Whatcha doin in California?

Is this the guy that was selling them on craigslist for a while.
Definitely interested in seeing the end result of this.

I may be free Thursday...
Stand by.

Yes, we are idiots and failure prone.

 

Buying a Montero.

 

Thought that might be the reason.
Spare a minute or two and tickle Vlads prostate for me.

 

Is he in San Diego?

 

No, but that shouldn't stop true love.
It's just a few hours out of your way to go to Sacramento.
Don't be a bitch.

 

Yes, it is sadly he has been so busy racing lately its still a decent ways off from being done.

 

Those actually looked pretty nice.
I want to meet this guy.

 

I doubt you guys are into drifting at all. He usually comes to the drift events at the speed drome on the east side.

 

 

My buddy Aaron is one of the people that runs Drift Indy/MDU, so i don't HATE it, but no, i don't do it.

Visiting Vlad is out. Have dinner in Phoenix with multiple dudes i need to get to, and it's going to be rough getting home in time for work as it is.

 

i always get super mixed feeling here on whether drifting is awesome or not.

 

It's not. Who's more awesome, Brian Boitano or Apollo Ohno?
Mixed feelings come from n00bs who usually don't stick around long.

 

Well it seems I need to get my **** together because I plan to stay and learn as much as humanly possible from all you people.

 

Drifting is the figure skating of motorsports.
It is not timed.
It has judges.
There are points awarded for style.
They play music over the PA.
And there are silly outfits.





I often hear the argument that drifting takes a lot of skill and practice. Hello? Figure skating.



Watch this. **** gets real at about 1:10

 

That is true I have several friends that are decent and I haven't gotten to any point of skill. However, I know people either love it or hate it and I wasn't sure where the forums stood in that aspect.

 

We'll make fun of you for it, but i think precious few of us actually HATE drifting. Almost nobody here does it, because we don't see the point in doing it with one of the worst chassis ever for the "sport." That being, the Miata.

 

True.
It's hard to drift well in a Miata.
More often than not, it ends in a totaled car.
Well, more totaled than the usual flat brimmed douche makes it with cosmetic "mods".

 

The Miata has a low polar moment of inertia, making it a very poor choice for drifting. It is the same trait that makes it a very good road racing car. It is far easier to set and hold a drift angle with many other cars. Look at what the people in the videos in Japan are driving to drift. There is a good reason why they choose other platforms. And it the reason most Miatas that American children try to drift end up badly damaged. Poorly suited tool for the job mated with inexperienced operators equals catastrophic body damage. It is a predictable outcome.

 

I feel like I'm talking to Miata scientists on here it's insane.

 

Science makes the Miata a better track platform than a 240sx, but makes the 240sx a better drift platform than the Miata.