If, like us here at BadNewsPanda you like cars, you’ve pondered
over a particular question, plunged down that dark rabbit hole into a world
that many of us have been through, do we go for ease of column A, the cool of
column B or the ever elusive column C? Such
is the predicament of us in the automotive scene, it doesn’t matter what
religion you follow be it hurtling down the 1320, smashing corners in a track
demon or hitting an apex at 120 sideways, which car should I do it in? The question of which platform to go with is
sometimes a hard one, though if your loyal to a specific automotive stable the
decision becomes much simpler.
Brett of Reborn and Newgel fame, wants a car in which to
drift, and as a man with a penchant for Nissans he has shortlisted his
decision, and this decision, dear reader, will ultimately be yours. Oh yes friends! You’re the one that ultimately decides his
drifting fate. But whoa ho! Let’s not
get to the amazing amazement just yet, as there were a few more front runners vying
for some well-deserved sideways love.
Having owned a Mazda previously, Brett was quite familiar with
rotors, also handy when you work down the street from a well renowned rotary
tuner. As such, he looked around and did
a bit of research on FC rx7’s, although a totally different chassis to the
series 2 he owned prior, he felt it wouldn’t take too much to get used to the
motor and its handling. However the FC wasn’t
to be as this car is to be streeted, and driving a ported, flame throwing rotor
to work every morning would garner too much attention from the local PD, not to
mention the massive hole in his pocket due to petrol prices. Send in the next one!
Another runner up was the ever classic KE70 corolla. Having recently discovered the nimble goodness
the old rolla possesses and being quite impressed by a little yellow example at
a recent drift comp, Brett quickly started more of his research. Sure the 4AGE is quite the screamer and gets up
when it wants to but Brett didn’t feel it had quite the power he was after. scratch that one
So the decision was made to go with the trusty ol’ Nissans,
more specifically, those of the S chassis.
I can hear you from here, and I know there are already plenty of Nissans
out on track but hey! You can’t really beat the ease and workability of the
chassis, not to mention how cost effective they are, too many off the shelf
parts to pick from, a plethora of body parts at your disposal and racks upon
racks of spares, because let’s face it, shits breaks.
Now that Nissans are the order of the day, three come
straight to mind.
S13 Silvia
180SX
S14 200SX (series 2)
The choices pretty much speak for themselves, 180s and Silvia’s
are more or less the same, however the prices clearly aren’t. In my opinion 180s look the goods regardless
but you really can’t go past a Silvia on pricing, 200s on the other hand are
coming down in price lately and a good one won’t be too far off, however they
do have more to offer than the latter two. One thing is certain, they must be manual and
SR powered. That being said, if a cheap Silvia
pops up and Brett finds himself a suitable candidate for a heart transplant,
which could well be on the cards.
So it’s up to YOU planet earth, what car will Brett and the
team from NewGel be dealt with??
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-Willie
