hehe yea. that shit has started a while ago. there even was a news coverage of drifting on the local los angeles channels about 3 months ago. drift cars are also getting a lot of coverage on magazines too. the latest is richard tang's (aka JDMRICE) 240 on the cover of import tuner. i'm sure everyone has noticed the drifting articles in every single magazine out there.

i dunno.. i think i've just gotten used to all the exposure drifting has been getting.

weavil, you could also say that road racing is a waste of tires as well or that drag racing is a waste of tire/engine etc. not saying you gotta love drifting. just saying that every type of "racing" has its own appeal and shit. you don't gotta hate it, just respect it

fwd drifting is pretty fucking sweet if done right. after watching marc rosso (i think that's who it was) drift his civic during hyperfest @ summit point this summer, i was fucking amazed.

i love this, haha. "We spotted this trend early," says Chuck Blum, head of business development for APC. "We feel like this is going to take off, so we have our teams doing demonstrations around the country." yea, so is that why they decided it'd be a good idea to develop shit for drifting AFTER the d1 usa... yea, you spotted it really early... ugh... some things never change... apc will remain apc...

 

 

yes fwd drifting is sweet but how many dumbass kids in a civic are gonna pull it off without fucking up?....my guess not many...

darwinism is good...stupid people help keep down the world's population.

 

Not like idiots haven't been doing it before. Seen many cars hit the curb.

 

drifiting is fun.

its also very dangerious, more so than straight line racing or roadracing. it runs on the brink of traction.

if drifting becomes as popular as they say...be prepaired for an increase in coorelation between automobile accidents and imports.

 

I'm not hating on it I think drifting competitions are fun to watch, but it's about as useful as a big smokey burnout. In other words, 99% of the time it's done it's a waste of tire (how many times have we seen some guy "heat" his normal everyday street tires for no particular reason?).

 

yea that's true. but knowing how to drift is a good thing, as it will only serve to make you a better grip driver, hehe. it allows the driver to be able to know exactly how far he can push his car w/o losing traction. but yea. it's just a hobby for me. just a lotta fun, hehe.

i don't know if you can really say it's more dangerous than drag and roadracing. i do agree that it can potentially be dangerous if drifting at high speeds, but unless there's a retard willing to try it at 60 mph first, he deserves to die :P i guess we will see more accidents involving 1 car and a curve, hehe. road racing can be pretty dangerous as you go much faster and can roll your car over. drag racing is just the same as you're going much faster. all racing is dangerous if not done on enclosed courses, hehe.

btw, i forgot to mention in my previous post that the scca is already planning on opening an scca-sanctioned drift league. it's gonna be called "formula D" (d for drift). yay

 

I'm buying a BMW.

 

drifting IS more dangerious.

how many events have you been where they bring extra body parts because they know they are going to crash it at one time or another? but i can see why you think its less dangerious than road racing...because well drifting is much slower and happens at lower speeds. :P

there are retards out there that will go out and do a highspeed drift on their first try. THAT is the whole point of this thread.

 

Drag, autocross, drifting, pick your poison, i prefer drifting, but like many people say, i don't think doing either three is great on your car, and i think all three should either stay on the track or an isolated spot where bystanders or people driving to work aren't going to become victims.