more of you drifting......

Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:13 pm

why wasnt there more of you peeps at trampdriftwest2? i had a god damn whale of a time. tho my cars not talking to me now........

Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:43 pm

lol... looks like your front wheel is about to fall off in that second pic..

Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:44 pm

when be the next one matey? if i have a job and an LSD (or welded up 320 diff) by the next one im there

did you see munky there? think he was gonna marshall

Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:58 pm

I'm gonna be at TDW3 for sure, nothings gonna make me miss anther TDW

PS,

Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:33 am

Is it me, or have the costs increased from the time that munky went?

Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:31 pm

dont hink so, he paid Ã‚£70 for the whole weekend iirc, slept in the back of his hearse

Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:33 pm

In that case, fair enough!!!

Seems a little steep. Especially when compared to the pod and the organisation there..

Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:01 pm

you dont get to go sideways at the pod tho...or do you, i cant really comment as ive never been.

Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:04 pm

Yeah, they have a couple drift sections there.

Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:07 pm

you do have an airfield to play in i spose, worth a try anyway. BTW where is the pod...

Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:02 pm

no munky wasnt there, had cash woes apparently. pity i wanted to meet him and see his matt black special......
im goin in jan, havent paid yet..... but will be......
and you CAN drift with an open diff, its just harder to maintain it.
mines open and im not welding it up, its a horrible thing to do to a car..... its like cable tieing your knees together and then trying to do star jumps......

Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:16 pm

i think 75 quid is very good, two full days near ruleless skidding about on an airfield, vertually no queing to go on the runs, nothing hard to hit when you fly off at breakneck speed, comedy type helpful peeps to talk to, people to laugh at when their cars break, top atmosphere, free camping, cheapish burger van all day, free beer (!!!!!!!!), marqee to chat to people in the evening, and the man that is drew.
what do you want for 75 quid???? ive spent more than that on a pair of jeans.

that is before i stopped giving a toss bout what i wear.........

Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:17 pm

oh and free tyre van to swap your popped tyres!

Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:29 pm

check out the pros photos (known as mr chilled) from tdw2....
http://www.chilledatthebottom.com/tdw2sun.html

Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:00 pm

if i can get my new toy built and get a trialer in time im going to be there, if not ill go down in my 316, with a welded diff in the boot and put it on down there, and abuse it then come home, is ment to be a really good weekend,

Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:02 pm

1an, what new toy? Care to PM some details

Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:05 pm

maxfield wrote:1an, what new toy? Care to PM some details

nothing specail really, actually i will pm you lol

Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:23 pm

is that a rubber chicken attached to your grill???

if so then thats the kind of place id fit right in...ill be there somehow in something rrd

Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:24 pm

I'll be at TDW3 as i have been at 1 and 2, be great to catch up with some zoners again!

Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:23 am

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:In that case, fair enough!!!

Seems a little steep. Especially when compared to the pod and the organisation there..

It did cost more than the 1st one that Munky went to as that was Ã‚£50 and this is Ã‚£75. However this is the best value drift practice currently available in the uk and I believe it will remain to be for a long time.
With all due respects to the pod and the crew that run the drifting there it is not even comparable in terms of size and value for money.
Most drift days cost Ã‚£50-Ã‚£90 for a day on a piece of land big enough for 2nd-3rd gear drifting with limited actual time on track due to queing whilst waiting for others.
It is hard to explain the sheer size of Brawdy airfield but stood in the middle of one of the runways I couldnt see either end and it is wider than a full 6 lane motorway. There are numerous drift tracks set out and a 1/4 mile run and time trial course with literally acres of free smooth tarmac in between to practice your 4th and 5th gear drifting.

I have been to a few drift days and organise a regular one in Somerset (currently the cheapest one in England afaik at Ã‚£20 a day and I still think TDW is better value) and I am fairly confident you wont find a location as good available anywhere now Donnington's drift central has been shut down.

I'm not bigging it up because its anything to do with me as its not, just feel that if anyone is seriously considering giving this a go they ought to know its well worth the trek.

Tailoutcharlie, dont worry too much about a lsd/welded diff. Lsd's are great on road cars, welders are great for drift cars but neither are essential for your first session of drifting. You will go sideways on a open diff and you will be able to hold it sideways, dont believe the hype lol.

Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:07 am

Cheers for putting it into perspective mate.

Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:48 am

You need to focus on the events main selling points

''free beer (!!!!!!!!)''

Tim

Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:08 pm

Yes, my brain has been chanting that to me for the past couple of hours!

Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:16 pm

and its only 100 miles from my new pad...

Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:29 pm

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:Yes, my brain has been chanting that to me for the past couple of hours!

You remind me of someone..

Tim

Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:02 pm

Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:03 pm

Thrusting at the problem, oh yeah.

Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:24 pm

tailoutcharlie wrote:is that a rubber chicken attached to your grill???

if so then thats the kind of place id fit right in...ill be there somehow in something rrd

rubber chicken? its road runner!

this was taken just after i drove over a course maker tyre bout 40 after getting carried away and fooked up, so the is spoiler got spoiled.

few cable ties later and it lives on.

Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:33 pm

Can somebody post up a location for me pls - need to find out how far i'm looking at travaling for this, got a few (big cough!!) sets of wheels to burn

Neil.

Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:54 pm

It is Brawdy Airfield in West Wales. Not a million miles from Fishguard iirc.

Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:57 pm

brawdy, pembrokeshire, south west wales. cant remember post code......

Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:08 pm

Ouch - 560 round trip for me, and the thought of breaking her on the airfield would put dollar signs in any recovery persons eyes.

Hopfully something like this will happen nearer to home

Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:10 pm

oooh yeh, so much fun skidding a tired old barge without an exhaust.

Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:12 pm

about here i think, thank god im moving to wales

anyones welcome to kip at mine night before if they wanna break up the trip a bit, though i think you'll have to sleep with munky

Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:50 am

Nelly wrote:Ouch - 560 round trip for me, and the thought of breaking her on the airfield would put dollar signs in any recovery persons eyes.

Hopfully something like this will happen nearer to home

Nothing on this scale will happen anywhere else. I'd be prepared to put a fiver on that.

Anyway the RAC brought me home from there. Not only did it not cost but it saved me about Ã‚£20 in fuel (only went a little way to cover the cost of another gear box and diff)