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Originally Posted by ranger240
perfect points. Prior to 240xtc et al turning this into a school-yard bickerfest, there were great comments and discussions about drifting/differing viewpoints of where the 240sx community is going.
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One of the main points in that "bickerfest" is that people like the above mentioned are whats currently wrong with the "drift scene" here in the states.
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what do you guys think of the above film when it comes to drifting?
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I absolutely love that movie and most of Steve McQueens work for that matter. But absolutely nothing in that scene has anything to do with drifting.
More along the lines of insanely heavy cars, with garbage handling, and huge V8s in the front, trying to rally the streets of S.F.
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also, do you guys think winter 240sx/rwd driving changes impressions of drifting?
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I dont get the question
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in lots of ways techniques and skills required to drift and to adequately drive in snow are similar. one could call drifting's huge popularity on the west coast as in-part a result of the fact you lucky rust-free california car drivers dont get the great opportunity to slide the hell out of your car all the time for months out of the year.
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Wouldnt snow and adverse weather give you the same opportunities?
Obviously theres more risk on ice but it seems to me like a lot of the Japanese drivers credit a lot their drifting ability to the fact that they had to learn to drive in crazy Japanese winters.
and yeah sucks for you guys about the rust.
Drifting is big on the west coast because CA is blessed with the largest population of poser douchebags in the world.
Has nothing to do with weather trust me.
we are also closer to japan so we get shit FIRST.