Feelings on the car scene?

[~The_Duke~]

As they think I'm wasting my time and money on stupid stuff. But it still boils down to it's their time, and their money. Just like its my time, and my money. People that look down on you for having a hobby different than theirs are not people I'd want to be friends with anyway.

These people are just close minded assholes. Everyone has different hobbies and if you look down someone for doing something other than the thing you do you are a fucking hypocrite...

[Julio]

You get older. you move on. Not everyone is the same, but thats what it boils down to. Own 2 cars, One for everyday use and the other for your weekend/days of work toy. Simple fix.

You dont see the Older Hot rod guys driving there toy everyday.. only bring them out for car events etc. I have meet old guys that I never knew were into cars.
The older you get, the more you apreciate any hobbies you are into.
Younger people " like to show off " their rice burners and are less passionate..
More to show off then really enjoy it.

But honestly, who really cares? Is your hobby.

[wantboost]

Why care what other people think?


I mean I think guys that watch every football game possible in a weekend (college+pro) are wasting their time.

I think people that spend $150 to play a round of golf are wasting their money.


As they think I'm wasting my time and money on stupid stuff. But it still boils down to it's their time, and their money. Just like its my time, and my money. People that look down on you for having a hobby different than theirs are not people I'd want to be friends with anyway.

^^^^bingo

oh and for the record there are other hobbies that are perceived much worse than this one

[bluuuurr]

The older you get, the more you apreciate any hobbies you are into.
Younger people " like to show off " their rice burners and are less passionate..
More to show off then really enjoy it.

But honestly, who really cares? Is your hobby.

I think this man said it the best.

Cars and driving are my hobbies and always will be.. but the majority of the punk kids I run into only want to use their cars as cries for attention. I think that sucks.

[Z32redondo]

I agree. A couple weeks ago i got the cops called on me for getting off and exit doing 60 and going into the right lane and went 70 around a "fellow driver". He said that me and the car following me were street racing and said i was accelerating "at a high rate of speed, due to my exhaust getting louder." Cops pulled up to my house told me what the guy reported, said that the guy said he was going to get out of his car and yell at me. I told them to follow me, cranked my car up,and then they left. They said that it was just my exhaust and I had done nothing wrong...damn straight. I didnt mind at all it just pissed me off that someone would call the 5-0 on my ass for my exhaust getting louder. The thing is its not a high pitched fart can. It actually has a nice deep rumble to it and sounds pretty good. So I guess just because he thought it was fast (not in any way am i saying that it is) and it sounded like it did he suspected that i was just some punk kid racing around. It sucks because it gets attention, sometimes just the wrong kind.

[The Green Monster]

stock ftw lol

[ahmonrah]

Why care what other people think?


I mean I think guys that watch every football game possible in a weekend (college+pro) are wasting their time.

I think people that spend $150 to play a round of golf are wasting their money.


As they think I'm wasting my time and money on stupid stuff. But it still boils down to it's their time, and their money. Just like its my time, and my money. People that look down on you for having a hobby different than theirs are not people I'd want to be friends with anyway.

that i agree with. most people now see a modified anything and assume vin deisel, or the other stars of the series are gonna jump out. but it's no different than my other hobbies. i get funny looks sometimes cause i have an interest in weaponry, from swords/pocket knives, to bombs/airsoft guns. oh well, people have different interests. i like electronics too. building them, and when people learn that, they normally look at me like.. ...well me and BTEC crakked ourselves up one night talking about that shit.

[ahmonrah]

after i bought my car, even though it was one i always wanted while growing up, i was a sophmore in HS when the last s13 model was out for '93. but once i got it, BOOM! the f&f series had already done it's damage and either i was asked to race, or pulled over. i just wanted something to drive after getting my last vehicled destroyed. and nothing domestic, but not a civic. errybody had one, now i'm one in a sea of 240's .......oh well. it's mine.

[joesblk_teg]

daily driver ftw thats what i was doing now im renting a house so no more

[1SICKLEX]

To the OP this is nothing new. Since the car "scene" took off with the youth in the 1950s and 60s, some people hate the car buffs and scene and it is 2006 and people still do.

Some people contribute positively and others have not. In the car scene the negative always gets the publicity, thus people hate it.

The fact might be u dont drive ur 240 crazily but many others do, thus the perception is ur an idiot. The 240 went from kinda an underground enthusiast car to what Rich said, a civic. To me, the perception and image of a 240 owner has gotten worse as its popularity has grown. Thus the weird looks and smirks u get.

But dont worry, it really doesnt matter what u drive people will "hate" and u have 2 deal with it. Rich and I are Lexus driving yuppies, u have ur BMW pricks and ur Mustang mullet drivers. U have suburban SUV driving soccor moms and mid life crisis Corvette owners. All stereotypes, all "perception".

People will always have some shit to say......

ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERNET (Rich and QD got me lmao)

[Mike Lowrey]

yuppie FTMFW!

lol.

[SniperJoe]

AE86 Snob here.

\So what if it doesn't run yet, that's being changed.