IMPORT/TUNER CULTURE DYING??, heard NOPI in atlanta SUCKED ARSE! Options

[pandakid]

i think becuase people don't wanna deal with fix it tickets any more.

[easternpiro1]

here in the south nobody cares about emissions, its all about street racing, which has been known to be absolutley CRAZY! cops made a big bust now noobdy comes out. i want to talk to the police about closing a street for us but i can never get hold of a cop, im going to have to go to a precient.


and im not basing my judgement over a few shows, ive been to nopi drag spots at the rock (rockingham nc) where that toyota drag car flipped on tunervision. there was NO turnout compared to years past. i think it just may be a charlotte thing. people dont want to drive an hour or 30 min to a 1/8 track. they rather stay in the city limits and get caught street racing....(dumbasses)

[vozizm]

out these parts it seems some folks {my son and his posse} its more about performance than looks, Maybe thats why those car shows are kinda lame.

local 1/8 mile has some tuners that run well... but mostly big V8's and bikes.


Sons next ride will be a 04 WRX bone stock..

[MaskedMan]

idk if anyone noticed, but a lot of stores just stopped carrying Import Tuner magazine. I don't read it, but my friend called me a few days ago and was pretty upset about it haha. But i think that the import/tuner culture isn't dying, but it IS changing. People are always trying to be different and ahead of the game. So they move on the the next new thing.

[ExSane]

I think the tuner scene is dying. The only reason why it came up is becuz of Fast and Furious promoted it... in the wrong way ofcourse. After FaF, everyone wanted a Supra, RX7, Eclipse, etc. and hook it up and street race. It just killed everything. But I'm guessing there isn't enough promotions going on around anymore besides car shows... So yep, it's dying. There is my 2 cents.

[Jaws4God]

i think it is slowing down.. because just like most people.. they find soemthing interesting.. dive into it.. then get tired of it and move to the next thing.. .but i'm still having so much fun working on my car and tryint to improve it and make it unique..

so maybe with less going to car shows i'll have a better chance of winning trophies :-)

[easternpiro1]

i think its a mix of all what you guys are saying too much commercialization idiots ruining it for EVERYONE else (check out articles on toronto canada racing scene) law enforcement not wanting to roll with the punch and instead choose to be a brick wall etc. im with jaws...(let me know the next show i may want to enter )

btw...VOZ what part of nc are you in?

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Sep 20, 2006 - 11:16 PM

[x_itchy_b_x]

yeah last car i stole was a vr4 and i went to miami and found a skyline there. it was sweet. all these gangs and such make me not want to be an import tunner anymore. one time this gang member guy put oil down this other guys throat when he was late wit ha motor swap, Scary!i just dont wanna be involved anymore... im sick and tired of my floorboards falling out and blowing intake welds. i jsut cant afford these over night parts from japan like i usta, theyve gone up in price so much and just about every honda i see wants to race me, wheres the street cred there?! im done im gunna go back to delivering parts for harry.

[Shocker]

^haha

[6strngs]

yeah last car i stole was a vr4 and i went to miami and found a skyline there. it was sweet. all these gangs and such make me not want to be an import tunner anymore. one time this gang member guy put oil down this other guys throat when he was late wit ha motor swap, Scary!i just dont wanna be involved anymore... im sick and tired of my floorboards falling out and blowing intake welds. i jsut cant afford these over night parts from japan like i usta, theyve gone up in price so much and just about every honda i see wants to race me, wheres the street cred there?! im done im gunna go back to delivering parts for harry.

LMAO

[ExSane]

i think it is slowing down.. because just like most people.. they find soemthing interesting.. dive into it.. then get tired of it and move to the next thing.. .but i'm still having so much fun working on my car and tryint to improve it and make it unique..

so maybe with less going to car shows i'll have a better chance of winning trophies :-)

Yeah, like I said. After FaF came out, cops all across the nation was on tuned cars' asses.

yeah last car i stole was a vr4 and i went to miami and found a skyline there. it was sweet. all these gangs and such make me not want to be an import tunner anymore. one time this gang member guy put oil down this other guys throat when he was late wit ha motor swap, Scary!i just dont wanna be involved anymore... im sick and tired of my floorboards falling out and blowing intake welds. i jsut cant afford these over night parts from japan like i usta, theyve gone up in price so much and just about every honda i see wants to race me, wheres the street cred there?! im done im gunna go back to delivering parts for harry.

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!

This post has been edited by ExSane: Sep 21, 2006 - 2:12 AM

[robdrummer]

In pittsburgh though i don't see it dieing down. every friday and saturday if u go at the right time at heinz field there are mass tuners that use the four lane road as a drag strip. what i belive is that it's going back underground. u will always find that one car driving around that u no has the hook up. just look at dg, henry, and consynx.

-RTC

[easternpiro1]

lets pray it dies and kick it while its down

yeah last car i stole was a vr4 and i went to miami and found a skyline there. it was sweet. all these gangs and such make me not want to be an import tunner anymore. one time this gang member guy put oil down this other guys throat when he was late wit ha motor swap, Scary!i just dont wanna be involved anymore... im sick and tired of my floorboards falling out and blowing intake welds. i jsut cant afford these over night parts from japan like i usta, theyve gone up in price so much and just about every honda i see wants to race me, wheres the street cred there?! im done im gunna go back to delivering parts for harry.

not to mention a couple of sr20's would pull a premium in some HONDAS a week before racewars!

In pittsburgh though i don't see it dieing down. every friday and saturday if u go at the right time at heinz field there are mass tuners that use the four lane road as a drag strip. what i belive is that it's going back underground. u will always find that one car driving around that u no has the hook up. just look at dg, henry, and consynx.

-RTC

the police dont run you guys off?

[vozizm]

btw...VOZ what part of nc are you in?

I am in the Raleigh Area!!