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veilside 
can i borrow a feeling?
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Posted on: Sep. 07 2001,13:28 |
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i was wondering if anyone has seen or heard of drift. it's not as popular in the US, but it actually has quite a big following in japan... basically what it is, is deliberately putting your car into oversteer in a corner, and controlling it all the way through.. you can probably find some videos of it on kazaa or you can check out www.driftclub.com . the first time i saw it was in an anime called Initial D (pretty popular in japan) and then i saw a vid of actual people drifting...i think it's a hell of a lot more technical than drag racing, and you don't really need that much power to do it. it's basically all skill. and if you've drifted before, do tell 
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Posted on: Sep. 07 2001,13:46 |
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drifto time! Drifting owns. it looks cool, it requires skill and any semi-descent car can do it if the driver has enough skill and practices.
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chmod
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Posted on: Sep. 07 2001,14:05 |
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drifting is an amazing thing to behold... the first time i saw it i was very impressed. Too bad it's not popular in the US... in Japan and Europe, they have competitions for it. I wish i could go out and practice it, but i dont have a decent rear-while-drive car (an FF car can't really do a true drift, it would just be an e-brake powerslide). also there's not really anywhere to go to try it out, without either getting arrested or having to pay money to attend some kind of event (rare in the US, especially on the east coast).
but it requires lots of skill to pull off a good drift... the cars suspension must be tweaked in some cases and the driver has to know what he's doing. but it looks cool as hell... the car appears to move sideways when it's done well.
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shifter
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Posted on: Sep. 07 2001,14:50 |
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we do it here behind the sports fields. There's a huge parking lot that no one is EVER in. I'm not incredibly good at it, but getting better...
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kornalldaway
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Posted on: Sep. 07 2001,15:31 |
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this is some sweet shit
the only time i have ever seen it done is on an a very icy road, which makes it possible no matter how shitty your car is, as long as it's got rear wheel drive. the videos they got on the site are awesome and it would infact be a cool thing to have competitions in. perhaps some day somebody will start a drifter's club in canada
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can i borrow a feeling?
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Posted on: Sep. 07 2001,15:34 |
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yeah, a rear-drive car is definitely a necessity.. now if i could only find one.. if i could find an AE86 (84-87 corolla GT-S) it would really hit the spot.. too bad they're so rare now
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chmod
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Posted on: Sep. 07 2001,15:39 |
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http://www.driftworks.org has some more good videos and technical info.
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can i borrow a feeling?
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Posted on: Sep. 07 2001,15:40 |
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btw, in those drift competitions if you stick your arm out the window or your foot out the door mid-drift, you get extra style points 
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