Drifting an omega

**chip** · 23-05-2006 10:07

Im sure its a repost, but life is sometimes cruel like that........

Right way
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...=japfest+omega

Wrong way.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...=japfest+omega

**Benn** · 23-05-2006 10:25

what car was it?
first drift was great..

**chip** · 23-05-2006 10:28

The Total Vauxhall "TVPD" Omega, piloted by the Editor.

**GTE 16v** · 23-05-2006 10:35

whoooops, how bads the damage?

**chip** · 23-05-2006 10:40

Dunno mate, not seen the car since or talked to them about it, i actually got those links off of passionford lmao

**GTE 16v** · 23-05-2006 10:42

got to say.... it was only a matter of time.......

they were getting it really sideways at the meeting I went to!

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**Mazz** · 23-05-2006 10:42

Going to say it looks like the TV Omega!
Funny there no mention of the crash on the mag!

**Benn** · 23-05-2006 10:44

christ all the other vids and pics he seam to be doing well...

**chip** · 23-05-2006 10:50

Originally Posted by Mazz

Going to say it looks like the TV Omega!
Funny there no mention of the crash on the mag!

Im sure there will be next month, the mag was no doubt already in print when the crash happened so it was too late.

**Oakey22** · 23-05-2006 11:21

didnt look too bad of a crash really though

**Mazz** · 23-05-2006 11:22

There was a pic of him drifting it in the mag, whether it was at another show i don't know

**chip** · 23-05-2006 11:22

From what you can see in the video, it didnt look terminal to me, but you never know when its right by a suspension mounting point etc.

**chip** · 23-05-2006 11:23

Originally Posted by Mazz

There was a pic of him drifting it in the mag, whether it was at another show i don't know

Different day out, this was at japfest.

**cambridge** · 23-05-2006 11:24

a little off topic but whoever wrote the gearbox thing needs a slap lol parts of it are incorrect (only petty stuff like saying 3 bolts instead of 4 etc) and how it is soooo vauge in the first part tis untrue lol.

**chip** · 23-05-2006 11:30

* Shaggy *

It wasnt me

* / Shaggy *

Overall wasnt too bad an article though IMHO, you are always going to get the odd mistake with something like a number of bolts, thats really not going to effect how useful it is though.

Which bit did you think was excessively vague? Sometimes its hard to know where to tread the line between information overload, and information overlook!

**Oakey22** · 23-05-2006 11:38

was it you that wrote it then chip?

**chip** · 23-05-2006 11:45

No, it wasnt me

**mattcoupturbo** · 23-05-2006 11:55

ooh dear, guess an omega isn't the best car for drifting after all, or the editor is just a bit crap. They have only just had it resprayed too haven't they.

**chip** · 23-05-2006 12:01

Originally Posted by mattcoupturbo

ooh dear, guess an omega isn't the best car for drifting after all, or the editor is just a bit crap. They have only just had it resprayed too haven't they.

Barton is a very good drift driver IMHO, but even the best drivers make an error from time to time.

The omega doesnt really have enough power especially, so its a lot harder work to drift than many cars out there, so yes you are right it isnt the best car, but i dont think anyone ever claimed it was?

**Lead_foot** · 23-05-2006 12:09

Even monkeys fall from trees.

**coolamasta** · 23-05-2006 13:12

Oh dear, when we were at Coombe last month with mig the Omega was there, I got some nice footage of it drifting, who was driving it then do you know? Must be pretty hard to get that big mofo sideways especially the size wheels and tyres it got on it!

**chip** · 23-05-2006 13:12

Was the editor then too mate.

**coolamasta** · 23-05-2006 13:13

Fook that was a quick reply lmao Yeah he can deffo do it well as he more or less drifted it all day when we were there lmao

**chip** · 23-05-2006 13:14

yeah, he's very good, the car is very average. lol

**broster** · 23-05-2006 14:05

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