I like any type of driving and drifting happens to me my favorite. It's a drivers sport, not a ride-a-long sport. It's kind of not even a spectator sport if you ask me—although lots of people will disagree. It's kind of like watching a really good movie that has all kinds of twists and turns. Every time you watch it, you see something you didn't notice before. In drifting, you can learn something every single time you get in the car. This is true for other driving sports, but drifting has a lot more freedom when it comes to the line. That's because it's not about who makes it to the end first.

I have to say that I am very glad that I learned how to drift just for safety reasons. I am a lot more confident on the road. I no longer have the "jerk the wheel" reaction when someone gets to close to me or starts to move into my lane, etc. Also, it has saved my ass many times out on the Road Course in my Evo or STI. Sure, you don't want to drift on a road course, but it can save your ass from crashing or getting off track if you have the natural instinct to counter steer when it is called for.

A lot of people get frustrated at first because it take some people a while to get that initial slide down without spinning. It takes years for some people to get it right (in a controlled and purposeful manner). I have seen it. So, it is easy to give up if you are hasty, but once you feel that first slide without spinning, you want to do it again.

But that's just my opinion. I don't go out drifting much anymore because Turner is boring to me and that is about the only place around here to do it (before Gresham just opened). It took me 3 years to get bored of that lot though.