Question of Questions

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