Are Car Shows Dead?
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- The negativity in the car scene gets you views, but is it really as bad as everyone makes it out to be? Let me know what YOU think below!
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Nowadays, everyone talks about car shows being pointless or a waste of time. The days of going to a show with quality JDM cars, race cars, or even resto mods seem to be a thing of the past and replaced with street takeovers, intersections getting shut down, or just plain hate on the internet; but is that actually true? I decided to travel to Tennessee to check out Riverside 9, an automotive weekend experience that sets the bar of what a "car meet" is truly supposed to be to try and answer this very question but I want to know after watching this, what do YOU think?
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Timestamps
0:00 Why Do People Go To Car Shows?
:50 Where are Car Shows Heading in 2024 and Beyond?
1:20 Let's Look At Riverside 9
2:00 Are People Negative Just To Get Attention?
5:00 So Why Is There Hate Around Car Shows?
7:00 Do Car Shows Start Street Takeovers?
9:00 The Best Part of Car Meets
10:00 So Why Talk Poorly About Meets?
11:20 - Why You Should Go To That Local Car Show
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I don't want car meet or car shows to be compared to street takeover.
I dont think anybody compares them. Well I mean besides alex lol
Facts .. nothing alike and the takeovers are a plague on the community
@@ramonbriones4487 not really. The media does and law-enforcement does. Because people do dumb shit long after the car show and then they blame the car show. It happened to a guy that was holding a car meet . After the car meet was over , people started doing dumb shit afterwards, and he was arrested because of it, even though the event was over hours ago
A $5000 well thought out creative build on an odd car is more impressive than a $300,000 car on bags and wheels calling it a build. I drive to a cars and coffee in one of the wealthier zip codes in the country, the Ferraris get old, well done budget build are where it’s at.
Same. Im in Central NJ surrounded by very wealthy neighborhoods. Supercars are always cool of course, but these days im more impressed by interesting builds and rarer stuff rather then a stock lambo or a McLaren
❤ this
Real, I spent 4 years in west palm beach and I can confirm I see many more artistic and creative minds up here in Atlanta at Caffeine and Octane vs the Cars and Coffee at the outlets in west palm. I means it’s cool seeing a Senna or an Apollo, but those cars had millions of dollars backing them for designing and teams to build it. Vs something like a foxbody per se where the owner has modified it enough to run with Porches around a track.
People who love cars don't start street takeovers. People who love attention do.
The challenge is that many people who don't love either think we're all the same group of people.
street takeovers are inner city hood culture, not car culture
Wouldn’t even say that anymore
They have street takeovers in bum fuck Gainesville country ga now. It’s not a city thing at this point it’s just hoodlums everywhere with no parental guidance growing up and becoming public nuisances
And the stupidity is spreading
AKA Hoodr ats
Facts
Agreed
Thats why im alberta theres no takeovers, cuz we have basically no hoodlems. Until you go to the city
The majority of people that goto takeovers are not real car enthusiasts, all they know is mopars
And somehow finds doing donuts entertaining 😭
@@WILDWOLF_PRIME same type of cars too
Cars don't matter at that point , all they k ow is stupidity
@@mastercricket7626 yeah that's the sad part
and VQ38HR's.
I am part of the car community in Scottsdale, I do car photography as a hobby and here are a few things I've noticed:
1. The people with the "best" cars (often times the most expensive cars) are snobs and don't actually drive their cars. (I saw an SVJ on a flatbed literally drive through a car meet and not even park... it's all snobbery and attention seeking)
2. 99.9% of "stanced" cars look like ass in person.
3. Uncreative builds. Every car looks the same and every stanced BRZ/FRS/GT86/WRX/350z/370z is CLAPPED.
4. Owners. The coolest owners are usually the people with cars $50k-$115k, they actually drive their cars and they aren't worried about depreciation and mileage like losers.
5. Tiktok kids. I do photography as a hobby, but these carspotters (ESPECIALLY in Scottsdale) are ruining the car scene. There are a million 11-year-olds with rich parents running around the meets getting in people's way just to boost their internet clout. Taking an awful, underexposed iPhone video holding your phone upside down just to trend hop and try to be controversial to gain followers is ruining meets, everyone is filming the same 3 cars at all the same angles (F40, SVJ, GT3RS and panning 3/4 shots of the headlights and taillights...). There is no creativity in carspotters, many of them DONT EVEN LIKE CARS, they know nothing ABOUT cars, they just want to take videos for clout.
