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    Drifting

    Any one around here into drifting. or silvia s14s. or has seen the drift bible. asian cars i think are the best. Like Nissan Honda Toyota Subaru. but the 90's cars are the best

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    why, just curious on why you think that cause i think you might be on the wrong site. not trying to be rude and welcome. i also like them im actually getting a 98 prelude once i get a job. allthough they are extremley reliable and they are good at getting alot of power out of small engines, but they dont have alot of special technology which is in my opinion is a good. tommy kaira cars are absoluteley amazing in my opinion. i once talked to a guy in europe who sold tommy kaira rr which is there tuned skyline for an insanely low price and i asked him why and his answer was he had another and a nur. i was very jealous
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    Wellcome to UCP. I recognize that drifting takes quite a bit of driver skill, but I'm just not into it. I like motorsports where the fastest car wins. In drifting you get points for the angle of the drift, how much smoke the tyres make and so on. I'll stay with real racing.
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    i do drifting/powersliding for fun(in Gran Turismo 4) It's not only fun but it is required to counter understeer in certain cars.
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    i own an S14 (see avatar)

    i drift, have watched the "drift bible." it makes out that its "easy." its not.

    it costs alot to get into it, it costs a lot to keep doing it and it costs alot when you stuff up.

    Silvias are made to drift, everything else is a wannabe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blue Supra
    Silvias are made to drift, everything else is a wannabe.
    I'm sure Mr. Tsuchiya would disagree

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    Mr tsuchiya doesnt kno jack yo! m@ fuli sik wh!p jo0!

    i own an S13 silvia :P but i pick it up on saturday... and its non turbo
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    Quote Originally Posted by whiteballz
    Mr tsuchiya doesnt kno jack yo! m@ fuli sik wh!p jo0!
    anybody who doesn't use a viper for drifting is clearly very misinformed.
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    or a turbo with any less diameter then a viper rear wheel cant be taken seriously.
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    Someone--anyone-- post up a vid of ANYONE drifting on asphalt or highway concrete.
    Gravel does'nt count..I invented that in the early 90's and its called gravel-gliding...fwd cars are the best for gravel gliding lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by bricker
    Someone--anyone-- post up a vid of ANYONE drifting on asphalt or highway concrete.
    Gravel does'nt count..I invented that in the early 90's and its called gravel-gliding...fwd cars are the best for gravel gliding lol
    Erm, google video + drifting.
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oj6ztznphM
    No doubt everyones probably seen this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blue Supra
    i own an S14 (see avatar)

    i drift, have watched the "drift bible." it makes out that its "easy." its not.

    it costs alot to get into it, it costs a lot to keep doing it and it costs alot when you stuff up.

    Silvias are made to drift, everything else is a wannabe.
    Im pretty sure that "costs alot" is generally applied to all forms of racing.
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    Drifting, in my opinion, is less dangerous than normal high-speed racing. It's also hard and fun. RWD cars are easy to drift because they push the car. FWD pulls, meaning that drifts are harder, and AWD (Skyline, WRX) is even harder than FWD.
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    You can't "drift" a FWD. You can put it into oversteer, but you can't control it. As soon as you apply power or brakes it'll just straighten out or spin. You can't hold it sideways.

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