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

[easternpiro1]

hey people! i heard nopi nationals sucked! there werent alot of cars from what i understand. the entry fee was like 85 bucks!?!? WTF?? I would have went but the transplant wasnt ready. glad i didnt go!
the past charlotte Hot import nights sucked too...
anybody go out there?

does anybody know why the car shows have really been sucking lately? is the tuner culture dying? its not what it used to be.... or maybe its just me.

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Sep 19, 2006 - 9:41 PM

[Killswitch]

In my opinion I see mostly most imports will all show-no go. Personally I dont think too many people in the states bother with motor work, at least where I live. Plus most people just get Civic's anyways.

[Shocker]

it will pick back up in a bit...Fast and the Furious tokyo drift is about to come out on dvd..

[easternpiro1]

it will pick back up in a bit...Fast and the Furious tokyo drift is about to come out on dvd..

well THATS not encouraging...

idiots tryin to drift at the meet spot on saturday nights...its happened b4. i see it coming...

[Shocker]

that parking lot drifting is kinda common here too at some of the local things...cept one night i saw a guy do it in his eclipse and there is a RR track in this area every one meets at and he hit it going sidways..car kinda jumped and other out of control movment.........his lil budies thought it was the coolest thing ever while i was trying to pick my self back up laughing so hard at the guy

[Davesceli]

i don't think its dyin out, its just being a little more discreet. I went street racing the other night, i know; not smart, but most of the guys out there were cool. It was awesome to be able to hang out and run with guys who just wanted to run their cars, no egos that night. No punks who with egos bigger than their spoilers!!! Just guys who want to chill and have some fun.

[celica47]

maybe almost everything has been done now. I mean TV in the head rests, ETC ETC ETC. i know after being to a couple car shows its basically the same thing just diffrent cars. If you want to see where the tuner world is at, go to your local drag strip..mannn i love it there espically when a V8 camero rips through the strip

[Shocker]

we had a viper..sti showdown here it was nice..

[celica47]

At a drag strip?

[Shocker]

yea just our local fair grounds 1/8 mile track...they just use the strait part of a circle track..the sti beat the viper in the 1/8..but that viper was pulling strong about 4/5 of the way down the track.

[celica47]

iam telling you....if you want to see some while ****. Forget about car shows and ****. Go to a Track and watch some tuner cars beat V8s. And usually people will let you look at the car and see under the hood if you ask.

[eggman40]

i don't think its dyin out, its just being a little more discreet.

I think you hit the nail on the head! I too have noticed this trend but its not that import tuning is dying, its just that people are becoming more aware that their cars can be taken away. at least in cali for that matter. Ive been to a few car meets recently (not street races) and the turn outs are substantially smaller than about 2years ago. Before the swap was looking forward to showing off my work at meets but i find myself telling people that i have a turbo charged celica, rather than showing them. Im paranoid of cops showing up to these meets and pulling people over.

I have the feeling more and more people are feeling this way my friends are all looking for the quiet upgrade or the subtle bodykit... not sure if thats a good or a bad thing.

although i have seen less wings lately

[6strngs]

I'm (hopefully) going to HIN san fransisco on saturday, I'll let you know if it sucks. lol

[block]

seriously...its boring...its not dying...i think people are just sick of seeing hondas...i there there aren't a variety of different cars such as our cars...the only toyota you will most likely see is a supra...

[boosted_K2]

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


i dont think its fair to base the current status of something like this on a single event or a group of events of just one fasset of a broader culture.... i actually hope the show/drag scene starts falling back out of the mainstreem eye, loose some of the fad of it and get "back to basics" as some would say.

[Consynx]

i wish it would die down

prob just because the movement is in sr20 240s now, and when u have that, generally you can't have it be a show car too...

[pure_dx]

i don't think its dyin out, its just being a little more discreet. I went street racing the other night, i know; not smart, but most of the guys out there were cool. It was awesome to be able to hang out and run with guys who just wanted to run their cars, no egos that night. No punks who with egos bigger than their spoilers!!! Just guys who want to chill and have some fun.

that's the real way to do it

[playr158]

lets pray it dies and kick it while its down

[Shocker]

^+1
there are so mant kids around me that tell me i should have gottnen a honda or a 240...and thet drool over cobalt ss ans ion redlines...ans im thinking thats not all that great considering its only 200hp with a super charger..im mean that good and all but not enough for me to go out and get a loan or somthing..and for half the price of those car i could be running a beast of a machine in my lil toyota.. and theres even a kid talking s*** about me turboing my 7a and he has know idea what hes say...telling me his base rsx with intake will kill me from a roll or stop..im stfu ans go play wth your neons

[Kwanza26]

lets pray it dies and kick it while its down

For once we agree...