Remember when car shows were about more than wheels and suspension?
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more *than* suspension and wheels.
I was actually thinking about this last night at the local meet. By and large, people at car shows are a lot less elitist than they used to be, but there are 3 distinct cliques in most car shows:
Not to say all domestic owners are dicks. Just the ones that go to tuner meets. I went to a rat rot and beer show a couple of years ago and it was just the opposite. All of the rat rodders and cutomizers were cool as sh*t and loved to talk about cars. The asswagon that registered his Intera was the show dick. He had an obx manifold, ebay "Garrut" turbo and Spectre autozone intake/filter. All that on stock compression and no fuel tuner to speak of. The first thing he did was park next to the built C6 Vette and start talking trash. He then managed to call out several Camaros one of which was sporting a monstrous supercharger, built rear with inset brembos and dynosheet in the window showing 4 digits.
I was actually thinking about this last night at the local meet. By and large, people at car shows are a lot less elitist than they used to be, but there are 3 distinct cliques in most car shows:
- The average import. Be it a BMW or a Nissan, most of these guys come with overly exaggerated stance, cut springs (maybe coilovers in an increasingly rare number of cases), bald tires, worn paint or half-assed body kits and a lot of sh*t talking. Not malicious by far, but all boasts as unrealistic as their suspension setup.
- The boosted tuner and exotic owner. Generally very well kept, bling at a minimum. Maybe a bodykit, but largely well done and functional. These guys get all of the attention and as soon as they are gone the sour grapes come out. Generally a great group of guys who like to share knowledge but LOVE the attention. Not that you can blame him.
- The domestic nutswing. YEAH!! V8 power! Grunt grunt. [Drives a v6 Challenger with HEMI stickers.] Check out my cool ebay angel eyes and under-glow (that we used to make fun of imports for.) My Mustang could totally take that "Lame-bo." [Bone-stock base model Mustang pretending to call out the Underground Racing twin turbo Gallardo.] Lets all hang out over here drinking Coors light out of my trunk, showing these posers that there no replacement for displacement, and taking turns blowing the old guy who that showed up with the well tuned G1 Camaro.
Not to say all domestic owners are dicks. Just the ones that go to tuner meets. I went to a rat rot and beer show a couple of years ago and it was just the opposite. All of the rat rodders and cutomizers were cool as sh*t and loved to talk about cars. The asswagon that registered his Intera was the show dick. He had an obx manifold, ebay "Garrut" turbo and Spectre autozone intake/filter. All that on stock compression and no fuel tuner to speak of. The first thing he did was park next to the built C6 Vette and start talking trash. He then managed to call out several Camaros one of which was sporting a monstrous supercharger, built rear with inset brembos and dynosheet in the window showing 4 digits.
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Well, yes, domestic guys that go to "tuner" meets usually are dicks, because that's why they're there. The Cars and Coffee meets here in Vegas are about 75% domestic and they're ain't a nutswinger there who can't back it up. Several 4-digit HP cars there every weekend. Of the imports that show up, 90% are RWD, so they fit right in. The few FWD imports that show up usually park waaaaay over there and usually don't come back next weekend when they realize nobody there want to talk about video games or street racing.