Couple pics from drift practice.. Tires took a beating but well worth it.

 

Excellent. Sweeet images. Thanks for posting our baby in action.

 

that is awesome ...i gotta learn how to do that and not freak out every time the back end slides

 

Is this you ? ... nice drifting

 

Wow, good job....i'd like to learn how to do that instead of spasing out when the rear comes round. I love sliding but always afraid of going too far and not be able to catch it up. Makes for some pretty jerky reactions.

Hey your C must be the new "Smokless" variety...LOL

 

Ya it is, where did u find that??

 

a few more..

 

is that because the angel of the camera?

those front tires look so skinny!

 

I don't think you could call this drifting to be honest - this is more like sliding on a big empty airfield... I think sliding evolves into drifting when you go around corners

Here is a friend of mine with whom I practice quite often on the track. The moron hasn't taken any video of me but believe me people are quite shocked when they see a black estate drifting on the racetrack

(Please disregard the ****ty music in the background)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e56EdB_L_uw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt05gMX5ArI

 

Merc63, I remember you starting a few tire threads!! Now I know why Looks like fun.

 

Semantics. Who ****ing cares when you're having fun?

 

You weren't kidding about the music...

Nice action, but can your friend do that up the ramps of multistory parking facilities?

 

Hahaha you've seen Tokyo Drift too many times

I know it's not pro-drifting but you've got to give him credit for his skills The M3 is almost stock BTW - just ECU flash and Titanium KKS Exhaust. No LSD etc.


If I ever be able to do this, I'll definitely post a video for you
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/7404357/Parkhaus_Drift

 

If you look closely at some of the pics you can see the cones setup. Its a fully credited drift practice at the track every Thursday night. That was my second time there. They had the cones setup in a backwards R formation. I can't remember the specific name for the formation, but they change it every Thursday night almost.


Its kinda hard to push it too much as you don't want your 80+K car going into a cone or off the track.


The first big corner you go into it at around 85-100Km/h so the potential for disaster is there lol. Missed a cone by under a foot on the last lap.

 

Yep tires go quick on this thing for sure. The best ones I have found to last the longest are the Nexen 3000. They are pretty cheap, have a 340 tread wear rating and pretty deep tread pattern. After a 2-3 hr session at the drift practice there was half the tread left. That included a couple huge burnouts too.

 

oh dang! soo much smoke

 

Don't the recent M3s have an electronic LSD? It's pretty hard to do some nice drifting without a locking LSD, unless it's raining...

 

Skills? Its a still image. For all you know he was about to hit a brick wall.


I give him credit for the helmet. Also for getting out there and doing what I should be doing with my C63, pushing it to its limits.

Me on the other hand im sitting at red lights with a suit and tie on looking for a free moment to open her up which is quite rare in NYC.

Bravo Merc! I wish I had the time..