono: i started in parking lots first gear drifts did that for a year then moved on to faster drifts i don't really consider what i do reall drifting but its about as close to it as im going to get with a stock KA.

[DJ_Sunrise]

if i didnt live in NJ where the cops are assholes and out to get any jap car with a big exhaust, of course i would.. time to go to pennsylvania :)


~Sunrise

[steve shadows]

if i didnt live in NJ where the cops are assholes and out to get any jap car with a big exhaust, of course i would.. time to go to pennsylvania :)


~Sunrise


u used to love drifting every intersection when cruising around town, before the cops started investigating us. lol

[steve shadows]

if i didnt live in NJ where the cops are assholes and out to get any jap car with a big exhaust, of course i would.. time to go to pennsylvania :)


~Sunrise


i used to love drifting every intersection when cruising around town, before the cops started investigating us. lol

and then i got rolled just today 31str~~~~ahhh :ughd:

[Neo Yakra]

my S-14 is practically born to drift, i just help her along...I dont down hill...but uphill is another question...i spend all my extra money on my car and its not because i can its because i cant....drifting/driving is the most amazing feeling...its what i love!

[driftyour40]

[QUOTE=rpsports]u used to love drifting every intersection when cruising around town, before the cops started investigating us. lol[/QUOT

:down:

[Chernobyl]

Wow. Lots of BS in this thread.

Drifting on touge is plain stupid. I do it sometimes on downhill hairpins because its so damn easy. However, its usually a much better idea to grip the corners. There is really no reason to pretend you're Fujiwara Takumi out there.

Track drifting (not wussy parking lot stuff) is way hard though and I wish I were better at it. Also provides that margin for error that is so lacking on touge. I'd rather understeer into some dirt runoff than hit the side of a mountain.

[Var]

There are only 2 turns on my mountain run where i can "drift" but i cant nail them all the time. Of course there are times when i'm driving sideways a lot of turns but unless i enter the turn sideways i dont consider it a "drift". 5 days after driving my ae86 i was already getting more sideways than my s13 which i have had for almost 2 years. So those of you out there with 86's, if you dont slide, you arent going fast enough. It's too easy with a rolla..too bad i sold it. I'm surprised Takumi hasnt replied to this thread yet... where are you?

[Flybert]

Wow. Lots of BS in this thread.

Drifting on touge is plain stupid. I do it sometimes on downhill hairpins because its so damn easy. However, its usually a much better idea to grip the corners. There is really no reason to pretend you're Fujiwara Takumi out there.

Track drifting (not wussy parking lot stuff) is way hard though and I wish I were better at it. Also provides that margin for error that is so lacking on touge. I'd rather understeer into some dirt runoff than hit the side of a mountain.

Why not drift touge if you are good enough? Maybe you aren't good enough, but there are plenty of people who are and who use it to progress as a driver in between track events. It's not like there are track events on every weekday. You gotta practice somehow and touge makes you so much more consistant because it forces you to perfect your skills. Take what you learn on the track and apply it to the touge and then take what you learn on the touge and apply it to the track. Track/Touge/Track compliment each other nicely.

[Chernobyl]

There is nothing you learn on touge that you can't learn on the track. Unless your track has dangerous cliffs you can fall off of. Then maybe you can practice crashing and burning.

The only way to get better at track racing is to.... (OMG, logic!)... go practice on the track.

[Flybert]

Chernobyl, I think I've learned a few things on the touge that I haven't been able to learn on the track. First off, typically there are more elevation changes on the touge than on a track. For uphill, you need to take in mad speed and use lots of throttle to change angle mid drift. For downhill, you take less speed and use more steering work to keep yourself on the road and proceed to throttle out. I don't think I would be able to learn that stuff at any of the tracks around here that are available for drifting. Like I said before, I think touge teaches a person to be more consistant than at a track. No margin for error means that you have to be extremely focused on what you are doing. You can learn that on a track for sure but probably not to the same extent as being on a narrow windy road.

