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05-28-2008, 05:04 PM | #1 |
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Future is looking grim. Went to a late model show
This weekend I attended slammin and Jammin. Great show, nice venue, good entertainment.
But what bothered me was the attitudes, the trucks and the characters of the next generation. I know I am young but come on, the guys were dragging their show trucks? Cops had to pull people over that were doing this inside the fairgrounds?? What is wrong here? Secondly the burnout contest, tearing up your truck for tires??? I saw blown engines, trashed fenders? What the heck. Soneone explain this to me. Is this where ourt hobby is going. I love trucks, early, late model, whatever but what is wrong here?
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05-28-2008, 05:12 PM | #2 |
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Re: Future is looking grim. Went to a late model show
I know what you mean. I have twin grandsons that all they want to do with their classics is smoke tires and go fast.
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Re: Future is looking grim. Went to a late model show
Im only 20 but im not like that i like to cruise with no music and i only do burnouts every now and then but only for a second but i know the type of guys your talking bout their the same guys that are building the donk cars
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05-28-2008, 06:11 PM | #4 |
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Re: Future is looking grim. Went to a late model show
I am only 22 and I do the occasional hot rod burnout but the extremly loud music and tearing your crap up is rediculous.
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05-28-2008, 06:33 PM | #5 |
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Re: Future is looking grim. Went to a late model show
When mommy and daddy pay for your stuff, it's easy not to give a sh!t. 99% of the people doing that crap didn't pay for or do the work on their rigs. It means a lot more when it's your own blood sweat and tears that went into building it.
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well i can only say this for Minitruckers.. as i AM one of them. we do love to throw sparks! most of the true minitruckers do all there on work
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Re: Future is looking grim. Went to a late model show
You got that right, the a-holes at my school have been messing with mine the first time was when the spare tire was in the front seat. The second was my gascap was in the tail pipe and fishing string around the doorhandle attached to a handle thats on the side of the cab. I told the resource officer and the principle. I have to work for a living unlike 80-90% of kids that drive to school that have brand new rides while I drive a old vehicle. At least I don't need an inspection sticker, actually paid for, easy peasy repairs, low tax, cheap insurance. I love the ol' gas hawg. If I restore it in the future it will be worth it and then I can go to car shows. I like to cruise with stereo wide open or nice and low to hear those straight pipes with a decent rumble.
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that is the entire reason right there... most of these kids did not do a thing to their trucks themselves. Even if it is their own money that went towards the stuff, they still do not understand the work that goes into it and think that money can fix all problems... the real problem comes in when I see guys my age (30) and older that still have that exact problem and still treat their stuff that same way.
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06-03-2008, 08:29 AM | #11 |
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Re: Future is looking grim. Went to a late model show
Last year it took a careless and wreckless ticket and some pole fighting with the ol truck. To show me that I needed to grow up. Like right now my aunt is making me pay for my own things such as insurance and other bills. So if I tear it up I will be the one fixing it out of my pocket.
My insurance is: 147.36 month house phone with dsl: 84.00 month GAS: 200-250 a month food no eating out: 50.00 cellphone: 78.00 a month Im going to see if I cut the house phone bill and just get very basic stuff like no long distance and caller ID and keep my dsl. The childish kids need to get a job and get their own stuff and maybe they will appreciate it. I clear a little over 10,000 a year. I don't have money right now for a "NEW" vehicle cause if you get the rag the value will drop and the parts for it are very expensive. Like for example the computer quits in it, the computer costs more than that new vehicle.
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05-28-2008, 07:14 PM | #12 |
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Re: Future is looking grim. Went to a late model show
I don't get the burnouts either. It's fun to catch rubber in two or three gears,but just sitting there and holding it doesn't do much for me.
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The name, "Slammin' and Jammin", in my humble opinion, says all I need to know. I don't think I would go to show called, "Slammin' and Jammin". That tells you what type of people the promoters are trying to attract - young partying kids. And if you are a kid and have a nice ride, there is a very good chance that it was given to you or whatever. I'm sure there are young guys that work their butts of to make someting happen, but usually you just don't make enough money to have that kind of luxury in your life. So your either throwing every penny at it at the expense of and other bill/responsiblity you have, or it's given to you. Either way, no sense of value.
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05-28-2008, 07:18 PM | #14 |
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I have noticed the same sort of mentality. Heck, I went to highschool with quite a few of them. Im twenty as well, and like most of us on the forum that isnt how I act (when it comes to my truck or otherwise). Of course I've been known to lay a few parallel black lines down some asphalt, and I used to bracket race my truck every weekend (and I will again, soon); but that doesnt mean I was ever irresponsible, put anyone else in danger, or didnt take care of my rig. In response to Shyguy, smoking tires and going fast is part of the fun that comes with owning, maintaining, and driving an old vehicle (for many of us, at least). The question is how we do it, where we do it, and whether or not we have the right to;if your daddy is building your car or has payed someone else to do it- you have ZERO right to do anything to it other than drive it like a grandma on his terms.
