Who came up with the phrase "tuner"

[SPOOLIN]

i personally think when tv shows and shit refer to sport compact people as the "tuner" crowd or tuners that it sounds fucking retarded, i always have. I do not ever think of myself in that sense. No matter what car you mod, you are an automotive enthusiast, a Sport compact enthusiast, or a car builder, ANYTHING but a god damn TUNER!!! I like tuner fest, BUT I HATE THE NAME!!! Its like a racial slur to me.

[cactusEG]

or the word souped up

[Sol-Badguy]

Brian Spilner.


I FUCKING HATE THE TERM, "TRICKED OUT"

[SPOOLIN]

those bastards!!

[Dirty Octopus™]

PINKS

[SPOOLIN]

PINKS

what about pinks, they have horrible pairing when it comes to v8 verses 4 cyl, and im sure they do it on purpose.

[Dirty Octopus™]

what about pinks, they have horrible pairing when it comes to v8 verses 4 cyl, and im sure they do it on purpose.

they're "Tuners" *chuckles*

[william_jeff]

REDS

[SPOOLIN]

"import TUNER" mag, UGH!!

[BABY J]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_tuning

[quickdodge®]

Back in 1987, I lowered my first car. It was a 1980 Datsun 210. Someone saw my car and loved how it sat. We started shaving the door handles off and shit.

And it was good.

I got to noticing how people who worked at tune up shops or mechanics that did tune ups were tuning cars to have them run better/at stock level. A friend of mine and I actually got to figuring out ways to get them to run at better than stock levels. Through various tuning works, we squeezed out a little more horsepower.

And it was good.

Now, at this point, we started considering ourselves as "real" tuning people. That's where I came up with the word "tuner." We were real "tuners." We started using that word everywhere we went and soon, just like today's "Yeah!", the word was in heavy rotation.

And it was good.

Years went by with the word hanging around and people using it sparingly but with good taste in mind and made it's mark in the English vocabulary.

And it was good.

In 2001, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel and a host of other "actors" picked up a dialogue book and started filming a movie that would forever change the look upon the import/racing/modded car scene. This movie brought APC into the limelight. It brought Pep Boys out into the tuning car heaven that it is today. It turned every 15-18 year old boy into the "tuners" they are today.

And it was not so good ever again.

Later, QD.

[Dirty Octopus™]

"import TUNER" mag, UGH!!

To be honest... i think the f'n Japs came up the term to make us look/sound like lames

[SPOOLIN]

lol at QD's shit.

[JDMmuscle]

once again, i can blame Fast and the furious for everything


Cancer? blame F&F
Baby dies? blame F&F
War in the middle east? blame F&F



honestly i wish i could go back in time to kill the maker of that movie, Jesus....

and also kill who every thought it was a good idea to put neon under your car...


Now thank you to them, Everyone thinks that because they can pull the e-brake and a little smoke will come out, that they can drift
and you get this jokers that think by slapping a giant wing on their car will make them go faster

[The Yousef]

white people...

[koukis14]

once again, i can blame Fast and the furious for everything


Cancer? blame F&F
Baby dies? blame F&F
War in the middle east? blame F&F



honestly i wish i could go back in time to kill the maker of that movie, Jesus....

and also kill who every thought it was a good idea to put neon under your car...


Now thank you to them, Everyone thinks that because they can pull the e-brake and a little smoke will come out, that they can drift
and you get this jokers that think by slapping a giant wing on their car will make them go faster

Hey now, If F&F was never made then Tokyo Drift would have never been made and people with 240's couldn't sell thier cars to retarded kids for WAY more than what they are worth and retire early.

[Dirty Octopus™]

white people...

Gewd Answer!

[william_jeff]

once again, i can blame Fast and the furious for everything


Cancer? blame F&F
Baby dies? blame F&F
War in the middle east? blame F&F



honestly i wish i could go back in time to kill the maker of that movie, Jesus....

and also kill who every thought it was a good idea to put neon under your car...


Now thank you to them, Everyone thinks that because they can pull the e-brake and a little smoke will come out, that they can drift
and you get this jokers that think by slapping a giant wing on their car will make them go faster

you forgot another minute detail

the reason president bush created hurricane katrina to hit N.O. was because of fast and the furious

[JDMmuscle]

you forgot another minute detail

the reason president bush created hurricane katrina to hit N.O. was because of fast and the furious

ah shit i knew i was forgetting something, thanks for catchin me man

[SPOOLIN]

i was ok with "NOS" in the movie for N.OS. cause it made sense, but then everyone started referring to NOS when it came to ANY TYPE OF NITROUS SYSTEM AVAILABLE or the gas in general. I fly off the handle when someone asks me i got nos on my civic...im like, "WHAT THE FUCK IS NOS"

[BABY J]

I say, yeah it's got gas. Simple as that. If they do not know that I am referring to nitrous and not 94 octane, then they are idiots anyway. LOL. I think Jorge has a big issue w/ nitrous terminology too. lol