I’m sure many of you have watched the movie “The fast and the furious 3 - Tokyo drift” before. The drifts made by those juicy cars were simply amazing. And at many points one might not have ever seen a real car driftig for real right in front of the eyes… But I was lucky I did - and to make this experience even more perfect, I was offered a ride in a drifting car!
I was actually covering a two-day function - a drift challenge held at a stadium last Saturday night and Sunday morning. While waiting for my function to start, I chit-chatted with several participants while they were watching other drifters doing their practice. We talked alot about the drift cars and things related. Then out of a sudden one of them asked.
“Have you tried before sitting in a drifting car?”
“No… only have seen it before…”
“Heh, wanna try?”
“Uh… (excited) why not?”
The next thing I realized was, one of them agreed for the ride of showmanship. The gentleman then led me to his car and gave me a helmet. The moment I spotted the car I was going to ride in, I almost screamed. It looked so sporty and the colour was simply ‘chun’!! And it was also the most eye-catching car during the night as well as the whole competition. Oh how honoured I was…!
Hopped into the car, the gentleman told me it was a Nissan 180sx. I could see it was totally modified into a drift car with plenty of strengtheners and gadgets that I couldn’t call. While reaching the drift track, I also got to know he had been drifting for years.
The next thing happened, was the first round of drift ride. It started with a straight road, about 100m then followed by continuous turns and corners. So we moved out fast and aggresively, then I heard tyres squeeching and smokes running. It first drifted to the right then followed by a quick shift to the left throughout the U-shaped corner; then dragging itself upward before another shift and drag to the right during another C-shaped corner.
What happened to me in the car? I was all the way following the movement… both my foot were placed firmly on the base; and my body was swayed to the left and right over and over again with great force while the car was moving in high speed and high movements. It was really, really I mean really fast and furious. Phew…!
And then, I was taken for another round. Fuiyohhh~~~ so so so excited! Hahaa…
This is picture of the car I had my drift ride - a Nissan 180sx.
The gentleman Mr. Lim Chin Hong, or better known as A-siong with his striking Nissan 180sx.
The sporting and friendly team mates together with their cars. On the right was a Toyota AE86 - beautiful drift car.
Couldn’t really post too many pictures here, as some of them might be used for the news. Perhaps I might update more in future… Anyway, many many thanks to Mr. Lim Chin Hong and his friends who offered me this unforgettable drift experience. This is probably my once-in-a-life-time opportunity. I’m so glad it happened, although I had a serious sun burnt on my face and hands after covering this function… Yeah I look so dark and tan now 
But the drift… What a great eye opener! Loved it!
