Import Alliance rant v. April 2012

[Echonova]

I didn't go. I didn't miss IA one bit, and I'm sure IA feels likewise about me.


Yes, stupid shit has happened in the past at import "car shows/meets", nothing new there. However, it seems as the cars keep getting bigger/faster/more powerful, the drivers IQ falls in direct correlation. Of course I'm speaking to ones that do burnouts/drift/mount a bike rack and not to you, the person reading this.

I also find the trash left behind disturbing, but more over the people that thinks it's no big deal. "Waahhh, there weren't enough trash cans", "Waahhhh I would have had to walk across the parking lot. Waaahhhhh". "Wahhhhhh, I don't live here, what do I care".

When I go camping/hiking, I can't recall seeing any trash cans close by. You pack it in, you pack it out. How hard is that?

Maybe I am just getting old, but I'm also tired of all the walking stereotypes I see at these meets. And it just seems to get worse every year.

[Doppelgänger]

I didn't go. I didn't miss IA one bit, and I'm sure IA feels likewise about me.


Yes, stupid shit has happened in the past at import "car shows/meets", nothing new there. However, it seems as the cars keep getting bigger/faster/more powerful, the drivers IQ falls in direct correlation. Of course I'm speaking to ones that do burnouts/drift/mount a bike rack and not to you, the person reading this.

I also find the trash left behind disturbing, but more over the people that thinks it's no big deal. "Waahhh, there weren't enough trash cans", "Waahhhh I would have had to walk across the parking lot. Waaahhhhh". "Wahhhhhh, I don't live here, what do I care".

When I go camping/hiking, I can't recall seeing any trash cans close by. You pack it in, you pack it out. How hard is that?

Maybe I am just getting old, but I'm also tired of all the walking stereotypes I see at these meets. And it just seems to get worse every year.

I did make the observation at IA that every trashcan I saw (you know, the ones the size of 55gal drums) were full and overflowing. So at least most of the people had been using them until there was nowhere for the trash to go. I mostly blame the mass amounts of garbage on the NOS people for giving out so much of that shit....and the people handing out flyers.