wannabe drifter

Some kid just about crashed infront of my house as he was 'trying' to drift. how sad... maybe he thinks understeering and flooring it to the point where he almost flys of the road is cool, i really dont know

What a retard... what was he driving?

-Grendel

not entirly sure, it's pretty dark. might have been an old RX7

Oh, I was picturing some guy in a honda trying to drift or something :p

-Grendel

Originally posted by Sean Quinn
might have been an old RX7

must be a bit of an idiot to understeer when trying to dirft a RX7.

Did you mean "oversteer" instead of understeer? it'd seem that understeer is almost the exact opposite of what drifting is?

I think he mean the oversteer. All the RX-7 I have ever seen are rear wheel driven. This causes the oversteer.

Originally posted by IhateHondaDrivers
I think he mean the oversteer. All the RX-7 I have ever seen are rear wheel driven. This causes the oversteer.
You can still understeer a RWD car, you just have to be going pretty fast to do it.

ive understeered in a rwd car a few times before, speed was a factor and also braking (hard) too early into the apex of a turn. :o
i cant remember the weather conditions but i think the road was slightly wet too...

huh? most front engined cars tend to understeer (whether or not they are rear wheel drive) the front weight bias causes the nose of the car to want to pull towards the outside of the turn.

i know how the laws of physics works, what i dont know is how the fuck i understeered in a rwd car.

Originally posted by jOYRiDe
i know how the laws of physics works, what i dont know is how the fuck i understeered in a rwd car.

look, we've already established the fact that he meant to say "oversteer", so can we get over it and focus on the main point of this thread now? that point being that this kid is a DUMBASS!! why would you even try drifting on a public road? keep it on the track. he probably was fresh from watching an episode of Initial D and thought he could be a super pro drifter on his first try. it's people like this who give our sport a bad name. :mad:

im not entirely sure what happened, i was watching it happen from a point on the middle of the turn... i cant remember what its called now...

okay the middle of the turn so it would be this part >(¯


anyways, he was going really fast and tried to drift around the corner, except he was going to fast so he started off in an understeer, then must have ebraked or something because the back swung out and he almost lost it

Scott, keep it on topic and lets be nice to each other.

ok

:confused:

who keeps digging up these old threads?

Originally posted by Sean Quinn
im not entirely sure what happened, i was watching it happen from a point on the middle of the turn... i cant remember what its called now...

okay the middle of the turn so it would be this part >(¯


BTW: even though this thread is like ancient, that point is called the apex. :D

yes, thats the one, thanks tangie. too bad i remembered what it was a month ago, but its the thought that counts :D

Mad tyte y0! :rolleyes: This is why I cry when I see riced out wannabe "drift cars" in magazines :(

your not the only one jimster, i see one everyday. :redface:

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