The "Tuner" Scene- Is it evolving or dying?

[Vteckidd]

im not saying that smaller drifting stuff wont stay around, but lets face it the only way a sport grows is with MONEY and more EVENTs on a NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

i dont see that in driftings future.

it goes back to what i said, smaller meets, smaller venues, smaller crowds.

I think Drifting as a legitimate motorsport, well, its days are numbered

[NewGen33]

It's maturing, all the kids that started out building Hondas and similar cars have grown. They have gotten older and got better jobs. They can go out and buy Europeans and other more expensive cars.

[tdurr]

*sigh* I never got to see the "glory days" of muscle cars or the "import" scene.... I'll prob be one of the new faces in the small meets, events, ect.

[Z33_kid]

im not saying that smaller drifting stuff wont stay around, but lets face it the only way a sport grows is with MONEY and more EVENTs on a NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

i dont see that in driftings future.

it goes back to what i said, smaller meets, smaller venues, smaller crowds.

I think Drifting as a legitimate motorsport, well, its days are numbered

well put man... jdm theory/days are numbered as well

[Ed]

oh I forgot to say that i think time attack and autox/scca/nasa will see a big increase in patticipation . It really is a "peoples sport" and caters ftp the amatuer novice and proffesional. I see a good trend there

yeah. i wanted to go this year, but i havent been able to, as i had some major set backs, and lets be honest, gas hasnt helped at all. the tires issue come into play again when it comes to autocross.

i need a set of track rims/tires and one for DD.

[jwrape]

I don't beleive it will ever die. It is definately evolving. I for one will never stop loving cars and modding cars. If you lose that car love then you were never a car lover to begin with. If you love cars, you always love cars, no matter what the car producers make, you wanna take a blank canvus and mod it and make it better than the factory.

I will say that I have evolved due to gas prices from a primarily Muscle car lover (Primarily Mustangs) to now a Import lover just because I love my pocket money and my pocket money is what pays for my mods. So if I drive a gas hog then I can't afford to mod my car and I live to mod my car and drive a sick ride. My past owned cars show my love for cars and modding. i don't believe I will ever lose "that lovin' feeling" for my cars.