Originally posted by stirpicult
i just thought the idea of someone getting out and throwing cones down and racing was funny. im not knocking the desire to learn, because i want to, too. but people are talking about it too much. i see it all the time whenever someone (on any board) asks about getting a new car. some clown inevitably says something like "s13 so you can drift" and thats tiresome.
oh yea, definitely. but that's the way it is. i mean.. what was street racing before ricers came along? you wouldn't believe the # of posts you can see on 240 boards about "drift setups" and "how to drift" etc... ppl are just trying to jump on the bandwagon because of all the exposure drifting has been receiving. like i mentioned earlier, just about every magazine out there has an article on drifting every month....
Originally posted by FutureProspect
drifting isnt even a fad yet and already i grow weary of it. i think its the idea that (like weavil says) take perfectly good tires and tear them up as fast and as pretty as you can.
You take 240's that handle great, can make great power and dont use any of it because your doing a great big/long burnout.
i don't really think of drifting as taking perfectly good tires and tearing them up. well in my case it's more of taking beat up hand me down tires and finishing them off, haha. but yea, it definitely is kind of a waste to tear them up, but tires are meant to be used, hehe.
drifting is a big/long burnout? um.. ok... in case you didn't know, drifting incorporates good handling with good power.... you could just as well use the drifting cars on a road course and have great result. and you gotta realize that the reason some cars don't make a "great" amount of hp is because: 1. they're old/using old engine, as is the case with the ae86. 2. they have the car tuned for response rather than hp. still... you can't tell me a car like koguchi's 350hp 180sx is slow... you saw what jeff and eric's cars have been doing with a little over 300hp... plus their cars aren't gutted....
Originally posted by MerF
As for the drifting thing. Yeah, it's not a sport or a race. It's kinda like watching baseball I guess, shitty on TV, can be fun in person, and no real athletic talents, you just gotta work at it until you get the basics right.
riiiiight.... shitty on tv? why do so many ppl d/l drifting vdos? "can" be fun in person? why is it that at every hyperfest i've attended EVERYONE comes out to watch the drift competition but not the honda, 944/miata challenge?? no real atheltic talents... well duh.. it's not really a sport... does drag racing or road racing require athletic talent? drifting, like any sort of racing does require skills. most of those skills can be aquired by road racing