6. Functional builds. Race cars and canyon cars are the coolest builds because they can actually be enjoyed. Everyone is trying to make their car look good for Instagram reels and not building a car they actually want to drive.
7. Average cars with some "mods" throwing on windshield banners/stickers. Congratulations, you put in RGB headlights and a carbon hood that doesn't fit on your stock nissan altima and you didn't paint match it because you actually aren't cool! How about take that big sticker off your windshield, take the Tsurikawa off your FWD car and sell your altima!!
Rant over.
Scottsdale tho. It's like where all the worst people from Orange County immigrated to. (I live in Orange County.)
The SVJ part really blew my mind. In Italy, if you go to a Lamborghini car meet or any car meet in general, if you pull up with your car on a flatbed truck, people would shit on you savagely. Someone might even assume your car broke down or something.
The reason I might understand such move just a little bit is mileage: the more miles/km are run on your car, the more the price tag goes south. However with an SVJ, it’s still mad dumb. This is a special edition produced in limited numbers, not even the base Aventador, so the price tag would still be in the 700k-800k range.
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of in my life.
Functional daily driven canyon 02 wrx wagon here, it seems the car scene is much different than the early 2000’s. Even saw a clip where a guy was talking about how you gotta respect a 6speed pulling past an automatic.
Am I just way out of the loop?
Seeing this detailed comment and oversight made me feel way better about my cars and the fact I “ over drive” them. I always feel so judged because they’re never super clean and have front end defects from driving use.. mainly rock chips unfortunately.
8. calling cars that are basically stock and drop a build, not every car with aftermarket wheels and some basic bolt ons is a "build", please for the love of God can we stop calling everything a "build" when most of these cars are clearly minimum effort ebay bolt ons and no actual "building" taking place? Don't even get me started on the insta "builds", attention whore half ass nonsense just to get views, stop, just stop.
Disgusting what these takeover people have done to the car community
Takeovers are a hood thing where people swing cars that they stole
That car show is like stepping back into 1998.
Takeovers are way different than organized car shows
Im down to pay money to go to a organized car shows (SEMA, Gridlife, etc) cause its sanctioned and doesnt result in takeovers usually. Cars and coffee for the most part fall in the same boat since they organize with local shops ang get permission most of the time. But its car meets that I completely avoid. They use to be fun and a good time but Ive found that 90% of the time I go to a car meet, it turns into a takeover or some kind of street racing. Im just trying to see new builds and get inspo. Not race for pinks.
My friends and I used to go to car shows all the time.. until we didn’t. We’re burned out by how car culture is now one big clout chasing shit talking fest online. In 2016 2017 2018 I could post my car online and get likes and be able to have conversations with other car enthusiasts. Now if I post my car online it’s “400hp is slow, you’re slow” “I can beat you with ___” “corvettes are regular traffic”. Where did the hate and random shit talking come from? My car is stock beside exhaust lol I don’t claim to race it or claim it’s something that it’s not. It’s all over the place now and honestly I’m over the car scene / car culture now. Unless you’re a clout chaser trying to one up someone you don’t even know, are you really a modern car enthusiast anymore?
I need to join an old style online forum for old people in their 30s and older lol
People who are not happy with themselves will most likely spend more time on the internet and if they have a bad character, they'll try to start problems with others.
Because chasing clout nowadays is "easier" than it was from 2010-2015 era, it gives the chance for the wrong type of people to influence more people to have bad habits, especially those people that keep posting takeovers, highway weaving (no-hesi), etc.
Car shows are different than car meets or cars and coffee events because 99% of the time you are paying a fee to show your ride. This by it's nature eliminates almost all of the potential riff raff from showing up.
I quit going .... Austin bluff in Texas cars and coffee was fun till the cop raid, 2 helicopters, and 114 tickets issued.
Just moved from Michigan to Tennessee and am going to experience Slammedenuff in Gatlinburg this year. Know mini truck shows certainly are not dead as I just experienced MiniNats at Maggie Valley North Carolina on Saturday. There were many well built cars at that even with it being a mini truck show
SlammedEnuff Gatlinburg Isn't Happening Anymore...
