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Auto Talk => The Fast Lane => Topic started by: cawimmer430 on April 23, 2012, 11:41:35 AM

Title: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: cawimmer430 on April 23, 2012, 11:41:35 AM
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!


(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0210.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0280.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0300.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0349.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0388.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0396.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0399.jpg)



SEQUENCE 1

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0062.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0064.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0065.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0066.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0067.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0068.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0103.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0106.jpg)



SEQUENCE 2

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0024.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0025.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0026.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0027.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0028.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0029.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0036alsSmart-Objekt-1.jpg)




(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0048.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0060.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0129.jpg)

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/cawimmer430/Performance/_DSC0023alsSmart-Objekt-1.jpg)







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

VIDEO CIRCULAR DRIFT ATTEMPT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s34mCykdq6E
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: CALL_911 on April 23, 2012, 04:08:10 PM
I'd really like a 130i hatch.
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: sportyaccordy on April 23, 2012, 04:34:09 PM
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"
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: cawimmer430 on April 23, 2012, 04:44:27 PM
Quote from: CALL_911 on April 23, 2012, 04:08:10 PM
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.

(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7686/wfthelastrearwheeldrive.jpg)
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: cawimmer430 on April 23, 2012, 04:47:40 PM
Quote from: sportyaccordy on April 23, 2012, 04:34:09 PM
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"

:lol:

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...
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: Eye of the Tiger on April 23, 2012, 04:48:38 PM
Quote from: cawimmer430 on April 23, 2012, 04:47:40 PM
:lol:

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.  :ohyeah:
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: cawimmer430 on April 24, 2012, 02:53:54 PM
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on April 23, 2012, 04:48:38 PM
The real pro drifters also use mismatched junk rims on the back.  :ohyeah:

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!
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: cawimmer430 on April 26, 2012, 07:22:36 PM
A photo for my client. If all goes well this shot will be up on his upcoming professional performance driving school page.  :mrcool:

(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8346/bmw130ie87.jpg)
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: hotrodalex on April 26, 2012, 07:51:47 PM
One of your best shots, dude. :rockon:
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: Laconian on April 26, 2012, 08:22:45 PM
BMW, on the planet Mercury.
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: Submariner on April 26, 2012, 08:37:46 PM
If only your jokes were as good as your photography.
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: cawimmer430 on April 27, 2012, 08:23:45 AM
Quote from: hotrodalex on April 26, 2012, 07:51:47 PM
One of your best shots, dude. :rockon:

Thanks.  :mrcool:


Quote from: Laconian on April 26, 2012, 08:22:45 PM
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.


Quote from: Submariner on April 26, 2012, 08:37:46 PM
If only your jokes were as good as your photography.

Q: What do you call a pregnant virgin?

A: A fucking liar?


:lol:
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: MexicoCityM3 on April 27, 2012, 12:53:36 PM
Quote from: cawimmer430 on April 27, 2012, 08:23:45 AM

Q: What do you call a pregnant virgin?


Mary?
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: cawimmer430 on April 27, 2012, 08:48:17 PM
Quote from: MexicoCityM3 on April 27, 2012, 12:53:36 PM
Mary?

A: A fucking liar.

:lol:
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: CALL_911 on April 27, 2012, 09:16:09 PM
Quote from: cawimmer430 on April 23, 2012, 04:44:27 PM
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.
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: Middle_Path on April 29, 2012, 03:11:30 AM
I don't know but those pictures look a lot like understeering hardcore instead of drifting.
Title: Re: ***Drifting in the rain!***
Post by: cawimmer430 on April 29, 2012, 11:38:39 AM
Quote from: Middle_Path on April 29, 2012, 03:11:30 AM
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.