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I had my first day at a skidpan on sunday, up at gympie as apparently the folks out at mt cotton have over-senitive ears, I had a ball and learnt a thing or two about controlling skids.

It can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/3e4be9

I think the vids cool :P have a look and let me know what you think. Bear in mind it was my first day at the skidpan and id never tried anything remotely like drifts before this.

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Ian

great fun!

do you know NUTS with the green commy ute?

sorta met him on the day, seen his car round heaps but never really met him before. hes a nice guy though. not sure if ian knows him or not?

I met him at a wedding on Sat down on the coast and we somehow got onto skid pans, GTRs etc when he saw mine

I met him at a wedding on Sat down on the coast and we somehow got onto skid pans, GTRs etc when he saw mine

argh ok. small world aye. i actually saw his car at a panel shop near my work up here but not sure if he works there or not, or was getting something from there.

argh ok. small world aye. i actually saw his car at a panel shop near my work up here but not sure if he works there or not, or was getting something from there.

it looks and sounds tidy, pity its not Nissan powered to make it real cool... :O

hey mate,

how r ya? yeah the ute was at the panel shop for some rework stuff, got it back yesterday and they did a top job :rant:

also just wondering if these vids are coming along at all?

http://tinyurl.com/3e4be9 ????

thats the GTR tho

na i was wondering if anyone had one of the ute on the motorkana, i think there was a guy out there with a camera taking videos of all the cars

yea we are all still waiting, i havent seen him post in here yet about vids, but ian knows him, and he apparently is away alot working so he might not have been online in a while.

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heres one from mt cotton, one of the last ones i went to there.

http://www.the sphincter of the universegoat.com/driftzone_skidpan_nov2004.wmv

skidpans are great to learn better control of your car and how it reacts to different situations.

the sideline skidpan days we used to have were always good, particularly the braking exercises and wet surface control exercises. and the sliding of the cars :thumbsup:

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