wont drift cant drift ... bah

[herbmanstan]

hey ppl , stan ere . i bought a r33 gts last year and i thought by now i would be sideways every were ! but i just dont have the balls to let rip . does any know were i could pratice in the essex area . thanks regards stan

[Squeak]

North weald has driving days

Car Limits

Not sure they'll teach you how to drift mind you, but the day out may help you see how your car reacts to spirited driving etc. Few here have been to it

[herbmanstan]

hey thanks squeaky ! thats great . im gonna book soon as !!!

[Chester Elegante]

Essex Arena? Driftworks is a good place to find out about drifting practice days and the like. http://www.driftworks.com/forum/othe...an-2009-a.html

Hope that helps, as a club we aren't massively into drifting, although we are massively into skylines so for technical advice and knowledge this is the place to be

[Squeak]

bit of blurb from the site..

"Airfield Driver Training Days in your own car, or in ours!
The structure of the course is adaptable to your specific needs, covering anything from the fundamentals to high performance racing techniques. Our aim is to coach the most out of you and your car and to increase your confidence.

About the course:
The exercises we use lend themselves to many different techniques. For example, on the high speed bend, you will be learning some of the following topics:

Smooth acceleration, cornering, balancing the car on the throttle, trailing throttle, trailing brake, left foot braking, what it feels like to experience understeer, oversteer and how to feel them and correct them, gear changing, heel and toe, skid control, spin avoidance and even how to control the rotation of your car and get it back inline from 90 degrees....
....to name but a few, along with some of the more entertaining, rather than educational manoeuvres.

We also have steering and circle exercises to demonstrate why the techniques you used on the bend worked, and we use a circuit around soft cones in the afternoon to put your new techniques into practise and learn even more."

[BONGO]

Santapod do good drift days

[Kez]

bit of blurb from the site..

that sounds good, i could do with a few extra skills :-)

[Pupsy]

'lo Stan. Stick a set of stock wheels and tires back on her. Thats what mine came with & I experienced drifting from day one Soon rectified that

Would've let you have 'em as you're just down the road from me but I passed them on to a cousin who drifts his (in lakeside carpark probably

[CrispyTKD]

theres one at Oulton Park in january a few of us are going to. definately worth learning how to do it tho.

[Little Kez]

gotta be carefull tho, if thats your skyline in your dp, it looks smart, make sure you practice in a controlled enviroment, wouldent wanna wreck that beaut

[CrispyTKD]

il 2nd that. controlled enviroment

[mondy1]

ECON has done a few of the car limits driver days and he highly recomends them, were actualy booking for the two of us to go down there once mine comes back so we can play with each others cars in a safe envirmonment

[Econ]

Car limits is the place mate. Welshy is a top bloke and will show you anything you want to know. He even managed to drift my standard lotus elise when I had it which isn't easy.

I have been there over 6 times now and every time I have came away with a big smile on my face, a car in one bit still and some new driving techniques what more can you ask for

[Econ]

O and if you do go just tell him I sent you

[CrispyTKD]

another happy customer