Drifting/Hand-Braking questions!

[Project 318ti]

oh and yea sense were passing opinions around....

''Doing a swap doesn't mean that I gotta go around driving stupid now does it?''

looks like it does to me.

[HuGo]

Originally Posted by Project 318ti

oh and yea sense were passing opinions around....

''Doing a swap doesn't mean that I gotta go around driving stupid now does it?''

looks like it does to me.

Do you know the story behind that accident? Did you look at dates on that accident and swap date?

[BMW_Hatchback]

Originally Posted by Project 318ti

oh and yea sense were passing opinions around....

''Doing a swap doesn't mean that I gotta go around driving stupid now does it?''

looks like it does to me.

[hotmilk400]

they are bascily saying, even tho u can do that, you shouldnt.. not only are you putting alot of wear on expensive parts that cost like 4 times as much as honda parts, but you really dont need to. when you are going around a turn, (its even better in a 5sp) just, floor it in a lower gear..

you wanna drift? if you are in, lets say 4th gear, doing about 50 in a stright away, your turn is coming up, slow down alittle, maybe 45, start the turn, drop it into 2nd, floor it.. counter steer, ... you will slide sideways, the rear tires will keep going in the direct of the front tires...

the big difference is, you need the ebrake on FWD since everything is in the front wheels. so teh ebrake swings the rear. so its HARD to drift, unless you force it.. with rear, its basicly happens every time it rains and you drive hard.. .. the rear tires will wanna go one direction, while the font are pointed whereever...


pratice without the ebrake.. ... jsut.. dont flip the car please .. =/ and make sure if it is wet, you have about 50 feet of clear space all aroudn you, because you can slide for awhile with poor tires ..

either way, its not worth doing since its not worth the money if you wreck it. ... and the cost to replace tires early.. also, bmw is normally taken as a upperclass race car... ie, expenzive car you dont treat liek crap, so seeing other people treat it like crap is kinda offensive to some.

(since i have my up for sale, i just wanna make it clear i never did the above to hurt my resale value.. =] i just know this since i slide all the time on my old tires in the rain)

[Project 318ti]

and thatnks hotmilk400 for clearing it up, i understood from the other post what it does, and like i said befor im probably not going to do it again i was just curious to know.

[Mr.Squeelerz]

I'm entertained equally by both the dummies and Flamers. I myself don't feel the need to police peoples lifestyles and how they want to go about utilizing their driving abilities. If they wanna be dummies, they will be dummies. It's just too much work to worry about other ppls lives when I have my own to worry about. I do however enjoy the dialogue that transpires from such threads. Makes me giggle