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The title says it all but basically, I'm not gonna act like I'm even close to being able to do this in real life but I know I have dreams about it so I thought it might be fun to ask who else has drift aspirations, regardless of how outlandish or impossible the odds are for you. If you could, what would you wanna go for? What car would you want? What would you want it to look like? Would you go to the newly forming D1 US Gran Prix or what?
Now, of course, guess it's my job to start off and it's a hard call for me. I know that my true love is the FD3S RX-7 and the one in my icon is beautiful so I would want one that looks like that. The APEX RX-7 is also amazing but it is stripped down like a race car, not much left of the interior or anything of that sort anymore. Whatever car I choose, I would still want and need it for street use and day to day driving because hey, if I love my car, I wanna be able to drive it all the time. Tell me I'm wrong!
But for the RX-7, I like the white with a black hood and maybe a conservative design on the side. Something red like the APEX RX-7 but not as much. I like the white and black with just a touch of red. -- Either that or yellow with a black hood. Maybe carbon fiber hoods, more for the looks than the belief that it would take enough weight of the car to matter.
The second choice comes in as the Lancer Evolution VIII, finally, the US has a Lancer Evolution. I saw one of those on the dealer and I would have killed to have been able to drive away in that car. In that instance, I'd have it painted that palma red from the Evo 6 and Evo 7. Black hood again, carbon fiber maybe. Then the ralliart pin-striping I think is what it is, the striping that was on the Tommi Makinen Lancer Evolution 6. Maybe an effective carbon fiber racing wing.
The RX-8 is also quite a looker but I wanna give it some time on the market and see what tuners and modifiers can do with it first.
Oh yeah and what would I use it for? To be honest, the thing that strikes me is Targa Rallies. For those who don't know what those are, they are huge get togethers of people and their cars that can range from brand new import tuner cars to classics like old Jags and whatnot. I think basically all you need is a car you think has a chance and a co-driver. It's done just like the FIA WRC or any other rally, but they're all on pavement / tarmac. Same plan though, cars start at 1-2 minute intervals and the lap time is what decides your ranking. Of course with all the people who are going to show up, I don't think many people come with dreams of winning but for me, it would be fun to just tear up the road and see how fast I can be. Win or lose, you get a closed course that you have all to yourself and your car to give it all you've got and use your car for everything it's worth. But you don't wanna go overboard or you might end up like the dozens of people I saw crash out when they hit corners too fast.
And yes, I would be using race drifting as my driving style because I think it would prove to be the fastest method of driving. But I would use whatever turns out to be the fastest. Whether or not I used it in targa rally competitions or not. Drifting would be a side hobby for me either way.
I'm not able to afford a new car and the one I have is a no go but it might very well be possible to afford that RX-7 I want so badly, the problem is location, where I live is not safe for a car like that. So I'd have to look at relocating somehow first.
I would also wanna look into those drifting competitions. They look like fun and even if I'm not gonna be competing in them I would definitely show up to see as many of them as I could possibly make it to.
I guess I went a little bit overboard on this. Unlike me, maybe you guys can keep it to just one car instead of jumping between three of them. In a way though, I did keep it at one car, the FD3S RX-7 is still my dream car.Now it's you guys' turns!