Last Year There Was "Takeover Like" Things That Happened
@@K_Swap_The_World_69 okay you are right but for some reason they are still calling it Gatlinburg even though it is now taking place in Sevierville Tennessee
@@chasejones3456it always has taken place in sevierville however they are changing the name since gatlinburg wants nothing to do with them
Mini trucks are far from dead my brotha .. and along as that squat bs stays dead I am all for the truck scene myself, cuz I love both a dope lowrider and a jacked up trail truck (being im in nc by the forest I like trails 😅) but my main thing is slammed race cars , but I soon want to do a repu ... anyways I'm babbling my bad bro ... much love and respect bro .. keep minitrucking bro 🤘🏽✌🏽
I have to say- being at your rented house was some of the best vibes EVER! That little piece of this video activated that core memory and you guys all gave me the time of my life without even knowing me well 🫶🏽
Miss all of you. See you at FD 🤘🏽
I agree that car meets/events are for the people and not so much the car. I've been to a handful myself and even did a cruise in one. Talking to the owners, young or old can still make friends or even memories that we can look back on!
Hey Alex, in this video at the time mark 5:30-6:03, takeovers are not only F****D in the USA but there also really F***D in up here in Toronto Canada.
Idk I was never into car shows. I was more into local meets (which are cliquey now). Cars and coffee is more my scene but being an introvert i rarely go.
yea in mn all the cars are within their own group now. So sad use to be everyone gather up and then leave together.
Awesome unique build bro never seen one like it very well done
Great video Alex, my take is that there is a LOT of potential for more non ticketed, casual meets that provide real enthusiasts an opportunity to meet up and not cause trouble. Some of my favorite meets here in DFW involve supporting a local business, to not only provide a space for enthusiasts to hang out, but also give exposure and patronize businesses in our community.
Couldn't have put it better myself Alex! I live in GA and go to caffeine and octane almost every month. And while I always see all kinds of cool stuff there, it's more to hang out with my friends who also love cars than the cars themselves
That girl in white top looking for "clients" lmao. I will say she has excellent marketing and business development skills.
Nice pair of personality
@@toycoma98 is this AI?
Couldn't agree more with the sentiment at the end, tbh after 10 years attending shows and meets I don't care nearly as much about the cars as the people, those friendships are what keeps me coming back to car events.
Street takeovers are clout chasers. Car shows are car enthusiasts. For example there was a cars and coffee in my area yesterday and while a guy and I were hanging out before the show he and I literally traded keys to check out each other’s car. That is car enthusiasts and car shows.
I've only been to one car meet and they took around half the parking lot of a supermarket but it was an orginaised event with police, firefighters, and ambulances on standby when someone or something wrong happens. That's what a real car meet should look like
been to riverside the last couple years and it is a top notch event. their events all feel fresh even though the theme on a lot of the cars is very similar.
Keep moving forward Alex! You have no idea the impact you have on someone like me with not the strongest background in cars.
Im so glad i found you, i used to watch FI then one day their videos werent the same cuz ALEX wasnt there
Man it's exciting seeing my clips in there 🙌🙌
I could never associate with anyone who supports take-over scenes
WOW..that outro got me Alex .....But you're not wrong ....your not wrong.😔
Car culture is far from dead. Car culture is like sports, you have many different types of sports like you do with car hobby’s.. Track, drift, street racing, drag racing, stance, restoring, etc etc etc it goes on and on. Everyone has their own niche.. Take overs are the WNBA of car culture..
That Violent sc :D
Such a nice vieo as well :D
We don't have so much takeovers here so that's good :)
And as you mention in the video, the people you meet and get friends with is so good :)
The cars are just a bonus :)
I know this might go off topic, but here's how I found out about the "street takeover" thing.
I play a lot of videogames as an hobby, this includes car games, recently my most played car game is Forza Horizon 5. In FH5, besides getting a car among countless models ranging from a Honda Civic EK9 to a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ and tuning them, you can also play online and meet real people in this virtual world, this includes organizing car meets, just like in real life.
Now what's the point?
You can make posts about hosting rallies specifying if you can bring any car or only a car from a specific maker, and in the last 4 years I've come across posts about hosting rallies which included the expression "street takeover" in the description, which often is followed by the term "MOPAR" (if you're not familiar, it stands for Dodge cars with the Hellcat trim, which would be Challengers and Chargers). I even joined said meets, but I found out that all those people did was blocking an intersection just to launch their cars there and do burnouts and stuff endlessly. It felt fun initially, but when I realized that it was all about burnouts and sideshows, I didn't just get bored easily, I even felt awkward because you wouldn't know what can happen if you slid into someone else's car (yes they get even up to 4-5 cars doing stuff).
