it doesn't bother me so much..but then again i have an economic stake in the business myself..so more coverage means more young people spending money on the relatively costly sport of drifting..or at least posing as drifters..anything that increases the market is good in my opinion...
and those who really do take their car to the track and drift or race or whatever will only be possitively affected by this increased awareness and interest for all the reason previously stated by Dousan..
sure there will be sell outs and posers..but does it really affect you?..i don't think so..stay true to yourself and your own goals and values and you'll be fine..
i laughed the other day when someone came into the shop with an MR2 widebody that has 18's on it and stretched tires...i asked him why he did it..and he says "cause it looks cool and i read about it somewhere"...lol..oh well..what can you do..i shrug it off, smile when he spends money, and laugh to myself as he walks out knowing that i'm not him..that alone should make you smile..
..the concept that if nothing else you are now part of the elite who do this for the "right" reasons...(i quote because who are any of us to judge right from wrong in this industry???)
