Import Alliance rant v. April 2012

[Boosting EG]

Well said, you sir speak the truth everytime

x2

[CSquared]

Yeah i didnt have a chance but i wanted to throw something out there earlier... Why dont we make a hidden forum - og/invite only - maybe even age limited - and try to set a meet up that way?

I mean hell, everyone in this thread appears to be just as fed up with the scene as it is, but still loves cars and i think would all enjoy a nice low-key meetup. I think we can make that happen.

[Nerdsrock22]

I had a completely different experience. I rolled in around 8 with zero trouble and pulled into (one) empty spot. The wife and I walked around for a bit and saw a ton of old and new friends. We walked down to Daddy D'z and got some BBQ, walked back, heard things were wrapping up from Don, got in our car and left.

Some asshat in a 318i (or whatever that silly looking BMW is) peeled out as we were leaving, but that can be expected from a guy that buys the cheapest and ugliest Beemer around.

[Austin?]

I was up late the night before until 2am and woke up early to get my car buffshined at 6am in the morning for an Import rice alliance. I notice every thing that you ranted about. All these cheap ass civic taken up 2-3 parking space and that fucking D-bag R8 with orange door driving like he own the parking lot.

I was at the NOS tent and here come the ugly ass fucking miata dropped so low that it look like shit also drove like he's the king of the parking lot. He came around the Corner and ran over the one dude FOOT who was standing at the NOS energy tent waiting for a drink. The miata did bounce up like it was going over a speed bump. I was waiting for miata owner to stop and at least say sorry but this parking lot king went on his Marry way. Wtf!! Thanks god I have to get to work by 12 noon.

[Sinfix_15]

glad to see people finally coming around and getting tired of the ricer bullshit...... but.....

Import car scene has been riddled with douchebag kids since around um..... 2001.

[csmiths]

I love the fuck outta cars. I like messing with them, looking at them, reading about new models, whatever. That, for me, like most people, will never change. I hate the fuck out of this scene. The "Barretts", the "BPs", the "Morelands" and the "Sonics", and last but not least, Import Alliance. For whatever reason, this scene brings out the scum of the import world. The 240 owners who believe they are all Vaughn Gitten Jr. and feel they have to prove it in the two lane parking lot filled with other cars, the simple honda kids who think VTEC engages when the clutch is depressed and the rev limiter is pegged at 9000 rpm, and the stupid drivers who think a parking lot is their own personal time attack course. The scene is incredebly stigmatized, which troubles me deeply. Because in the eyes of everyone else--law enforcement, general public--if you drive anything even remotely modified from Japan, you are looked at as less than a person. No matter how staunchly you follow traffic laws.

After waking up like a fucking idiot at 6am on a Sunday, I drove down to Turner Field, and exited Fulton Street at 8am. My day might have been a little better had it not been for all of the dumbass people who didnt know the red light at the exit means stop. Loads of people went around me as I chose to remain at the stop light until traffic cleared up, only to further clog the intersection (even for people who werent going to the meet, and were driving the opposite direction of the stadium). Im guessing most of these drivers are 16 years old and just got their license, or are from out of town, and the backwoods towns they live in don't have traffic control devices.

The fun continues at the event, where despite the limited number of parking spaces and the massive amount of registered guests, people thought their primered 94 Civic EXs needed more than one parking spot. And yes, Im also looking at you, Kennesaw crew who I saw parked completely sideways taking up 2-3 parking spots. I don't understand why all the $90,000 GTRs and the half million dollar LFAs by Forged section only took up one space each, but the $12,000 TSX on shitty Enkei wheels needed 3 spaces. Maybe someone can explain it to me. Then to top it off, we were all forcibly evicted at about 2pm. The reason is only rumor and speculation at this point. Some say we exceeded our permit limits for the cars, some say people were surprisingly acting childish, doing burnouts or racing through the parking lots. Whatever the reason, something tells me if this was a parking lot full of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, Astons, and so on, there would still be people there right now.

