Yes, FF's can drift. Yes it is possible to break traction on the rear tires of an FF, and maintaing a drift through throttle control. This is called "Tray drifting"
Happy, you are correct in that case. But as to a real drift, look at the laws of physics:
"See with a rear wheel drive car power is coming from the back so that basically means that you can slide the tail out and control the movement by countering with the front wheels. With a front wheel drive both the power and countering wheels are up front so it eliminates the possibilty of drifting grouped turns"
If you road race, and participate in SCCA events and autoX, etc., you should know 2 basic principles:
1. FWD cars experience understeer
2. RWD cars experience oversteer
Now, lets look at the definition of drift from Neo Vash's source for the possibilities of FF drifting: Driftsession.com:
"Drift
To cause a vehicle to exceed its tire?fs limits of adhesion, exhibiting a lateral slip, resulting in an oversteered condition."
next comes countersteering to maintain your drift THROUGHOUT the turn and not just at the exit:
"Countersteer
Corrective steering used to balance and maintain an oversteered condition. (turning the steering wheel in the opposite direction of the turn once the vehicle starts to oversteer)"
Now we all know what drifting is. Now in an FF car, try swinging it in an oversteered condition as you enter a corner, countersteer with the same tires that are providing you power which help continue the drift, countersteer to maintain your "oversteered" condition, and watch your car either fishtail or spin out of the track.
How bout this: From my experience at drift lessons in Japan at an amateur run at Nikko circuit, Japan, here is the first drift they teach: Power Over, a.ka. "Doughnuts"
Its easy and its the first time a beginner drifter gets to break traction in the rear wheels by the use of a cars power only. Rev, drop the clutch, slam the gas, and turn hard into a direction of your choice and spin in circles till you pee yourself.
Now, try the same thing in an FF car....not the same. But it is possible with "tray drifting" since you can lock your rear tires on top of trays and have a continuous drift at a full circle. Other than that, it isn't possible.
Why is there an FF civic at a driftsessions event in hawaii: Because he paid, knows the other drivers, and has every right to be there if he wants. Can he wrap around the circuit faster than other FR drivers- YES. Is he drifting- NO! Does it ever show him drifting- NO! But does it call him a drifter- YES!
So whats the deal? The website defines e-brake drifting as a type of drift that is popular among FWD drivers. My response, you can define a drift any way you want. If you want to go around telling everyone that you can drift an FF, it is your responsibility to accept their opinions and defend you own. I respect the way Neo Vash defended his point, but I think he could have done it in a better way.
Show me one site that says FF's can drift and I will show you ten others that say you can't. Show me one picture of a fwd car in a "supposed drift" and I'll show you a Hot Version video of the drift king himself, Tsuchiya Keiichi, almost spin out trying to iniate a drift in a civic type R the same way he would with his hachi-roku.
Saying that it takes more skill to drift an FF than it is an FR is pointless. The two drifts can NEVER be initiated in the same manner.
And another thing, since when do people actually use drifting in a real race? Yes you can, but why would you want to, so you can put other drivers in harms way by placing your car in a position that it was not meant to be in. Drifting to me is controlling your car in a state where you're not supppose to have any control at all. You are on the edge of making a full turn, or spinning out, which in some cases, lead to fatality.
If there are people in here who actually know about drift competitions, tell me, "Are drift competitions about how fast you make a turn, which would relate to drifting?"
Drifting is a sign of a skilled driver, and is just exhibition. In very rare cases, a drifter can initiate a drift to gain an advantage in a race, but it is rare. It's funny when I see people who don't know what drifiting is about, watch a track race in japan, whether its on a video or if they're actually at the event and say, "How come none of the cars are drifting?"
But don't get me wrong, one who can drift has to have a high level of driving skill, which would play a factor on the track. As for FF drifting, call it what you want, but I say bring your FF to a drift competition at ebisu, or nikko, and you'll realize that you are in the wrong place when you're surrounded by nothing but FR's and the occasional AWD.
Look in any japanese drift mag also, and you won't see a single FF car.
Drifting is a sub-culture in japan that is moving to the US and growing in popularity, maybe someday real drifters will acknowledge that FF's can drift, or maybe FF's will create a sub-culture of their own. But trying to place FWD sliding and RWD drifting together is wrong because THEY ARE NOT THE SAME TYPE OF CARS.
Besides, there is already a new sub-culture for FF's and "drifting"= Tray drifting.
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. Horsepower sells cars, torque moves them.
)under normal driving conditions it remians RWD, so if u tried to lose traction in the rear the ATTESA ET-S would automatically transfer the power to the front wheels(hence "kinda 4WD"), making it impossible to do a predictable drift.
although I will try my hardest to get it up so u can see all the naked chicks around my car 
