so somebody went drifting last night.....(vid)

[SpeeDrifter]

.....and didnt do too well.

http://cs.uic.edu/~lso/RIP240SX.AVI










oh s#it!!!!!!

[FormulaDrifter]

i heard that the girl recording the "drift" that was her car and the person wanted to drift it......sad.........

[Ghost of Duluth]

Sad.

[PhoPower]

Thats old...

[Feint]

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Welcome to drifting......99 billion cars salvaged.

Tough luck.Oh well.

[SilverGhost]

did it roll, or just hop into the air?

and thats why you never let someone else drive your car, let alone drift it....

[jaydm180sx]

Originally posted by SilverGhost
and thats why you never let someone else drive your car, let alone drift it....

Exactly!

[Wayne]

omg this is gonna sound bad But the girls response is jsut funnY as hell.

looks liek someone didnt read drifting 101

[DriftingNewbie]

Crap happenes. it really sucks to see that happen but it will happen eventully (sp?), just wish it didn't happen that bad.

[subaru_drift]

Well i noticed some obvious problems.

Lighting was fine
Conditions were fine
Road was fine
Car was fine

Driver was poor. Did anyone slow down the movie and see where he was pointing the steering wheel??? He judged it pretty badly. But then again what makes us good is what we learn from. I am sure in the future he will change entry speed and turning.


ohhhhh sh*t!

[iownju]

id have to agree that the road was fine, but they really should of been in a parking lot or something. Some where a little less hazardes. But it could of just ben a bad day.

[spinitsidewayz!]

if that car was her's, hell id have the same reaction...

kid's, stay away from curbs

[Drift For Food]

Haha...I mean sorry to see that

Yeah, the drift looked ok at first, but when she panned and I noticed the road a little closer, um yeah. He(or she) could have braked more, turned in and increased angle, spun out to save wheels/suspension rather than let's see what'll happen if I just hold it. You live and learn. I'm just happy I have country roads to play on, no curbs, big, shallow ditches.

[Pennyman]

The driver simply failed to brake enough before the turn and stayed on the throttle too long, causing the momentum of the car to throw it way too wide and into the curb. This was caused by a lack of weight shift. I see this as being prevented a couple of ways.

One: letting off the throttle when you see you are going too wide. This causes the rear of the car to rotate more, causing the car to take a narrower line, or shooting the car into a spin and avoiding the curb altogether. Can also be achieved by holding (not slamming) the brakes mid-drift.

Two: Taking the turn at a slower speed to become aclimated to the cars reaction to throttle and steering input,and weight shifting techniques, then work your way faster. Simply put: more practice.

[servinmcgervin]

HAHAHAHA DANG! Oh man! the repsonse is great.. what did end up happening? i feel bad for the girl though...but you dont let other people drift your ride, something bad is bound to happen in those situations!! ive had my share of incidents, for example i used to drift my volvo 240 into my driveway at speeds inbetween 50 and 60 mph.. so one night i decided i would go and try the same thing in the local high school principals car (i was dating her daughter at the time) a 2000 honda accord. let's just say that i did damn near the same thing as holmes did but i hit the curb going straight backwards in front of our local sheriff around 65 mph. it was cool though, i got out of all the tickets and got away with only a broken rim and a flat tire. best thing yet though was that the sheriff put on my spare tire for me! hows that! i mean just imagine a police officer doing the dirty work of jacking up your ride and getting the spare tire out and changing your tire. it was great!

[mk3mann]

Originally posted by Pennyman
The driver simply failed to brake enough before the turn and stayed on the throttle too long, causing the momentum of the car to throw it way too wide and into the curb. This was caused by a lack of weight shift. I see this as being prevented a couple of ways.

One: letting off the throttle when you see you are going too wide. This causes the rear of the car to rotate more, causing the car to take a narrower line, or shooting the car into a spin and avoiding the curb altogether. Can also be achieved by holding (not slamming) the brakes mid-drift.

Two: Taking the turn at a slower speed to become aclimated to the cars reaction to throttle and steering input,and weight shifting techniques, then work your way faster. Simply put: more practice.

well i could write about what i THINK what happend....
and you did a very good job of that hehehe


but dang, that sucks so bad for those people...that really wasnt there night eh?

like love, we all try, and sometimes try to hard

sometimes you just need to let yourself flow and dont try to hard....calm down in the drivers seat,

I like to think of drifting as making love with the car.....

1: you may like it rough.....but you will last longer doing it slow and smooth.
2: the conditions have to be right, the lighting....mood etc...

3: have confidence, dont think to second guess, JUST DO IT...

and most of all, love you car, if you realy love your car you wont throw it into a drift you will caress her into a drift and gently slide her out of it.....and the car just wants more...




you only live once, so make sure you live it right....

[mk3mann]

that is the wierdest post i have ever made by the way....

its 1am here and i am just thinking crazy....

[NismoSigma]

WOW, well i hope the person is ok. Did any1 else see how much air that 240 got. the curb is like 3 or 4 inches high, he was going about 40-50, but damn, it looked like it was gonna flip. That sucks, i couldve used that car

[rlngtngku]

wow, just wow.

First of all i'm thinking she deserved it - handing her car over to someone else like that, but then i think of how much that much have sucked for her.

OOH SHIIT!

[180sxdorift2]

lol, sorry to see that happen, u cant help the girls reaction...it is kinda funny. should have at least done it in a empty parking lot. if that was me, i would be like..."ru ok?, u know u payin for my next car u bastage!!!"

[NismoSigma]

um yea..... i have no sound, my motherboard sound died but how did she react?

[180sxdorift2]

the girl simply said...."OH SH*T"!!! it was just a bit funny to me(not trying to be harsh) for that moment. u know when u watch things and somethin bad happens to them your like "OH SH*T"!! simply the girl just said what i was thinking when i was watching the vid. hope this didnt offend nebody.

[NismoSigma]

lol thats funny cause i said the same thing when i saw it!

[servinmcgervin]

hehehe...damn the second and third time i watched it it just got funnier! wtf was going through that guys head? i guess hmm.. let me just ruin this ride!

[spinitsidewayz!]

prolly wasnt thinking straight... you guys should see the reactions on other forums.. lol and the initial d kinda remixed version of this vid makes it that much more funnier.

http://www.onetongarage.com/misc/240ownersRawesome.MOV
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http://www.onetongarage.com/misc/240ownersRawesome.MPG
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