[HaLo]

drifting is lame... ;)

[Chernobyl]

Flybert, I agree to a point. Last time I was at a real track (PMI in Pueblo, Colorado) I felt so comfortable and quit paying attention. Then after a few hard laps trying to keep up with a friend of mine (who's really experienced, I stood no chance) I overheated my brakes and went for a little off road excursion. This would have never happened on touge, because I simply won't push that hard in the mountains. What I'm trying to say is the track gives you a safe feeling and you are more liable to make mistakes. That I agree with you on.

However, practicing your skills at 100% on touge is just asking for trouble. I know this personally.

Halo, drifting is not lame. Be a litle more open-minded. Most guys that I know that are into drift are also very into autox and SCCA time trials. Perhaps its different where you live, but here we try to make drifting just a fun activity to kill some time between classic forms of racing. In the end, its all just for fun.

[ronny5]

i tried 2 times at drift day, not relaly into. i did ok, but eh, i think track racing is way funner =D so no i don really drift

[Big Perm]

I live in the heart of the blue ridge mountains - there are more curvy mountain passes than you can shake a stick at.

I have only had my 240 running for a few months. I'm not really keen on the idea of sliding blindly around a blind corner and meeting the all too common Tahoe or Suburban that seems to be around every corner. In a parking lot or late at night around a very visable turn - sure. mountain pass no! :stupid:

[S14DB]

Right into the curb.




What are these mountains you talk of?

[CleanS14]

i'm a poser!!!

[Flybert]

i'm a poser!!!

HA, you don't have to tell anyone that, everybody already knows. AHAHA.

[CleanS14]

Thanks for affirming that Chris!!! I'm trying my hardest to be a true poser these days... it's good to know people are noticing!!!

If you're going to DD17 I'll see you there!!!

[Flybert]

I'll be hard parking on saturday and competing on sunday. When I registered for the event, there wasn't an option to select "poser", only novice, intermediate, and advance. I was very disappointed that I wouldn't be classified correctly. See you there man.

[ONYX S-13]

I've only drifted once man it felt good.....All the times before that i'll just swing the butt out and basically just slide through the corner without using the gas pedal at all or (Or very very little)..

[Idratherbsidewayz]

no...not really interested to...except occassional shinanigans in the rain

Id like to try it but don't feel like wearing my tires or stock suspension. And having one wheel spinning ain't the safest thing...

In the rain I powerslide. I have done one successful drift and it was initiated by accident. Im too scared to wreck my car or another on the street so I don't try it very often...

[nissantuner22]

I don't drift, I just lose control, and counter steer frantically.

[Fibercus]

I drifted a spot we went too for many months, it was a perfect, but complex turn. I started getting more consistant, more sideways, little faster .. etc etc. But I forgot what it ultimately came down too - simple fact its not as controlled (environment wise) as any track event and shit happens, shit you dont expect. - and all it took was a patch of dirt a tad larger then i expected. (piled up after many runs with some friends and myself.) to turn my life upsidedown... litterally.

My white s14, ive had for roughly 6yrs. S14 sr, Tein HE's, etcetc...

http://www.getsideways.com/040408accident/images/IMG_3855.jpg

hard to explain the turn, but when I started taking it up a notch, it all came down to last second traction predictabilty to save my ass from hitting the embankment (spelling). On my last attempt i did loose it, hit the side, honestly figured i would only get some quarter damage (suspension, etc) but little did I know the little lipwas enough to toss me upsidedown. I did have my windows down, and I always do in the canyons, but i wasnt phuysically prepared for being tossed upsidedown. I instinctively throw my left hand in the air, (big no no, grab your harness, grab your nuts, grab anything to keep them in!) I dont know how it happen but I managed to slice my hand open (7cm long by 3cm wide) to the bone, severing 2 tendons for my thumb. I climbed out, thought everything was ok - everyone ran up and asked me if im cool. I said "yep, np." then i heard the sound of pouring water (blood) looked down and realized this was not a close call like the many times before. (you only have so many close calls b4 something is bound to happen).

long story short. hospital 4 2days, plastic surgery, much pain, all the shit that comes with recovery. I should be 4-6month before I get ful movement of my thumb again. - And I consider myself very very lucky.

