Drifting
 

I consider it a sport. Ryuji Miki, Rhys Millen and Daijiro Yoshihara FTW!
Keiichi Tsuchiya for the ultimate win.
Who else shares the same interest I have in Drifting & Cars?

i love cars, but drifting isn't my interest. i love road racing (not to be confused with street racing. street racing is not cool at all), time attack, auto cross though.
what do you drive? and what would you like to drive? :)

Well in reality I'm only 13 so I don't have my license....yet.
I would love to drive a Infiniti G37 in Athens Blue, Coupe or Sedan, it doesn't matter..It looks so smooth and aggressive at the same time :D
Although, my top fav is the Nissan GT-R R35 in Silver :lovecat: .
If I could have imported a car, I'd get a S15 Silvia with a RB26 swap and Top Secret bodykit.

So, same to you, what do you drive? and what would you like to drive?
:)

I <3 Drifting But i feel like im more of a grip racer at times. I own a 180sx. U.S model so it would be 240sx. I like how the car feels and looks while drifting but Im moving back to California and going to Touge with friends agian so i plan on selling my car for something more compact (roadster) like a miata!

A Miata for drifting? I'd go for something like a 300ZX, Nissan's are good for drifting. Actually, I would stick with the 180sx and put more money into it.
Got any pics?

Naw not miata for drifting for Grip! they are hella fast through windy roads! ive raced a red miata one time in my rx7 fc and he dissapeared into the darkness in like 3 turns, so i just gave up (left my foot off the gas) my friends were shocked. i need to sell it this car has given me hell.

Isnt the 300ZX a lil too heavy? thats what i drive but i would recommend a RX-7 or a 240SX

I love time attack<3

Oh sweet my fav car! Well the G37 is but G35 used to be.
Oh and BTW, are you on MyG37.com? 'cause I think I've seen those pics before.

i have a 2001 subaru impreza coupe in blue ("gc8" model) and i have a 2004 lexus is300 ("altezza" look-a-like) that i drive comfortably. I would really love to drive around in a lexus LS or a KTM X-Bow

Means going sideways......umm.....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_(motorsport)

to drift is to crash into a wall at high speeds :) i kid i kid

Oh, nice! The new WRX looks so cool. but the sedan is..yuck.
Same with the IS.

im on g35driver.com but i think i have an account on myg37 too because i wanted to trade mines in for one but didnt get to due to economy lol

i enjoy watching drifting and would love to start drifting too but its an expensive sport

Thanks mate.. That Wikpedia certainly helped us.

drifting is good sport....but no one know this sport in my country

It's a sport if done on a track. But if done on the street (like I saw in Japan) it is a dangerous crime and should have jail time.

doesnt it? i would have to believe if a drifter gets caught after sliding around a street corner hes loosing his car and spending a night in jail.... if not, im going sooner then i planned. anyone know facts on this?

I think they're both sports. It's just that drifting on the streets is illegal and dangerous, but they're practically the same and I think street drifting requires a lot more skill to avoid cars and such. Doesn't mean that street drifting is a good think though.

When was created the drifiting??

I think was a brazilian created the moving xDD ( i'm joking)


Have a look

YouTube - Pega de Senna e Nelson Piquet

Nelson Piquet doing drifting agains Senna in a F1

(between 0:17~0:19)

drifting became culture in itself in the late 70s early 80s. As a sport not until the 90s.

Keiichi tsuchiya obviously being the one bringing light to drifting way back when he was tearing up events with his dorifuto style. It wasn't the crazy sideways you see today but it was definately a little bit of flare going on in the rear end.

And for an earlier post, 300zx is a horrible drift car. Rear suspension doesn't agree what drifting wants. s-chassis however do lol. Its a great highway car though!

we only get a couple of god's in this our lives..

Michael Jackson- god of music
Keichi Tsuchiya- god of drift

we should appreciate them.

I am thinking of getting a nice aw11.. 86- 89' for drifting... not terribly powerful, but i like that. mostly plan to hang the tail out in the rain anyways to save on tireware. absolutely love that car

i would rather people drift in safe places like parking lots, but i've used some rarely used or unused public roads before.. not too big a deal.:rheart:

on almost everything german especially BMW... I can't stand those chinsy things... I for the life of me cannot figure out why someone would pay upwards of 40,000 on such a daft car... can someone explain to me how they think they look driving a mercedes?.. It's sad that most japanese cars nowdays are f/f's... miss the rwd era, but i'd still have anything japanese over anything german.

I drifted in Japan for about a year, then blew my motor at Drift Matsuri Spring this year, so I threw in the towel.

Better lock me up and throw away the key then.

Personally i think it is really dumb to drift in a busy public street, but when your almost alone on a nice mountain road or at a calm neigborhood, it should be cool.

For me, i love drifting,even though i cant do it myself yet ^_^.

I would like a nice skyline or one of the wide body supra,s. but thats just another dream i geuss. hehe.

Not my thing, but there was a pretty cool little segment they did about drifting on Top Gear with Ken Block: YouTube - Ken Block on Top Gear - amazing rally drifting

I saw a 15 year old girl that was hit by a car drifting in Osaka (Mino area I think). You would never do it again on a city street if you saw how distraught her family was. "It will never happen to me" is a typical teenager belief, until you kill someone. Think it over.