***Drifting in the rain!***

[cawimmer430]

Met up with my BMW 130i client again for a rain drift shoot. The parking lot tarmac is very rough and actually slows the car down and prevents intentional oversteer. He did numerous runs and managed to lightly drift it a few times but the tarmac wasn't ideal.

Anyway, some boring shots!


















SEQUENCE 1



















SEQUENCE 2
































VIDEO DRIFT ATTEMPT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv6zyYBWTYw

VIDEO CIRCULAR DRIFT ATTEMPT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s34mCykdq6E

[CALL_911]

I'd really like a 130i hatch.

[sportyaccordy]

Man Germans must be rich. "Come take some pictures of me doing donuts in a parking lot" "OK that will be 1000 Euros an hour" "Vow zat is und bargain"

[cawimmer430]

I'd really like a 130i hatch.

I want the white 120d seen here. Chip-tuned, fast as hell and sounds great to and gets good gas mileage. But the 130i is fast as hell. I rode with the guy to Hockenheim and on the Autobahn that thing is fast and relatively quiet to. My car is slow and screaming at those speeds.

[cawimmer430]

Man Germans must be rich. "Come take some pictures of me doing donuts in a parking lot" "OK that will be 1000 Euros an hour" "Vow zat is und bargain"

The guy has brand new tires on his 130i to - and already they look abused! He's not a BMW fan but he only bought his 130i for drifting, which wasn't possible with his previous FWD Opel Astra.

But as a rule of thumb drifters here will usually buy old/used tires on junkyards or from car dealerships to use on their cars. Those are cheap to obtain and nobody will care if the tires break because they're dirt cheap. I wonder what would happen to the rims though if that happens...

[Eye of the Tiger]

The guy has brand new tires on his 130i to - and already they look abused! He's not a BMW fan but he only bought his 130i for drifting, which wasn't possible with his previous FWD Opel Astra.

But as a rule of thumb drifters here will usually buy old/used tires on junkyards or from car dealerships to use on their cars. Those are cheap to obtain and nobody will care if the tires break because they're dirt cheap. I wonder what would happen to the rims though if that happens...

The real pro drifters also use mismatched junk rims on the back. 

[cawimmer430]

The real pro drifters also use mismatched junk rims on the back. 

Yep, saw that on the Hockenheimring when I was there with this guy. There were some crazy and highly professional drifters there on that day. Insane shit!

[cawimmer430]

A photo for my client. If all goes well this shot will be up on his upcoming professional performance driving school page. 

[hotrodalex]

One of your best shots, dude.

[Laconian]

BMW, on the planet Mercury.

[Submariner]

If only your jokes were as good as your photography.

[cawimmer430]

One of your best shots, dude.

Thanks. 

BMW, on the planet Mercury.

The original tarmac was blue and cold. I gave it a bit of warmth to reinforce the impression as if the sun is warming up the tarmac after a rainy day on a late afternoon.

If only your jokes were as good as your photography.

Q: What do you call a pregnant virgin?

A: A fucking liar?

[MexicoCityM3]

Q: What do you call a pregnant virgin?

Mary?

[cawimmer430]

Mary?

A: A fucking liar.

[CALL_911]

But the 130i is fast as hell.

Which is why I want one a lot more than I do a 120d.

I could totally get behind the idea of a 135i hatch, but I like the N53 way too much.

[Middle_Path]

I don't know but those pictures look a lot like understeering hardcore instead of drifting.

[cawimmer430]

I don't know but those pictures look a lot like understeering hardcore instead of drifting.

Well he did understeer a lot because the tarmac was to rough and not suited for drifting, even with all the water on it. So coming out of an "imaginary curb" he'd be drifting for a second or two before the tarmac causes him to understeer and loose the drift.