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Drifting
« on: 10 May 2008, 11:26:42 »
Just been watching some recording I did this week some of which included Drifting.  :-/
Mmmm... I just can't see the attraction in this "sport" at all .Engines running at N thousand revs tyres lasting 5 minutes and all over in 60 secs. Oh and musn't forget the obligatory doughnut.... ::)
What's it all about ? Ballet dancing on wheels.... ;)
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Re: Drifting
« Reply #1 on: 10 May 2008, 11:34:25 »
You never had a playtime in a snow covered Tesco carpark then??   ;D

Its all about balancing power and steering the car, keeping in control at all times.  Similar to The Stig et al on Top Gear when they have a playtime on an airfield....
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Re: Drifting
« Reply #2 on: 10 May 2008, 11:57:21 »
All still a bit pointless as a 'sport' though you have to admit?
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Re: Drifting
« Reply #3 on: 10 May 2008, 12:09:07 »
Wouldn't call it pointless, exactly.  Its simply taking something usefull to an extreme.

Bit like the custom car scene with fancy paint jobs, oversize tyres etc or Tractor Pulling - I like the engineering involved in that but, ultimately, perhaps taking ploughing power to the extreme extreme!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kqd_CmKN7o
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Re: Drifting
« Reply #4 on: 10 May 2008, 12:28:03 »
I can honestly say that that is the most boring YouTube video I have ever watched.  :)

German, of course.
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Re: Drifting
« Reply #5 on: 10 May 2008, 12:31:46 »
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I can honestly say that that is the most boring YouTube video I have ever watched.  :)

German, of course.

 ;D ;D ;D

Agreed!  It was the devil in me that posted it...  The saddo bit of me was looking at the engine combinations - jets (plural) driving one set of wheels, engines (plural again) driving one set of wheels, radial aircraft engines etc...

I think the second or last machine had something like 4 v12's somehow joined together working on one axle.  I lost count of the short exhaust up-pipes.   ;D
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Re: Drifting
« Reply #6 on: 10 May 2008, 14:35:33 »
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You never had a playtime in a snow covered Tesco carpark then??   ;D

Its all about balancing power and steering the car, keeping in control at all times.  Similar to The Stig et al on Top Gear when they have a playtime on an airfield....


Yeah ,I think I get that bit ,we've just finished building  this .... :)


But I can't see where the competition is. :-/
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Re: Drifting
« Reply #7 on: 10 May 2008, 17:35:33 »
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I can honestly say that that is the most boring YouTube video I have ever watched.  :)

German, of course.

 ;D ;D ;D

Agreed!  It was the devil in me that posted it...  The saddo bit of me was looking at the engine combinations - jets (plural) driving one set of wheels, engines (plural again) driving one set of wheels, radial aircraft engines etc...

I think the second or last machine had something like 4 v12's somehow joined together working on one axle.  I lost count of the short exhaust up-pipes.   ;D
I was waiting for TB to show up and whup em all with his Massey Ferguson. ;D
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