Fudgey

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ps, deffo up for the 4th, but reeeeeeally need some more tyres lol

Chip

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This is the internal building that Dan failed to see and drove into, the one in front of my car in this picture:



Its about 20ft wide and 40ft deep (ie 800 square feet of building) and he drove into it on the corner where he could see it both width and length ways


You are right about tidying up your driving though, I thought you were doing really fucking well in there until that bit.





To be fair, what actually happened was he did a large burnout, with his foot on the foot brake to hold it in place, just in front of the building, then he took his foot off the accelerator to stop the burnout and let up the footbrake, when he did so he didnt realise how much the rears were still spinning, they gripped on the mega sticky bit of floor at that point and launched him forward, and as most people who have drive with a locked diff will know, it just ploughs on and understeers in circumstances like that, so there wasnt a lot he could do once he got to that point.

There was plenty I could do though, such as piss myself laughing, so i did

Anonymous

Chip-3Door
wb chap

Fudgey

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i pissed myself too

JjCoDeX75

well the good news is that despite my vigourous attempts, the diff still appears to be in one piece!

Sadly my wifes patience dropped to zero when it rained, and my car was no longer allowed (by me) to play.

Good fun (albeit brief) - but I would only do again with some proper shit rear tyres! The yokis were a little too grippy for my liking. Certainly a masterclass in how to make my car understeer under power!!!

Well organised chip - lets do again soon!!

JJ

Chip

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Whats fucked then JJ if the diff is ok?

Dan's guess afterwards was a rear coil broken, is this going to be a rare moment in history where he is actually correct about something car related?

JjCoDeX75

Could be, but I doubt it - they are only about 3months old! I will check that though.

I truly have no idea - could be brake related - the handbrake cable is totally fucked.

Photos look great mate - can I get a copy off you for times sake?

JJ

Len

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good to c u are still with us chip ,catch up with u all soon,looked like a good day for all cncerned

Chip

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JJ, yeah sure mate.

Len, had no way of getting hold of you to invite you, PM me your phone number mate
See you at weston on sunday no doubt now all that xmas and new year nonsense is out of the way!

Fudgey

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i only said jj's prbos could be a spring as it sounded like it was creaking from the back lol

but yes, me get something right about cars - never

Len

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Chip,haveing prob pming u

will try later ,may have to switch of

jr

any pictures of stavros volvo sideways as well, Im intrigued by them

Anonymous

cheers for the pic's chip

JjCoDeX75

I know the feeling!

It was nice to meet you Dan, and thanks again for the offer of tools etc, very kind.

I have to say that I hate it when the noises come from the back axle - there is rarely anything I can do about it without major effort.

The orange sierra looked like fun!

JJ

Stavros

IIRC he didnt get out of 1st gear and said it was next to impossible thanks to chronic understeer?

I wasnt really talking about your own drifting Chip, as you didnt do much due to low fuel etc, it was Phils beasty that stuck in my mind TBH.

Anyhow, wheres the Volvo pics

Chip

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You obviously didnt see him as much as me as you were driving so much mate, I dont knwo what gear he was in as I was outside but he was managing pretty well despite his protestations that it was awful conditiosn compared to what he is used to, you will see what I mean when the videos are up i guess


I dont do drifting mate, just oversteer


At home, im at work in still at the moment.

Stavros

Deffo 1st as he said so

JjCoDeX75

From my very very brief warm up run, I would concur with this - all I managed to do was understeer a lot, which left me resorting to trying to just fuck about for a bit (leading to destruction PMSL).

When I went to second, I just understeered more and faster! You gotta love these cossies!

Stavros - I quite like your slow drift round the cone matey - top effort!

JJ

Chip

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Ok, I havent said otherwise though, so not sure why you seem to be trying to pick an argument

It was a harsh day conditions wise, it proved a cossie isnt the thing for drifting, but Phil did a better job of overcoming that than anyone else did, is that a fair summary?

JjCoDeX75

And he managed to not break his car !!! DOH!

JJ

xr2i-carl

Fudgey

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wheres the vids lol

Tony Rs

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this looks

Munch

that looks fun!

phill2400

Si B

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I had fun - but had no talent or skill

To me it was just a laugh - I wasn't there to be DK or owt!

The BMW had good grip for the conditions, but still understeered. Fingers crossed it will be dry on the 4th Feb!

I had more fun just hanging the back out, donuting, spinning and driving round with a grin on my face!

Dan's Sierra was ACE, much thanks for letting me drive it - it was the biggest laugh in a car I've had in months.

Stavros's Volvo DRIFT CAR!!!:



And Phill:



And the Drift arena:



Si

Fudgey

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was you taking vids si or just pics?

i had it in my mind that you were videoing it all?

if so, get em up lol

if not, get the pics of tango up lol


and no worries for letting you have a go, you can return the favour in the m3 on the 4th lol!

Chip

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That drift lorry was awesome, 60 degree angles and perfect control right round the bottom corner

Stavros

Im not you clown

Its just it seemed on the day everyone was resigned to blaming the cars for not magicly turning into Ken Nomura
Someone good at it, in any of the cars, wouldve done just fine, and although you dont seem to think so, IMO the Cossies wouldve been the best, even with their gay diffs.
(Actually, the M3 would be as its got a fairly decent plated diff and better grip)

Fact is, we all shit

lead_foot

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Looks like an awesome day.

Stavros

And wheres the pics of my shitheap I spent half the day doing the long sweeping corner nearest the cars at full oppo lock (and half the rest of the day spinning at the bottom trying to do the same at the other end ), there must be pics

Chip

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I will get up what I have tomorrow as im off work, but I didnt get much of the volvo as I was taking pics for FAST FORD magazine, which as you can tell from the title, isnt very volvo orientated (well other than the focus ST )

Chip

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Sums my technique (or lack of) up to perfection that mate

boXXer

whens the next one then? and where abouts is it? can i come please?

alanfordtw-15

ye all done well for the very first time out by the sound of it. we have to start somewhere heres a few pics that prove cossies of similar spec to ye,re ones can drift, just practice even if it does sound like a broken record. might be a bit of inspiration too

R4N SS

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as above

oh and welcome back Chippy

Si B

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your shit box is on my post above!!!

And here too:

Fudgey

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its in westonzoyland lol on the 4th feb

that is a place in the uk btw - now zimbabwae

have a look on driftworks for it

Stavros

hoped thered be more than one pic of the shed, damnit

theres drift practice days nigh on every week around the UK thes days, and 3 (well, 4 as 1 has 2 classes) competition series this year.

Anonymous

http://www.takakaira.com/asp/table.a...TtPqQqlnMokrNm

http://www.driftworks.com/index.php?...&resourceId=16 - universal


all it is is a rev limiter that cuts spark instead of fuel, im sure you could make one yourself tbh for alot cheaper than £150