Another thing that blew my mind was that all of those people doing street takeovers happened to be American, I found out by listening to their accent when we had mics on. As an European, exactly an Italian, it's something I've never heard of, let alone the fact of people supporting said stuff. I went to car rallies with people from different parts of the world, particularly a British guy and a couple fellow Italians, and we NEVER had anyone doing this shit, not even having an idea of doing it.
And I think it might also be a blessing, considering how dangerous it can be in real life.
MOPAR is short for "Motor Parts", which was Chrysler's main part supplier back in the day. The term MOPAR actually refers to any Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/Ram vehicle, not just hellcats.
Takeovers are definitely a North American thing. They used to do them in secluded areas, or in abandoned parking lots, but now people are getting bolder. I've seen Takeovers on busy interstates and in the middle of downtown. They can get really dangerous too. A lot of the cars are stolen, and here in Atlanta, it's not uncommon to have them end in gun shots.
@@Akapaco2 That shit is crazy! Street takeovers ending in gunshots is definitely something to get cracked down upon on a national level in the US.
I’ve heard stories of Bosozoku gangs in Japan, they might have been an issue to their society however they still didn’t put lives in danger that bad.
What kit was on that yellow GR86?
My spiciest take is in the next 5 years the bagged Teslas are going to become a lot more common, and EVs in general are going to be seen more and more at these meets and even accepted. I pray the fanboys at least keep the Model Ys out of it though.
loud exhaust and engine noise coming from the sound system gonna be a thing XD
@chanoname4940 I'm looking forward to seeing what people do in the EV modding space but God I hope that's not one of them. I'd love to see like.. fat battery cooling systems with exposed rads and cracking the software to bypass throttle limits. I know Electrified Garage is doing a bit of it already with their Ghost mods but I def want to see it more
I’m building a model 3 performance the great thing is it has 500hp and still completely economical and reliable
Love to see "old Dtm"s 3.0csl there lol he did tell me the car was in Tennessee
If these are the 2 sides to the coin, it's best to leave the scene. Car shows (in my area, Sacramento) are mainly spoiled brats with more money and hp than passion for the vehicles, and takeovers are getting way out of hand.
Obviously, there are outliers, but this is just been my own experience.
I had an article sent to me by a friend who restores classic Zs as a job.
Coffee and Cars has banned *all* modern muscle in Houston.
I wonder why?
CarShows are not pointless, they’re what inspires and motivates the next generation of car people/culture. True car guys and gals, not childish street takeovers. Anyone involved in a street takeover should have their license taken away and their car taken away, WE DON’T WANT YOU, YOU’RE NOT THE REAL CAR COMMUNITY.
Lol my favorite car is getting swung in a LA intersection as we speak 🙄 they only shipped 12.3k to the states smh
Theres a theory around us that its locals and others who dont want meets around them ruining the meets. We can have a decent show going on with impressively modified cars get ruined by hyundais and rusted trucks launching around the meet and doing burnouts by the entrance but never actually parking
But what "group" do we keep talking about there in Tennessee
Hey Alex you might want to check out the "Mainline Cars & Coffee" in PA. There is more millions of dollars worth of cars at every meet.
Everyone wanted to respect all builds and accept everyone. That changed really quick when you saw what that brought on.
This car show has some badieees
Over here in AUS, takeovers aren't really as much of a thing as it seems to be in the states. Then again, you need 12 different provisional licenses to do anything in Australia and even then owning a modified car is more difficult than learning to fly...
Worst mod: excessive camber
Worst owners: VQ people who live on the limiter.
I just went to a cars and coffee in my localish town and I waited in traffic for an hour and half just to get in. The number of cool cars I saw driving about or going in the other direction, was actually cooler than the meet itself. I'm into miatas and all we want to do is go drive......I'm down for meet ups, drive, and then meet up again and grab a bite to eat. Just the "car show" part....I'll pass. But some dudes in a parking lot with their shit boxes......I'll take that.
I went to a Vw meet Saturday it was dead 20 cars. Meets ain’t what they use to be.
