My first experience drifting (unofficially) was in my dad's '87 Civic Si Hatch back when i was around 10. Im 15 now. He DONATED the Civic 2 years ago (was only worth $200). But that Civic was in drift spec. How? My dad used to live in SF when he immigrated from Vietnam (but we're Chinese), he got the car from my aunt (his sister) and he wanted to get down the hills faster. He join his immigrant friends and raced. They dint know about drifting, they just threw the rear out to turn faster. But anyways, he cut the coils, messed with the steering rod by adding some washers so he'd have a smaller turning radius, and voila! The poor FOB's drift car. So I used the same technique he used in the past, feinting and hand braking, through the residential area i lived in at the time. The streets were nice and windy, so I had a blast. At first, he dint let me drive the car, of course, so I usually just snuck out at early mornings, take the key, and push the car to a safe place where couldnt hear the car start. Once he caught me a year afterwards, he got rid of the car. But thats how I learned how to control a sliding car. The End.
