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Let's go drifting!

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:32 am
by Toby
Hi guys!

Frank is very keen on learning to drift (to put it mildly), and so he's come up with the following option:

Venue: Zwartkops Skid Pan
Set up: No tires! Just a wide open, free skid pan, just for the SX club. We can set up the pan however we like.
Date: 26th August 2006
Time: from 12h30 to 16h00
Cost: depends on how many of you sign up. It's R3000.

I *really* *really* *really* need you guys to pitch in on this, please! If we can get enough of us together, then the cost will be reasonable (e.g. 6 cars will cost R500 each, 10 cars will cost R300 each). Now historically, I've never had more than 4 cars pitch up to a skid pan event, so this will be a stretch. You can bring another car if your SX isn't running or you don't want to risk it. You can bring your mates along with their car, which will reduce the cost. Just bear in mind that we want to start practicing some basic drift techniques, so we'll set up the skid pan for that purpose.

If you are keen, or you can convince a buddy that is keen, then please let me know ASAP (definately before 04/08/2006), so that I can figure out if the cost will be reasonable, and if so, I'll need to book and pay for the event (so I'll need to collect the money before we loose the available slot). If I don't get enough responses by 04/08/2006, I will consider this a non-event.

Let's do what SX owners are meant to do.... DRIFT! And be mechanics, so that we can DRIFT SOME MORE :-)

Ciao!
Toby.

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:43 pm
by Daniel
I like the idea :D

Im in if enough people are interested

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:02 pm
by S14RB25
Sounds like fun, I would be interested. Where can we book? or when?

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:08 pm
by Toby
I'll do the booking. I just need your commitment at this stage. I'll provide banking details for your deposit if the event is a go-ahead.

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:25 pm
by Ero_sennin
Im interested aswell

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:25 pm
by WooHaa
As mentioned before, I'm in.
Even if no one joins, just tell me where to deposit the R3000.00.

You eats everyday anyway. :twisted:

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:12 am
by Toby
Who is WooHaa and Ero_sennin? I think we have about 5, maybe 6 people so far - we're almost there, guys!

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:56 pm
by WooHaa
Who is WooHaa?.........Dat would be me :D

Lets Go drifting

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:16 pm
by Sniper


Hi there joined the site today-nice site

Is the event still on I am interested and how many people are going

please let me know

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:12 am
by Toby
Hi all!

Looks like we might just have enough people! Could all interested parties please send me your name, location, and maximum amount you're willing to pay to my cell: oh seven three, four seven nine, three two seven three. I am anticipating that it will cost about R500 per person, but maybe less. Meanwhile, I'll check if the booking is still available (if not, we may have to move the date).

Thanks for the reponses! It's appreciated and hopefully more people will join in the fun when they see how much fun we're having :-)
Toby.

Drifting

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:29 am
by Putzmeister
Well it seems it's gonna cost us a sum of moolas if we divide the 3g's we need for half a day's worth of drifting at Zwartkops.....what Toby suggested is lekka...let's save the money and get a quiet spot somwhere and do our own thing....anyone know of a place maybe?????

Other cars

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:51 am
by S14RB25
Can people with say Rx7's join in the drift (practice) ?

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:07 pm
by gremlin
count me in. always looking for an opportunity to put all 250 horses sidwayz.
If we can get more people this event won't cost that much.[/img]

re :Drifting

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:07 pm
by Putzmeister
No problem...you are more than welcome

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:29 pm
by Toby
Sure, any car can join. It will help to reduce the cost. However, I must say that I think paying R500 for a few hours, during which you will have to wait your turn while 7 other guys take theirs, does not sound like value for money. We may have to find an alternative venue - if anyone has suggestions, please let me know.