Mrs. likes to learn as much as she can so she joined a local Nissan forum to pick the brains of those who own similar cars. She made some friends, learned some things, then "dragged" me to a meet with these people. To keep this from becoming a novel, we have done some modifications to the car to and have become well known on this local forum. We often go to, or even organize, meets with the group. Our lives have been completely changed. Five years ago we seemed we had very little to do. Now, between the Nissan group, our families, our friends through other means, and the torture of remodeling a kitchen, we don't have time to think.
Again I digress, in joining the group we have learned about things that we didn't understand before, one of which is an automotive sport that has recently become popular in the US, called drifting. This is the act of intentionally getting your rear tires (or even all four tires on all wheel drive cars) to break loose and then slide through a turn, or around cones. You can see it on this YouTube video, most drifting is done on tracks or closed roads. The first is clip is done in a parking lot that is not closed, we do not condone this action.
So we often go to the drifting events that are held in around here, most often at Miller Motorsports Park. The picture for my Yellow photo of the week is from one of these events and shows in stills the progression of a drift.
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What? Are you the new spy photographer for Car & Driver? Your set looks just like the kinds I'd see in that other car magazines of next years car models. Waaay cool.
Yeah, the drifters have a thing about multicolor cars.
I love all these action shots, and multi colors of yellow. Nice! and I too like to pick the brains of people in the know....you can learn so much. Very cool that the Mrs. found a Nissan group, it seems car people do that all the time....we have a lonely little Pontiac Fiero (I used to drive on windy days) that hasn't moved in years. I've thought about bringing it to a Fiero club...but time always becomes an issue.
Thanks for the comments. It is cool that Mrs. found the group.
Please don't leave that poor Fiero collecting dust, he's a classic now, from a GM division that has got the way of the wind. He should be looked at, admired, driven on those days that beg for a mid engine rear wheel drive two seater. There are plenty of fall days that beg for that.
The 240SX was always a highly desirable car for drifters because it was rwd and was made before the electronic nannies made this kind of thing more difficult than it should have been.
I've always loved this car, too, for its purity. Good engine, good chassis, simple style...a nice big brother to the SE-R, frankly, as they both come from the same design philosophy.
Isn't it neat how vehicles can color and shape our lives? I'm inspired by the way your choice has added color to yours.
Oh, and I'm with you on Karen's Fiero. That's another future classic...an example of what could have been had GM stuck with it.
I still get chills (good ones) every time I see one drive by. I'd give my eye teeth to find an '88 GT.
We have considered buying one of these, we both have an interest in trying drifting, but frankly our driveway just can't fit anything more. These are great cars. If not one of these, I would like a Toyota Corolla AE86, I like the look and they seem to do well drifting also.
I have a friend I met through one of the auto forums who has a Fiero that he is doing a LS1 swap in. That's a lotta power for that weight...
Ah yes the poor little silver Fiero GT is an 86 and even if it is hiding in the weeds, it is surprisingly healthy looking being mostly fiberglass. Yet again another prize within a collection of "someday...." !
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