Sorry for the long post, ive never posted about the whole incident, but thought id do a short summary of what happened to me. Im little to busy to go thru and clean it up a bit. hope it makes sense.

[CleanS14]

Damn Marcus... I'm sorry to hear that bro... I'm glad you're still alive though!!!

[95zilvia]

yeah every now and then, when sliding too much results in the use of countersteering, so if that's a drift, then im a MFDN... yeahhhhhhh

[blu808]

Take it to the track people.. Be a track bum like me, Its fun...
:drool:

[TUnity2]

no...and its that I don't trust my skills...I just haven't tired yet...nor am I interested to.

W3RD GRIP>drift

[ONYX S-13]

Take it to the track people.. Be a track bum like me, Its fun...
:drool:
I would if i had the money and the time...I'd seriously be there almost every weekend. :(

[Zemus]

Im a track bitch, and my car is a track hore. I love it

[Var]

i drift.. seriously. I went to my first real trackday and i drifted. i wish i had some video footage cause i know you dont believe me

[mrmephistopheles]

No. I drift DISHONESTLY!

[AAA240SX]

Drifting is GAY. Fuk dat shit, just drive ur damn car.

For any1 that tries to "drift" in neighborhoods, you queer ass bitch.
Somebody in a 240 almost hit my little brother trying to "DORI DORI" on my curvey ass street. :rant:
Bitches...Do ur practicing in a secluded area...That way the pigeons can shit on it.

Initial D is cool, but don't try to drive like the characters in it. If u think u can...Drive with a cup full of steaming hot coffee and try to "drift" without it spilling. Learn a lesson posers...

Oh yea, and if ur running an open diff. Ur not drifting: ur dragging half of ur car's ass around. :jerkit:

[sil40sx]

i like to do what i can at huge open parking lots, the one where i work has a good turn and alot of open space with no parked cars. the ground is rough though, so that sucks, but i just mess around, if i get a good slide im stoked. i would really like a parking lot with cones, but around here, that doesnt happen. i recently drifited my wifes jetta into a dairy, actually i didnt drift into it, i pretty much just drove into it.

[blu808]

I drift in the bathroom :yum:

[wootwoot]

i dont drift and never said i did. i want a fun sports car, not a broken one

[machoonthetop]

honestly the last time i drifted was over a year ago when i got new tires. and the reason i got new tires was i destroyed my old ones drifting or trying to drift(i was still learning). the only reason i drifted on those new tires was my friend from NY didnt know what drifting was


p.s. drifting aint easy in a stock automatic

[TRUENOCOUPE]

Drifting is GAY. Fuk dat shit, just drive ur damn car.

For any1 that tries to "drift" in neighborhoods, you queer ass bitch.
Somebody in a 240 almost hit my little brother trying to "DORI DORI" on my curvey ass street. :rant:
Bitches...Do ur practicing in a secluded area...That way the pigeons can shit on it.

Initial D is cool, but don't try to drive like the characters in it. If u think u can...Drive with a cup full of steaming hot coffee and try to "drift" without it spilling. Learn a lesson posers...

Oh yea, and if ur running an open diff. Ur not drifting: ur dragging half of ur car's ass around. :jerkit:


You are a fucking moron.

[SimpleSexy180]

I do the samething when ever I'm controling grocery kart.

hahhaah, yay me too :wiggle:

[ghostuss]

YEA parking lot drifting all the way !! :wavey: take ur car to the track or parking lot to learn drifting. Just gripping the mountain road is good enough for me, even thou i tend to lose it almost once everytime i go HAHA. :angel:

[The ROMAN]

I drift through a few turns that have a nice margin for error, through parking lots, and I go to the track at least once a month. Give it time and I'll be there.
This thread is pretty old. Well, I'm there now. Found me some nice roads with link-able turns and managed to bend only 2 control arms in the process!