I guess I only have myself to blame, because in the last scene rant I made--consequently enough, it was about the spring Import Alliance meet--I told myself I would never again subject myself to this torture. So I'll say it again, this time with absolution. This is the LAST spring/Atlanta IA meet I'll be attending, and chances are not looking good for the rest of the IA meets.

On an ending note. To the stereotypical entitled, fuckstick, douchbag, second-rate BMW 3 series drivng cock-wallet who thought the Fulton St./Capitol Ave. intersection was his own personal playground, blocking it off for his little Evo driving buddies(surprise, another group of cunts. Birds of a feather.), I am the guy in the maroon Accord with bronze wheels who checked your bullshit. Had it not been for the fact that Im getting married in a few months, and my fiance was in the car behind me, I would have ended your miserable, simple existence at precisely 8:15am. I saw you reaching for your sidearm in your door pocket, but unfortunately, due to your crouched position, you would have not drawn fast enough. If you'd like to settle it like men (which might be difficult for you since you drove a 3 series) I would love to oblige, but I would highly suggest you make sure your medical insurance coverage is up to date.

I understand all your rants about idiots, but bitching about where someone told me to park is kinda childish. And I find it funny that you call out the "kennesaw" crew who your "friends" with out of all that nonsense like im supposed to be saving spots for the ferrari's and gtr's because they cost more. All this shit your complaining about weve all been complaining since the beginning of importalliance. It will never be a great meet simply because they dont weed out the garbage, and they wont because they wouldnt make nearly the amount of money that they make. Does that mean I wont go or bitch about it? Absolutely not.

[Nerdsrock22]

I understand all your rants about idiots, but bitching about where someone told me to park is kinda childish. And I find it funny that you call out the "kennesaw" crew who your "friends" with out of all that nonsense like im supposed to be saving spots for the ferrari's and gtr's because they cost more. All this shit your complaining about weve all been complaining since the beginning of importalliance. It will never be a great meet simply because they dont weed out the garbage, and they wont because they wouldnt make nearly the amount of money that they make. Does that mean I wont go or bitch about it? Absolutely not.

Is that your TSX?

[csmiths]

No, but my car was in front of his. I just think it's pathetic to bitch about parking spots In such a huge lot.

[Nerdsrock22]

No, but my car was in front of his. I just think it's pathetic to bitch about parking spots In such a huge lot.

I parked in the main lot and had open spaces next to me all day. I don't understand what all the bitching was about. That venue was a ton better than the parking garage.

[csmiths]

Yea I don't get it. This is not an eibach meet, it's going to be filled with immature kids. I just don't get how the car scene is literally all hate nowadays. If your car is too low your a ricer, if you have wide wheels but not with r comp tires your a ricer. I'm so tired of people talking shit about nice cars bc THEY think it's too low. I never hate on anyone for doing something they want to do to their car. I think it's fucking retarded to take a new car and gut the interior, put a big wing, sticky tires, and a diffuser to call it a race car. Do I go up to people who do that and say how stupid it is? No. Do I come on the forums and go "that brand new Evo is ruined bc he took his extra seats of his sedan and put all this aero bullshit to drive on the street" No! I'm so fucking tired of that, it's like rival gangs. "race cars" vs "show cars". Fucking pathetic.

[firby911]

I was up late the night before until 2am and woke up early to get my car buffshined at 6am in the morning for an Import rice alliance. I notice every thing that you ranted about. All these cheap ass civic taken up 2-3 parking space and that fucking D-bag R8 with orange door driving like he own the parking lot.

I was at the NOS tent and here come the ugly ass fucking miata dropped so low that it look like shit also drove like he's the king of the parking lot. He came around the Corner and ran over the one dude FOOT who was standing at the NOS energy tent waiting for a drink. The miata did bounce up like it was going over a speed bump. I was waiting for miata owner to stop and at least say sorry but this parking lot king went on his Marry way. Wtf!! Thanks god I have to get to work by 12 noon.

