can you drift auto

Hi guys im wanting to get a tt supra but cant afford a manual.

I want to be able to have a little fun on corners and have it sideway but im afraid i wont be able to with the auto

Help me guys

Dale

You can have lots of fun on the corners with an auto

http://www.megaboost.co.uk/supra/mine/elvington-trackday/DSC_2958.jpg

Are manuals that much more expensive than auto's? What's your budget?

Edit: nice pic BTW

of course you can... it has a 'manual' function so you can hold it in whatever gear you want.

You might be surprised how cheap manuals are now

You might be surprised how cheap manuals are now

Change the record and stop ruining our residuals

my budget is ideally £5,500 cause im only 19 and insurance is a killer.

Anybody know who wants to buy a megane 225 f1 with 275bhp and full audio i need to sell that as im buying this supra now.

you guys and helped soo much already

Dale

Change the record and stop ruining our residuals

Sorry will never mention it again

He does have 5.5K to play with maybe an auto NA

Anybody know who wants to buy a megane 225 f1 with 275bhp and full audio i need to sell that as im buying this supra now.

How much they worth?

of course you can... it has a 'manual' function so you can hold it in whatever gear you want.

do all the auto's have this function?

do all the auto's have this function?

yes, I'm sure theres an article on here that explains the modes and uses of the autobox?

How much they worth?

I will be selling mine for £15,750 as it is immaculate and has a lot of work done to it.

its getting on for 11,000 miles now aswell

yes, I'm sure theres an article on here that explains the modes and uses of the autobox?

Here http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=86128

I will be selling mine for £15,750 as it is immaculate and has a lot of work done to it.

 

its getting on for 11,000 miles now aswell

£15,000 mate you could get a tip top supra for that price and piss the insurance, thats a hefty price for a megane

Yes you can have sideways fun but don't do it too much as it's very bad for the auto box. Trans coolers are always a good idea!

Cheers,

Brian.

£15,000 mate you could get a tip top supra for that price and piss the insurance, thats a hefty price for a megane

When you look at it its worth it mate

Ill let you know when i list it on pistonheads

Dale

Woohoo so thats how i bust a autobox to have an excuse for a manual conversion!?!

*goes out drifting*

does anybody know whos selling a tt manual cheap

Dale

does anybody know whos selling a tt manual cheap

 

Dale

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=136092

Have you had a RWD car before?

You can mess about and kick its arse out but as far as REAL drifting goes, no, no u cant do it in an auto.

If u havent had rwd before and wanna start drifting id suggest an old s13 or s14, pick them up for under 4k

no ive only had fwd cars. I dont know how they behve or nothing so want to get an idea whether to go auto or manual before making a mistake and buying one

Dale

i dont want to start proper drifting just want to be able to get the arse end out round roundabouts, but gracefully of course. I want it to effortless if possible.

Dale

You can mess about and kick its arse out but as far as REAL drifting goes, no, no u cant do it in an auto.

If u havent had rwd before and wanna start drifting id suggest an old s13 or s14, pick them up for under 4k

just what i was about to say, you can look like a hero coming out of junctions and car parks and maybe get a wee bit of a slide going on the roads but without the clutch you dont have much control so if it goes wrong on you your screwed, i can come out of junctions and maintain the supra sidwasy for most of the road from side to side but ive been practiseing and have been round rear wheel drive cars for a while, do not get a supra and attemp it straight away

for you to do it right youve to apreciate the car your in and its power the last thing we want to see is it buried round a lamp post

my friend sold this supra to a fella in belfast here and within two days he done this by trying to drift it is now in a scrap yard

http://file042a.bebo.com/14/large/2008/01/04/23/354904171a6537278509l.jpg

I would NOT get something like a twin turbo Supra as your first RWD car, I'd start off with something much less powerful. They are very tail happy in so far as they have a lot of low end torque. Unless you have amazing willpower and self control you'll end up scaring yourself, if not worse, if it's your first foray into RWD, and I don't mean that patronizingly. I think anyone passing a test in a FWD car should have a different test for any powerful RWD car, same as the manual / auto tests. Luckily for me my parents wouldn't finance anything like a Supra when I was 19, nor could I anything like afford something of comparable performance in those days, otherwise I'd almost certainly have killed myself, or worse, a third party. I was bad enough in a 2 litre Capri You can get away with murder in a pwerful FWD car, compared to RWD, I have always strongly suspected so many MKIV's are written off because the drivers have come to them from a FWD car. People of my age saw FWD cars as a novelty, and were weaned on iffy handling RWD cars, so catching a tail slide became second nature, but the cars would slide at walking pace, and not even go much over 80 MPH