[Phlip]

No


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[z0iid]

grip on west marin roads. very few smooth roads....combined with no power steering at the moment....and the rainy season, well i would prefer not to eat shit.

even with power steering, and dry roads...generally too much traffic. and night drifting....well, i am married and have responsibilities - so darwinistic death isn't as much of a viable option anymore. (and the cops are dickwads)

[sLiDewAys]

Yeah, i honestly drift. Mostly arround the local abandoned airport, and some touge where it is clear enough. Never been to any track events yet but hopefully in 05 ill get to one.

brandon

[alkemyst]

Drag racing is for fast cars.
Drifting is for fast drivers.


quick drivers you mean...fast no, as drifting is the slowest way around the turn.

drifting is sort of the fun way ;)...

[nismo2491]

I'm a drag racer not a drifter
KEvin

[AlligatorBling]

i drift my razor scooter late night in the parking lot... chicks dig it.

[97DubTruck]

Too much of an investment to sling around. Maybe one day I'll fix the 89 and go wreck it and not care.

[nightwalker]

...I thought you were a "driftMechanik"?

[s13irdie2]

i only internet drift sometimes. im getting pretty good at it.

[AllenRPS13]

i don't even have chance to try...
just afraid to get a ticket from cops...

[Campos]

i love drfting, its such a rush and the chicks dig it...lol...well here in southeast tx we dont have mnt passes, just over passes, i would love to hit some mnt passes though, i was pract. on stock susp., but now i got some tein he's and 17" gram lights x9's w/some good rubber = much more fun and enjoyable.

[Campos]

oh yeah i got a kaaz solid hub lsd, its a whole diff. car drfting wise

[Campos]

power steering check!!!!
do ya'll have it and do d1 drivers? just wondering, i personally don't have it and i dont find it difficult to drft....hmmmmmm

[s13DrOop]

power [email protected]!#? from caali also interested who uses P.S?

[s13irdie2]

i use p.s.

[Antihero983]

up near where i live theres a nice S curve ive drifted a couple times, but its wicked wide so theres plenty of room for error (which i found out the hard way one night :bash: )

[s14unimog]

I have spent all my money on suspension work for my s14 and my kumho 712's only got me 10k. When ever I get the chance rain or shine I slide my car. It really bugs me though how people build up there cars in a "drift fashion" and just drive them around. If you want to do that then buy an Evo or an STI and call it good. "Slide to Side World Wide!!!"

[Antihero983]

I have spent all my money on suspension work for my s14 and my kumho 712's only got me 10k. When ever I get the chance rain or shine I slide my car. It really bugs me though how people build up there cars in a "drift fashion" and just drive them around. If you want to do that then buy an Evo or an STI and call it good. "Slide to Side World Wide!!!"

hahaha word. if i had money to actually modify the damned thing (im still fixing the mistakes of the previous moron) i think id try drifting more, but with the stock setup ive only tried it a couple times, and i dont wanna end up breaking anything i cant afford to replace :bash:

[silviaz]

I just don't drift cuz I never drove my car since I bought it... but i'll try, but far .. far away !

[SochBAT]

Originally Posted by AAA240SX
Drifting is GAY. Fuk dat shit, just drive ur damn car.

For any1 that tries to "drift" in neighborhoods, you queer ass bitch.
Somebody in a 240 almost hit my little brother trying to "DORI DORI" on my curvey ass street.
Bitches...Do ur practicing in a secluded area...That way the pigeons can shit on it.

Obviously, he failed his mission. I must now dispatch ninjas to finish the job. Tell your brother to start writing his will. Wonder who will get his tonka toys?