Driving Experience Meet! - Car *Drifting* Day.

[Spank My Car]

Hiya my fellow FWD members

A guy (from the office) brother has started he's own Drifting company and said guy has been badgering me to sign up for a 'driving experience' for a while now. I did a Half Day drifting a Skyline at Santa pod a few weeks back (best present from the misses EVER!! )

Video of my first ever attempt at drifting, and first ever time driving a RWD car! (Feel free to chuckle and apologies about the unedited vid):

My first attempt at car drifting! - YouTube

My first attempt at car drifting! - YouTube

But hopefully with a little more experience we'll be like this:

SantaPod FastCar Show - Top Class Drifters - YouTube

SantaPod FastCar Show - Top Class Drifters - YouTube

(^SantaPod - FastCar Show 12')


I'm yet to contact them to finalize details/prices/dates etc, but thought I would post up here to gauge interest first:

Rough idea of meet

Date: June/ Poss July

Company: Drift Limits © - Home

Location:
Bovingdon Airfield
Upper Bourne End Lane
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP1 2RR




Price: on the website standard price is: £179...but I think we'll be looking more around the £100 mark tbh, but this is not confirmed yet!



Rough idea of what will be inc for the day:

The Drift Limits Gold experience offers a whole day of full-blown sideways action. It provides drivers with more time on the circuit to master the different techniques taught throughout the session. Our aim is to stretch your ability so that you can comfortably hold and link huge slides.
Passenger Hot Laps - £5
At the end of each session there will be an opportunity for anyone attending the day to experience a thrilling sideways action hot lap of the circuit with one of our experienced instructors behind the wheel.

Full Day Gold session9:30Introduction to the day and team9:45Briefing starts with insight into driving techniques10:00Introductory course on J turns and handbrake turns11:00Management, correction, recovery of oversteer and understeer11:45Introduction to power and lift-off oversteer12:45Lunch (cold snacks available or make your own arrangements)13:45Introduction to weight transfer dynamics, threshold braking and grip limits14:30Circuit drifting and demonstration lap with Drift Limits instructor17:00Debrief with instructor and presentation



FAQ: **Please Read before committing** Drift Limits © - FAQs


Anyone interested?

1. James

[Spank My Car]

Fast forward the first video to 4:26 seconds....This could be the face you pull on your first drifting day!!!!

1. James
2. Possibly my Bro too.
3.

[Relic]

Diffcult to master matey.
Think you done really well.

Put me down as a maybe depending on date and price.

[Spank My Car]

Originally Posted by Relic

Diffcult to master matey.
Think you done really well.

Put me down as a maybe depending on date and price.

Cheers fella You ever given drifting a go before? I have a feeling this thread might attract some *pros* and i'll need to get some practice in the Civic down the McD's carpark with some trays under the back wheels!

1. James/Spany My Car
2. Span My Car Brother (Maybe)
3. Relic (Maybe)
4.

[Relic]

Been on a few tracks in bmw's, formula fords, work rally peugeots, WRC scoobys.
Struggled with the rallying which was depressing for me.
Needed another couple of days practice

Im much better on circuit so need the practice with sideways action
Ironically I use to throw RWD escorts and capris around no problem.
Must be rusty. ....and hopefully not getting a useless old fart.

[Spank My Car]

I've only done Thruxton track in a Single Seater and an Lotus Exige. Was epic fun! But im seriously loving Drifting! So much so that if i had space i 100% would have a RWD car/project sitting in my garage.

Anyone else??

[Relic]

definitely.
If i had cash spare.

[Spank My Car]

[johnn34]

My driving experience at las Vegas was very nice .first day I did 6 hours drifting and I enjoyed it a lot.

[Bubble]

Sorta interested if this is still goin

[Spank My Car]

Due to lack of interest i didn't pursue the idea further.

I'll happily reinquire though if people are keen? I've been looking at getting tracktime for the civic too (obv not drifting )

[Spank My Car]

Just thought I might do a little bump on this. Granted it might not be the best time of the year to ask people to part with money with Christmas approaching, but thought it might be a good idea for a meet.

They now have a Honda too!!!...well an Ariel Atom

This is purely a thread to gauge some interest and to get an idea of rough numbers. Once I get a rough figure i'll happily see what he can do, the guy from my work assures me he'll bend over backwards for us though.

Feel free to put down any '+1's' if you want be a friend along with you too.

http://www.driftlimits.co.uk/

[DaniFN2]

I'd be up for this.

[blue_toaster]

I spent a day at the Westfield drift experience. Absolutely no control at all but had a whole load of fun.

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[tonymac]

I would be up for this defo. Just confirm date and price I be there.

[cra1g_manutd]

trust me you will all want to sell your civic and buy a Skyline i know from experience haha

[tonymac]

Originally Posted by cra1g_manutd

trust me you will all want to sell your civic and buy a Skyline i know from experience haha

U coming. I done drifting few years back bit of fun Wasn't any good though. Lol.

[Relic]

Wrong time of year.
Depends on date and price for me.
But yeah I am still up for this too.

[cra1g_manutd]

Originally Posted by tonymac

U coming. I done drifting few years back bit of fun Wasn't any good though. Lol.

Doubt i will come tbh, did it earlier in the year at santa pod and was good fun but for the fuel itl cost me in the skyline to get there and then for the day i might as well buy a set of tyres and have some fun locally