The guy that got his foot ran over is a memeber on here...he might chime in if he saw this thread. The guy ran over his ankle and it was all bloody and what not when i saw it. Later in the day we all went out to eat at atlantic station and somehow the dude who ran his foot over ended up there and was a douche about it. He played it off like he did nothing and it was the guys fault for being in his way,pathetic....

[-EnVus-]

damn that bad up there...almost glad i didnt go, almost makes me think of not going to the other IA later this summer

All the shit that comes to GA seems to be trashed and disrespected I dont hear about it like this else where...

[Drummerboy]

I saw both sides of the spectrum. Saw a guy blow his motor in the parking lot, saw that stupid old race car drifting IN THE PARKING LOT ROW, saw all the ridiculous trends executed pretty horribly.

But then I saw alot of cars I recognized and got to put names with faces, and meet some new people. The best part was when I was just walking around with my buddy, we stumbled upon 20 or so preludes all parked together. As soon as they heard us say we drove preludes and were parked on the other side of the lot, they rearranged their cars just to let us in. Then shared drinks,food,seats, and stories all day. the Georgia Prelude Club is an awesome group of guys.

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I understand all your rants about idiots, but bitching about where someone told me to park is kinda childish. And I find it funny that you call out the "kennesaw" crew who your "friends" with out of all that nonsense like im supposed to be saving spots for the ferrari's and gtr's because they cost more. All this shit your complaining about weve all been complaining since the beginning of importalliance. It will never be a great meet simply because they dont weed out the garbage, and they wont because they wouldnt make nearly the amount of money that they make. Does that mean I wont go or bitch about it? Absolutely not.

Far from childish sir. Let me let you in on some lifelong advice. When you get older, you'll look back and say "damn. He was spot on". Your "friends" are not the people who suck your dick because you have $2000+ on your car. The owner of the TSX and his cronies doesn't know that yet. They're young. It's understandable. He's got a lot of maturing to do.

[csmiths]

I don't base my friends on who likes my car. I know some of my friends don't care for it at all but we all have different tastes. I'm not defending him, and you should know I can't stand some of his cronies as you call them, I just defended the comment bc his car was right behind mine. And it was weird to me that you put that in your rant because you all rode together so idk. Tim told me to park there, I can't help who followed suit.



And I personally hate ppl like that guy you were talking to with the mugen Friday. He knew me, I had no idea who he was, and he was a straight douche bag. He kept making shit up as he was talking to you but I'm not one to call him out, he felt it was necessary to make up some shit to look "cool" in front of us. So I'm just letting you know he was bs'n the whole time I talked to him.

[DOHC ACCLUDE]

Hahah this is great.... What do expect from $3200 economy cars



I'd like the 10min of my life I just wasted reading this crap back please, move on to a "mature" car and join the "mature" forums and go to their "mature" meets/shows. Not everyone without a gtr is 15yrs old, but I assume you knew that.

[LIKEG6]

Is it what it is.

[Sammich]

Yea I don't get it. This is not an eibach meet, it's going to be filled with immature kids. I just don't get how the car scene is literally all hate nowadays. If your car is too low your a ricer, if you have wide wheels but not with r comp tires your a ricer. I'm so tired of people talking shit about nice cars bc THEY think it's too low. I never hate on anyone for doing something they want to do to their car. I think it's fucking retarded to take a new car and gut the interior, put a big wing, sticky tires, and a diffuser to call it a race car. Do I go up to people who do that and say how stupid it is? No. Do I come on the forums and go "that brand new Evo is ruined bc he took his extra seats of his sedan and put all this aero bullshit to drive on the street" No! I'm so fucking tired of that, it's like rival gangs. "race cars" vs "show cars". Fucking pathetic.

