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I don't care if people take offense to what I post, since it is simply an opinion.
i know the roots of canyon running very well. People have been doing it for many years in the states, and abroad. For almost a century auto makers have tested their cars in the canyons. Greddy tested many of their cars over here at G. Enzo Ferrari tested his cars in Topanga. It is not something exclusive to Japan. (it is not JDM) There is only one Keiichi Tsuchiya and there are very few people who will ever be like him. Keiichi Tsuchiya is no justification for correlating drifting with canyon driving. Anyone who believes so is living an initial d pipe dream.
Why do you drift canyons?
"Keichi Tsuchiya, the DORIKIN was in this OPTION VIDEO and he was DRIFTING in the canyons OMG OMG"
You can't learn basic car control in the canyons if you dont know anything about cars to begin with. Starting out by driving canyons right off the bat, without any kind of basic driving knowledge or physics will just land someone, or someone else in a stretcher. If you dont have any understanding of basic driving skill before you start going up the canyons, all you will build upon will be bad habits.
In the canyons you can either hone on good skills, or you can build upon bad habits which cause accidents and wastes of money. Most of the people in the canyons today are building upon bad habits. I'm guilty of it too.
A lot of people i've met in the mountains didn't know *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* about cars or driving. They would say "heel-toe" this or "clutch kick" that but would have no idea on proper usage, or the mechanics behind it. One month of building upon bad habits in the canyons cannot compare to one day of proper instruction by someone who knows how to drive.
canyon driving in japan evolved over time. it started as people going up for spirited drives, later they would go on to time themselves. It would then become a time attack. After that went over, people would try to do stunts like drifting in the canyons. This took many years of practice and cost many people their cars, as well as personal injury. A couple guys I met from Osaka who frequented the canyons said they had crashed many cars before becoming even remotely good. One completely totalled around 6 cars, and the other one totalled 4. Thats totalled, combined crashes that didnt total the car were innumerable.
I highly doubt anyone here is willing to make that kind of sacrifice to "learn drifting in the canyons"
I've had many close calls in the canyon and have totalled one car so far. The car i totalled was a beater and I already knew I would crash in it some day...but I still felt bad about it.
You go into the canyons pushing it thinking you will learn how to drift, you will more than likely understeer into a wall.
canyons do not teach you how to drift. If driven properly, the canyons will teach you to go at your own pace, and not to overpush yourself or your car. You'll learn how your car feels, and know where its limits are. Most people going up into the canyons thinking they will learn to drift have no concept of what 'limits' are.
i know the roots of canyon running very well. People have been doing it for many years in the states, and abroad. For almost a century auto makers have tested their cars in the canyons. Greddy tested many of their cars over here at G. Enzo Ferrari tested his cars in Topanga. It is not something exclusive to Japan. (it is not JDM) There is only one Keiichi Tsuchiya and there are very few people who will ever be like him. Keiichi Tsuchiya is no justification for correlating drifting with canyon driving. Anyone who believes so is living an initial d pipe dream.
Why do you drift canyons?
"Keichi Tsuchiya, the DORIKIN was in this OPTION VIDEO and he was DRIFTING in the canyons OMG OMG"
You can't learn basic car control in the canyons if you dont know anything about cars to begin with. Starting out by driving canyons right off the bat, without any kind of basic driving knowledge or physics will just land someone, or someone else in a stretcher. If you dont have any understanding of basic driving skill before you start going up the canyons, all you will build upon will be bad habits.
In the canyons you can either hone on good skills, or you can build upon bad habits which cause accidents and wastes of money. Most of the people in the canyons today are building upon bad habits. I'm guilty of it too.
A lot of people i've met in the mountains didn't know *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* about cars or driving. They would say "heel-toe" this or "clutch kick" that but would have no idea on proper usage, or the mechanics behind it. One month of building upon bad habits in the canyons cannot compare to one day of proper instruction by someone who knows how to drive.
canyon driving in japan evolved over time. it started as people going up for spirited drives, later they would go on to time themselves. It would then become a time attack. After that went over, people would try to do stunts like drifting in the canyons. This took many years of practice and cost many people their cars, as well as personal injury. A couple guys I met from Osaka who frequented the canyons said they had crashed many cars before becoming even remotely good. One completely totalled around 6 cars, and the other one totalled 4. Thats totalled, combined crashes that didnt total the car were innumerable.
I highly doubt anyone here is willing to make that kind of sacrifice to "learn drifting in the canyons"
I've had many close calls in the canyon and have totalled one car so far. The car i totalled was a beater and I already knew I would crash in it some day...but I still felt bad about it.
You go into the canyons pushing it thinking you will learn how to drift, you will more than likely understeer into a wall.
canyons do not teach you how to drift. If driven properly, the canyons will teach you to go at your own pace, and not to overpush yourself or your car. You'll learn how your car feels, and know where its limits are. Most people going up into the canyons thinking they will learn to drift have no concept of what 'limits' are.
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KDM Rules... lol.... j/k
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