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Who needs an import to go drifting?



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hehe...."Bubba Drift"
-Jim
1987 Cougar LS 5.0

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Quote from: jkirchman
hehe...."Bubba Drift"


http://bubbadrift.com/
 

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Well its more intersting then watching two cars drive in a straight line. And take more talent than driving in a straight line.

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Hey, it takes talent to drive straight!  Especially when your car pulls left all the time.
1987 Thunderbird 3.8. Sold :(

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Quote from: amooset
Hey, it takes talent to drive straight!  Especially when your car pulls left all the time.


Sorry I sould have made it more clear. I was talking more in terms of the professional stand point.

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raises hand

Retarded pseudo-sport. 

What really amazes me is that kids will actively seek a RWD ricer (hard to find) and spend thousands to make it able to drift...when they could have bought a Mustang/Camaro/Cougar, kept it stock, and be better off.
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it amazes me how the ricer crowd thinks this is new.. ever seen a trans-am race? especially from the 70's? or a rally race? or a off road truck race? or me getting to school on time in high school?

I don't think it is "that" lame. and it is cool to watch, I an know for a fact it is fun to do. just that why spend 30K on a supra or some other car when you can get a 500 dollar american muscle car and have more hp and get it sideways MUCH easier.
and why "drifting' i just thought it was called a power slide, or letting the rear hang out?

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Domestics don't drift, they do powerslides. ;) It's nothing new. We've been drifting since the first RWD car had more power than traction.

And any sport that has subjective judging, like figure skating, is hardly a sport at all. Most of all motorsport. Drifting is the slowest way around a track that wastes a huge amount of money. It's the ballroom dancing of the automotive world. You can keep it. I'd rather cut a line than 'kiss' the wall. :rolleyes:

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Quote from: oldraven
I'd rather cut a line than 'kiss' the wall.


I agree on that one. You can't tell me it wouldn't be fun to go around a track at least one trying to slide the car around the corners.

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is that a screen cap from bullit?

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Quote from: slamedcat
Well its more intersting then watching two cars drive in a straight line.

 :iagree: Watching drag racing on TV is about as entertaining as watching a pie bake. Going to the races is a whole different story. :) Drifting is pretty cool, I wouldn't do it in my car though.

People spend considerable amounts of money on their show cars just to look good, I don't see how spending money (regardless of amount) on a car for drifting would be any different.
2005 Subaru WRX STi|daily driver

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Yup. :D

Sure, powerslides are a shiznitload of fun. It's just not a motorsport. More like recreation.

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drifting is a bit different than a power slide, because even cars without power can drift, you have to know what youre doing

and power slides generally arnt controlled nearly as well as a real drift
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