Another aspect that was not so good was the scoring based only on time only and not on style. The idea, at least for me, was to learn how to drift and not get around the track as fast as possible. Of course with professional drifting one can do that but not while one is learning. Anyway it still made me decide to get my little car kitted out with an LSD.
Welcome to my never ending GKD Legend build. The car became road legal in September 2011. The Swedish summers are fantastic but to survive the dark winters I always have a long list of improvements to do. The 1900cc 4 cylinder engine comes from a RHD 1998 BMW 318is M44. It has been upgraded many times over the years with eg. Mini Cooper S Eaton M45 Super Charger taking it from 140 to 220HP. (Parts list Jan 2020)
Monday, 9 October 2017
Drifting attempt
While on a business trip to
Frankfurt I took the opportunity to drive over to Nürburg which took about 2 hours. Stayed the night
in an Airbnb and then spent whole of the next day at Nürburgring doing a Caterham drifting
course. A fairly good day of driving around cones on a parking lot. It could
have been better with less people. Too many people, ie 20 + with just two cars meant that there was an hour wait between driving. I would estimate that I drove around the track approximately 16 times, each lap taking around 45 seconds. At 295€ it would have been better and more worthwhile with more one-on-one tuition. There were possibilities to get last minute tips while the safety belt and steering wheel were put in place but nothing noteworthy.
Another aspect that was not so good was the scoring based only on time only and not on style. The idea, at least for me, was to learn how to drift and not get around the track as fast as possible. Of course with professional drifting one can do that but not while one is learning. Anyway it still made me decide to get my little car kitted out with an LSD.
Another aspect that was not so good was the scoring based only on time only and not on style. The idea, at least for me, was to learn how to drift and not get around the track as fast as possible. Of course with professional drifting one can do that but not while one is learning. Anyway it still made me decide to get my little car kitted out with an LSD.
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