Despite what you see around you, there are many younger guys carrying the torch onwards. Im really proud of all the "Young Guns" on the forum (not to mention all of us in general, who are a dying breed afterall). Car people are great people about 75% of the time. Thats much better than I can say for the general population. I have been at a few car shows where I really get shunned by some of the older guys, though. There seems to be age-based sentiment on both sides of the coin. I suppose I can see why with the majority of people my age acting the way that they do... But, if I compliment 15 things the average person at a car show would never notice on your truck and ask you a few tech questions, you'd think they would turn around. Many of them have a snooty- "What the hell do you know" attitude that really goes against the grain of what this hobby is all about. just my .02
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05-28-2008, 08:18 PM | #15 |
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I agree, and I'm sure that most mini truckers are better than the reputation makes them out to be, but classic truck people are great people 95% of the time, which is why I'm still here.
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Like most of you I see no reason to act stupid. We had a blast when I was young [early 70's], but no one really went to the extent as to tear up a perfectly good truck or car just to say we did it. In fact, we were all pretty careful cause we had to fix what we broke ourselves. When gas rose 400% that fateful day, the careful part of cruisin' really reared it's head.
I don't know what caused this latest rage, but I've been worried about our youth since the first rap song showed up on the charts. Luckily I'll be too old to care when the world is run by this bunch [that is if they live that long]. And yeah, anything carrying the names slammin' or jammin' pretty much leaves me out. PS....I really don't like any part of lowering a truck to the ground either although I have heard that it makes them harder to steal.
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Definitely not a fan of mini-truckin' although I have considered lowering my S-10 a couple inches, nothing drastic, stock 5 spoke wheels, just lower. Around here "mini-truckin'" events have a "reputation" and I stay away from those shows. I also wouldn't attend a late model show either, I see late models everyday on my way to work, I don't really care to see an '02 silverado slammed with 24's with a 10K paint job. Maybe in 20 years I wouldn't mind...
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They are not harder to steal....just not as desireable to thieves!!
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These are also the same guys that shun you when you ask tech questions, they have no other choice becasue they have no earthly idea what you mean, the answer to your question and for that matter what the hell your talking about. All they're looking for are the people that drool over their rig and tell them how cool they are because they have it. These are the same clowns that put 50" wheels on a hummer, lift a F-350 20' in the air to render it useless, even for speed bumps. I guess what I'm trying to say in a long winded responce is, don't take it personal, they're just trendy turds that change their minds based on the group they are with. However, they are fun to talk to if you like "pushing buttons" ......... " I got a fitty that says your heap can't spin tires in one spot for 2 minutes", as you see a PoPo hiding in the tree's .
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i agree. I think it goes to the ol saying
"daddy's buying the tires"
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I remember friends/family asking me why I was tearing apart a motor that runs fine.I said to get more power.They said you can only go so fast.Many of us here use to run muscle cars and do burnouts.While I dont understand tearing your car up on purpose ,I broke many a part a the track.Each to his own.
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Sounds like 1983 - Car Craft street machine nationals to me.
Any of the Car Craft events had this kind of action, mostly out on the city streets. I think this same stuff has been going on for many years. Some venues have a different culture to them. You would not find that happening at a good guys event 95% of the time. They will throw your fanny out! All you can do is be a mentor and help point them in the correct direction.
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It's one thing to build a vehicle to race and things being broke is just simply going to happen. I can't see building a show truck just to tear it up though. My truck was a whole lot more fun before I restored it, because it was nice enough to take to shows and get attention, but not so nice that I couldn't do an occasional burnout or take it up a back road to see how quick I could get it to 100mph. I've went so far with it now, that I won't even consider doing a power brake burnout. I've done a few peelouts, and even that wasn't as fun as it used to be. I have more fun with 1-2 chirps now.
I live near Pigeon Forge, and I've had my fill of mini-truckers, "NOPI" style rice burners, and kids showing off in their Daddy's Mustangs and Camaros and all of their "I'm better than you" attitudes. Josh I know exactly what you're saying. It's not the hobby that makes it look bad, it's the few buttheads that make it look bad. In other words, it's not mini trucks and tuners that I have a problem with. It's the crowd of spoiled brats that usually comes with them.
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Couldn't have said it better myself.
Sometimes I miss the old truck I had. Now, I get a lot of compliments, but man, I miss acting goofy every now and then without the fear of tearing something up. DLB |
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