I love calling it the "certain group if people" who start takeovers
The meets in my area are getting pretty bad. I am surprised we haven't been kicked out of our normal spots and our season haven't even started yet. All they do is rev bang and burnouts. Hell, there are people flying around with red and blue lights pretending to be a cop. I hope it gets better as the Cops are already coming down hard on us already.
With generation x, car shows are the least of our worries on everything that’s consistently getting worse.
In Canada we had car "shows" - the organized/sponsored events and car meets - the bring what you own on a Friday night to the mall parking lot. Shows don't create takeovers, meets always do. Unfortunately, most of our meets have met their demise because of the issues a very few irresponsible drivers caused.
But that being said, even a massive amount of our official car shows have met their demise due to sponsorship issues, lack of interest, lack of spaces, and the car culture changes over the last 2+ decades.
I also feel like people have gotten bored because going from show to show, there will be different vehicles, but they were always the "same", if you catch what I'm saying. The " oh, look, another slammed Subaru", "another Civic on air", etc. It's difficult to have a vehicle stand out from others when there is a lot of different mods that haven't been done to a vehicle before.
And as I type this, I feel it's a little hypocritical that my wife and I are planning to take a 5 hour road trip to go to the Toronto Importfest in July.
car meets ≠ takeovers
but takeovers just need to stop. I can see them causing issues for us who just want to enjoy our cars. Takeovers are just kia boys and dudes from the hood. Not the enthusiast crowd. Any enthusiast worth his rep te37s knows that takeovers shouldn't be participated in.
Well I just can’t wake up before 11:00 am…
Maybe cause I stay up all night watching car CZcams videos
The kind of people who do street takeovers, are the same geniuses who record vertical videos. They’re a step above primates, but just barely.
I tend to only go to car shows/meets during the day. Most of the time it's safer and organized. Many takeovers happen at night and the meet is hosted by some irresponsible Instagram kid.
Car Meets and street takeovers. Correlation does not equal Causation.
What is that yellow car? Gr86 with an s15 front? I can be wrong.
Cars and coffeee still going strong here will be out this Saturday
I mean, if you’re in Tennessee just go somewhere really rural like out on a road and slide your car in the road or whatever. That’s what we do where I live if people want to slide. There’s a time and a place for everything, the middle of a street on a busy intersection at 3 PM is not that place but a nice abandoned strip mine or nice abandon road with a big lot on it perfect. Grab your cars and your friends light a bonfire and just enjoy yourself.
Hard to really enjoy car events when you got to worry about that 1 guy being an idiot that causes the event to get shut down. I live in Maryland where you had H2oi for years being seen as a parasite to the Maryland car scene despite the fact 70-80% of the event was people from out of state and at one point WAS great event you could relax and enjoy cars. The problem is that these takeovers got everyone worried about getting associated with them ( anyone who tried comparing an organize event to takeovers needs serious education)
unless theres a lancia stratos present, idgaf
For me, going to car shows aren’t worth it because it’s the same exact cars every single time. You can go to one car show here and for the next maybe 2-3+ years nothing will change (granted I live in a very small state, so I understand why)
$677 Billion into the car show industry? Or Car industry ? Or after market industry? No way Cars and Coffees bring in near that much.
Nah, but they've become more exclusive.
And expensive
The problem is The law, The public and non car people see it all as the same , to them a meet up is the same as a takeover and a takeover is street racing even though there is no race and no one wins .. The cops will even sometimes camp out cars and coffee meets. Likely cause they see it as revenue sadly..
If it's a high quality show it's worth visiting, but after going to 2-3 shows, its the same thing and same cars.
The difference is that car shows are a product of car culture and takeovers are a product of hype culture. The issue isn’t infighting within car culture but more that two different culture are having to share toys with different rules.
As long as Street Takeover people buy rims from you, everything will be ok.
Hello I just watched your latest video and loved it. I hold a proper meet every other Tuesday at our local Dave and Busters. We have been holding these meets for the past year and have not had a problem with take over kids. Thank god for that.
I would like to invite you out to an event we are hosting to help raise money and awareness for Autism. If you could it would be greatly appreciated. I know our group and the kids would love it. If you are interested I can forward you all the info.
P.S I had you sign my camera bag at last years LZ Tour. Thank you for that.
