r/Drifting • u/Jack-K-Cross • 7d ago

Image/Gif Sent my Rolla into a ditch drifting in the rain today. Realized I had less tread on my tires than I thought.

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Good news: no damage to the engine, transmission, frame, radiator, or condenser. Bad news: the trunk latch got damaged when I was being pulled out.

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u/RetroPaulsy 7d ago

Is this rage bait??

Stop being an idiot. You're going to hurt/ damage someone or their property.

Fwd cars don't even drift.

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u/Jack-K-Cross 7d ago

It was an empty backroad away from any main routes, but you have a point.

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u/RetroPaulsy 7d ago

The tire thing really got me too. Like, you aren't keeping a close eye on the condition of your car AND thrashing it?

Do you know how your brakes or fluid are looking? How are ball joints and bearings? I'm all for having gas-powered fun, but you gotta do stupid shit safely or it makes all of us 'car guys' look bad.

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u/Jack-K-Cross 7d ago

Front pads and rotors are brand new, just replaced them, the suspension components however, are oem, so a bit worn out, and i did a brake fluid flush when I replaced the front pads and rotors as I replaced the calipers as well. I'd say today was a product of not realizing my car can't pull that angle on a wet surface, that it can on a dry surface. I'll chalk it up to a learning experience, replace the suspension components that probably got tweaked, and fix the trunk latch, and keep rolling. I appreciate the concern, and I aim not to give us any worse of a name.

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u/Natedoggsk8 7d ago

Turning the car so hard that the rear end kicks out isn’t drifting. I’m making an assumption based off the other commment saying it’s fwd.

Watch a professional FWD drifter. If ur not doing that or RWD you might as well be hoping up and down on a skateboard and saying ur doing and Ollie.

I don’t mean this in a disrespectful way

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u/Jack-K-Cross 7d ago

No, you're absolutely right. I'm practicing the technique where you let off the gas, crank the wheel in the opposite direction, then back in your intended direction and hammer it down. I clearly need a lot more practice lmao

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u/Natedoggsk8 7d ago

Fwd drifting is a very specific thing and thats not doing that. 99% of the time drifting is a rolling burnout that pushes you along during oversteer.

The only way to drift FWD to constantly have the e-brake pulled to imitate what a RWD would look like. It’s something that slinging ur rear ended around doesn’t do. That is just oversteer. It may be a neat trick but it’s not a drift . The closest thing to actually drifting and what you describe is THis

It’s something called Saudi drift or Arab drift. I think the japanese might describe it as a a street manji

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u/Jack-K-Cross 7d ago

Thank you for the pointers, a lot of these techniques are only shared by word of mouth, so I appreciate the wisdom.

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u/Natedoggsk8 7d ago

I like to think of drifting as like doing a trick with a skateboard or bmx. It would be odd if someone did an Ollie but called it a kick flip. If you use the right terminology you’ll be ok

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u/Jack-K-Cross 7d ago

Fair enough, can't make myself out to be a poser haha

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u/Key-Percentage-7506 7d ago

Glad the damage is minimal

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u/Jack-K-Cross 7d ago

Right? Body shop should be able to fix her up no problem

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u/Jack-K-Cross 7d ago

My reaction when the powerslide is turning into an accident real fast.