Thread: No Drift?
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Old Feb 16, 2004 | 09:04 AM
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An interior designer? That's funny. Graves is actually my last name, so that's why I ask. Almost thought I had a long-lost relative there, for a sec.

To be as good a drifter as the Japanese guys are, it takes a lot more skill than most people think. It's not just pulling the e-brake and sliding around a corner. Drifting intrigues me to an extent. I have a couple copies of Best Motoring, and even the Drift Bible that BM put out. They have in car cameras showing footwork, how they shift, a meter showing how much throttle to give and how much to brake. There are also 5 or 6 different techniques that take a fair bit of practicing to get down right. Unlike " putting boards inbetween springs and pulling the e-brake ". Idiotic wanna-be's make the sport look bad, like wrapping their 240's around trees and stuff like that.
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