Help, will i brake my car if i try drifting?

Hi. Im starting to get into drifting n I wanted to know if i used the e-brake technique to drift, will i brake my car or anything. I hav a 2003 honda civic (auto) n a 2006 Scion (auto). Which one is the better car to drift with for a beginner like me.

Anytime you drift, or race in general, you run the risk of damaging your car, and you're guaranteed to accelerate wear-n-tear in the long run. It's part of the risks of hard driving.

And since you're using the handbrake technique, you'll be locking your wheels, which runs the risk of damaging the bearings and/or other parts of the drivetrain.

Either car will be fine, as they are both front engine/front wheel drive. Although in all honesty, it's quite difficult to drift in an auto, since you can't really control your engine speeds that well.

Your best bet is to keep it down in low gears, like 1st or 2nd gear, and practice from there. Just remember to go a bit harder on the throttle when you lock up, or else your drift will stop REAL short. Also practice in a safe environment, preferably a large parking lot or something, someplace where you can spin out and won't cause any damage to yourself, or more importantly, anyone else.

Both cars are fairly new, so neither is really better than the other for this sort of thing. El's right, its harder to drift with an auto, but with enough speed you can make anything happen. Just be careful and keep your drifting to wide open areas or you'll destroy your car, and probably someone elses too.

Well it's easy to make ANY car start to drift, it's how well you can control it that makes the difference.

Btw, haven't talked to you in awhile Garrett. What's going on? I'm sure you got some wild summer stories to tell.

Well it's easy to make ANY car start to drift, it's how well you can control it that makes the difference.

Btw, haven't talked to you in awhile Garrett. What's going on? I'm sure you got some wild summer stories to tell.

Nah, not really. I broke my hand 2 weeks before school ended (I dropped 300 pounds on it in weight lifting class), I got all my finals waived, I've been through two surgery's and I'm still not sure how much of my thumb I'll keep. So far my summer has been nothing but painful and boring, plus I can't drive my car, or work... so it's really been pretty shitty.

(Pics rather nasty)
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A month & 1/2 after the accident. Inside are two titanium screws and a Ti plate to support the bone (which splintered when the bar hit it, think watermelon + hammer, everything inside the thumb... shot out).

It's been pretty fucked up, two weeks ago the doctor told me that it would need to be amputated completely. But I pulled a lot of favors and got a hold of the doctor who treats all the MLB and NFL players in the area. I've been going to him ever since and things have improved alot.



How about you?

Ouch, sounds like you've had it rough. Although, how did you manage to drop 300 lbs on your hand? considering your weight class, I doubt you could BENCH 300 lbs, in which case you were probably doing leg workouts, but your hand isn't exactly in the ideal position to get smashed like that.

Anyways, nasty stuff, hope your thumb gets better. And how do you manage to know the doctors who treat national sports players? sheesh, seems like you got ALL the right connections in the right places.

I'm not doing anything special, still working the grind, and going to school at the same time. I'm about 90% sure I want to go to this automechanic school about an hour north of where I live, took a tour there on friday, and i was THOROUGHLY impressed. The service area was just...insane...rows and rows of air lifts as far as the eye can see, cars everywhere, 2 dynos in the back, separate stations for HVAC systems, alignments, brakes, tires, you name it. And they have a program that teaches you how to install superchargers, turbochargers, exhaust kits, all that tuner stuff. Of course you can use the dyno for tuning as well..and there's this Hot Rod program, where you take a bare shortblock V-8 and try to churn out 330 horsepower from it by adding custom headers, intakes, camshafts, etc etc you get the point.

And if you do well in the basic courses for every inch of the car, and if you have a 98% attendance and 3.5GPA, you can join the manufacturer program. A program in which the manufactuers pay for ALL your training, and they basically put you through an intensive manufacturer specific training...ie BMW training, VW, Benz, so forth so forth.

So good stuff, and I've talked to people who graduated from there, and they're making anywhere from $50-$80k starting at dealerships fresh out of graduation...and plenty more money to make too.

So good stuff, unfortunately I have to save up in order to go there, it's a $25k tuition, so I need to save up to live out on my own and such, haven't had too much time OR money to spend on the Rex or bikes.

But so far a decent summer, just chillaxin, spending time with friends, you know the drill.