350Z sideways

[bad_roo]

Short bit of film taken last month at the Contidrom in Germany.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiwSgTA3HNw

I love that car.

[Dakkon]

do they have an LSD as standard?

[bad_roo]

Yes.

We took a BMW Z4 M Roadster along to see which was the best drift car currently sold. The 350Z kicked the Beemer's ass. So much more forgiving and adjustable.

Edited by bad_roo on Tuesday 2nd January 13:42

[Dakkon]

Cool.

Nice vid, it does look very easy to control the angle, but that could just be the driver.

[bad_roo]

Nah - it's the car!

We had a bunch of stuff to play with. The Cayman S was very nicely balanced for sliding fun - better than the BMW in fact, despite its mid engined laytout and no LSD. We also had an Evo FQ-360, and a Lotus Exige S. The Exige was the trickiest of the lot but I got the hang of it after a while. It was funny watching a mate trying to drift it not realising where the traction control off switch was. Audi RS4 - no good, couldn't switch the electronics off.

[turbo-tastic]

Why dont we have places like that here

Cool little vid though

Fortunatley my drift efforts last friday weren't captured on film (lots of spinning followed by a rad explosion )

[bad_roo]

turbo-tastic said:

Why dont we have places like that here

Cool little vid though

Fortunatley my drift efforts last friday weren't captured on film (lots of spinning followed by a rad explosion )

Ouch! Where did that occur?

[trackdemon]

That does look like fun - wouldn't want one to own, but dying to get behind the wheel of one to try what in the vid! Have to say, I find our Z4 Coupe one of the easiest and most forgiving drift tools I've tried considering its lack of LSD - its got so much lock you never seem to run out. I've never tried drifting a Cayman in the dry, but in the wet I was quite surprised at how forgiving it is once sideways.... really satisfying to exit a roundabout with big amounts of opp lock under total control. Exige - interesting choice! Which mag can we look forward to reading about this in?

[turbo-tastic]

bad_roo said:

turbo-tastic said:

Why dont we have places like that here

Cool little vid though

Fortunatley my drift efforts last friday weren't captured on film (lots of spinning followed by a rad explosion )

Ouch! Where did that occur?

On a private "test day"

[MrFlibbles]

turbo-tastic said:

bad_roo said:

turbo-tastic said:

Why dont we have places like that here

Cool little vid though

Fortunatley my drift efforts last friday weren't captured on film (lots of spinning followed by a rad explosion )

Ouch! Where did that occur?

On a private "test day"

Midnight on Tesco's carpark then?

[Dakkon]

Well I should be able to see for myself as I pick up my own 350z this Saturday, the VX is just a little too impractical as my only car.

[IT10]

An excellent choice!

although I am slightly biased as I have one too

[GlenMH]

Agreed - me too!!

The exhaust note is to die for

Glen