all of the ones i had listed were when i was fucking around sideways

you start to see that the legal stuff is alot cheaper hehehehe

 

i agree. 60$ exhaust ticket. 50$ drift entrance fee.

 

Hehe. I know you guys don't think of me as a drifter. (and I'm not at present) But I was young once, too. When I was about 18, I had a '76 Capri (not the Fox chassis, the one imported from Germany) that had a hot V8 swap (BOP 215 if ya know what that is) and got me into lots of trouble. In addition to at least 3 speeding tickets in that car, my "drifting" ticket was picked up as I came off of a side street onto Kennedy Blvd in Tampa. Very light traffic, I had a left-turn arrow, and I got happily sideways making the turn. Didn't think ANYTHING of it until I saw the lights in my mirror. Me with my "if you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk" and "How's my driving? Dial 1-800-EAT-SHIT" stickers in the back window, the first question the cop asked was "do you always drive that way?" Noooooo.

Wreckless driving was the charge.

That, my friends, was 1986. Nobody had heard of organized drifting (not many had even heard of autocross), but we still did the same stupid shit on the street.

 

eehehheeh good times. the key to going out and drifting is to pic your spot and time wiesly!!! you can get away with it if you don't draw to much attention to your self. which means not alot of cars can be driving all at once down a road. picking a spot is the hardest part. if your on privat property the only thing the cops can do is get a tresspassing warrent against you. so stay off of public streets. all you newb's need a role model and i'll volunteer to help keep you out of trouble so just give me a PM and set something up.

 

This is getting repetitive. THE LEGAL EVENTS ARE FOR PRACTICE! So that we don't get tickets or get arrested. *sigh* Some legal events are practice and some are competition. Read up & come out, people!

 

I was the guy going out drifting at least twice a week a month ago, but having 2 VERY close calls in one night (only getting out of trouble because I'm military) I've decided to stop the illegal drifting. Its not worth it when we have so many legal events! Between autocrossing and drift events theres enough seat time to keep me happy.

It is my oppinion that in order to master drift you must first master grip. How can you drive past the level of traction when you don't know where that line is? I'd recomend you start autocrossing.

-Jeff

 

Damn Matt, you were collecting yellow tickets like they're Marvel Cards or something. The ticket I got was careless driving(drifting)....at builders square of all places, probably should've found a lawyer and taken it to court but I was considering myself lucky to only get careless....a friend of mine got reckless for drifting (again, parking lot, not on the street), had to go to court...had a court appointed lawyer and ended up with a max penalty careless ticket (something like $500). With that in mind, i was happy with my $70 ticket and $30 or so driving school.

Right now, drift events are too far apart and not yet a sure thing really. If a DoW kind of thing starts up around Tampa (I have a life other than destroying tires, I can't drive 8 hours uphill both ways in the snow on a Wednesday and be a hero participant of Erik's) then I can see drifting moving off the streets. All of the good drifters that show up at the events did not get that way by "keeping it off the streets"... Matt is a shining example of why that is a good idea though

 

I tell you what. the way I got good was by driving, by myself, on rainy evenings in industrial parks.

We would call them "Casual Drift Evenings"

Evenings where it had rained all afternoon, and it was barely drizzling outside. Evenings where everyone had gone home, there was no traffic on the roads, and it was a bit chilly outside. Evenings where industrial parks, and areas of business were dead at night so you could slide around in their parkways, streets, crossroads, and loading areas.

That was how I really got my feet wet with drifting. literally. The rain is the best place to start. If you're just starting out, I don't suggest going out unless its soaking wet outside. There is little to no tire wear, little to no tire noise, no tire smoke, the cars need such less power to break loose you can get out there with a bone stock 240sx and combo until the cows come home so long that there's a little water between your tires and the pavement.

Don't go out in groups of more than three cars. Don't bring spectators. Don't set up cameras. Don't make it a show. Make it simply a practice session. Drive around, find a nice parking lot, hit it up two or three times, four if you dont' spin once, and move on.

Don't linger, don't attract attention. Don't call friends , don't meet up with people, nothing like that. Just concentrate on yourself, concentrate on keeping the car sideways, and please, above all, concentrate on not getting into any kind of trobule be it wrecking, breaking your car down, trespassing, or anything else like that.

We are working towards an equivalent of a DoW down here, but it will take a little bit longer. Look to Mid to late May being the next major drift event int he Tampa bay area. Till then Im' gonna get used to the drive to Miami

 

Matt speaks the most utter amount of truth about street drifting you'll ever receive .

If you wanna be good . Practice for yourself , by yourself . Dont be stupid . It'll make you a better driver and drifter .

 

bleh. sometime i hope im good at drifting