^^i do agree w/ this post, i hate people who talk down on every single person's vehicle just because they dotn like it or because it doesnt coincide with their likes of what a vehicle should be modified, or not modified to. it's every person's modification taste and it's theirs

The guy that got his foot ran over is a memeber on here...he might chime in if he saw this thread. The guy ran over his ankle and it was all bloody and what not when i saw it. Later in the day we all went out to eat at atlantic station and somehow the dude who ran his foot over ended up there and was a douche about it. He played it off like he did nothing and it was the guys fault for being in his way,pathetic....

that is a fukin shame

[Sammich]

Hahah this is great.... What do expect from $3200 economy cars



I'd like the 10min of my life I just wasted reading this crap back please, move on to a "mature" car and join the "mature" forums and go to their "mature" meets/shows. Not everyone without a gtr is 15yrs old, but I assume you knew that.

you missed the point...what he's getting at is the majority of hte people in the 'economy' cars we're being immature with how they were handling themselves

[allmotor-teg]

there is no way to control how people behave but it was alright aside from the the stupid ass people doing stupid shit, i seen good looking cars, friends and seen couple of things the vendors where trying to sell so i cant conplaint, wish the stupid people would have stayed home but it wont happen.

[Nismo]

I got there at like 8:30 parked and walked around till about 1145 then left. No issues.

[Echonova]

I will say the Mainstream meet was pretty chill though.

Look at how those stupid fuckers left the joint, to show their appreciation.

[CSquared]

you missed the point...what he's getting at is the majority of hte people in the 'economy' cars we're being immature with how they were handling themselves

Agreed. I drove a gutted 1985 supra to the event with an intake (otherwise bone stock) and 220k miles. Whats that car worth? 1,500? Still felt no need to rev the shit out of my motor or lay down some rubber. Especially with the amount of pedestrians around.

So its not about what you can afford... its about how immature assholes carry themselves.

[spank]

this thread makes no sense at the end of the day it just going to be the same ole shit

[RL...]

this thread makes no sense at the end of the day it just going to be the same ole shit

So what's the point of showering if you're just going to get dirty again?





Hopefully more awareness will catch on and people, atleast on here, will stop doing dumb shit. Than again I have no idea if the idiots in regard are even on here so meh...

[Sammich]

Look at how those stupid fuckers left the joint, to show their appreciation.

that's a fukin shame. i always properly dispose of my garbage, how difficult is it to properly dispose of YOUR shit when you're done w/ it...smfh

Agreed. I drove a gutted 1985 supra to the event with an intake (otherwise bone stock) and 220k miles. Whats that car worth? 1,500? Still felt no need to rev the shit out of my motor or lay down some rubber. Especially with the amount of pedestrians around.

So its not about what you can afford... its about how immature assholes carry themselves.

^exactly

So what's the point of showering if you're just going to get dirty again?





Hopefully more awareness will catch on and people, atleast on here, will stop doing dumb shit. Than again I have no idea if the idiots in regard are even on here so meh...

good point

[dvpjdm]

...no but really, standing next the the GT-R I drove in and just listening to the comments people made was just.....disappointing, retarded, and somewhat funny. When I was leaving the crowd screamed and cheered for me to "do a burn out" in a AWD car with slicks......?!?!

LOL I was over there looking at the exhaust on the black gtr, had seen it online and was really impressed in person. although the whole time I was standing there all i heard was stupid rednecks and dumb kids, talk about how you should be drifting it. i seen the one of the guys that yelled do a burn out. he was wearing a daytona 500 shirt, camo shorts, a coors light and a stroller with a infant.

[-EnVus-]

lol all them posers drinking them NOS Drinks ive never drank one that shit kills your kidneys

[dvpjdm]

I was highly disappointed with this meet, more with the assholes that felt they had something to prove. its a meet, not a race. Why the hell did people think that alcohol would be okay? (stupid fuck with the keg strapped to his gti, assholes with the 12 pack of coors) i don't want my nice car ruined by some drunk prick trying to hit redline in a parking lot. trigger happy mother fuckers stay home this isn't compton swap meet.

[SHAUNvX]

I had a good time at the meet/show. I got there at 7:30 and left at 1:00 but was wondering why the hell were people revving the shit out of there cars also, But i will go to next years IA meet and the one after that im not gonna let some "Ricers" ruin my day.

[SHAUNvX]

Oh and i drove my acura and parked in one spot.

