as an xb fan, I just wanted to know if there were any perks of owning a tc'.. can you people drift in that thing?

You can pull the ebrake and slide sideways. Deffinetly not drifting tho.

well that settles it.. tc's rock too.

wtf?

not many people are pushing enough power to drift a tC...probably just jersymike/travis/zpi/dezod are about the only ones who can attempt it.

awwwww, not you peteyd?

You can have 600 hp and not "drift"

First, there is the actual original "drift" which is a cornering maneuver of slightly pushing the rear end out using the power of the engine... RWD

Then there is the burn the tires off and slide the car around fast and furious drifting sport :P (Ok, it is fun to do and takes skill.. but I hardly call it a real sport.. just my opinion though) ... still a RWD thing..

On a FWD all you are doing is @$$ dragging. And it takes little power to do it. I can go out and get up to speed and use the ebrake to put the car sideways.. power the car to keep it there.. whip it around.. whatever.. but you are still just sliding. Mainly just wasting your rear tires.

So no.. you cant "drift" a tC any more than you can an xB, an rxs or any other fwd car for that matter.

You can have 600 hp and not "drift"

First, there is the actual original "drift" which is a cornering maneuver of slightly pushing the rear end out using the power of the engine... RWD

Then there is the burn the tires off and slide the car around fast and furious drifting sport :P (Ok, it is fun to do and takes skill.. but I hardly call it a real sport.. just my opinion though) ... still a RWD thing..

On a FWD all you are doing is @$$ dragging. And it takes little power to do it. I can go out and get up to speed and use the ebrake to put the car sideways.. power the car to keep it there.. whip it around.. whatever.. but you are still just sliding. Mainly just wasting your rear tires.

So no.. you cant "drift" a tC any more than you can an xB, an rxs or any other fwd car for that matter.

Well put. Doesnt it suck what movies can do to peoples beliefs?

mcdonalds trays anyone?

i need to find the vid of the dude who drifts the civic profeionally. hes won quite a few competitions as well.

I tried. About hit a telephone pole doing about 35. It is very hard to control. Anyways our cars are Fwd and not supposed to drift. Dont do it, you will wreck ur car.

i need to find the vid of the dude who drifts the civic profeionally. hes won quite a few competitions as well.

Everything is possible.

yup anything is possible! it was actually kinda cool its an older asian dude.

whether or not a guy did it.. it is still not drifting. The term came from racing. On a long, sweeping corner, you come in a little hot, and power it enough so that the rear end begins to drift a LITTLE.. as a matter of fact, many times you barely hear the squeal.. it is not a huge, tire smoking thing. That would lose too much energy. You power it out a little, keeping the power on so the rear wheels are pushing you back down the turn. Saving you from the hot entry. The "sport" of drifting is simply an exageration of that in more of a show fashion.

i need to find the vid of the dude who drifts the civic profeionally. hes won quite a few competitions as well.

Everything is possible.

But with many hours of practice.

i need to find the vid of the dude who drifts the civic profeionally. hes won quite a few competitions as well.

Everything is possible.

But with many hours of practice.

And someone elses car :P

i need to find the vid of the dude who drifts the civic profeionally. hes won quite a few competitions as well.

Everything is possible.

But with many hours of practice.

And someone elses car :P

That or Free tires and a huge parkin lot.

Hell ya, i do m@d drifto in the school parking lot, the same one that they kick us out during football games for visitors. Yes, kick out the paying students and let the visitors park. *kickout = ticket* Hmm.. besides butt dragging, is it also "power sliding" or is that just a term for rwd cars, i forgot. :silly:

I know that. But it's fun to get a little e-brake action every once and a while and call it drifting.

yes... a good way to ruin a nice car...smart

Yea the video didnt work for me. So i didnt see it.

Yeah that was not drifiting

my buddy use to downhill drift before he joined scion evolution he is on here as downhillspec hit him up in the northwest region if you have any questions about it

The video works!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1Yj5E6xu2yk&search=drift%20tc

but I would never drift **ahem** a$$drag with my tC

I can just hear the THUMP THUMP THUMP of the rear tires from them being drug with the ebrake on and causing flat spots

Deffinetly. And he did it to be an @ss. H new he wasnt suppose to do it. Jerrys kids!!

Yea that video is definately not drifting.

tCs can't drift.

Its technically impossible to Reallly drift with it.

zELDA...you posed the same question in the xB lobby and this answer is the most appropriate that i read. it was from jamjammo:
As the newbie of this forum, I run the risk of ridicule and harrassment and flaming ... but ...there is NO WAY a front-wheel-drive-vehicle can EVER drift. read about it from any search engine. i get all my sources from the SR20forum community. I am in the process of selling my 1992 SE-R cause my wife and i just bought a 2004 xB what you are attempting to do is butt-Dragging - simply put.
Sorry homie, but you just cant drift a front wheel drive car.
Once everyone in a FWD vehicle understands that, and the physics of what makes a drift, a drift, there will be no mo silly questions - m'mkay?
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