DriftYo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiYqY2MNM54&feature=related
Zipties for the win! word!!
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April 4, 2011 2:55 a.m. NickF40 HalfDork
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April 4, 2011 3:01 a.m. dogbreath New Reader
Whatever happened to the days of 'keeping it on the down low?'
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April 4, 2011 3:09 a.m. NickF40 HalfDork
haha yeah, right
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April 4, 2011 9:05 a.m. The_Jed Reader
Needs more zip ties!
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April 4, 2011 10:55 a.m. NickF40 HalfDork
That was funny when I saw that. Everyone thinks that the american JDMDriftbois started that
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April 4, 2011 11:50 a.m. Apexcarver SuperDork
Western Maryland's premiere autocross team
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April 4, 2011 12:08 p.m. DoctorBlade HalfDork
Why do I get a kick when they whip out the zipties to fix the fender?
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April 4, 2011 12:26 p.m. NickF40 HalfDork
haha nice Apex
because it's awesome!
I got a laugh when he just pushed in the bumper and yanked the zip tie tight lol
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April 4, 2011 1:31 p.m. cwh SuperDork
Nucking Futz.
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April 4, 2011 2:09 p.m. HiTempguy Dork
Zipties hold rally cars together...
Anyway, from what I understand, touge is NOT drifting. I am participating in a season long touge event held at the local track. You start half-way around the track from your opponent, and you "chase" them down. 3 laps total I believe, using transponders. The different forms they show in Japan usually involve cars starting XX amount of meters between them and racing down a mountain road.
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April 4, 2011 2:48 p.m. NickF40 HalfDork
I know this ain't Touge, I just thought to put it as the title since the video is called touge drift, to just generalize it I guess
I love Touge, was addicted ever since I saw Initial D and Hot Version dvd's. It's just a shame it went down the same path as JDM, as with being a name nowadays.
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April 4, 2011 3:05 p.m. ansonivan Dork
I wonder who pays to replace the guard rail?
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April 4, 2011 8:45 p.m. nderwater HalfDork
holy crap those roads are narrow. i'd have to wear a diaper to be a passenger in that video!
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April 4, 2011 9:17 p.m. dogbreath New Reader
You guys are a little off on what the word 'touge' means.
The literal translation is "the pass," which refers to the mountain passes that are used to travel between population centers.
Essentially, touge racing means racing in the mountains, touge drifting is drifting in the mountains, touge driving is driving in the mountains.
"Touge" events are events at race tracks inspired by the 'cat and mouse' style of mountain racing where the objective is to decrease the gap to the person in front of you. This is because passing in the mountains is too dangerous for most people. A touge event at a racetrack is usually one where amateur drivers can race without having to drive wheel-to-wheel.
Spirited driving on a mountain road isn't limited to Japan, either :P
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April 4, 2011 9:32 p.m. Teqnyck Reader
The thing is that the cars in that video are crappy, beat up, and the drivers know that they are going to wreck them again and again, so why spend big money on new body panels.
And of course the problem now is that people are using zip-ties as a fashion statement for their cars. I was at a rinky-dink drift event last month and one guy used 2 tiny zips to keep his rear bumper on, and at the slightest bump, even though he was going slow and not drifting well, the bumper came off and everybody thought it was amazing.
If you're scripting your body pieces falling off, something is seriously wrong with your motorsport.
It won't buy you a cup of coffee, but there's my .02 anyways.
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April 4, 2011 11:09 p.m. gamby SuperDork
Sorry, but that's gnarly. That stuff is what got me fascinated about drifting in the late 90's, when there was barely anything on the web about it--a few japanese sites and that was about it.
Some ripping driving there--hate notwithstanding.
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April 4, 2011 11:45 p.m. NickF40 HalfDork
exactly ^
just underground and grassroots, late night on the touge, end of story. haters gonna hate
Initial D got me hooked when I was younger
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April 5, 2011 11:57 a.m. Duke SuperDork
NickF40 wrote:
just underground and grassroots, late night on the touge, end of story. haters gonna hate
No, haters gonna hate the poseurs... and rightfully so.
