The Fit loves to slide!
Surprising, huh? For the past few days, I've been finding every wide open intersection and sliding my way through it! It's been a little wet in CT lately, and I have very skinny 14" snow tires on my car that have little-to-no grip. Surprisingly, the car doesn't plow through hard corners but instead the rear end swings out a bit and the steering wheel gets all loose and noodly. Basically I just go down to 2nd as I'm approaching the turn and progressively turn the wheel as I give it more gas--the tail will step out most of the time, if the pavement isn't totally dry 
I haven't had the balls to try sustaining the slide much yet, but it definitely feels controllable to me.
So, am I being an idiot, or is this a worthy way to destroy my cheapo tires? I'm just doing this for fun
BTW I have Tanabe GF210's and Progress RSB. I think a stock Fit would just plow instead of turn in.
I haven't had the balls to try sustaining the slide much yet, but it definitely feels controllable to me.So, am I being an idiot, or is this a worthy way to destroy my cheapo tires? I'm just doing this for fun
BTW I have Tanabe GF210's and Progress RSB. I think a stock Fit would just plow instead of turn in.ur being an idiot...buy a drift car for drifting
I prefer to yank rather than slowly pull but i dont think i ever tried slowly pulling it. If you're a beginner you might wanna try this, the first time i used the hand brake for this purpose, my friend told me to go about 25mph on dry tarmac (15 or so if wet), turn the wheel and rip the hand brake. Most of the time this made the car do a 180 and stop. After that i tried different things on my own and it led to the things i do in my video... hahaha just a thought
ooh a few tips too:
scandinavian flick is good! (flick the wheel the opposite way first before turning in to throw more weight out
find smooth floors if possible to get better sliding and less tire damage if dry
have the car in neutral if you try the thing i was talking about, that way it'll kick out easier. those vids of me up there were my FIRST time applying throttle, all other times i was on the clutch
ooh a few tips too:
scandinavian flick is good! (flick the wheel the opposite way first before turning in to throw more weight out
find smooth floors if possible to get better sliding and less tire damage if dry
have the car in neutral if you try the thing i was talking about, that way it'll kick out easier. those vids of me up there were my FIRST time applying throttle, all other times i was on the clutch
gunna try it hmm, 3 or 4 corners. the 4th one is a lil tight so im a little hesitant about that one... and a 180 in the lot!
ehh technically, the fit isnt a drift car, what makes a car a drift car is that it must be a RWD, and i could be wrong but i think it has to have decent torque
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 3
From: Laguna Niguel, Ca
I have had some e-brake fun with the fit on wet road. It broke loose a lot more than i thought it would but i was able to whip the wheel back around on it without problem. It surprised and excited me a bit.
But, I think a drift car is whatever car you feel most comfortable going sideways in.
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 154
From: San Diego
There was a nice rainstorm today so i fugured I would go to the local school parking lot/ loop thingy and have some fun. the first time I went into the corner in second gear yanked the wheel to the left, pulled hard on the handbrake and then I did a 540 and it scared the crap out of me... but in a good way so I decided I would give it another go. This time with less power and less ebrake and that time I forgot to keep my thumb on the little button and I ended up spinning 90 degrees and didnt go any where. The last time I tried I got it just right; next time I just have to remember to add more power out of the corner so my car doesn't snap back as much. Yes I kow its completley juvenile but its lots of fun! So that makes it ok right ?
so I decided I would give it another go. This time with less power and less ebrake and that time I forgot to keep my thumb on the little button and I ended up spinning 90 degrees and didnt go any where. The last time I tried I got it just right; next time I just have to remember to add more power out of the corner so my car doesn't snap back as much. Yes I kow its completley juvenile but its lots of fun! So that makes it ok right ?
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 197
From: St, John's
its raining here tonight, so on the way homefrom work, i kept doing bout 60km/h i pulled on to my street, hauled the e-brake and countersteered. did a wick cool drift about 50 fit to my drive way( first one on the street). hehe it was awesome. no traffic at 1am here.
Whats the technique?