Non-ordinary drift vehicles

[CRASHDRIVE]

why not FF cars.

I have nothing against FF car SLIDING <-----

he he.

I dont really care, if they call it drifting or not. If your a$$ can step up on the plate and play your game right. You're alright with me.

[Chas]

how about a infinity j30? s14(sorry)? Lexus's, 3000gt?

[WildSe7en]

buy a ford focus and buy the RWD kit for it when it comes out.

[Chas]

Originally posted by WildSe7en
buy a ford focus and buy the RWD kit for it when it comes out.

It wont work, someone already asked the ford techs. The rear end wont handle the absue.

[Rooney]

Get a Toyota Matrix AWD version. I always thought that would look cool. Especialy with some nice fog lights on the front.

[FLCL]

get a volvo, i like volvos.

[axdrift]

wait till the Elise comes out here

Those will be awesome

[Ghost of Duluth]

Yea drift an Elise. This is what it might look like.

[Ghost of Duluth]

Oooh ooh or maybe this.

[the_finn]

personaly i would go with the older M3 somone mentioned earlier.... reasonably light for a "luxary" car, plenty of power, really nice handling stock,

granted your not gonna get a M3 thats less than 5 years old for less than 15k but... still a nice early 90's M3 would be nice...

but then you would have to fix it once you smacked into a curb/cliff/tree/telephone/pole/other imovable object and that could get exspensive...

i guess what i am saying is.... if you really wanna get a luxary drifter for short cash get a late 80's early 90's M3.... but the smart thing to do would be to get the cheapest driveable RWD car you can find and save the rest of your cash for fixing things that are going to get broken


adam "I like this one" Loehmann

[Drift For Food]

All good posts.

Problem is, I'm kind of limited to pretty new. Dad wants me to have something reliable through college and into my career. I'd like to be at this position too...to some extent.

I do have the problem of pretty much not being able to crash it. Luckly for me, I'm a pretty safe driver: a good head on my shoulders and a fast reflexes. I never push myself or my car beyond what it can do or what I understand. My learning mentality is very safe and slow. I don't take risks. This is why I'm not affraid of going with something new. I know I will never put the car in harm. Heck I don't even put my Ranger in harm and that's only worth about $300. My radio controlled car costs more, lol, and I beat the tar out of that.

I wouldn't mind going to a mid aged car, something new enough not to give trouble but old enough to be cheap and expendable. I kind of had my mind set on something in the early to mid 90's. This would give me a cash buffer for upgrading/repairing. Dings and scratches are acceptable. Still I don't have a lot of cash to play around with still going to college and all.

I like awd/4wd for winter. Easier-harder? Might be dependent on the way the car's set up. Basically from my understanding, you can pretty much toss the rear end out on a 4wd and have a lot of control with the steering. Since you have power to the front wheels, you can basically steering it and pull where you want to go under throttle. The behavior is different from a fwd or rwd in how it drifts, but the control during a drift is easier. Front/rear power ratio will determine if it behaves more like a rwd or fwd under power.

2 cars? Yep, a good idea, just not doable right now. I plan to get to this point later on when I'm done with school and working.

[Drift For Food]

Lol at Elise pics.

[driftfreak]

wait till the new panco solstus(sp) comes out...

[Drift For Food]

Hmm, just read the "how much do it cost for your drift car" post. I think I wrote that right, anyways, some of you guys have pretty cheap rides. From reading that, I see 2 ways of going about building a drifter"

First you've got cheap.
Old car, lots of spare parts, lots of cheap upgrades. Finished price: $5000-$1000 even with heavy modifications.

Second choice:
New car, no spare parts(all new), expensive upgrades. Finished price: $20000-$30000

I was blessed with the mind of an engineer and the skills of a mechanic. I like working on old vehicles. I just don't like the money they suck away. I can see working off an old based car is probably the best choice.

Now as far as a drift car, hehe, I'm a big car kind of guy. I like a full-sized car with full power, climate control, and a ride that could put you to sleep. As my dad once put it, I have a caviar taste on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich budget, lol. This is why I've thought along the more unusual lines of full-sized rwd cars: Infinity Q45, Mazda 929, older Volvos, BMWs. Good drift cars? Eh.

[hachiroku-fc3s]

Originally posted by Drift For Food
Basically from my understanding, you can pretty much toss the rear end out on a 4wd and have a lot of control with the steering. Since you have power to the front wheels, you can basically steering it and pull where you want to go under throttle. The behavior is different from a fwd or rwd in how it drifts, but the control during a drift is easier. Front/rear power ratio will determine if it behaves more like a rwd or fwd under power.

Yes, it is easy to control. But the car, not the drift. You have as much power pulling your car out of the drift as you do trying to keep your tail out. May be good for you because as you have said, you dont like breaking limits, which is what drifting is all about.