http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enr7eNbvqE0

 

That 993 sounds horny!

 

Ya but why??? I never get the purpose of this?

It does sound nasty

 

ummm its a "Sport" for Young People, like Nascar is for Old Folks... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_(motorsport)

 

think figureskating for cars....

its like rallying..cept ur on tarmac. plus it's hella fun

 

Rally I understand, but figure eights in a parking lot, wasting a $1000 of good tires in 5 mnutes I do not.

Wouldn't it do the same thing on a wet tarmac and not kill your tires instantly?

 

My guess is that the majority of drifters use regular cheap street tires. Using R-compounds would defeat the purpose.

If you watch it live you get a different perspective. I think it would be an absolute sh!tload of fun! And I imagine it would also be an excellent way to teach car control - how to recover from spins, over/understeer, etc. Imagine how comfortable one of these guys would be if they started to lose grip of their car on a public road.

 

I guess it's a preference, then. I think drag-stripping a car is just as tough on it as drifting.

 

Drifitng is Sponsered by Major Tire Makers...

One of the points catogeory is Smoke... More Smoke more Points... Cheap Tires dont make much smoke...

 

That would be fun!

I can't imagine how many things I would hit learning

 

Since Zookie has recently acquired a couple of tires (gratis), perhaps he can demonstrate the fine art of Drifting for us old farts either behind Chapters or an empty Sherway/Ikea parking lot.
Back in the "good ole days" spinning and smoking tires were a means to getting somewhere fast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMc2RdFuOxI
as in the Bullitt sequence. However, as metaphoric as it may seem this younger generation "drifting" concept seems to only want to make a lot of costly noise and smoke without apparent goal or destination (other than the actual noise and smoke itself) very similar to muscle car burn outs/brake stands. Well, whatever floats your boat. "Ahh, nothing beats the smell of fresh burnt rubber in the morning"

 

lolz i would, but P-Car is not really the best Platform for this kind of Sport... besdies mine AWD... now if someone lend me thier BMW...