Not Alex dressing like a pre 2020 streetwear influencer or Pinterest dude lmao
Street takeovers are ruining smaller meets, because police end up pooling the entire car community together. Not saying it's their fault, but when everything car community related that they interact with is some idiot crashing, hitting someone, or taking over a highway, it leaves a bad taste in their mouths. Our meets where I live have been decimated by this behavior and it sucks.
Its always the people. Good and Bad in every bunch. 100% Agree
I can't go anymore, I need money for car parts, sadly that means OT, sundays for time 1/2 pay, and late night shifts. Ontop of that I wrecked my car going to Arizona Snowbowl. SOMEHOW it snowed in ARIZONA on the 25th of APRIL, when it was predicted to be well over freezing and not snowing, its almost fucking may. I mean snowboarding is fun and all but car comes first.
Morning shows are were it’s at, once the sun goes down the clowns come out 🫡
ive thought about going to the states many times to go to a car show and see american builds ive just never know where
Us real car enthusiasts who love our turbocharged car's supercharged car's as well as naturally aspirated car's will be taking over car shows as well as car meets once again real soon in good ways 👍. Build right though
I love car shows but the eay they are right now (in the netherlands) there are very few, the cars are 5 feet from the walk paths separated by rows of line dividers, the owners/promoters are only talking to each other instead of talking about the cars with the crowd. there seems to be a disconnect between showing your work and building a community. it feels like real life social media, Show your cars, please like it but from afar.
We know which people and which cars are mainly to blame.
Unfortunately the take overs are usually in a bad neighborhood. Also car events seem to always result to people getting in trouble for racing or crashing their car for showing off. People have always raced their cars all the way back to the 1950s .We all need to be more responsible so we can still enjoy each others cars.
Don’t take over people say meets and shows are boring normally?
Fast and furious made the modern car culture what it is now and the scene that made people love F&F was a street take over. "Street's closed pizza boy, find another way home". Car shows are a way for shops & corporations to make money with the least amount of risk. Racing, mudding, cruising and drifting is what most car enthusiasts spend money on. A large number of car guys race, drift & cruise what they drive and those guys are what made cars cool not shows.
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DRIFT EVENTS is where it’s at lmao car shows are cool but also very boring after awhile but drift events are always fun
i can't be at a show, for 5-8hrs, cars n coffee 2+hrs, then i can take off, on a drive!! takeovers are stupid.
Honestly a lot of us are grown men and women. Why do we still have car meets when we can just hang with friends at our own places?
Car shows are not dead but Car meets are. also the group she was talking about was the "hood"lums mostly made up of mopars and wannane drifters. Even some cars and coffee meets been having takeovers take over the meet. People thought they were safe because it was very early in the morning.
Bojenga saying he doesnt like camber is ironic
I was halfway into the video and I was like what the heck is a takeover? I’m glad it was finally explained. 😂
If we had more shows and meets, we might have less takeovers.
Organized carshows with trophies, judges, categories will keep going. Gereral car meets where people loiter eventually get kicked out by security guards. Street takeovers will keep going until the cops enforce traffic laws.
Oh yeah, cruising the strip around and around has been replaced with hard parking at weekly car meets.
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Look at the type of people he’s asking this question to what the fuck do they know?
They are not over never will be
HATE TAKEOVERS!! takeovers is shit!
We all know the answer. It’s 13% of drivers responsible for a large portion of misbehavior.
Car Shows aren't dead. I'd say it's more a car meet/meetup that grows and expands beyond the initial crowd where individuals intent on starting some dumb shit start showing up until things get out of hand. We have an extremely curated exotics show every weekend during the spring/summer here called Exotics at RTC and each time it's bonkers. But they have rules, they have goals and anyone that acts up isn't welcome back the next time. They even had bans on certain types of cars where enough of them had caused problems. They have a zero tolerance policy with revving, burnouts, anything like that cause the city approves of this and they essentially fill and entire shopping center with exotic Ferrari's, Porsches, McLarens and more. They even have themed weekends for classic American cars, Japanese cars and all sorts of things. There are a few others in the area that are also very picky and only allow certain kinds of cars and in limited numbers so you don't have a bunch of the same kind of car showing up so there's variety. But we still do have some great meet ups, cars and coffee events and all that without issue near me. It just takes a group of people that won't tolerate bullshit so it doesn't ruin it for everyone else.
Agree 🚗💥💨🔥
I Want A 1969 Dodge Charger!
Dude, this is SO California. This is not what you see at shows on the East Coast.