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    First real snow fall...ouch

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    Yup a curb....I tried to steer....brake...and then I hit the throttle. It did bring it around and prevent me from parking the Buick in the cedar hedge...but I did hit the curb pretty hard.

     

    Both my sons asked...why did you do that for! :icon52::icon52: They though I was kidding around because I have slid through that corner many many times...with better results!

     

    Snapped the aluminum spindle in half

    Drifting: Here to stay or just a fad?

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    In spite of my previous comments I do believe it will stay. Hey why not...look where Monster Truck racing has gone. People are always seeking new entertainment and if there is speed, skill and a potential for destruction people will come. Will it last forever...I doubt it

     

    I prefer to do rather than watch.....and I dont believe I would drift very well....so I will do something else that I will enjoy. I dont even have a desire to try.

    First real snow fall...ouch

    in Non Tech Board

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    .....here is my first in 25 years. Yes its my fault, llittle too quick but no faster than a 100 times before. But this time there was ice under the snow. And I never did get off my street!

     

    The funny thing about it was it happened while I was yanking my sons chain about slipping and falling on his ars on the driveway while taking the garbage out. I guess he won!

     

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    Drifting: Here to stay or just a fad?

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    How is is cheaper than a track day?

     

    Both use tires...gas....safety equipment ...the odd mechanical break down. Ive never seen anyone hit a wall on track day? ( not to say it doesnt happen)

     

    As far as Im concerned...it looks like fun and Im sure it is but it is like "figure skating".. and on that note ...I give it a 5.5 chance of surviving another 10 years. Maybe less, as long as there is judging for style points .... eventualy we will have contraversy....the Spanish judge will favour the Spanish driver and the Japanese driver will file a complaint and the hole thing will collapse.

     

    Drifting isn't going anywhere I don't think. The tracks from Seattle to Portland are always booked throughout the season and tons of people come out to drift there.

    I think its popular cause, although there are costs of tires, its far cheaper than doing track days for road racing, plus anyone with a RWD car can give it a go.

     

    And I wouldn't go so far as to knock it down to a 'basic' skill. Yes any good driver should be able to get sideways, and get back out, but to actually 'drift' properly, I somewhat doubt many people even on here could get it right. But I guess this isn't a discussion of what drifting is.

     

    Like stony said, Its been around for decades in Japan, and that's not gonna change any time soon. But the popularity in the states will probably go in waves.

    almost there (big pics)

    in Nissan V6 Forum

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    Didnt NISSAN have one of the recalls on the injectors. Something to do with fires....gas eating seals?? I recall NISSAN swithing a portion of the injector harness along with seals and such.

     

    Heck people and dealers were ordering the recall kits for their rust buckets throwing them in the hatch and taking the money from NISSAN.

     

    Perhaps the kits are still available?

     

    OH, and the injector seals I got today aren't even the right ones. Seems as though they changed the bits through the injector campaign, and they did not update the FAST system.

     

    GREAT.

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