[Black4DrEK]

it was all good, till we had to leave..... Folks always have to ruin shit for us

[.blank cd]

Look at how those stupid fuckers left the joint, to show their appreciation.

That's one of my biggest gripes right there. They did that shit at IA to.

[spank]

So what's the point of showering if you're just going to get dirty again?
if you don't like kids don't go to a daycare




Hopefully more awareness will catch on and people, atleast on here, will stop doing dumb shit. Than again I have no idea if the idiots in regard are even on here so meh...

awareness...sorry to say unless something bad happen them or a close friend most of these kids are not going to learn

[black_e92]

Very WELL put!

[firby911]

I was highly disappointed with this meet, more with the assholes that felt they had something to prove. its a meet, not a race. Why the hell did people think that alcohol would be okay? (stupid fuck with the keg strapped to his gti, assholes with the 12 pack of coors) i don't want my nice car ruined by some drunk prick trying to hit redline in a parking lot. trigger happy mother fuckers stay home this isn't compton swap meet.

You havent been around many euro guys have you?


I think there was so much trash at mainstream due to the lack of trash cans there...i know there was some by the actually shop but not anywhere else that i could see. People are lazy.

[Vteckidd]

I thin some people are misunderstanding. I wasn't bashing people Modding preferences.

But, two things would go A LONG WAY toward improving the meet IMO

1) import alliance promoting the meet need to be explicitly clear no burnouts or stuoid behavior is tolerated or you will be thrown out. They also need to stress 1 parking spot per attendant.

2) spectators need to police their own, if you see someone doing dumb shit, tell them to stop. If they don't, don't be scared to tell someone in authority.

The problem is the bad apples give the cops this idea that we are all the same. Every Guy who owns a Honda MUST be the ricer burnout douche bag. They won't stop until you reinforce that's not what IA is about.

Taking up 2-3-4 parking spots with your 1 car is doosh, its rude, its selfish, its disrespectful to other people who paid to park.

[DOHC ACCLUDE]

you missed the point...what he's getting at is the majority of hte people in the 'economy' cars we're being immature with how they were handling themselves

I didn't miss the point at all. I just find it funny no one has mentioned the silver gtr absolutely flying up and down the road repeditly with a conv e92 m3. Acting like idiots. Or the 240 and sc300 that left in front of the stadium completely sideways. People seem to only single out the primered 89 accord with poop can doing a burn out.... I meant the quality of cars were irrelevant, meantioning ferraris, r8's, or civics is irrelevant.... It's either the idiots or respectful people.

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I thin some people are misunderstanding. I wasn't bashing people Modding preferences.

But, two things would go A LONG WAY toward improving the meet IMO

1) import alliance promoting the meet need to be explicitly clear no burnouts or stupid behavior is tolerated or you will be thrown out. They also need to stress 1 parking spot per attendant.

2) spectators need to police their own, if you see someone doing dumb shit, tell them to stop. If they don't, don't be scared to tell someone in authority.

The problem is the bad apples give the cops this idea that we are all the same. Every Guy who owns a Honda MUST be the ricer burnout douche bag. They won't stop until you reinforce that's not what IA is about.

Taking up 2-3-4 parking spots with your 1 car is doosh, its rude, its selfish, its disrespectful to other people who paid to park.

^ All of this. Especially disrespectful to the people who drove 3-4 hrs, paid to park, then got turned around immediately. If someone told you to park that way, that's another story. Then it's on them.

But my rant had nothing to do with how people mod their cars.

[.blank cd]

I didn't miss the point at all. I just find it funny no one has mentioned the silver gtr absolutely flying up and down the road repeditly with a conv e92 m3. Acting like idiots. Or the 240 and sc300 that left in front of the stadium completely sideways. People seem to only single out the primered 89 accord with poop can doing a burn out.... I meant the quality of cars were irrelevant, meantioning ferraris, r8's, or civics is irrelevant.... It's either the idiots or respectful people.

Oh I absolutely meant everybody that was displaying general douchebaggery. M3s, GTRs, and R8s included.