I ain't never been to no autocross before, but it sounds like a good idea. I guess I drove like enough of a retard before I knew about drifting that it probably helped haha.

Bill's post is good. If your car is beat, slamming it to the ground on se wheels, with stock everything else suspension wise, no alignment, and shitty tires isn't going to help. Get your car in good working order and go to as many events as possible. Upgrade things as you go.

Also, learning requires thinking. Think about what you're doing, why you spun, why you couldn't connect those two turns, why you understeered, etc. Then figure out what you need to do to not do those things. Like actually figure it out, visualize it in your head. If you need help, ask someone who is doing good, everyone at the event is going to be down to help you. Going out run after run and doing the same thing over and over just develops bad habits. When you get better, think about what you're doing good, and how you could do it better.

It seems dumb to mention, but I see it sooo much at Desoto and other practices, is people driving with one hand. When you're not shifting or handbraking keep both hands on the wheel!

Also, look ahead when you're driving. You don't want to get caught off guard by the upcoming turn/obstacle, or be pointlessly manji'ing halfway into a turn.

For open practices like Desoto, planning a run ahead of time helps. So you know what you're gonna do, and when you're gonna do it. So you don't just get lost out there and waste your tires spinning out.

The more you learn driving, the faster you progress, and usually the more fun you have. The more fun you have, the harder your driving boner gets.

 

WHAT
THE
FUCK.

Jeremy posting something legit and straight up helpful? who hacked his account? lol

jk, good advice there.

well i played GT before I could even drive, or have a car, or attend events. BUT I did goto autox events early on, but that was also before we had drift events here. I actually had the dudes on the mic making fun of me for being slow from sliding haha. video games is a great way to learn the basics of car control with a reset button and a ounce of 'this isnt quite real'. But autox is similar, but happens when you have much more money (video game vs car).



seat time is seat time, the more the better.

 

haha doin it for the kids.


Just sharing my perspective and what has helped me learn and drive better, and what I try to do every time I go to the track.

I know going to the track feels like a broken record for a lot of dudes, and I wanna change that.

 

well ive raced go karts when i was 6 and 7 for my dads old concrete company soo i knew racing from that and also in ny we had these slide kart tracks they oil the floors and you can slide around i was really good at that.. and when i was like 12 i raced gopeds at the old cash and karry parking lot on 70 and when i was 13 and 14 i raced bmx when i was 15 i wanted a wrx and i wanted to jump it when i was 17 and got my lincess i droped my stepdad off and went to the sugg middle school parking lot and started doing burn outs in my moms nissan frontier i ran it at the track got a 15,9 then a 15.6 after that i tried drifting it on this s turn off 301 i almost hit a fence doing this lol then my mom bought me a 1992 fowrd bronco i use to drift it at gt bray in the dirt and all sorts of feilds then i jumped a dranage ditch at this church by walmart on cortez like 12 times and ive burried the nedle on 75st lol the first friday after i got my first 240 i started to drift it a year later i got an sr and did more stuff besides slide around the light pole i did alot of pratice in the rain which is very challenging in some ways this helped me alot with throttle and all sorts of other teq ive allways leard by just doing it i put thought into it and i even walk around my house i have drift lines in my house lol i walk from my roomates room to the kitchen and i just think of how im going to link everything and go side to side and think about how much angle i should have and how much throttle and like when to kick it back to make everything flow and when to ebrake to make a smoth transistions and the more i think of stuff like that i use it when i actually drive video games do help alot i play alot of forza and i drive like simmilar to how i do in real life i pump the ebrake and everything lol drifting has like 7 main things that i think everyone should have like a seat, welded or some lsd, good front tires, a drift knob for your ebrake , good suspention, extra wheels, good tuneup (oil, pads, sparkplugs etc), just make your car not a leaky pos and make it like setup for drifting the more the car is set up for it the more safe and likely you are to be sloppy and mess stuff up.. or hurt someone and like i said just go out and do it push your self and try harder stuff but get good at the stuff you know first..dont be a hero

 

i have a funny video of me trying to slide my moms truck hahaha its incar its epic fail... its soo old lol

 

he gets what i was tring to say....... put more time into your self and your car and you won't suck as bad and as long. u will progress quicker.

 

^Do you wanna give lessons to a noob next time Desoto has an event?

 

as long as you don't sell ur mr2. or u buy mine. one or the other.

 

Seriously Great advice.

Jeremy ludd da kids

Bill, how much would you want for the MR2?

 

I want an SC Tradsies? haha